Russia and Germany better?

[PocketYoda]

I see a fair few people saying the Germans and Russian planes are far superior to the rest, why is this? it doesn't sound very realistic for a flight sim and to a point pretty unbalanced..

Can i ask why these planes are so superior and why the company doesn't fix the others?

[Kharak]

Well, until the late war, german planes were outperforming the rest. They lost most of their good pilots over the skies of england during the battle of brittain. The russian planes have some massively powerful cannons that can seriously blow a plane out of the sky in one hit. So they are quite good, however, nothing on the german or russian tree can out turn a spitfire (brittish) or zero (japaneese). All of the trees are good, it's merely a matter of how you handle them. Germans are great at bomber destruction and interception, Americans have some of the best bombers, England has some very nice turn based dogfighters, Russian planes have a ton of power, and Japaneese planes are extremely agile. Pick your faction based on your playstyle, and don't be afraid to try each out some. They start to show their differences around rank 4-6.

[Gamer]

Like what Allerik said, they have their differences with different styles. With my Germans I like to go up high and then dive down on people. However Germany is good at lower levels I find that Germany is out performed in the higher levels especially in this patch where some Allied planes can out climb the Germans even though Hight was the main advantage for us. Also in the latter ranks, (especially the jets) Germany is a bit hard done by as ranks in War Thunder should in theory be done by the year they were introduced. ATM German Jets are the same rank as planes that were introduced like 10 years after them...

As for the russians... many people claim bias as of course it is a Russian developer etc. They do have good planes overall with a lot of planes too chose from and the lower levels LaGGs seem like a good choice as they have cannons at like rank 3 or 4.

Other nations such as Japan have good turning times, and out perform Russians on that so generally when you get Japan v USSR Japan tends to win.

But my opinion is that it is worth while playing all the different nations and see which one you like better when you get to the higher ranks. As I play on Historical Battle I tend to play all the nations with in a day as you only get the one plane and that plane I generally tend to do alright in.

[PocketYoda]

ok so it is more realistic than i thought, that is good. i just see Russian planes are the best a lot in here so i thought unbalanced, my mistake..

[Gamer]

Well no mistake of your own xD Many people claim bias etc and say that the ShVAK cannon is better in game than it was in real life and that Russian planes can take more damage than other nations and the fact that they get more planes etc. This may be true to some extent, but at the moment at least I would say that you can beat the Russians in a game and other nations are also fun to play.

[Kharak]

I will say this, the russians should be feared for their quick stopping power. Other than that, I see no fantastic advantage. They carry one heck of an payload. Heavy, accurate, cannons. However, so long as you don't let them get behind, or above you, and make yourself a target, they can be delt with quite nicely.

[Cooper Kid]

Russians are definitely beatable, but I would tend to agree with the argument that they're overpowered. Heck, the level 1 Ishak can easily give any other tier 5 aircraft a run for its money.

The German aircraft are more realistic, but as has been said here they were outperforming any British aircraft earlier in the war. Similarly to the Napoleonic wars where the French had all the best ships, they simply didn't have the skilled crews that the Brits did.

[Kharak]

So if you take anything away from all this, it's that all planes can be deadly, in the right hands, and in the right situation. :) No plane is great at everything.

[Greygamer]

The key is taking the time to understand what your plane is good at. This can mean getting shot down a bit as you try things out. Even in Arcade Battles the planes handle differently from each other.

Most planes are effective when you take advantage of their flight characteristics, i found this time after time. P-36! I hated it, until I cut the throttle while turn fighting. Typhoon Mk 1a also hated it until I used it's speed and climb to quickly change direction or escape, and those MGs do in fact shoot down even Russian planes (it might take a couple of passes of course). It is one of my favourites now.

The British and Japanese suffer most from a limited range of aircraft, especially below t5. But the Hurricane II is a great fighter (prior to the last patch at least). The Japanese also have a cannon armed fighter at t3 as well and it has 2 cannons not 1.

[PocketYoda]

I was going to try Spitfires or hurricanes personally

And thanks for all this good advice.

[bucket]

Originally posted by Allerik:

however, nothing on the german or russian tree can out turn a spitfire (brittish) or zero (japaneese).

The He 112 A-0 can out-turn any spitfire! Not to mention, it's cannon is amazing!

[76561198066240632]

DOMINATING PLANES each nations:

German: Bf109, Fw190
Soviet: Chaika, LaGG, Yak-9T, Mig-15
Britain: Spitfires, Beaufighter
Japan: Zero, Shidenkai, G8N1
USA: P39, F4U

So yeah German and Soviets are better.

[MacArthur]

depends on specific Tier and game mode

[salfordranger]

It depends on tiers, game mode and the way you fly the planes. Some are better at turning than others but not as quick. Others have are armaments but maybe weak defence etc.

Overall i don't think there are any stand out planes though, and if devs believe there are they do usually adjust them to try and even planes out more.

[The Russian]

♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ RUSSIA IS THE BEST!!!!!!!!!

[PocketYoda]

Ok i had my first go today got some bi planes and a couple of hurricanes, made to level 3.

Enjoying the game immensly hate colliding with planes though..