War Thunder on Playstation 5 Review/Feedback

[jayzir@psn 26]

As someone who plays sim air mainly, here are my thoughts on PS5 version.

 

First the pluses:

 

1. 4k 60 FPS (99% of the time) is still a dramatic improvement. Flying, spotting, aiming are all easier with a more real sense of fluid movement.

2. No game crash yet (over 10 hrs played). compared to every 30 minutes in EC Naval maps on PS4 (Dover Straight or Port Moresby)

3. A bit faster loading (if every game still needs to wait for slower players, not as useful of a gain for all modes except EC).

 

Negatives:

 

1. Still the same set of bugs, i.e. not getting proper kill credits for cutting off wings of an enemy being my biggest

2. Stutters in some areas still when there's heavy naval or some other background activity. Considering this is on latest generation CPU & GPU console, clearly not an optimized game.

3. I fly with mouse & keyboard in sim, when the DualSense controller times out and powers off to conserve battery, the throttle is locked at 0. Apparently all the controls that require axis registered become unregistered when the DualSense powers off in mid-game.

 

 

Overall I say it is a slight upgrade, Gaijin must have forgotten even though PS5/Xbox Series is the future, most of their *paying* player base is on current generation consoles.

Edited January 23, 2021 by jayzir@psn

[valethedoctor@psn 27]

Anyone have any idea what todays update actually done?

[jayzir@psn 26]

17 hours ago, valethedoctor@psn said:

Anyone have any idea what todays update actually done?

Just minor fixes, mostly to ground forces, brings the client version up to 2.3.0.83. It's all posted on this forum section. https://forum.warthunder.com/index.php?/forum/126-updates-information-read-only/&ct=1612248790

 

 

[trommelpeda@psn 0]

In my opinion the ps5-versions runs very very badly. Yeah the graphics are fine but smoke. But the framerate is unplayable. On maps with very large density of grass the framerate drops below 30 frames. its nearly unplayable in that state.

 

I switched back to the ps4-version though its locked to 30 frames. but atleast i got constant 30 frames and nothing from 10 to 60.

[valethedoctor@psn 27]

4 hours ago, trommelpeda@psn said:

In my opinion the ps5-versions runs very very badly. Yeah the graphics are fine but smoke. But the framerate is unplayable. On maps with very large density of grass the framerate drops below 30 frames. its nearly unplayable in that state.

 

I switched back to the ps4-version though its locked to 30 frames. but atleast i got constant 30 frames and nothing from 10 to 60.

i stopped playing tanks because of this, there was a patch around xmas time which broke the fps.

air runs a bit better but still far from perfect.

my WT ps5 issues.

ground rb especially maps with trees run with bad fps.

air battles, usually after a few games the gfx all go squares and pixels on explosions. 

terrain turn various colours from purple to bright green and usually the game will crash when this happens.

sometimes the crash requires removing power from ps5 and having to rebuild data ect.

i hope a patch will fix some of this soon

[Alabama-Shrimp@psn 735]

I'm far from an expert on fps etc but somethings definitely gone wrong since the last patch as I'm back to not being able to hit anything with aircraft or having an enemy 'jump' to the side instead of turning. 

 

I could get 5 kills in a game and it's back to zero just like the ps4 version. 

[valethedoctor@psn 27]

with all this crashing starting to wonder if its going to brick the ps5 or causing damage.

 

Edited February 12, 2021 by valethedoctor@psn

[Thunder0010@psn 358]

are you using the ps5 version of war thunder? or the ps4 version of war thunder as mine use to do this when i still used the ps4 version but once i switched i stopped.

[valethedoctor@psn 27]

34 minutes ago, Thunder0010@psn said:

are you using the ps5 version of war thunder? or the ps4 version of war thunder as mine use to do this when i still used the ps4 version but once i switched i stopped.

Its ps5 version, thing is that's not all errors as it often hard locks the ps5 requiring power cable to be pulled out to reset and you don't get an error code when that happens.

wt is the only game it happens to and i really don't like pulling the power out to reset because it worries me it might not turn back on. have deleted and re installed still happens.

[Thunder0010@psn 358]

3 hours ago, valethedoctor@psn said:

Its ps5 version, thing is that's not all errors as it often hard locks the ps5 requiring power cable to be pulled out to reset and you don't get an error code when that happens.

wt is the only game it happens to and i really don't like pulling the power out to reset because it worries me it might not turn back on. have deleted and re installed still happens.

what mode are you play and with what? AB, RB, SB, Naval, Air, Ground?

[valethedoctor@psn 27]

 

57 minutes ago, Thunder0010@psn said:

what mode are you play and with what? AB, RB, SB, Naval, Air, Ground?

Playing top tier air rb currently, cannot play ground rb because the frames are so choppy

[Alabama-Shrimp@psn 735]

Noticed we now have the stuttering on the hanger when you try to move the camera. This didn't happen when the PS5 came out. 

 

Has anyone put any kind of bug report in? 

[gaelan@psn 1,951]

5 hours ago, Alabama-Shrimp@psn said:

Noticed we now have the stuttering on the hanger when you try to move the camera. This didn't happen when the PS5 came out. 

 

Has anyone put any kind of bug report in? 

The bug report sections are only reopening today so if it's only new there's probably no report, I went to play the single missions yesterday the first one was ok but when I tried to play others the framerate was horrendous, these are missions I'd cleared on lower difficulties on PS4 with no big issue in framerate but somehow they can't run on PS5

[Alabama-Shrimp@psn 735]

next gen graphics... 

 

 

 

Yes this is the PS5 version and yes it loaded no tress at all. At the same time every single explosion was covered in giant squares. 

 

The game if completely broken graphics and fps wise on both the PS4 and PS5. Reading the above there seems no point at all making a bug report and even if you did why bother as it it were to get fixed it'll only break again. 

 

I love this game. There's nothing like it and it could be amazing but, as we say everytime, every single patch isn't test on the consoles, breaks something and we get zero feedback from anyone at Gaijin that could actually do something. 

 

Why is there not even a concept of customer service? 

Why can't anyone just speak to us as people who want the game to be the best it can be as opposed to a nuisance or cash cows? 

 

Edited February 12, 2021 by Alabama-Shrimp@psn

[oppsijustkilledu@psn 2,314]

I still want more options like lower res but 120fps. Other than that game runs a complete near locked 4k60fps currently. Only had minor bugs and only had a stuttering hangar twice. @gromvoiny is it something you can pass on to the dev about having the option for 120fps?

[gromvoiny 12,771]

49 minutes ago, oppsijustkilledu@psn said:

I still want more options like lower res but 120fps. Other than that game runs a complete near locked 4k60fps currently. Only had minor bugs and only had a stuttering hangar twice. @gromvoiny is it something you can pass on to the dev about having the option for 120fps?

 

We already tried internally that and it's not possible at the moment. 

[valethedoctor@psn 27]

4 hours ago, oppsijustkilledu@psn said:

I still want more options like lower res but 120fps. Other than that game runs a complete near locked 4k60fps currently. Only had minor bugs and only had a stuttering hangar twice. @gromvoiny is it something you can pass on to the dev about having the option for 120fps?

Hanger for me when on GF stutters all the time and carries on into matches. Air is a bit smoother though. when i first got ps5 i was still on a 1080 tv since upgrading to a 4k it stutters 

[deadghostjt@psn 21]

For me it seems that PS5 runs fastest and smoothest when the highest resolution setup is used. When game is playing the old and ugly PS4 resolution setups it's also the slowest. Please use always highest and best resolutions as the game runs best on it.

[Alabama-Shrimp@psn 735]

On 16/03/2021 at 13:15, deadghostjt@psn said:

For me it seems that PS5 runs fastest and smoothest when the highest resolution setup is used. When game is playing the old and ugly PS4 resolution setups it's also the slowest. Please use always highest and best resolutions as the game runs best on it.

And how do you change or do you mean the in game settings? 

 

That said the game did run excellently until the Hot Tracks and its getting worse. 

[deadghostjt@psn 21]

45 minutes ago, Alabama-Shrimp@psn said:

And how do you change or do you mean the in game settings? 

 

That said the game did run excellently until the Hot Tracks and its getting worse. 

I cannot change game settings myself. Gaijin seems to be changing it if it's not some PS5 build in optimizer.

[Alabama-Shrimp@psn 735]

59 minutes ago, deadghostjt@psn said:

I cannot change game settings myself. Gaijin seems to be changing it if it's not some PS5 build in optimizer.

Er what?? Of course the game will run better on the Playstation 5 it's more powerful. But in comparison to the power of the system the game is running terrible. 

[Thunayyan_503_@psn 5]

On 14/01/2021 at 11:40, Jermster_91@psn said:

Considering I have seen much of a review or feedback on War Thunder on the PS5, I thought that I would give my thoughts on it after playing 12 hours of War Thunder on the PS5.

(I play the game using the Dualsense PS5 Controller)

 

The Good

One of the best things that you will notice when you play War Thunder on the PS5 are the load times. From starting the game and loading into the menu, it took 35.12 seconds, compared to the PS4 Pro, that time is 1:20.41, certainly quite a improvement to say to the least. There have also been a few times that I have loaded in before other people have (when you get the waiting for server) 5 seconds after the match has started which I guess can be seen as a good thing of bad depending on how you look at it. Certainly looks like the days of loading in last for the console players will be a thing of the past. 

 

The Bad

War Thunder's PS5 version honestly is just a copy and paste of the PS4 version. The graphics that you are accustomed to on the PS4 are exactly the same. You might think the graphics would be improved but unfortunately it does not seem like the case. There have also been matches when you will get the occasional "Loading Files" in the top left corner which makes you wonder what is supposed to be loading. There are several bugs in the game right now such as the boxed explosions that happen in tank battles when you respawn for the second time and tank hulls on the bottom are black when you load in and occasionally from the distance. 

 

One thing that you are gonna have to do when you start the game is rebind all the controls. They are not saved from the PS4 to PS5 version. One of the biggest disappoints (for myself as a controller player) is that War Thunder does not use the Dualsense's haptic feedback or dynamic adaptive triggers. It would be nice to be able to use the dynamic triggers to bind a light pull for instance for the light machine guns on a fighter and a heavy pull for the harder stuff (12.7s, 20 mm cannons etc). It would also be nice that when you go through mud in you tank, it feels like you are stuck in mud or snow or any of the elements but that is not implemented either for the haptic feedback.

 

Overall

If you were wanting to get a PS5 to have War Thunder running in full glory with a lot of improvements, you will unfortunately be out of luck. Other than some faster loading it will probably be best to stick with war thunder running on you PS4 for the foreseeable future. 

I agree with you there’s a lot bugs and glitches on ps5 version 3 months and no fixed 

[Element01409@psn 49]

I’ve experienced massive FPS drops in the last few months and it’s incredibly annoying. When I’m in the air RB on plenty enough of maps in the rotation I look down and move the camera it drops to 15fps-20fps. On mozdok if I fly over the area where artillery and AA are I LITERALLY get a around 2 frames PER SEC. I can provide the VIDEO if needed. I get single digit frames all the way till I get to base NO JOKE. 
 

Am I just expected to bail out on almost half or more than half the maps I get, and/or not fly in certain parts of the map?? What kind of optimization is this? I’ve never really had many bugs that bothered me this much but when you put so much money into a game, a new tv, and new console you’d expect the games that say they optimized for all of it to work... 

 

I can say it’s not the console because when I load in 80 Ai’s in single player I don’t have an issue even on huge maps in the sky doing a massive fur-ball (made missions to test). So it’s obviously map optimization being horrible. 

1 minute ago, Element01409@psn said:

I’ve experienced massive FPS drops in the last few months and it’s incredibly annoying. When I’m in the air RB on plenty enough of maps in the rotation I look down and move the camera it drops to 15fps-20fps. On mozdok if I fly over the area where artillery and AA are I LITERALLY get a around 2 frames PER SEC. I can provide the VIDEO if needed. I get single digit frames all the way till I get to base NO JOKE. 
 

Am I just expected to bail out on almost half or more than half the maps I get, and/or not fly in certain parts of the map?? What kind of optimization is this? I’ve never really had many bugs that bothered me this much but when you put so much money into a game, a new tv, and new console you’d expect the games that say they optimized for all of it to work... 

 

I can say it’s not the console because when I load in 80 Ai’s in single player I don’t have an issue even on huge maps in the sky doing a massive fur-ball (made missions to test). So it’s obviously map optimization being horrible. 

This type of stuff makes me not want to record war thunder content as of late because who wants to see a guy lag and get 5 kills in AiR RB at 15fps? It’s not fun, or appealing. 
 

I can assure you if the frames and screen tearing issues (which I only experienced within war thunder, no other game has these issues even massive games). I would probably absolutely enjoy the game. But the frames kill it so hard for me.

Edited March 19, 2021 by Element01409@psn

[Element01409@psn 49]

1 hour ago, Thunayyan_503_@psn said:

I agree with you there’s a lot bugs and glitches on ps5 version 3 months and no fixed 

Yup, I don’t know if they aren’t following the bugs in their own game & maybe we should just submit bug report after bug report but it’s tiring. Why is it I spent so much money on the game, and my equipment just not to work. I feel like downloading my video of the single digit FPS I got on mozdok in air RB. 

On 16/03/2021 at 09:15, deadghostjt@psn said:

For me it seems that PS5 runs fastest and smoothest when the highest resolution setup is used. When game is playing the old and ugly PS4 resolution setups it's also the slowest. Please use always highest and best resolutions as the game runs best on it.

I do that and Every-time I psn my camera down on most of air rb maps my FPS DROPS MASSIVELY no matter what settings I try! Bad optimization for over 3 months straight. It’s a miracle if I have good fun. 

On 12/02/2021 at 00:17, gaelan@psn said:

The bug report sections are only reopening today so if it's only new there's probably no report, I went to play the single missions yesterday the first one was ok but when I tried to play others the framerate was horrendous, these are missions I'd cleared on lower difficulties on PS4 with no big issue in framerate but somehow they can't run on PS5

I’ve got massive frame drops and plenty of clips of it shall I share here? 

[Element01409@psn 49]

On 09/02/2021 at 10:05, trommelpeda@psn said:

In my opinion the ps5-versions runs very very badly. Yeah the graphics are fine but smoke. But the framerate is unplayable. On maps with very large density of grass the framerate drops below 30 frames. its nearly unplayable in that state.

 

I switched back to the ps4-version though its locked to 30 frames. but atleast i got constant 30 frames and nothing from 10 to 60.

EXACTLY. People don’t save up money for things, buy it just for it to not work.