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War Thunder "Spearhead" - Changelog

Meet the “Spearhead” Major Update!

Update 2.51.0.60

A bug that caused the current scan area limits of the radar to display incorrectly when zooming in on aircraft in 3rd person view has been fixed.

Update 2.51.0.50

To participate in Arcade Battles with a Battle Rating of 4.7 or higher, anti-cheat is now required.

Update 2.51.0.49

TWS+ track stability has been improved. A bug where tracking signatures would stop updating during a single scan, resulting in frozen targets and loss of vector tracking has been fixed.

Update 2.51.0.41

A bug that occurred when the power system on a player’s vehicle was destroyed and caused desync, which lead to the vehicle twitching when moving, has been fixed.

Update 2.51.0.36

A bug that caused ESA radars to lose tracked targets if they moved outside of the current scan area has been fixed.

Update 2.51.0.31

A bug that made it impossible to lock on to a radar target from the TWS HDN mode has been fixed.

Update 2.51.0.24

The minimum time between switching modes in the new Damage Control system has been changed from 30 seconds to 4 seconds.

Update 2.51.0.20

With the release of the Spearhead major update, separate settings called “Effects resolution”, “Heat haze” and “Particle density” have been replaced with a single setting called “Effects quality” with different quality values.

Server Update 23.10.2025

The previously announced Rearrangements to the British Ground Forces Tree have been implemented.

Update 2.49.0.79

In Air Arcade and Realistic Battles, as well as in Ground Arcade Battles, the minimum Battle Rating of vehicle lineups that require the anti-cheat to be enabled has been reduced from 11.0 to 8.0.

Update 2.49.0.73

A bug where the free camera in replays would become detached from the player after they respawned has been fixed.