- For PC
- For MAC
- For Linux
- OS: Windows 7 SP1/8/10 (64 bit)
- Processor: Dual-Core 2.2 GHz
- Memory: 4GB
- Video Card: DirectX 10.1 level video card: AMD Radeon 77XX / NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660. The minimum supported resolution for the game is 720p.
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
- Hard Drive: 17 GB
- OS: Windows 10/11 (64 bit)
- Processor: Intel Core i5 or Ryzen 5 3600 and better
- Memory: 16 GB and more
- Video Card: DirectX 11 level video card or higher and drivers: Nvidia GeForce 1060 and higher, Radeon RX 570 and higher
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
- Hard Drive: 95 GB
- OS: Mac OS Big Sur 11.0 or newer
- Processor: Core i5, minimum 2.2GHz (Intel Xeon is not supported)
- Memory: 6 GB
- Video Card: Intel Iris Pro 5200 (Mac), or analog from AMD/Nvidia for Mac. Minimum supported resolution for the game is 720p with Metal support.
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
- Hard Drive: 17 GB
- OS: Mac OS Big Sur 11.0 or newer
- Processor: Core i7 (Intel Xeon is not supported)
- Memory: 8 GB
- Video Card: Radeon Vega II or higher with Metal support.
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
- Hard Drive: 95 GB
- OS: Most modern 64bit Linux distributions
- Processor: Dual-Core 2.4 GHz
- Memory: 4 GB
- Video Card: NVIDIA 660 with latest proprietary drivers (not older than 6 months) / similar AMD with latest proprietary drivers (not older than 6 months; the minimum supported resolution for the game is 720p) with Vulkan support.
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
- Hard Drive: 17 GB
- OS: Ubuntu 20.04 64bit
- Processor: Intel Core i7
- Memory: 16 GB
- Video Card: NVIDIA 1060 with latest proprietary drivers (not older than 6 months) / similar AMD (Radeon RX 570) with latest proprietary drivers (not older than 6 months) with Vulkan support.
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
- Hard Drive: 95 GB
American Desert, a new location for combined battles, will be released in War Thunder update 1.81. When creating this location our artists and designers were inspired by images of small towns in the US Southwest and the romantic style of the 60s. We used Page, Arizona as the inspiration for this location’s visual style. We’ve created many new assets for this location, including plant life, automobiles, and buildings that are characteristic of the location, as well as animated fire hydrants that shoot columns of water into the air if you drive over them.
The battles for this location will take place among the one- and two-story buildings typical of an American small town. There are a couple of small lakes and highways in the surrounding area. The town’s main square has four access points, as well as a few other firing locations. Another flashpoint for future battles is a residential area with small homes that are too small for even medium tanks to hide behind. Some areas can also be fired on from outside the town, where snipers can hide among rocks and small cliffs. The third capture point is a railroad station, and an animated train will drive down the tracks during battle. Tank commanders can destroy the train with gunfire, and the train itself can also ram tanks if they get in its way.
American Desert will be the first American location in War Thunder. We hope you like the simple, heartfelt style of a 1960s American small town.
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Comments (243)
Welcome to Nuketown! *Hides in lead lined fridge*
Booyaa!!!
It could be "funny" if when we shoot at some target in a certain order it trigger an atomic eplosion far away :P
Didnt you just say in the shooting range that you would not add alternate history tank RB maps? Where is the consistency?
I think they lied to make this even more of a surprise or this was some historical location for some testing or what not .
they said on a stream theyd lie from time to time to make the reveal more surprising
i thought you guys were against making a america map like you stated in the shooting range
bottomline is that shooting range sometimes isn't right... they said they would not make the fritz-x bomb either
von_Stauffenburg, Apparently they said they would lie from time to time to make the reveal more suprising.
"We don't do alternate history locations" also gaijin:
Now I want to fight in the middle of a destroyed New York.
Technically they've been doing alternate history since closed beta. You know the alt-history version of Krymsk/Kuban? That used to have the Soviets and Germans fighting side by side, with the fluff in the intro stating that Germany had fallen to a Communist revolution sometime in the 30s and that now World War II was between the Allies and the Comintern instead of the Axis. Granted, this was done for the same reason as "Hokkaido" later on: unbalanced queues.
'as historically accurate as possible' can anyone name me any battles in American deserts? Not complaining, since the map looks absolutely amazing, but it's a bit ironic, especially since what last thunder show said...
Maybe they are living in a ucronian dimensions....where there is a war in the '60s in an American desert... So historically accurate... "facepalm"
*AceOfAces99, An American desert that isn't in America because they said we'd see no maps in the US because of "muh historical accuracy"
"Tank commanders can destroy the train with gunfire, and the train itself can also ram tanks if they get in its way." ♥♥♥
Why would the people drive the train around, if a Tank Battle was ensuing in the area ??
Zepuoj, "We're sorry to report a departure delay due to an ensuing tank battle. Please remain seated and in cover as we wait to depart the station."
Ahh. Rip Poland. This is my new favorite map now!
Can you make different weather versions of existing maps? Like a summer Stalingrad, Mozdok under the snow, etc.
That's not weather, that's climate.
War Thunder players: 'We need new maps! The game is dying! It's so stale!" Also War Thunder players: "HiStOrIcAl AcCuRaCrY rabble rabble rabble!" Seriously guys, be happy they added a new map so we don't have to play Fulda for the 9 millionth time. Also, alt history missions have been in the game since launch, deal with it.
Big facts
That is not what this is. This is about Gaijin stating a day ago that they only add Historical maps.
Ah, so you didn't make the "american training" cities the USSR used, and instead went with an "actual" american town setting? Going directly against the statement you made in the last shooting range video (just two days ago)? Are you guys having some communications trouble?