- 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
We’ve been made aware of many of your requests for smaller teams in Air Realistic Battles as 16v16 teams are sometimes overwhelming in terms of the number of missiles at once.
With the release of the upcoming major update, we’ll be adding an option to the Air Realistic Battles game selection window where you’ll be able to turn on smaller team sizes.
This mechanic works in the same way as turning on the option for night battles: if there’s enough players in the queue with this option enabled, you’ll have a chance of getting into an air battle with smaller team sizes.
When this option is enabled, you’ll have the chance of getting into a battle with smaller team sizes (min - max: 6 - 12) instead of a regular battle (min - max: 6 - 16). Further adjustments in the future are possible depending on how sessions go.
This will only be for aircraft with a Battle Rating of 10.0 or higher, where high-end air-to-air missiles are far more prevalent.
Thank you for your feedback on this and we hope that this option for smaller teams will make your experience in Air Realistic Battles more enjoyable. Be sure to enable this option with the release of the major update!
Comments (256)
Comments will be premoderatedPls make it 8v8 and apply this change to every br, it’s not only jets that suffer from large team sizes. I do think making this optional is nice, but wt really needs a hard player cap of 8v8.
This is a win-win solution.
Why is it a chance to get into smaller battles, and not a restriction on team size? People who want smaller teams are tired of playing 16v16 and I'm sure wouldn't mind never being forced to play it again. And introducing option to restrict to 12v12 or whatever smaller team size will be final could potentially shorten queue times, maybe even allowing for BR decompression to take place.
The games last 2 mins of fighting either way, this will just make it even shorter. So i am asking is it really a good idea?
So like night battles we will never see these smaller games. Wish you just made it a permanent change for smaller game sizes.
A step in the right direction, but the two options seem too similar. Should definitely be a max 6 bracket, and a min 6 max 12 bracket. But please, listen to what your players are saying. Its not fun being in sensory overload for a whole game. Smaller matches make players rely more on skill and tactics than just catching someone off guard because they're oversaturated. Its been amazing seeing this game improve so drastically over the last year, let's keep that momentum. We love this game.
Can you make this a "only go into small team matches" option?
YAY!!!1! Now make it 1 country vs. 1 country
What a joke couldn't rectify to put at low tier because too many planes are chasing at me
It will continue to be rubbish until it is mandatory. "there's a chance" joke.
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