Update 1.53 'Firestorm' has finally arrived, introducing War Thunder's updated Dagor Engine 4.0. Besides countless of visual and performance enhancements, many game mechanics have been improved and a plethora of new content has been added!

Client stability has been improved.

Steam Controller support has been added.

Changes in the operation of modification “new boosters” in jets.

Compensation issued for removed/changed engine injection modification (thanks to Jorge_Too for the report).

Not so long ago, we announced a new intended feature in matchmaking. Now we are announcing an important change in battles at all ranks for ground vehicles and for aircraft!

An error which caused problems while downloading files for a client update has been fixed.

Client stability has been improved; Fixed sound effect when ground vehicles collide with trees and bushes; Error, which could lead to micro lags at the start of ground battles on PC’s with low performance, has been fixed.

Client stability has been improved.

Quantitative Matchmaking as described in our Developer's Blog has been enabled; The Battle Ratings have been updated to work with Quantitative Matchmaking; Similar Premium and regular vehicles will now share the same Battle Rating based on their combined performance data...

Client stability has been improved.

Windows: A crash that occurred while using the AMD Gaming Evolved Client in some configurations has been fixed; Player induced damage and destruction to allied bases and airfields are now included within the automatic Teamkill penalty system.