Guys,I tried to use the YuPlay downloader but it was painfully slow so decided to try the torrent instead.
Torrenting is new to me.I installed uTorrent and proceeded with the download. (it is still ongoing I should add)

It is saving it to my downloads in a gameOnline folder which has further directories.
When it's finished what do I do with it? Will there be an installer?

Oddly,my WarThunder folder is showing 1.79 gig,how did that get there? The WarThunder installer was tiny and I never let it download for more than 30 minutes max at really poor speeds.

Hope this isn't too dumb a question.

*edit* To further confuse me,this gameOnline folder is showing as being 6.98 gig (isn't that the game install size thereabouts?) even though uTorrent says it is only 10% done?

I noticed some odd things too, progress looked like it stopped but was not. It took a LONG time, but when it said it was done, it was done.

Ok,I can now answer my own question.
Once the torrent was done I copied all the files into the War Thunder directory,ran the launcher,it verified files (none needed) and I was off!

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