#3938451 - 04/12/14 11:17 PM
WWII Tank sim?
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Dunolde
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hi, I go back to "across the Rhine" and I think everyone knows how that turned out ... Anyway, "Steel Beasts Pro", for sale elsewhere on this site (actually EBAY), is the best modern tank sim. How about the best WWII tank sim?
Another, sort of related question. What is that bulge about half way up almost all modern tanks' barrels? What is its purpose? Just curious.
Thanks!
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#3938517 - 04/13/14 02:36 AM
Re: WWII Tank sim?
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hi, I go back to "across the Rhine" and I think everyone knows how that turned out ... Anyway, "Steel Beasts Pro", for sale elsewhere on this site (actually EBAY), is the best modern tank sim. How about the best WWII tank sim?
Another, sort of related question. What is that bulge about half way up almost all modern tanks' barrels? What is its purpose? Just curious.
Thanks! If you do get SB I would try the T-62 its as near a WW2 type tank as your going to get in SB No thermals ballistic computers etc. The RL tankers call in steam gunnery Hard as hell to hit a moving target but at the same time great fun to fight in. A good match for it is the centurion not playable though, if you want a playable tank go for the leo_AS1 A better tank the T-62 but a reasonable fair match. I have been searching for a good WW2 tank sim for along time.
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#3942960 - 04/22/14 05:15 PM
Re: WWII Tank sim?
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Thanks for the very good and balanced assessment of the various sims 33lima. Your SF mission report was very thorough and very positive!Let's hope people give it a try! +1 Enjoyed reading it. But still live in hope that SB will introduce some playable WW2 armour in the form of an add on. Some WW2 armour was used well after the war was over the T-34/85. Sherman. and the French used the panther for a While after The war.
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#3944471 - 04/25/14 03:51 PM
Re: WWII Tank sim?
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German armour was used by the Romanians until 1947, by the Finns until the 60s, by Spain until the 50s, Syria used some Panzer IV Ausf G and H as late as 1967.... Also, "Switzerland" which up to the 80's, were using the "Hetzer" ordered directly from Czechoslovakia, right after WWII. You could have bought one or two or three..., as they were selling them to whoever was ready to pay for the armor FOB, in the 80's. You could also find some T-34-85 in Yugoslavia in the 90's. Finally Iron Front 44, is full of inaccuracies, not so great graphics. A better graphics, better sim, yet poor AI, but the Best Tiger I driving simulator available on the market to this date, is: "T34 vs Tiger". Which is not really surprising as some developers of that game were also part of the development crew of Steel Fury - Kharkov 1942.
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#3952091 - 05/11/14 06:33 AM
Re: WWII Tank sim?
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Finally Iron Front 44, is full of inaccuracies, not so great graphics. I agree.Although there's a project going on to improve that game: http://simhq.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/3884522/Iron_Front_Revival_Mod_Release#Post3884522There's i44; a WW2 mod made for Arma 2 which is very good for sounds , modelling , tactical and maps but weask in the ballistics and realism department unfortunately.tThe all powerful , all-seeing Arma Ai makes it difficult to play and as I said realistic armour simulation is not Arma strong point. Combining TvsT's tank driving simulation, the sounds and the size of the maps with Steel Fury's user-friendly mission editor, bug-free gameplay, solid ballistics and physics and ease of modding would make the ultimate WW2 sim!
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#3952685 - 05/12/14 07:03 PM
Re: WWII Tank sim?
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Probably because the Germans didn't introduce their own tank until 1918,and then only 20 in number.By then it was just about over.
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#3952740 - 05/12/14 09:13 PM
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Check out Canvas Knights as well as FS-WWI for drivable WWI tanks. For FS-WWI it's a hack, but a fairly fun one.
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#3991046 - 08/05/14 01:33 PM
Re: WWII Tank sim?
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It's one opinion: I had the game for PS2 and while it was not half bad I would hardly call it the "greatest" nor " simulator"...It's a fine and fun game but a sim????The greatest???? Just to contradict you your vid shows the Flak36 reticle as a pointed arrow which in fact was what was used in Soviet tank optics never in Germans ones...The reticle featured in Panzerfront Ausf B is completely inaccurate....
TvsT was flawed no question about it but you are wrong; both Tiger and T34 had finely modelled interiors... Did you ever play the game???? The AI was horrid, the SP missions limited and scripted but as it was intended primarily to be an MP game which explains why they levelled both tanks in order to avoid everybody playing the Tiger as it was much stronger than the Sov tank in real life...
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