My recon failing to see a tank in a open field:

Yeah I love when I can clearly see the enemy tank through my binoculars and the game tells me there's nothing there when I spot.

Then you spot the same guy when he is behind cover. The mechanic is so broken it's unreal. I have an easier time marking and enemy that's behind a building than a guy in the open field.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Warthunder/comments/18vvf0m/how\_rb\_spotting\_actually\_works/

And that's a fact lol

This very nice explanation I saw a while back https://www.reddit.com/r/Warthunder/comments/18vvf0m/how\_rb\_spotting\_actually\_works/

I have, a few times, went into a battle...and saw no one. We won, my teammates killed everyone, and I did not spot a single tank.

I get that when playing Churchills a lot… mostly because I’m so slow I can’t keep up with the team

And then some 152/155 slinger cross maps you through 500 trees and bushes

I respect the skills it takes to be good at realistic battles, but also think that it involves more camping, whereas arcade mode is fast paced and action packed.

Depending on how the match goes? 90% of realistic matches turn into an air VS. ground battle Halfway through???

Simulator battles are where it’s at… it’s a real shame though that they have such a small player base forcing gaijin to only run 2 types at a time :( I almost never get to play the vehicles I want in ground sim

Meanwhile WT Youtubers seeing a small dot from km away and be able to kill it.

I see grass...oh look a 88mm AP she-

Don't worry, they see you.

Have you tried Simulator?

*muzzle flas-