More important, War Thunder's air combat is simply some of the best and most intense I've ever experienced. That's doubly true when I'm using special flight-sim gear like a TrackIR head-head tracker and a flight stick. It feels like I'm really up there at the controls of a plane, playing among the peaks and valleys of a cloud formation. Just taking a plane up through the clouds, where the world beyond your wingtips vanishes into fog while condensation whips over the canopy, gives way to the most extraordinary joy and elation when you burst into the clear blue sky. The game is breathtaking when you're in the air, soaring over mountain valleys or Pacific atolls.
At its best, War Thunder is a game of rare beauty and grace.
