For PC/Windows:

Minimum:
OS: Windows XP/Vista/7/8
Processor: 2,2 GHz
Memory: 1 GB
Video Card: Radeon X26XX / GeForce 7800 GT
Network: Broadband Internet connection
Hard Drive: 3 GB
Recommended:
OS: Windows Vista/7/8
Processor: Dual-Core 2,4 GHz
Memory: 4 Gb
Video Card: Nvidia GeForce 460 or higher, AMD Radeon 55XX series or higher
Network: Broadband Internet connection
Hard Drive: 11 Gb

For Mac:

Minimum:
OS: 10.9 Mavericks
Processor: Dual-Core 2,4 GHz
Memory: 4 GB
Video Card: AMD/Nvidia/Intel HD 4600
Network: Broadband Internet connection
Hard Drive: 3 GB
Recommended:
OS: 10.9.2 Mavericks
Processor: Intel Core i7
Memory: 8 GB
Video Card: Nvidia GeForce GTX 680M or higher
Network: Broadband Internet connection
Hard Drive: 11 GB

For Linux & SteamOS:

Minimum:
OS: Most modern 64bit Linux distributions, SteamOS
Processor: Dual-Core 2,4 GHz
Memory: 4 GB
Video Card: AMD/Nvidia
Network: Broadband Internet connection
Hard Drive: 11 GB
Recommended:
Operating system: Ubuntu 14.04 64bit, SteamOS
Processor: Intel Core i7
Memory: 8 GB
Video Card: Nvidia GeForce 660+ or similar AMD
Network: Broadband Internet connection
Hard Drive: 11 GB

What is War Thunder?
War Thunder is a cross-platform MMO combat game for PC, Mac and PS4 dedicated to military aviation, armoured vehicles, and Naval ships used in the time period that includes WWII and the Korean war. At the moment the project is on the open beta stage and aviation and ground forces are available for players. The Naval part will be implemented in the future.

What about a mobile version?
We’re working on a mobile version at the moment, but you can already play War Thunder on some devices compatible with the Onlive cloud-based service

What plans do developers have for the nearest future of War Thunder?
Future development plans are listed on this page

Can I play the game offline?
No, you need a permanent internet connection in order to play War Thunder.

[color=red]How many game modes are in the game?
War Thunder has both PVE and PVP content with different difficulty options available. In PVE you can select Dynamic Campaigns and separate missions to play solo or with up to 4 players co-op. But War Thunder is primarily about PVP action. Players can experience a huge diversity of different mission types in different modes with prefered difficulty settings for any taste. In “Random Battles” players fight each other and compete tasks like capture and hold of positions, elimination or protection of certain targets.
There are three main difficulty levels in the game: “Arcade” “Realistic battles” and “Simulator battles”.
You can check the “Events” menu, where you can participate in battles with unique conditions, including reconstruction of real historical battles in the player vs player mode.
We also have “User created missions”, where you can download directly from live.warthunder.com, and also “Custom Missions” - an editor where you can create mission conditions with your favorite game parameters.

How many players are able to play together?
In most game modes, the maps are designed for 32 players split into two teams.

What aircraft and ground vehicles are available in the game?
Players are free to choose between the military aircraft of five main nations: USA, Germany, USSR, Great Britain and Japan, which also have aircraft of other nations included in them, like Australia, Italy, France and others. We have fighters, attackers, light and heavy bombers and ship-based aircraft in our game. You can see the current list of available aircraft on our wiki-page: http://wiki.warthunder.com/index.php...egory:Aviation
For ground forces we currently have two nations: USSR and Germany. Light and heavy tanks, Self-propelled artillery guns and anti-air vehicles. You can see the current list of available ground forces vehicles on our wiki-page: http://wiki.warthunder.com/index.php...round_vehicles
Currently there are more than 350 aircraft and over 80 ground vehicles in the game and more are added with each major update. Approximately 9,000 different aircraft and ground vehicles fought in WWII – that’s the ideal number we are aiming for!

Can the player-controlled aircraft fight in the same battle as player-controlled ground forces?
There are separate maps for aircraft versus aircraft, tanks vs tanks and mixed battles.

What plans do developers have for the near future in War Thunder?
Future development plans are listed on this page - http://warthunder.com/en/game/roadmap

Can players from around the world play on any of the US, European, Russian or Asian servers?
We have one global account server. Users within the game can choose to play on any or all of our EU, US, SEA or RU clusters, so the players can communicate with the world as well as in their native languages.

How many languages does the game support?
Currently the game is available in English, Russian, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Czech, Polish, Turkish, Chinese, Japanese and Taiwanese. You can change the language in the game launcher.

Can I get some in-game advantages by paying real money?
No, you can’t! There is no way to get any advantage in battle by spending real money.
You can buy Golden Eagles – special in-game currency which you can use to train your crews faster and unlock new vehicles and upgrades for them earlier. But you’ll be fighting against more experienced and better equipped users, who didn’t spend anything.
You can also can buy a premium account with Golden Eagles, which lets you earn more Silver Lions and Research Points for each battle, and this also allows you to unlock new vehicles and upgrades for them earlier.
Lastly, with Golden Eagles you can buy “premium” planes and tanks, which come prepackaged with all upgrades. But they aren’t any better than regular vehicles – these are just rare models, like Australian aircraft in the UK research-tree.

Can I play War Thunder using gamepad or joystick?
Of course! The game supports many gaming devices including different gamepads, joysticks, head-tracking and VR-systems such as Oculus Rift and many more.

Is a joystick required to play the game?
To make controls comfortable for players we created a “Mouse Aim” control mode. In this mode a Virtual Instructor will help the player to perform the majority of combat maneuvers with a mouse only. Its not available in simulator mode and we recommend to use joystick or gamepad for this mode, but with enough practice it possible to fly with a mouse even there - there is a control scheme which simulate joystick movements with a mouse.