War Thunder update 2.61.0.17 tweaks F-16XL and fixes bugs
War Thunder update 2.61.0.17 cuts the F-16XL's sustained turn rate, reworks Custom Battles screens and fixes bugs across vehicles and the interface.
War Thunder update 2.61.0.17 nerfs the F-16XL’s turning, gives the Custom Battles screens a rework and clears out a batch of bugs. Gaijin Entertainment posted the notes on 13 November 2026.
Aircraft
- F-16XL: induced drag is higher and the sustained turn rate is lower. A vapor condensation effect over the wing has also been added.
- Ka-50: the text label for 9K127 Vikhr missiles now displays correctly.
Ground vehicles
- BTR-90: selecting the secondary weapon no longer makes aiming stop.
- PzH 2000 (Italy): some turret elements that weren’t rotating with the turret now do.
- M103: one track roller was shifted to the side in the damage model. That also shifted the hangar camera and the tank model in the battle interface, and it’s now fixed.
Interface
- The Custom Battles room search window and the room window itself have been reworked.
- The My Squadron window should no longer sometimes fail to show info about the player’s squadron.
- The buttons to cancel and apply a key binding now show when the screen Safe Area setting is below 100%.
Graphics and other fixes
- Graphical artifacts when enabling Ray Reconstruction on old drivers have been fixed.
- Game startup after logging in, which sometimes took much longer than usual, has been fixed.
