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Gaijin Entertainment · Gaijin Network Ltd
Jul 1, 2026 · 2d ago

Update 2.57.0.30

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Update 2.57.0.30 focuses on aircraft structural adjustments, bug fixes for specific vehicles, spawn point cost rebalancing for precision munitions, and adjustments to the Nuclear Escalation event.

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  • MiG-21 2000 (Israel)
    • Added the missing G-suit modification, improving pilot blackout resistance.Added
    • Countermeasures:Replaced 42 standard countermeasures with large-caliber ones and fixed spawn screen mismatch.64106
  • IA.58A (Pucara)Increased air spawn speed, allowing the aircraft to enter the battle with more kinetic energy.250350 km/h
  • M1A2 SEPTUSK modification:Fixed a bug where equipping TUSK downgraded the ammunition types of M829A3 and M829A2 shells.M829A2/M829M829A3/M829A2
  • Precision MunitionsHelicopter ARM:Decreased Spawn Point cost for anti-radiation missiles on helicopters.-5.6% %
  • General
    • Bomb/Missile Camera:Improved precision and smoothness of vehicle motion in the Bomb/Missile Camera View.
    • Nuclear Escalation Event:Increased Silver Lion rewards by 40% for all event rewards and ground vehicle destructions.+40% %

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  • F/A-18 SeriesStructural overload limit decreased for most F/A-18A/C/D variants, making them more prone to wing rip during high-G maneuvers.12G11.25G G
  • BUK-M3Increased reload time for the BUK-M3 during the Nuclear Escalation event.2030 s
  • Precision Munitions
    • TV Guided Bombs:Increased Spawn Point cost for TV seeker guided bombs.+9% %
    • Thermal Guided Bombs:Increased Spawn Point cost for thermal imaging guided bombs.+7.7% %
    • TV Guided Missiles:Increased Spawn Point cost for TV seeker guided missiles.+8.4% %
    • Thermal Guided Missiles:Increased Spawn Point cost for thermal imaging guided missiles.+5.6% %
    • Wide-band ARM:Increased Spawn Point cost for anti-radiation missiles with wide-band seekers.+10% %
  • General
    • ESM:ESM functionality temporarily limited to ground targets only; air target detection removed for future revision.Air/GroundGround Only
    • C-3604 (Germany):Fixed a bug where pitch controls remained functional even after the tail was destroyed.Intact after tail lossBroken after tail loss

Bug fixes1

  • GeneralMiG-29KR (9-41R):Fixed a bug where the canopy ejection animation was missing.

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Patch history

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  1. Update 2.57.0.32 — Sound Mods Available
    Jul 2, 2026 · 1d
    +6
  2. Update 2.57.0.27
    Jun 30, 2026 · 3d
    +51
  3. Update 2.57.0.25
    Jun 29, 2026 · 4d
    +142
  4. Update 2.57.0.17
    Jun 26, 2026 · 1w
    +52
  5. Update 2.57.0.13
    Jun 25, 2026 · 1w
    +6
  6. Update 2.55.1.165
    Jun 17, 2026 · 2w
  7. Update 2.55.1.157
    Jun 9, 2026 · 3w
  8. Update 2.55.1.142
    Jun 3, 2026 · 1mo
    +1

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