While we're waiting I found a new tank sim.

[Avimimus]

Hello everyone,

 

While we're waiting... I found something... A firm which has built a couple of professional military tank sims had just made a WW2 tank sim. I was surprised both by its existence and its features.

 

I'm impressed enough to call it the "Il-2 of tank sims":

- Immersive details like 3d tankpits with hatches that can be opened by gradations.

- Very high production standards (for instance the music is subtle, unnoticeable and appropriate)

- Infantry in a trenchline popping up for just a second to snap off a shot before ducking again (or trying to throw grenades into your tank hatches) and allied infantry running at full speed behind thanks.

- A next generation approach which takes into account a lot of real limitations (you must have the throttle up before the tread brakes allow the tank to turn, at any given time you can only change azimuth or elevation for the gun - simulating moving hands from one position to another).

 

Download the demo:

http://steelfury.info/index2.html

 

An after action report:

Getting caught out in the open by an enemy armoured counter attack and having to flee a hundred metres to the east into a village. Winding up with the allied force (both tanks and infantry) annihilated. Now trapped with the engine disabled blasting at unwary enemy infantry as they cross through the town. The enemy's armoured force was taken out by your allies as they fell back and died, but a single StuG III remains. As it creeps past the nearest building - less than a hundred metres away - can your turret give you the advantage? But you only have two of your original seventy-six rounds remaining and they are both high explosive fragmentation... if you can hit the tread at this range you can keep the StuG from turning and bringing its gun to bear. This is your chance.

 

If you succeed you may wind up waiting for a day or so, unable to move the tank and unable to leave your seat (for fear even one of the enemy infantry is still alive in the town) and hope your positions is recaptured by Soviet troops before it gets recaptured by Germans. If you fail ...at this range your side armour won't... no, you won't fail

[Bucic]

Good find! I wonder how it compares to T-72: Balkans on fire.

[Groove]

Steel Beasts Pro PE - join the ED Forums tankers club :)

[Bucic]

Steel Beasts Pro PE - join the ED Forums tankers club :)

Is it better than T-72 BOF?

[Groove]

SB PRO is used by several armies for training purposes. That should answer your question. :D

[Bucic]

Rather poor graphics but the more trees there are the better overall terrain looks. I've seen it back in time when I was playing T-72. US$125.00 :noexpression: No I recall why I didn't go for it ;)

This

reminds me... Poland :D

WW2 Battle Tanks: T34 v Tiger by G5 Software - another one.

 

Steel Beasts 2 is coming in 2008...

[VMFA117_Poko]

Steel Beasts 2 is coming in 2008...

Another one with overall release date :doh:. Haven't they given more exact date like summer, autumn or winter...? No? Aha, so this is finished when it will be finished. I love this sentence by the way ;)

[Bucic]

Another one with overall release date :doh:. Haven't they given more exact date like summer, autumn or winter...? No? Aha, so this is finished when it will be finished. I love this sentence by the way ;)

Yeah - summer... or autumn or winter:lol:

 

Edit:

My friend is a T-72 driver. It is he who asked me to find a tank sim. I didn't have time to chat with him about T-72 though.

[Groove]

IN SB PRO PE russian tanks are not playable.

 

check http://www.esimgames.com

[Bucic]

IN SB PRO PE russian tanks are not playable.

 

check http://www.esimgames.com

I know. T-72 BOF is the one I found for him.

 

Edit:

All in all panzerheads' life is easier. They have at least two outstanding sims to choose from. And what's even more important - they don't face a monopoly.

[Kula66]

http://steelfury.info/index2.html - Very impressive video. I've got SB Pro and while a great SIM, it's got a fair few limitations - infantry for one!

[concrete]

Is it better than T-72 BOF?

 

 

i played "T-72 BOF", and this demo too, and it look like it is a T-72 BOF but in WW2 theatre and new things!

It is T-72 BOF!

 

i recomended T43 vs Tiger! :thumbup:

i played on russin language! ther is game for russian market, not yet for west countries, ingame menus are on russan but actor/voices are german (tiger) and russian (t34)....

only problems for english dude are manual-controls to understand for first time!

 

find it, google it :smilewink:

 

if you can't find it, sand me private msg!

[Fodder]

Quote from the steelbeasts developer Ssnake: "It'll take us at least two more years to finish SB2 - at least one to resume work on it, then another to finish it - so don't expect it any time before Christmas 2009. And I can't guarantee that it'll be there by then, just that we cannot possibly make it happen any faster."

 

So that was pretty much the reason why I stopped hesitating and waiting for the SB2 to come out and just bought the Pro PE. It really is worth the bucks. Although I haven't played it much yet because I found sturmovik and lockon takes all of my time now that I finally bought HOTAS and Trackir :D

 

And there is some payable update coming as well this summer with a new IFV if I remember correctly. Pizzaro or pissaro or some spanish thingie.

 

Waiting for the steelfury and the T-34 vs Tiger or something like that as welll. Too many sims to deal with :)

[ZQuickSilverZ]

So how is that Steel Beasts 2 looking...... yeah.

[Yskonyn]

Um, your not correct on the 72MBT not being payable in SB2 PE.

 

It has changed with the latest upgrade patch.

The T-72 is now playable, indeed.