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eXpanSIMNewsPatch update #11: Merry Armour!
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Patch update #11: Merry Armour!

eXpanSIM · published 20 Dec 2019, 17:28 UTC

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What's new

  • Added a British main battle tank (MBT): Challenger 2
  • Added the prototype of a Russian main battle tank (MBT): T-95 (Black Eagle)
  • Added a Japanese main battle tank (MBT): Type 10
  • Added a Canadian mobile gun system (MGS): Stryker 1128
  • Added a Japanese manoeuvre combat vehicle (MCV): Type 16

Physics

  • Increased the strength of tank brakes
  • Improved caterpillar track collision
  • Stabilised fuel injection for the M1A1 tank
  • Added a Continuously Variable Transmission (CVT) simulation
  • Disabled anti-roll (sway) bars for the military off-road vehicles

Visuals

  • Updated the interior of the semi-trucks
  • Fixed the model scale of the M1A1 tank
  • Updated the BTR-80 surface material
  • Added more grass and rearranged obstacles in the Tank Biathlon map
  • Fixed incorrect exhaust pipe positions
  • Temporarily disabled track trails

Input

  • Disabled the possibility to enable ABS/ASR/ESC/ABA for tracked vehicles
  • Removed deadzones for the gamepad
  • Added small centring force feedback for tracked vehicles

UI

  • Added more information about the selected transmission in the vehicle panel

Other

  • Updated Steamworks SDK
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