Potato graphics was used as early as Battlefield 1942. I remember being able to snipe a "pixel" at 800x600 resolution. And most hard core Quake 3 Arena players turned off as much effects as possible, including the first person weapon.
ULQ used to be a lot more cancerous back in the day. It would wipe entire forests off your screen and expose the enemy. Now it actually renders the forest but it looks thick and awful, which was a good change as so many people used ULQ as an easy way to kill people. I do appreciate ULQ though. I used to play on a potato laptop that could only play ULQ at 20fps (it would sometimes drop to 10fps depending on the map), but despite that performance I still had fun.
NGL ULQ back in the day was a money printing machine! I pissed off so many people who then accused me of hacking. IIRC fences would not render correctly either.
It can go even lower than that. But you have to play with the files a bit. You can get to low polygon indie game graphics, before things start to get wild. Like planes flaps stretching instead of turning and it doesn't stop even if you raise them. It takes usually about 5min in a game to find yourself in a world filled with black beams pointing everywhere that turn, with the planes. And explosions create "black holes" that have those same beams endlessly stretching into random directions.
Oh its broken, you get the seal clubbers in low tier running ULQ (Ultra Low Quality) on machines that cost as much as a car cause they that much of a basement dweller.
This reminds me of the original Far Cry, almost 20 years ago now (!!). With the graphic settings cranked up, you'd get this lush thigh-high grass between the palm trees. With the settings low, you'd get this flat surface texture _of_ grass on the ground and some foliage here and there. Wanna guess which scenario allowed for easy spotting of enemies? Low graphics quality made searching for dropped weapons a lot easier too.
To put simply playing in low or min quality sometims could consider a cheat (idk if it fixed or not) - you have advantage because no shadow or folloage to blend enemy tank - smoother fps tooo much - tank model have better detail compared to surroundings - you can spot a plane (a dot) in a sky (you can notice it farther compared to high setting) - as long as you not less than 1 km to your enemy, You should able to saw them in clouds (not quite clearly,but noticable especially after you saw them first before entering cloud area)
@@invertedv12powerhouse77 that's tbh why I love cloudy maps back then I literally do a hunting with my stock C205 s3 and I win against 5 planes (all my teammates already dead).
But you also must consider that this guy is playimg at like 4k resolution, while players who actually need ULQ will have a much more pixaled screen, and a small screen too if it's on a laptop
the benefit of ULQ are the rendering, if u far from the object render distance like destroy able wall etc, it will be invisible but enemy vehicle still get rendered so u can easily spot them * srry if my grammar is bad *
I think the benefit of ULQ goes away when you have to play at 720p resolution. I wish I could play on a higher graphic setting, even if it's just the regular low setting.
Only at very far distances when the game can't be bother to even render a pixel. But upclose, even if its blob of squares, its still a recognizable darker than it should be blob.
Yes, this is very overlooked by players who play on high resolutions, not knowing what's it like. And often it's laptop players who run ULQ, who have tiny screens compared to big gaming monitors
people with good PCs wont gain anything from higher refresh rates. Its really just the small advantages for spotting and finding enemies that really make the difference. I get 200+ fps in max settings 1440p and i dont even have a super high end PC. I used to play 30-60fps on a shitty imac in ulq
As a player with a low end pc and had no choice but to use the lowest possible quality and i confirm that the minimum quality is the best for getting kills and for grinding
I remember playing it on my old school laptop ages ago. I had to use the minimum settings. My friend at some map complained about foliage on some levels, for me it wasn't even visible...
The biggest advantage of ULQ is the lack of visual noise. With high settings everything looks great but your brain is overloaded by so many impressions that try to get your attention while with ULQ you will spot a target much quicker because there’s so much less happening on your screen.
I use a similar trick when playing Dirt Rally 2.0. Turning off the grass/undergrowth graphic layer allows you to see which corners can be safely cut and which have a hidden tank trap.
"everything is easier to see" yeah good luck trying to see a blob of pixels that turns out to be an enemy tank with 1280*720 resolutions paired with that minimum graphic setting
See, I know this because I used to play on a potato computer, but I still play on movie graphics now. Why? Because I play the game for the beauty of the graphics (it really is a masterpiece on high quality) and fun, and I just find the realistic graphics immersive
@@User9r682 "as it was meant to be" ah yes, that's definitely the way the game is meant to be, with half the stuff in the game not being loaded. they just added all that extra stuff cause they like the work and not at all because they intend for it to be a better experience that way. you'd probably stop playing if they removed the "handicap" because all the people who are used to playing without the crutch are now on a level playing field with you, and you couldn't handle that.
This is used in Quake 3 since 1999, a few used in Unreal Tournament in 99, ppl used it in Battlefield 4 too and in other similar games. ITS NEVER ENOUGH TO POINT IT OUT IN A VIDEO . I left the game world for years and this brought me memories. If i would back to games i would fall for this trap again unless if my pc sux.
Reminds me that back in the day. playing planetside, It was more advantageous to play with grass turned off. People would attempt hiding in the grass. Not realizing they were perfectly visible :) I have grass turned off in this game too.
It's inane how many people think that good graphics matter in a competitive game when it's so obviously better to go min settings for max visibility to be the most competitive.
i play on an actual potato laptop and me being in ULQ does not change anygameplay sadly, i have played on the ps4 and comparing it to the potato laptop, both have the same amount of screen clutter and pixels onn the screen sure better rigs could cheat with it but us poor bois have to suffer still
I am curious to know how many users play with minimum graphics. To get better results then account for the ones who need to use it for good computer performance and the people who do it because it is a cheat
I know for a fact that War Thunder does a hardware scan upon intial install or when (sometimes) new hardware is installed. They should soft lock the graphics settings if they know that hardware can at least run at 30fps.
I'm pretty sure I keep getting sauced on by Strelas or other SPAA that's using ultra low quality cause I've been shot down a good few times when I'm flying a few KM away from the battlefield at tree level in spots where I shouldnt even be visible from the battlefield
Planetside 2 was intering in that regard, because even on min settings, every view obstruction was still rendered. Ofc potato users were angry at this, but honestly its better this way.
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Yep, absolute minimum settings, no shadows and 50% rez scaling, still 24-50fps, depending on how my pc feels (worse in ground rb)
how you got the shadows on ulq
you choose to have these settings on I need them with my 2gb of vram 💀
You: park your your tank in shadow to make it less noticeable target
CAS player: jokes on you, I don't have shadows :D
You learn how to hide after you start playing in ultra low graphics.
Its interesting that the vehicle models aren't reduced in detail no matter how much you reduce the graphics
So they REALLY stick out
might be because he has the full ultra hq pack, but I haven't tested ulq myself so idk
Cuz the old ones already suck
The vehicle textures used to drop significantly, but I never noticed that the actual model stays perfect.
its bc they would need to remodel all the vehicles
I see now why I get sniped across the map while hiding in bushes. There are no bushes for the sweatiest of goblins.
Or people playing on a blighted potato
Bushes dont render at long range, so your inside a bush, but the bush is invis to people far away.
Potato graphics was used as early as Battlefield 1942. I remember being able to snipe a "pixel" at 800x600 resolution.
And most hard core Quake 3 Arena players turned off as much effects as possible, including the first person weapon.
@@midtisel4222 when watching this video, i was like, this looks totally normal, then i remembered by hot potato helps me sometimes.
Didn't know that thanks.
This looks like something you probably can run on your smartphone
Pov. War thunder mobile:YEP that's me
My phone cant even play WT mobile....
Knowing how powerful mobile phone are now a day, this certainly seem possible. War Thunder is also not the most demanding of game.
You underestimate how slow, weak and stupid my phone is
my PC runs on ultra low at 30 FPS and drops
i was playing like this by 3 years but in 15-30 fps and i got toptier
MVP
5-20*
I remember when laptops were shit back in 2010-2014 and I was running 10-15 fps on ultra low on my brother’s pc 😂
Actual gigachad 🗿
ULQ used to be a lot more cancerous back in the day. It would wipe entire forests off your screen and expose the enemy. Now it actually renders the forest but it looks thick and awful, which was a good change as so many people used ULQ as an easy way to kill people.
I do appreciate ULQ though. I used to play on a potato laptop that could only play ULQ at 20fps (it would sometimes drop to 10fps depending on the map), but despite that performance I still had fun.
NGL ULQ back in the day was a money printing machine! I pissed off so many people who then accused me of hacking. IIRC fences would not render correctly either.
I play in ULQ because I’m running a potato laptop as well lmao! 15-30 fps all the time, everytime
Still is complete cheating when compared to normal version of the game though...
@@Bourinos02 not as bad as it used to be, they've made efforts to combat people trying to exploit it by making it harder to see in ULQ as a whole
@@Bourinos02 Lmfao, cry harder about a legitimate graphics setting in the game.
This the only way for War Thunder to work on my laptop. Any higher and I'm watching a slide show for 8 hours. 😅
same.. I play at ULQ and still only get 45fps at a max, and that's on a good day
lucky, my pc is 10 yrs old and I still get 20 fps on tanks on min gfx.
To be honest, I had completely forgotten what it was like playing on ULQ ever since I upgraded from my general purpose laptop, to my gaming laptop.
It can go even lower than that. But you have to play with the files a bit. You can get to low polygon indie game graphics, before things start to get wild.
Like planes flaps stretching instead of turning and it doesn't stop even if you raise them. It takes usually about 5min in a game to find yourself in a world filled with black beams pointing everywhere that turn, with the planes. And explosions create "black holes" that have those same beams endlessly stretching into random directions.
:weedsoldiertf2:
I'd love to see the same perspectives on this exact map with better graphics as a comparison to how broken it is
Oh its broken, you get the seal clubbers in low tier running ULQ (Ultra Low Quality) on machines that cost as much as a car cause they that much of a basement dweller.
Matchmaker should arrange ULQ players against each other.
Try to arrange matches between similar graphic settings to keep things even.
Imagine thats the only requirement, just start seeing 1.0s vs 6.5s 🙃
This reminds me of the original Far Cry, almost 20 years ago now (!!). With the graphic settings cranked up, you'd get this lush thigh-high grass between the palm trees. With the settings low, you'd get this flat surface texture _of_ grass on the ground and some foliage here and there.
Wanna guess which scenario allowed for easy spotting of enemies? Low graphics quality made searching for dropped weapons a lot easier too.
To put simply playing in low or min quality sometims could consider a cheat (idk if it fixed or not)
- you have advantage because no shadow or folloage to blend enemy tank
- smoother fps tooo much
- tank model have better detail compared to surroundings
- you can spot a plane (a dot) in a sky (you can notice it farther compared to high setting)
- as long as you not less than 1 km to your enemy, You should able to saw them in clouds (not quite clearly,but noticable especially after you saw them first before entering cloud area)
Also no sonic cone when going supersonic in headons
I remember when i played on minimum quality years ago, I coukd spot a plane as a dot olin the sky like 20 km away in a prop match lmao
@@invertedv12powerhouse77 that's tbh why I love cloudy maps back then
I literally do a hunting with my stock C205 s3 and I win against 5 planes (all my teammates already dead).
But you also must consider that this guy is playimg at like 4k resolution, while players who actually need ULQ will have a much more pixaled screen, and a small screen too if it's on a laptop
@@Kentai_Shimakaze theres a lot of people who play minimum settings on a 1080p screen. I used to, on my mom's 2010 cheapest Imac till 2015 lmao
Less reflection on the battlefield makes the tanks stand out. It’s almost like a mod
the benefit of ULQ are the rendering, if u far from the object render distance like destroy able wall etc, it will be invisible but enemy vehicle still get rendered so u can easily spot them
* srry if my grammar is bad *
i do remember playing this graphic options, but i think the resolution should be a little bit lower to get the authentic gaming experience
yep. at most 720p
I think the benefit of ULQ goes away when you have to play at 720p resolution. I wish I could play on a higher graphic setting, even if it's just the regular low setting.
Only at very far distances when the game can't be bother to even render a pixel. But upclose, even if its blob of squares, its still a recognizable darker than it should be blob.
Yes, this is very overlooked by players who play on high resolutions, not knowing what's it like. And often it's laptop players who run ULQ, who have tiny screens compared to big gaming monitors
As someone who had to play on a microwave oven I can confirm it's cheating (the FPS gain is unfair)
people with good PCs wont gain anything from higher refresh rates. Its really just the small advantages for spotting and finding enemies that really make the difference. I get 200+ fps in max settings 1440p and i dont even have a super high end PC. I used to play 30-60fps on a shitty imac in ulq
He's getting better FPS than me, some people have to play ULQ in order to play War Thunder at above 30 fps.
Good news, I got a good PC!
If your pc can't handle war thunder on moderate settings with 30 fps then you definitly should get a new pc
@@TheAimlessWarrior I would if they didn’t cost thousands of dollars
30 fps is my max on my potato laptop😢
@@TheAimlessWarriorso give me one
I play with more ping than fps on ulq lmao
It doesn't even look that bad. Easy to spot things and not an eye sore either. Brilliant
As a player with a low end pc and had no choice but to use the lowest possible quality and i confirm that the minimum quality is the best for getting kills and for grinding
I remember playing it on my old school laptop ages ago. I had to use the minimum settings. My friend at some map complained about foliage on some levels, for me it wasn't even visible...
I used to play on ULQ until I got new PC and then I realized how much of a difference settings can make in ground realistic
Now i know how to grind stock mbts , thank you Malzi 🤪
Helps with spotting planes as well specially through thick cloud cover
The vehicle models being so high quality make this at a glance look decent
The biggest advantage of ULQ is the lack of visual noise. With high settings everything looks great but your brain is overloaded by so many impressions that try to get your attention while with ULQ you will spot a target much quicker because there’s so much less happening on your screen.
IL-76 was one of the first hardbass-songs I started listening to.
I use a similar trick when playing Dirt Rally 2.0. Turning off the grass/undergrowth graphic layer allows you to see which corners can be safely cut and which have a hidden tank trap.
This is how i play normally but with alot less fps
Get OUT
@@hellono6501he might have a bad pc, chill out
@@P3S4R bad laptop
@@hellono6501gonna cry ?
@@P3S4R Get OUT
"everything is easier to see" yeah good luck trying to see a blob of pixels that turns out to be an enemy tank with 1280*720 resolutions paired with that minimum graphic setting
Turning off foliage in online games with the option is standard as well.
See, I know this because I used to play on a potato computer, but I still play on movie graphics now. Why? Because I play the game for the beauty of the graphics (it really is a masterpiece on high quality) and fun, and I just find the realistic graphics immersive
Me too, ulq looks terrible and it feels like cheating when I have a pc capable of much more
This feels like something straight from 2016-18
in every Arena/battle royale game its always a big advantage to play on ultra low if you wanna be better than the enemys.
You know, I feel guilty now that I played like this while capable of playing in the highest graphics possible :(
its a game. So have fun :)
Don't, you're just playing the game as it was meant to be, those who play on higher settings are fools for giving themselves a handicap.
@@User9r682 "as it was meant to be" ah yes, that's definitely the way the game is meant to be, with half the stuff in the game not being loaded. they just added all that extra stuff cause they like the work and not at all because they intend for it to be a better experience that way.
you'd probably stop playing if they removed the "handicap" because all the people who are used to playing without the crutch are now on a level playing field with you, and you couldn't handle that.
I play on minimum graphics because my laptop can’t handle anything higher anymore, and I haven’t built myself a proper pc yet lmao
there was once a moment when my pc would struggle in ultra low
WElcome to 25 years ago gaming world.
So thats how some people can kill me in that map while I can't see anyone
This is how I play war thunder normally, my laptop isn’t powerful enough for movie settings
I used to have to use min quality because of potato laptop, this brings back memories. (Glad I upgraded)
Thanks for recommendation, gonna play like that
bro i thought at first it wasnt a big deal until i saw this...
why does this min quality look better than my movie settings
This is used in Quake 3 since 1999, a few used in Unreal Tournament in 99, ppl used it in Battlefield 4 too and in other similar games.
ITS NEVER ENOUGH TO POINT IT OUT IN A VIDEO . I left the game world for years and this brought me memories. If i would back to games
i would fall for this trap again unless if my pc sux.
tank destroyer mains gonna be ballin now
I used to play pretty much on this graphics setting when i played war thunder 🙃
Reminds me that back in the day. playing planetside, It was more advantageous to play with grass turned off. People would attempt hiding in the grass. Not realizing they were perfectly visible :)
I have grass turned off in this game too.
Watchimg your videos at low quality is fun
Gotta love umaee
It's inane how many people think that good graphics matter in a competitive game when it's so obviously better to go min settings for max visibility to be the most competitive.
AND THIS IS HARDBASS
i play on an actual potato laptop and me being in ULQ does not change anygameplay sadly, i have played on the ps4 and comparing it to the potato laptop, both have the same amount of screen clutter and pixels onn the screen
sure better rigs could cheat with it but us poor bois have to suffer still
Munitons making Life Of Boris War Thunder video XD
ah yes, the only quality level i can play at
I am curious to know how many users play with minimum graphics. To get better results then account for the ones who need to use it for good computer performance and the people who do it because it is a cheat
When is the next update?
Will my graphics card die if i do this change?also how do i grind for pe8?my grinding is really slow
as someone who is forced to play on minimum graphics for 20 fps, i see no cheat in this
is it any easier in air rb?
It looks like Company of Heroes zoomed in haha
I know for a fact that War Thunder does a hardware scan upon intial install or when (sometimes) new hardware is installed. They should soft lock the graphics settings if they know that hardware can at least run at 30fps.
my laptop barely makes ultra low graphics runnable at 30 fps, together with enough lag im usually below average,like im just trying to have fun xd
With thesw fps drops WT can have good luck playing with 30 fps
Ahh the good old times of playing on potato pc. The good old days...
We all remember the days of Warthunder looking like this back in 2012😂
I have 200 hours on movie graphics so this looks wild
the fact you can pay for a backup Pe-8 with the points from a Pe-8 is wild
the fact that im watching this video while im download the minimum graphics quality because my computer cant handle anything better
This isn’t nation bias anymore… this is Sweat lords bias
Thanks for the life hack, I haven’t had enough RAM on my computer for a long time :>.
this is how a true war thunder player plays the game
well i still prefer enjoying top quality textures while debating if thats a rock, a bush or a tank, sitting 5cm in front of my screen
I used to play that way, but with like 9-14fps....
Bruh what?! 😭
My guy please tell me you're playing on a better pc now
Same bro I know, how you feel
@@Sapphire_North i do actually. 2 weeks ago bought myself a new laptop. Medium level settings, 40-50 fps in full hd is completely enough for me
@@bulka_c_koriceu8723 Why a laptop 😨😨😰😰😱😱
@@bulka_c_koriceu8723 Oh dang, I'm glad for ya dude 🤣
Im running high graphics with 30-40fps
Beatiful af
I’ve played like that for like 3 years until i got a new pc
This explains the reasson of how Im getting 1 tapped across the map through 10 amazon forests...
I felt this way when I played the 10 hours i did play. I couldn't see shit and when I exploded I just felt angry.
Not rendering trees was fixed a long time ago
God damn it, youtube's about to get me relapsing into my War Thunder addiction...
TWO PE8 SPAWNS IS SCARY ASF
I still lag occasionally in this mode.
one thing i noticed is, the lower the graphics the faster your brain can process what goes on in the game
what is the song from the start?
Back up PE8 should be considered a war crime
my skill issue is that i still cant get kills on ulq
I'm pretty sure I keep getting sauced on by Strelas or other SPAA that's using ultra low quality cause I've been shot down a good few times when I'm flying a few KM away from the battlefield at tree level in spots where I shouldnt even be visible from the battlefield
imagine building a 5k pc to play like this...lifegoal reached i guess
Why did u start playing world of tanks?
Who needs shadows, vegetation, smoke and particles when you only need tank
the end music
That's why in real life you drink vodka in war, to play life on low graphics
滑らかに動いてる分、自分のULQより綺麗に見える
That no are high graphigs? 😭
welcome to my world
ive played on that graphics level for like 4 or 5 years
Planetside 2 was intering in that regard, because even on min settings, every view obstruction was still rendered.
Ofc potato users were angry at this, but honestly its better this way.
whats funny is when i play on my pc, it forces me to ulq, and i still get 7, maybe 7.2 fps.
So instead of Giving Gaijin Money, we can just go Ultra Low Settings for them?
Is it just me, or did the jet on the thumbnail look like a face at first?
Can it go any lower?
I need these settings on my secondary laptop which is about 10 years old.
bro that looks like my old ps2, not bad though, might be a little nostalgic.