MY CONCLUSION: (based on this game and more test) - ISWM is good for modern tank battles, but doesn't have enough details to be immersive and is good but not enough for air rb battle with props. It is a good mod with tank battles. - Vanilla sounds are really better than 4 years ago when ETSM was necessary to play, but still could have better details and sonds should have more range for aerial combat (we hear them but they are too low). => good enough, you can play without mod - ETSM is the best for air rb, but is not perfect at top tier. Sometime the sounds can feel cheap (like the explosion in air rb) but it is immersive thanks to all the little details. Maybe it is not the best on tanks engines sounds but on the ground the explosion are perfect for immersion. I did different dogfight with props, and you can really HEAR everything appening around you which is a real strong point to be able to locate plane only with your ear and gives you the feeling that you really are in a shitty situation. With your eyes you see it, with the mod you also hear it. Bad point: loop for planes guns. PS: I think with ETSM the engine are not loud enough while taking off, we don't hear the 1000 hp crying bcs the pilot increase the throttle If you play air rb and sb: use ETSM or Vanilla sounds If you only play tank: try both mods, but vanilla engine are great too All of them still miss some violent yelling wind for plane combats and more convincing sounds for damaged engine or overheat.
MY CONCLUSION: (based on this game and more test)
- ISWM is good for modern tank battles, but doesn't have enough details to be immersive and is good but not enough for air rb battle with props. It is a good mod with tank battles.
- Vanilla sounds are really better than 4 years ago when ETSM was necessary to play, but still could have better details and sonds should have more range for aerial combat (we hear them but they are too low). => good enough, you can play without mod
- ETSM is the best for air rb, but is not perfect at top tier. Sometime the sounds can feel cheap (like the explosion in air rb) but it is immersive thanks to all the little details.
Maybe it is not the best on tanks engines sounds but on the ground the explosion are perfect for immersion.
I did different dogfight with props, and you can really HEAR everything appening around you which is a real strong point to be able to locate plane only with your ear and gives you the feeling that you really are in a shitty situation. With your eyes you see it, with the mod you also hear it.
Bad point: loop for planes guns.
PS: I think with ETSM the engine are not loud enough while taking off, we don't hear the 1000 hp crying bcs the pilot increase the throttle
If you play air rb and sb: use ETSM or Vanilla sounds
If you only play tank: try both mods, but vanilla engine are great too
All of them still miss some violent yelling wind for plane combats and more convincing sounds for damaged engine or overheat.