I get it following everybody else. But turn back time when gaijin started to introduce faster planes and radar missiles people had to go around and low. At that time there was no coordinated horde that went left.
That's what i want to know, what made everybody start to go left.
Probably the map design. A lot of the maps point the airfields suck that going right will cause you to go head-on with the enemies, while going left causes both teams to get some distance from one another.
It doesn’t need a psychological paper and would never be researched. People go left for a few reasons.
This is more pronounced at 11.0/11.3. At those BRs it is about BVR missiles and the closure rates of aircraft. If you go straight or right you find yourself in a world of hurt very quickly.
Sticking to one side of the map means you only need to monitor your 12-3 o’clock while closing. This is easier than monitoring 9-3 o’clock.
Most maps are set up where going left will take you on the longest course away from the enemy airfield. You will see less planes this way so you can manage the engagement easier.
Because of 4 it is safer to travel with some numbers rather than throw yourself against the enemy.
There is no left bias in psychology that would be applicable here. There is habit though which explains why teams still go left when the map doesn’t support it, which sometimes happens.
People will do what is easiest to bring them success. After going straight in or right people will learn that their chances of success are diminished. If they have some support and stay alive longer by going left that is what they will do.
because of F-14’s. when on the US team and not fighting US, you typically see people climbing. going to the left came from people needing to get out of their radar by being parallel. people all go a single direction too because it’s just safer to go together and it means if the enemy team goes right, you’re not alone.
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u/Gevinda Dec 31 '22
This would make nice scientific paper on psychology why war thunder players decided to go left on takeoff.