The following are my thoughts on the effects of War Thunder:
War Thunder is very good at training your reaction times, awareness and multiple object tracking. As said in the "Are video games really that bad?" documentary (44:06 specifically), video games can help to train these skills as they require you to rapidly and constantly switch between focusing on something, paying attention to your surroundings and reacting to anything that might happen.
Examples of these in situations in War Thunder include:
An enemy Panzer IV coming around a building corner (reaction time). Avoiding collisions in close quarter dogfights (awareness).
And chasing down a B-17 while making sure none of the nearby fighters sneak up on you (multiple object tracking).
Another effect of War Thunder is it's violence. While there is no blood or gore, your vehicles still have crew who can be wounded/knocked out. Like the before mentioned documentary said, the psychological effect of the violence is short lived and limited to within the game, due to your brain's ability to differentiate between reality and a game stopping you from lashing out in real life.
Worst case scenario, you get frustrated for a little bit because someone got a lucky shot off on you early in the round.
(Image to personalise and visualise my personal feelings on the game)
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