It's not a bug, it simply is an engine limitation or better-said, it would cost too much performance to cast dynamic shadows for each object.

@SGTIce,
a supersonic bullet always travels faster than sound, so it should be that what at whatever distance.

Yes, indeed.

Can confirm this

It is there, but you can barely see it. Upvote.

Can confirm that.

I can confirm this, on elite also.
A hostile missile went off 2 meters from me and it didn't damage me at all.

Confirmed

Awesome! :)

Any news on this? I'd be really nice to have a good-looking alternative to the current rather... interesting animations!

The name is a bit irriating, but you're fedinitely right

Never mind, solved it by configurizing the difficulty separately