Health does not regenerate unless healed by a Medkit or First Aid Pack.
Motion sensing capabilities of T-UGS and the Motion Sensor are less useful, as without a minimap, the player will have to pull up the large map overlay to check for enemies.
60% health, rather than the usual 100%, while taking the same amount of damage.
Spotted enemies are only marked on the map.
3D spotting is disabled spotting does not display a red triangle above enemies.
Inability to switch to third-person view in vehicles.
Lack of health, ammunition, and grenade count displays.
The hardcore option returns in Battlefield 4, functioning in a similar manner to its previous counterparts.
Team killing (friendly fire) is enabled.
The Maintenance specification does not function as vehicle armor regeneration is disabled.
Health does not regenerate unless healed by a Medkit or being revived by a defibrillator after death.
Motion sensor assist points can still be earned.
Motion sensing capabilities of T-UGS may be less useful on servers with no minimap.
60% health, rather than the usual 100%, while taking the same amount of damage.
Minimap may be disabled by server settings, but most servers have it enabled.
Visual blood splatter from damage will fade but health will not regenerate.
Lack of health, ammunition, grenade counts and fire mode displays.
Players have the option to search for hardcore only servers in the server browser while owners of servers can customize what gameplay features are affected by the hardcore option during gameplay. The Hardcore option in Battlefield 3 functions similarity to Battlefield: Bad Company 2 yet does feature some differences.
If the enemy is wounded or killed the usual spot bonus will be given.
The same applies to the Sniper Spotting Scope, Motion Sensors or T-UGS of the Recon Kit.
Spotting does not reveal enemy locations or display red triangles above their heads.
Team killing ( Friendly fire) is enabled.
Health does not regenerate unless healed by a Medkit.
All weapons except shotguns and the Tracer Dart Gun (who feature unusable iron sights) do not feature crosshairs.
Absence of ammunition count, health meter, and grenade count.
Lack of a minimap (Players can still use the map in the pause menu or toggle it on PC).
The Hardcore option in Battlefield: Bad Company 2 imposes many changes to normal multiplayer matches.