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Review: Wings of Power = P-51=20 Mustang

Jim "Hornit" Campisi = tries out=20 the popular add-on plane for Microsoft Flight = Simulator.=20 Read "Hornit's" comments here.

SimHQ Calendars for = March

Our featured = photographer this=20 month is Dave "Top Gun" O'Brien. Take a look here at Dave's terrific = images.=20 Calendars are now available in 1024x768 and=20 1280x1024.

Feature: The Texas = Shoot-Out:=20 Falcon 4.0: Allied Force LAN Meet

Dogfighting and = smack-talk with=20 the 817th Texas Diamondbacks. Chuck "PFunk" = Bellows=20 chronicles their recent LAN meet here.

Feature: Driving rFactor = - A Fast=20 Lap at Essington Park

In our second = installment of=20 driving rFactor's tracks, Jens "McGonigle" = Lindblad=20 takes on the fast Essington Park circuit. Read = Jens'=20 insightful analysis here.

Review: The Regiment

Guest Writer Steve = "Hengist"=20 Redfern looks at the European release of the new = first=20 person shooter The Regiment. Read Steve's = comments here.


Community News for=20 March 3, 2006

Air Combat News

News Contributor: Doug "Uther"=20 Lawrence.

Battle=20 of Britain 2: Wings of Victory:

  • "Hawkman" has posted a = preview of a=20 Bf-109E (Oblt. Wilhelm Rau, = 3./JG 3,=20 August 1940) skin.
EECH / EEAH:=20
  • "Werewolf" has posted a = video of a distant explosions = mod in=20 action.
European Air=20 War:=20 Event=20 Photography:=20 Falcon=20 4.0: Allied Force:=20
  • "C3PO" has posted a video = of MP in 1.0.6.
FS2002 / FS2004:=20
  • "Legend" has posted a = link to a Boeing 747-400 Standard Procedure's = Guide.=20
Helicopter = Sims:=20
  • "samovar6" has posted a = Gunship salta map. =
IL-2 Series: Forgotten = Battles, AEP,=20 Pacific Fighters:=20
  • "Frankyboy" has posted a = preview of=20 the Ju88 cockpit for BoB.=20
  • "Badsight" has posted a = J2M3 cockpit guide.=20
  • "Kristorf" has released a = Mosquito Mk.VI painted as a = PRXVI (680=20 Sqn. Italy 1944/45) skin.=20
  • "Abraxa." has released a = Luftwaffe CR42 (2./NSG9) skin.=20
  • "dude163" is looking for = members to=20 test a Malta server on = Hyperlobby.=20
LOMAC / = Flaming Cliffs=20 / Black Shark:=20
  • Post your computer specs = and LOMAC=20 settings here.
Pit Builders:=20 Screentshots and Video = Gallery:=20 Strike Fighters / Wings Over = Vietnam:=20
  • "The Wrench" has = announced the=20 release of the MiG-3.
General News:=20 Aviation=20 World News:=20

Land Combat News

News Contributor: Chuck = "Magnum"=20 Ankenbauer.

Announcements:

Battlefront.com:Strategic = Command 2=20 Blitzkrieg now available for Pre-Order Now = available=20 for Pre-Order at Battlefront.com, Strategic = Command 2=20 Blitzkrieg, the new grand strategy masterpiece from = award=20 winning game designer Hubert Cater! Combining the = ease of=20 play, accessibility and addictive gameplay of the = original=20 Strategic Command, Strategic Command 2 Blitzkrieg = adds tons=20 of new features including many player submitted = suggestions.=20 Bigger, better and expandable, Strategic Command 2=20 Blitzkrieg is an evolutionary, as well as = revolutionary, new=20 Grand Strategy game. Strategic Command 2 Blitzkrieg = allows=20 you to rewrite history with 6 full length, open = ended=20 campaigns beginning at key stages of World War II. = Begin the=20 war from the historical invasion of Poland in 1939, = Denmark=20 and Norway in 1940, Russia in 1941, Stalingrad in = 1942, the=20 invasion of Sicily by the Allies in 1943 or the epic = beach=20 landings of D-Day in 1944. Also included are 5 extra = mini-campaigns depicting specific landmark battles = such as=20 Kursk, Operation Market-Garden and the Battle of the = Bulge.=20 Control the forces of 30 different nations utilizing = 16=20 different unit types including all new ones like=20 Paratroopers, Engineers, Partisans and Amphibious=20 Transports. Read here.

Matrix=20 Games has announced Panzer Command: Operation = Winter=20 Storm. Panzer Command: Operation Winter Storm = is a 3D=20 simultaneous turn based strategy game where you = command=20 either the Soviet or German forces during the = desperate=20 attempt to reach the encircled German 6th Army at=20 Stalingrad. Each side has detailed 3D units of all = the=20 historical vehicles and units, from tanks to = riflemen. Two=20 campaigns (one German, one Soviet) tie the scenarios = together, allowing core units to progress from = battle to=20 battle, gaining experience and medals. Another great = element=20 is a point system which allows players to "purchase" = additional units for each mission in the campaign as = well as=20 replace losses, forcing decisions on management of=20 resources. Read here.

Game=20 News:

There's a translation here of a mega-interview with = IDEA Games=20 (Bohemia Interactive's PR) concerning Armed Assault = and=20 "Game 2". Thanks "Uziyahu" for the news tip.

10-David has their first impressions of the just = released=20 SWAT 4 Add-on.

GhostRecon.net has four new PC = screens of=20 Ghost Recon Advance Warfighter here, also news that the 360 = version is=20 gold, and the PC version is now slipped to May.

GameTrailers.com has a new video = interview=20 of Splinter Cell:Double Agent here.

Fileplanet has announced that = they will=20 have the Full Spectrum Warrior: Ten Hammers = single=20 player demo today (Friday.)

Worthplaying has new screenshots = of Act of=20 War: High Treason here.

Screenshots and = Videos:

Magnum has shared new = screenshots of=20 the just released SWAT 4 add-on here.

The Steel Beasts Pro PE = screenshot=20 thread started yesterday, has grown, with new = screens added.=20 Check them out here.

Naval Combat News

News Contributor: "Teddy = B=E4r".

After=20 Action Report:

"vertical" has posted a Harpoon 3 AAR - = SIMEX.

Motorsports News

News Contributor: = Jens=20 "McGonigle" Lindblad.

NASCAR:

An add-on by MethylEthyl = to his own=20 "Sounds of Nascar 06", is available from here.

Looking for a copy of = Nascar Racing=20 2003 Season? We've found this auction on = eBay.

Richard Burns Rally:

A Setup Manager for = Richard=20 Burns Rally has been released. Use drag & drop = to=20 move/copy setup files between a library and the RBR = Saved=20 Games folder, automatically renaming them according = to the=20 RBR slot convention. Also provides full setup = editing=20 functionality, with range checks and default values = taken=20 from nominated car physics files. Requires .NET = Framework=20 v2. This tool is available for download from here.

TOCA Race Driver 3:

Strategy Informer = has a review=20 here.

Technology News

News Contributor: = Bob=20 "KnightRyder" Nielsen.

Cases:

ProClockers checks out the Asys = Freedom=20 Tower Full Case here.

Bjorn3D=20 looks at the XG Viper 2 Case here.

The=20 TechLounge look at Silverstone's TJ07 Mid-Tower = Case here.

Cooling:

Red = &=20 Blackness reviews the Arctic Cooling Alpine 64 = here.

Pure=20 Overclock looks at the Arctic Cooling Accelero = GPU=20 Cooler here.

FrostyTech checks out the = Noctuna NH-U12=20 Low Noise Heatsink here.

Graphics = Cards:

MadShrimps check out the eVGA = GeForce 7800=20 GTX KO card here.

Pure=20 Overclock looks at Sapphire's Radeon X1800 XT here.

Motherboards:

Hardware Secrets checks out the = ECS=20 C51G-M754 motherboard out here.

bit-tech=20 checks out ATi's RD580 ASUS A8R32-MVP Deluxe = Motherboard=20 here.

Phoronix=20 review ASRock's 939SLI32-eSATA2 motherboard here.

Hot Hardware checks out Asus' = A8R32-MVP=20 Deluxe ATI Crossfire Xpress 3200 Chipset here.

techPowerUp looks at ATi's = Crossfire=20 Xpress 3200 Chipset here.

Power = Supplies:

Extreme Overclocking checks out = the Hiper=20 Type-R 480 W PSU here.

3DGameMan=20 checks out the Ultra X-Finity 500W PSU w/FlexForce = Cables here.

Community News for March = 2,=20 2006

Air Combat News

News Contributor: Doug "Uther"=20 Lawrence.

After=20 Action Reports:

Battle of Britain 2: Wings = of=20 Victory:=20
  • "maususer" has released a Bf-109E-4 (Stab III/JG 54, Oblt. = Albrecht=20 Drehs) skin.
  • "Bader"=20 has released a Bf-109 (JG52, Fw. Herbert = Bischoff )skin.=20
European Air=20 War:=20
  • Sandbagger's latest news has been posted.
  • "Skylark" has released a P51B-1-NA Mustang (Lt. Charles = 'Chuck'=20 Gumm, 355th FS, 354th FG, Boxted, December 1943) = skin. .=20
Fighter=20 Squadron: Scream 'n Demons Over Europe:=20 IL-2 Series: Forgotten = Battles, AEP,=20 Pacific Fighters:=20
  • "Skioppo" has released "Regia = Aeronautica" Project part 1 of 3 skins.
  • "akdavis" has posted [DGEN] Ridding Lago di Garda of = the=20 Russian scourge.
  • "1.JaVA_Serval" has announced = the=20 release of Skinmanager 1.12. =
LOMAC / Flaming Cliffs / = Black=20 Shark:=20
  • "Colt40Five" has posted Su-25 landing shots. =
Screenshots and Video = Gallery:=20 Strike Fighters=20 / Wings Over Vietnam:=20 General=20 News:=20
  • F-117A's to be retired in the = next two=20 years.
  • "mazex"=20 has posted a link to photos of a Ju-88 wreck.

Land Combat News

News Contributor: Chuck = "Magnum"=20 Ankenbauer.

Game=20 News:

Matrix Games=20 announces Panzer Command: Operation Winter = Storm.=20

The=20 WarGamer has the Panzer Elite Action demo.

The=20 WarGamer also has an interview with the lead developer of Birth of = America.

GameTrailers has the new trailer = in HiDef=20 for Rise of Nations: Rise of = Legends.

Fileplanet has the demo to the = just gone=20 gold, UberSoldier.

Worthplaying has new screenshots = of Ghost Recon Advance Warfighter = and Faces of War.

GameSpot=20 has some information on the upcoming Medieval 2: Total = War.

Screenshots=20 and Videos:

RogueSnake has posted some = Steel=20 Beasts Pro PE screenshots here.

Naval Combat News

News Contributor: "Teddy = B=E4r".

Pirates of the Burning = Sea:

There's a Pirates of the = Burning Sea=20 developers chat today. Read the details here.

Motorsports News

News Contributor: = Jens=20 "McGonigle" Lindblad.

Auto Sim = Sport:

The March issue of Auto Sim Sport is out. = Download it=20 from the link provided in this thread.

FlatOut2:

Four new screenshots from FlatOut 2 have been = posted at=20 Blackhole = Motorsports.

Motorcycles:

Tourist Trophy, a = motorcycle=20 simulator for the PS2 is scheduled for release in = May. Read=20 the full announcement here.

NASCAR:

Two new tracks for the = NASCAR Racing=20 GN1970 mod have been released: International Raceway Park and = Savannah = Speedway.

Crop-Duster has=20 posted a link to the Masgraphx 2006 GM FlexFuel 250 = Truckset=20 for NASCAR Racing 2003 Season. The link is available = in this thread.

Road Racing:

PRG previews = Evolution-GT here.

All Access Trainer = has been=20 released for TOCA Race Driver 3. This utility gives = access=20 to all cars, and can be downloaded from here.

Technology News

News Contributor: = Bob=20 "KnightRyder" Nielsen.

Video:

Tom's=20 Hardware: ATI's Crossfire Xpress 3200 = Chipset=20 Takes Off. Read the report here.

Community News=20 for March 1, 2006

Air Combat News

News Contributor: Doug "Uther"=20 Lawrence.

After=20 Action Reports:

EECH = /=20 EEAH:=20
  • "Maverick63" has posted Saudi Arabia shots. =
European Air War:=20
  • "RAF_Dumoulin" has posted = shots of Fw-190's attacking B-17's at = high=20 altitude.
Event=20 Photography:=20
  • "Freycinet" has posted = pictures of stunt aircraft skimming water.=20
Falcon 4.0:=20 Allied Force:=20 IL-2 Series:=20 Forgotten Battles, AEP, Pacific Fighters:=20 Screentshots=20 and Video Gallery:=20 Strike=20 Fighters / Wings Over Vietnam:=20
  • "Altocirrus" is looking to = organize online flight meets. =
General News:=20

Land Combat News

News Contributor: Chuck = "Magnum"=20 Ankenbauer.

New=20 Releases:

Battlefront has announced that = Strategic Command 2: Blitzkrieg = is now=20 available for pre-orders.

eSim=20 Games is now shipping Steel Beasts Pro Personal=20 Edition.

Sierra/VU=20 has just released the SWAT 4 add-on, SWAT=20 4: Stetchkov Syndicate.

Game News:

10-David has=20 announce the winners of there Map and Mod contest. = Check it=20 out here and download some new stuff = for SWAT=20 4.

GhostRecon.net has news that the = PC=20 version release of Ghost Recon: Advance Warfighter = has=20 slipped and now listed as Quarter 2. It was = scheduled to be=20 released March 30th, while the Xbox versions ship = date of=20 March 10th is still on.

The=20 WarGamer has news of the next Battlefield 2 booster pack.

Fileplanet has the newly = released Sniper Elite demo.

Worthplaying has the SDK kit for the recently = released SWAT 4:=20 Stetchkov Syndicate.

Worthplaying also has 32 screens = of Full Spectrum Warrior: Ten = Hammers.

Worthplaying also has the Birth of America patch. =

Screenshots and Videos:=20

Softball has posted = a small video clip of Steel Beast = Pro PE in=20 action.

Naval Combat News

News Contributor: "Teddy = B=E4r".

Motorsports News

News Contributor: = Jens=20 "McGonigle" Lindblad.

TOCA Race Driver 3:

HEXUS reviews TOCA Race Driver 3 here.

Technology News

News Contributor: = Bob=20 "KnightRyder" Nielsen.

Cooling:

FrostyTech checks out the Cooler = Master=20 Hyper 48 KHC-L91 here.

Legit=20 Reviews looks at the Corsair Nautilus 500 Water = Cooler=20 here.

CPU's:

Overclockers Australia tests out = Intel's=20 Pentium D 920 & 955 Extreme Edition CPUs here.

Graphics = Cards

X-bit Labs=20 checks out ATi's Radeon X1900 XT Crossfire Video = Card here.

Monitors:

Overclockers Club checks out the = Samsung=20 SyncMaster 930BF LCD Monitor here.

Motherboards:

Legion=20 Hardware puts the Gigabyte 8I945GMH-RH = Motherboard=20 through its paces here.

PSU's:

ExtremeMhz checks out the Ultra = X2 550W=20 Titanium Modular PSU here.

MADSHRIMPS runs the Cooler = Master Real=20 Power 550W SLI PSU thru its paces here.

Windows = Vista:

ExtremeTech reports "Why Windows = Vista=20 Won't Suck". Read here.

Community News=20 for February 28, 2006

Air Combat News

News Contributor: Doug "Uther"=20 Lawrence.

After=20 Action Reports:

  • "KingAlbert" has posted a = F4AF AAR - Fighter Sweep on = Vapors.=20
Battle of = Britain 2:=20 Wings of Victory:=20
  • "maususer" has released a = Bf-109E (white 7, I./JG 27, = August 1940)=20 skin.=20
  • Members have posted = information on=20 changing labels.
European Air War:=20
  • "Fran_Zee" has released a = Fiat G.55 (Operation Ph=F6nix) = skin.=20
Event=20 Photography:=20
  • "hbxov" has posted a link = to photos=20 of F-4 Phantoms.=20
  • "Yojimbo" has posted Sunseaker Rally photos. =
Falcon 4.0: Allied = Force:=20
  • A 1.0.6 update video is available = in the=20 Forum.=20
  • "Teej" has posted a link = to a F-16 HUD video.
IL-2 Series: Forgotten = Battles, AEP,=20 Pacific Fighters:=20 Jane's Longbow = Series:=20
  • LB2 Fly In this Saturday March = 4, 2006.=20
  • "AV8R" has posted a petition for LB2 to be added = back to=20 HyperLobby.
Pit=20 Builders:=20 LOMAC / = Flaming Cliffs=20 / Black Shark:=20 RC and Scale = Modeling:=20
  • "TBird66" has posted = shots of a RC La-7 and Spitfire. =
Screenshots and Video = Gallery:=20
  • "Knegel" has posted shots = of large air battles in EAW.=20
  • "312_Jura" has posted a = Japanese Zero wallpaper - = Following the=20 Sun.
Strike Fighters /=20 Wings Over Vietnam:=20
  • Paul Nortness has = released new F-14 skins.

Aviation News:

  • WW II fighter ace Retired Brig. Gen. Robert L. = Scott,=20 author of "God is My Co-Pilot" dies at 97. Read here.

Land Combat News

News Contributor: Chuck = "Magnum"=20 Ankenbauer.

Rainbow 6: Lockdown:

"Magnum" has posted a Lockdown video here.

Videos:

"Uziyahu" advises us = a=20 video-trading group for tactical first-person = shooter=20 players has been created here at = YouTube.

Naval Combat News

News Contributor: "Teddy = B=E4r".

Videos:

Royal Navy News has HMS Scylla diving videos and = HMS=20 Daring cutaway videos here in = downloads.

Motorsports News

News Contributor: = Jens=20 "McGonigle" Lindblad.

NASCAR:

"GoGamer.com - Jason" has posted NASCAR photos here.

Rallying:

A WRC mod for Rally Trophy is in the works and=20 work-in-progress screenshots have been revealed here.

Road = Racing:

SimBin has signed a long-term agreement with SRO, = the=20 organization behind the FIA GT Championship. Read = the full=20 press-release here.

In case you missed it, there's a terrific "Noob's = Guide=20 to rFactor" here at RSC. Thanks=20 "Chunx".

Technology News

News Contributor: = Bob=20 "KnightRyder" Nielsen.

Cases:

ThinkComputers checks out the = NMEDIAPC=20 HTPC 300 Case here.

Cooling:

Bjorn3d tests the Arctic Cooling = Freezer=20 64 Pro HSF here.

XYZ Computing checks out the = Gigabyte=20 G-Power Lite CPU Cooler here.

TweakNews checks out the = Thermaltake RX K8=20 Silent Boost here.

Graphics=20 Cards:

DriverHeaven checks out ATi's = AIW X1900=20 Card here.

HKEPC reports that Intel may be = getting=20 serious about 3D Graphics after several = disappointing chip=20 releases. Find out more here.

Monitors:

Overclockers tests out the = Samsung=20 SyncMaster 930BF-Black LCD Monitor here.

Motherboards:

techFEAR checks out the ABIT AW8 = motherboard here.

Community News for = February 27,=20 2006

Air Combat News

News Contributor: Doug "Uther"=20 Lawrence.

Battle=20 of Britain 2: Wings of Victory:

  • "Killdevil" has released a Bf-109 template v2.
  • "maususer" has released Bf-109 (JG53 & JG54) skins.=20
EECH /=20 EEAH:=20
  • "Maverick63" has released Formations Dat Fix.
  • "Werewolf" has posted a = preview of new smoke effects. =
European Air War:=20
  • Sandbagger's latest news has been posted.
  • "Crashin' Jack" has posted a = map of the P****VIEW.CPT Files. =
  • "Nico."=20 has posted shots of large air battles.
  • "Flying=20 Tigers" has posted Flying Tigers screenshots. =
  • "RAF_Dumoulin" has posted two = videos.
Event Photography:=20 Falcon 4.0: Allied = Force:=20 FS2002 /=20 FS2004:=20
  • Ground Environment has been = released.=20 Thanks "Legend" for the information
  • "Deacon211" has posted Bird's Eye View vs. Ground = Environment=20 comparison screenshots.
  • "Jib02"=20 has posted a preview of the soon to be released Arizona Wing CAF B-25J.
  • "Vigilius" has posted a Frecce Tricolori video.=20
Helicopter=20 Sims:=20 IL-2 = Series:=20 Forgotten Battles, AEP, Pacific Fighters:=20
  • Pacific=20 Fighters patch v 4.04 has been released. =
  • "Achilles_NZ" has announced = the release=20 of new ANZAC campaigns.
  • "SeaNorris" has released a desert Mosquito skin.
  • "402Fenrir" has posted BoE 4.04 update news.=20
  • "JG51_Atze" has released two = Do-335 skins.
  • "bisher"=20 has posted a series of Hurricane shots.
  • "matttm"=20 has announced an update for IL-2 Shturmovik Stab = 6.0.=20
  • "GregSM"=20 has released an enhanced Eastern DGen update. =
  • Rudi=20 Jaeger has released a Do-335 IJAAF skin.
  • "Abraxa." has released a = large amount=20 of Macchi skins.
  • "1.JaVA_Serval" has announced = that Skinmanager has been updated for = PF v4.04.=20
  • The Battle of Britain Hurricane Season=20 campaign by Cobra427 is now available.
  • "Jadehawk" has released Do-335A-0 Checker tail skins. =
  • "Lil=20 Pup" has released Kittyhawk skins.
  • Scorched=20 Earth: New Campaigns uploaded with = Carrier Ops.=20
  • "Kristorf" has released a Mosquito Mk.VI (RF610/DM-H, 248 = Sqn.=20 Banff, April 1945) skin.
  • "Kristorf" has released a Ju-88C-6 (248 Sqn.) = skin.
  • "Kristorf" has released a