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Community News for February 11, = 2005

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SimHQ Interview: = We talk=20 with the developers of GTR about the = highly=20 anticipated sim and what might be next for = SimBin after=20 GTR. Read it here. A pdf is available here (320 = kb).

SimHQ Review: = You're=20 heard a lot about NaturalPoint's new TrackIR = 3=99 Vector=20 Expansion=99 that provides six degrees of = freedom (6DoF).=20 Tom "WKLINK" Cofield tries it out and provides=20 commentary on this new simulation technology in = his=20 review here. A pdf is available here (178 = kb).

Air Combat

News=20 Contributor: Doug "Uther" Lawrence.

European=20 Air War: "VonBeerhofen" has released some = screenshots=20 of his destroyed bamboo huts. Click here to see how it's coming along. =

F/A-18=20 (JANES): Rcaf_frenchy is asking for 3d modelers = to help=20 him add new objects to Janes F/A 18. Click here to see the thread at Frugals=20 site.

FS2004: Looking for a = challenging flight model? The Kangan Batman TAFE = Cessna 172 is=20 the plane for you. The flight model will slip and = spin! Check=20 it out here.

FS2004: Spruce up = your water=20 with the FS2004 Dynamic Water Texture Set. It is the = number=20 one rated file on FlightSim.com! Click here to check it out. (Filename is = pwover16.zip)

Wings of=20 War: pilot2114 has released a new mission = titled "Hell=20 on Arras". Click here for the discussion thread and = a link to=20 the download.

Strike=20 Fighters / Wings Over Vietnam: "FoxMonter" has = some new=20 screenshots of his Viking cockpit WIP. Click here to see his work.

Strike=20 Fighters / Wings Over Vietnam: Paul Nortness is = beginning work on a A-3 Skywarrior. Click here for a preview and the = discussion.

Strike=20 Fighters / Wings Over Vietnam: "Fracture" has = released=20 some screenshots of his Bronco cockpit. Click here to see them.

Strike=20 Fighters / Wings Over Vietnam: "Capun" has = taken over=20 the P-3C Orion project. Click here for a preview and discussion. =

Strike=20 Fighters / Wings Over Vietnam: Boopidoo = Aerospace is=20 back online. Click here=20 for the site.

IL-2 /=20 Pacific Fighters: The Avia B-534 is finished. = Click here to see how it came out. = Thanks to=20 Martin for the find.

Shockwave's Battle of = Britain 2: Wings=20 of Victory: New screenshots are out! Click here to see them.

General=20 News: Voice Activated Command System (VAC) has = been=20 upgraded. Click here for the announcement.

General=20 News: Reflexive Arcade has a one-hour free = trial for=20 their game "WW2 Pacific Heroes". Click here for their download page. = Thanks to=20 "Aces High 2" for the find!

General=20 News: Need WWII European battle maps for that = campaign=20 or mission your building? Head on over to WW2 Europe's = map=20 page. They have maps from 1919 to 1945. North Africa = is also=20 included. Click here for their site.

Land Combat

News=20 Contributors: Didier "Don Didi" Vanoverbeke and Chuck = "Magnum=20 MGG " Ankenbauer.

There's a new Brothers in Arms = developers=20 diary video here at the official web site.

Naval Combat

News Contributor: "Teddy=20 B=E4r".

Navy=20 News reports that a = new Royal=20 Navy initiative is set to make Adventurous = Training (AT) more accessible to = sailors.=20 Feedback to Second Sea Lord=92s liaison teams = regularly featured=20 gripes about the lack of availability of AT, either = because of=20 a lack of qualified personnel to lead AT at unit level = (for=20 example a single frigate or submarine), or = inaccessibility to=20 courses because of commitments. Read more here.

Canada's Navy reports that HMCS Chicoutimi = arrives in=20 Halifax harbor on board the Norwegian sealift vessel, = M/V Eide=20 Transporter, just after daybreak on Tuesday February = 1, 2005.=20 The ship and submarine departed Faslane, Scotland on = January=20 13th . In the upcoming days, Eide Transporter will = undergo=20 off-loading procedures. On completion, Chicoutimi will = be=20 towed to HMC Dockyard at Maritime Forces Atlantic, = Halifax.=20

Chicoutimi and its crew of 57 initially = departed=20 Faslane, on Oct. 4, 2004, en route to Halifax, when a = fire=20 occurred Oct. 5 in an electrical panel, leaving the = sub=20 powerless and without propulsion off the northwest = coast of=20 Ireland. Chicoutimi was the last of four diesel = electric=20 submarines purchased for Canada=92s Navy and was = accepted=20 formally by the Canadian Forces from the British = Ministry of=20 Defense at an official ceremony held in Faslane Oct. = 2,=20 2004.

Motorsports

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

There's a new GTR demo, v2.0 = available here at 3DGamers.

Michael=20 Schumacher's Kart Challenge 2005 is reviewed here by Worthplaying. Thanks to m4driving=20 for the link.

New screenshots for the WGTS mod for F1 Challenge are up = at m4driving. The screenshots can be = viewed=20 from the m4driving mainpage.

M4driving=20 also has new screenshots of the 1979 mod for GP4 here.

The Lancia Stratos = looks like=20 it may be coming to Richard=20 Burns Rally. Thanks to "eddie3spain" for = spotting these screenshots at No=20 Grip.

Technology

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

HardwareZone=20 continues their Intel=20 915P shootout = here, reviewing=20 the EPoX=20 EP-5EPA.

X-bit=20 Labs reviews the = EPoX 9NPA+ Ultra mainboard here.

Legion=20 Hardware looks at the = Gigabyte=20 K8NXP-SLI mobo = here.

HEXUS reviews the Klipsch ProMedia GMX=20 A-2.1 speakers = here.

GameSpot=20 Hardware reviews the=20 DFI NF4=20 SLI-DR motherboard = here.

NV = News reviews the Logisys KB606SL = illuminated keyboard here.

Community News for February 10, = 2005

Have comments,=20 questions or a news contribution for SimHQ? Send to mailto:webmaster@simhq.com=

Air Combat

News=20 Contributor: Doug "Uther" Lawrence.

Combat=20 Flight Simulator 3: "bzhyoyo" has released new = gauges=20 for Avhistory's 3gr_Bf_109e-1_e-3, 3gr_Bf_109e-1,=20 3gr_bf_110c_4B and 3gr_bf_110c_3. Click here to check them out.

FS2004: FSUIPC 3.45 = has been=20 released at FlightSim. The new program also = comes with a=20 basic weather manipulation program. Click here to see what this utility does = and why=20 FlightSim gives it their seal of approval. The file = name is=20 "fsuipc.zip."

LOMAC: "Thomas DW" = has posted a=20 guide and links for improving the default cockpits. = Several=20 aircraft have new files. Check it out here.

LOMAC: Secondary = explosions in=20 LOMAC? Sure! Check out the video here.

LOMAC: "Bogun" has = completed=20 his printable LOMAC map. Check his work out here.

Strike=20 Fighters / Wings Over Vietnam: Check out the = new=20 Spruance Class DDG for Strike Fighters / Wings Over = Vietnam.=20 Click here for screenshots and a = download link.=20

IL-2 /=20 Pacific Fighters: Ian Boys has translated more = of the=20 interview with Soviet pilot Ivan Ivanovich Kozhemyako. = This=20 time he speaks of a Me-262 that was shot down. Read up = on it=20 here.

IL-2 /=20 Pacific Fighters: "Sturmovik_Shots" has = released the=20 Quick & Dirty Pacific Fighters Single Missions = Pack. See=20 what this is all about here.

General=20 News: The Project Phoenix Open Source Flight = Simulator=20 Team is looking for volunteers to work on a new = simulator.=20 Click here to see what they have in = mind.

Land Combat

News=20 Contributors: Didier "Don Didi" Vanoverbeke and Chuck = "Magnum=20 MGG " Ankenbauer.

Game = Spot=20 has new video = media of Rainbow 6: Lock Down and Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory.

Worthplaying has a new trailer for = Close Combat: First to = Fight here.

10-David has a new, updated FAQ = with the=20 SWAT 4 = developers here which answer a lot of = questions=20 including the system specs.

Naval Combat

News Contributor: "Teddy=20 B=E4r".

National Defense reports in the February issue = that in=20 nearly three years after the U.S. Coast Guard launched = the=20 ambitious Deepwater=20 program =97 aimed = at=20 modernizing its aging ships and aircraft =97 the = service is=20 struggling to pick up the pace of the enormous = project.=20 Deepwater is needed urgently, according to its = advocates, in=20 order for the Coast Guard to keep performing its = traditional=20 peacetime missions and fill its major new wartime = role. Read=20 more here.

National Defense reports in the = February=20 issue that the prototypes of the Coast Guard=92s unmanned tilt-rotor = aircraft=20 are to be flown in February, according to officials, = who add=20 that a number of operational questions remain = outstanding.=20 Read more here.

Motorsports

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

The European release date = for GTR has been set for = March 11,=20 2005 according to the publisher 10Tacel. There's also = a new=20 movie on the GTR web site.

AutoSimSport, the new = e-zine=20 covering auto sims has hit the streets with Volume 2. = Download=20 or read it online from here.

Technology

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

ATI has released their = Catalyst 5.2 = drivers. Go here = for WinXP=20 download, here for all=20 other OS'es.

Beyond3D=20 reviews BFGTech's Geforce 6600 GT=20 OC vidcard = here.

EXTREME Overclocking looks at Antec's Phantom = 350W fanless power supply here.

Red = And=20 Blackness reviews the = Vantec = SATA card here.

NeoSeeker reviews=20 Soltek's Qbic = EQ3501=20 915G SFF PC = here.

XYZ=20 Computing reviews the = Samsung = 920T LCD monitor here.

HEXUS reviews the Asetek VapoChill XE-II = cooler here.

Community News for February 9, = 2005

Have comments,=20 questions or a news contribution for SimHQ? Send to mailto:webmaster@simhq.com=

Air Combat

News=20 Contributor: Doug "Uther" Lawrence.

Check out "bones" newest = mission=20 report "Operation Persian Freedom Phase 3 Mission = 09:=20 Tornados at Dezful 10.06.04" here in the Janes F/A-18 Forum. A = "guest=20 appearance" is included in the new story's plot.

"NaturalPoint Jason" has = posted a list=20 of sim titles supporting TrackIR=20 3 6DoF and 2DoF. Also, there is a way to get a = $30.00=20 USD discount! Read about it here.

"3DP" has released a base = skin pack=20 for Fighter Squadron: = Scream'n=20 Demons Over Europe. Click here to read the announcement.

"Major Hippie" has announced = three new=20 campaigns (1 WWI and 2 WWII) for Fighter Squadron: Scream'n = Demons Over=20 Europe. Check it out here.

A movie displaying the VFTC aerobatic team's = performance has been released. The video is from the = grand=20 opening at the 1st Russian Cup of Computer Sports. = Click here for this truly incredible = display of=20 precision flying. A big thanks to "An.Petrovich" for = posting=20 the link!

"ZoomBoy27" has released a = CAS A-10=20 mission for LOMAC. Click=20 here for the thread.

"JagdPanzer" has released = three new=20 Fokker skins for Wings = of=20 War. Click here to see the work.

"Deigo" has released 4 new = Korean War=20 era pilot skins for Strike=20 Fighters / Wings Over Vietnam. Click here for screenshots and a = download link at=20 "Wrench's" site.

Biohaz=20 Central's files are back online! Check out the = site here.

A new message from Oleg = Maddox has=20 appeared on the Ubi boards. Click here to see what he has to say = about the=20 IL-2 / PF = series and his=20 BoB sim. Thanks to "EAF_92 Whiskey" for the find!

Land Combat

News=20 Contributors: Didier "Don Didi" Vanoverbeke and Chuck = "Magnum=20 MGG " Ankenbauer.

Gearbox Software's Brothers in Arms is = in the home=20 stretch for completion with only 87 work items left to = go.=20 Keep track of the work items countdown here.=20 Thanks Alan for the news tip.

Naval Combat

News Contributor: "Teddy=20 B=E4r".

Navy=20 News reports that = Ellen MacArthur has shattered the most = challenging=20 sailing record on the books =97 and the Royal Navy was = there at=20 her moment of triumph. Ellen=92s 23 meter trimaran = B&Q sped=20 across the finishing line off Ushant in northwest = France at=20 around 10.30pm last night, completing the 26,000-mile = solo=20 non-stop journey around the world in 71 days, 14 = hours, 18=20 minutes and 33 seconds. That sliced almost one day and = nine=20 hours off the record set by Frenchman Francis Joyon = just last=20 year. Read more here.

Navy=20 League's February issue of Sea=20 Power reports that recent Conflicts Mark Turning = Point for=20 SEALs and other = Special Ops Forces. = Securing=20 dams and oil pipelines. Hunting down Saddam Hussein = and his=20 inner circle. Rescuing Pvt. Jessica Lynch. These are = some of=20 the key roles Navy SEALs (Sea, Air and Land) have = played in=20 Afghanistan and Iraq. What they will mean over the = long term,=20 however, remains to be seen. Read more here.

Motorsports

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

Nordschleife, the real = Nurburgring,=20 with a full 3d replica of the real Nurburg Castle has = been=20 released for NASCAR = Racing 2003=20 Season by The = US=20 Pits. Download it here.

Blackhole=20 Motorsports reports that there is a new FlatOut interview at CG Online. A US = version is=20 certainly in the cards.

New screenshots from = Cross Racing = Championship have=20 been released at the CRC = web site=20 and you can view the new screenshots here. The release date has been = set for=20 April 15, 2005.

An Alfa=20 Romeo game for several platforms, including = PC's is in=20 the works. Blackhole Motorsports has the full = text of=20 the press-release here.

Technology

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

Hardware=20 Zone continues their=20 i915 shootout, looking at the = Foxconn 915AO1 here.

Gruntville looks=20 at the Thermaltake=20 PurePower 680W PSU = here.

MikhailTech=20 reviews the = Logisys LED=20 stove fan = here.

Ap0calypse=20 reviews the SilverStone=20 LC10 HTPC case = here.

Gamer's=20 Depot reviews the = ABS Mayhem G5 gaming laptop here.

bigbruin looks at=20 the Scythe = Freezer=20 64 CPU cooler = here.

4 GHz=20 Processor unveiled and it's not from who you = might=20 guess. Read here at ExtremeTech.

Community News for February 8, = 2005

Have comments,=20 questions or a news contribution for SimHQ? Send to mailto:webmaster@simhq.com=

Air Combat

News=20 Contributor: Doug "Uther" Lawrence.

Capt Farrel=20 has released three new skins for the Bf-109K-4 in = IL-2 / FB / AEP. There are two new skins for = JG27=20 (Bf109K-4 Blue 16 and Red 1) and one for JG53 = (Bf109K-4 White=20 16). Click here to see the latest editions of = Capt.=20 Farrel's excellent work.

Scorched=20 Earth: beta1.0(J) has been released for IL-2 / FB / AEP. Click here for details.

"Knegel"=20 has announced the TBF-1c "Avenger", F4F-4 "Wildcat", = FM-2=20 "Wildcat", A6M2 "Reisen", and Ki-43-Ia, IIb, IIIa = "Hayabusa"=20 are ready for testing in European Air War. Check it out here.

"_Frenchy"=20 may have found a fix for the wideview problem in = Janes F/A-18. He needs 10 volunteers to = test it.=20 Click here for details.

"Grover" is=20 beta testing the Aerosoft SH-60 add-on for = FS2004. Click here for some preview screenshots = of the=20 SH-60 and the Wasp carrier that comes with it. =

A big=20 thanks to "An.Petrovich" for posting the link! "Bogun" = is=20 close to releasing a printable LOMAC map. He's looking = for=20 some feedback so click here to see what he's been up = to.

"ajunaidr"=20 has posted some screenshots of his F-104/F-104B work = for=20 Strike Fighters = / Wings=20 Over Vietnam. = Click here to see his progress. =

"capun" is=20 hosting Mikewhl's Spruance Class Destroyer for = Strike Fighters / Wings Over = Vietnam. Check it = out here.

The "NAS=20 Oceana 2004 - DVD" is now on sale from Hart = Aviation Video=20 Enterprises. Click here for the web page. Thanks to = "Julian=20 Data" for the find!

Land Combat

News=20 Contributors: Didier "Don Didi" Vanoverbeke and Chuck = "Magnum=20 MGG " Ankenbauer.

Gamespot has=20 new media (videos and screens) of Close Combat: First to = Fight here.

They also have a new = "hands-on" SWAT 4 preview here.

Speaking of SWAT 4, Worthplaying has a new set of = screenshots here and SWAT4-FR has=20 released a video of one of the single player missions, = from=20 start to finish. It is mirrored here for the North American = crowd.

At your local magazine stand = / store:=20 PC Gamer has = released a=20 bonus edition, (separate from there monthly issue) = titled=20 "The Ultimate Shooter Guide". This special, = features=20 every shooter's review from the last year, best games, = worst=20 games, walkthroughs, tips and tricks, and a few = previews of=20 this years shooters. Worth the 10 bucks if your a = shooter=20 fan.

Naval Combat

News Contributor: "Teddy=20 B=E4r".

Silent Hunter III: A new preview is available in = German at=20 Gamesurf. The preview includes = 19 screenshots; most are new. Read more here.

Navy=20 Newsstand reports that top Navy officials attended = the=20 Western Conference and Exposition in San Diego in = February to=20 speak with government, industry and military = professionals=20 about the future of = the=20 Navy. Read more including a video here.

Motorsports

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

Modders are busy; m4driving=20 has info and screenshots of several mods in the=20 works:

For GP4 a=20 1979 season mod = which is=20 presented here, and a 1991 season mod which = you can=20 preview here.

For F1 Challenge m4driving=20 has news and screenshots from a 1971 mod here, new images from the 1974 / = 75 mod here, and a preview video of the = upcoming=20 WGTS mod in the third post from the top in this thread.

A preview = movie of the=20 FIA GT 97 mod = for F1C has been = released. Download=20 sites are listed in this post at Race = Sim=20 Central.

GTR=20 fans are not left empty handed: The Sandown and Imola = tracks,=20 as well as two new cars are waiting for you here, there's and update for A1 = Ring which=20 can be downloaded from here, and finally Detroit's Belle = Isle has=20 been converted for GTR and is available for download = here. Source: M4driving.

The "Outrageous = Tunes=20 Movie Competition" is currently in full swing. Head = over to this thread at Race = Sim=20 Central, view the movies and cast your vote. =

Blackhole Motorsports has posted a = very nice=20 guide here on tweaks you can perform on = the NASCAR Sim Racing = Demo.

Technology

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

HotHardware=20 reviews the Foxconn=20 e-bot SFF PC = here.

Bjorn3D reviews the Jetart JACSH1 VGA Cooler here.

ViperLair=20 looks at the ABIT RX600 = Pro-Guru Video Card here.

SystemCooling=20 reviews the Koolance=20 PC3-725BK Water = Cooled Case=20 here.

MadShrimps=20 has a PSU=20 Roundup here.

A1=20 Electronics reviews = the=20 ThermalRock=20 Dragon Gaming Case = here.

Hardware=20 Zone continues their=20 Intel = 915P Shootout here, = with a look=20 at the ECS=20 915P-A.

OC = Service reviews the=20 FIC = 9600XT here.

MikhailTech=20 reviews the = Logisys White=20 Laser LED = here.

HEXUS looks at the TriGem KLOSS KL-I915A = SFF PC here.

NV = News plays with a BFG Geforce 6600 GT = OC video card here.

PC=20 Arena reviews a = Matrix Orbital = MX411 LCD Display here.

Community News for February 7, = 2005

Have comments,=20 questions or a news contribution for SimHQ? Send to mailto:webmaster@simhq.com=

Air Combat

News=20 Contributor: Doug "Uther" Lawrence.

Ian Boys=20 has made a translation of an interview with Ivan = Ivanovich=20 Kozhemyako. Ivan discusses the tactics used between=20 Yaks and Messerschmitts. Click here to read this WWII vet's = comments on=20 aerial combat.

"France-Simulation" has = announced a free=20 14 skin pack by Tchaika. The skins are for the Arado = 196=20 in IL-2 / = PF. Click here for a brief description and a = link to=20 the download.

Just went=20 out and bought "B-17 II:=20 The Mighty Eighth" = and it=20 didn't come with a manual? One exists online. Click here to view the Adobe Acrobat=20 file.

Jan Tuma=20 has begun a new 3d model for the Avia B.534 Biplane. = This new=20 aircraft is for European=20 Air War. Click here to see Jan's work so = far.

Cord's EAW=20 Page is one of the best European Air War resource sites out there. The = site has=20 been up for years! Click here=20 to see Cord's site.

The=20 WarfareFIX2005-02-01.zip for Janes F/A-18 is now available for download. = Click here to see what has been fixed. A = link to=20 the download is also provided.

"Top Gun"=20 has made a great find; the Alpha Sim A-10 is now freeware! The A-10 is = for=20 FS2004. Click here for the thread and = link.

"Thomas DW"=20 is releasing a new A-10 mission pack for LOMAC. Click here to see what it = contains.

"Thomas DW"=20 has also found a sunrise / sunset mod for LOMAC. Click here for screenshots and a link to = the=20 authors download.

There is a=20 Firefly update for Strike=20 Fighters / Wings Over Vietnam. Click here to see how it's coming=20 along.

"Kesselbrut" has some great = shots of his=20 UH-1 cockpit for Strike=20 Fighters / Wings Over Vietnam. Follow this link for more = information.

Skinners=20 Heaven has moved. = Click here to see the new = site.

"RussoUK2002" plans to release = several=20 new ground objects for Strike Fighters / Wings Over = Vietnam in the = coming days.=20 Objects such as the T34-85,Tiger II, SU100, Stug IV, = and PZKW=20 IV G are to be included. Click here for screenshots and=20 information.

"FoxMonter"=20 is working on a cockpit for the Viking in Strike Fighters / Wings Over = Vietnam. See what = FoxMonter=20 has been up to by clicking here.

The=20 Virtual Online = War for=20 IL-2 is now = opening an=20 online gift shop. Click here to link over to their site. = Please note=20 the English version of this announcement is below the = German=20 version.

"Raf_Roy"=20 is offering to mirror offline EAW=20 sites. Click here to see what he's got in=20 mind.

"Sandbagger" has posted an = extensive list=20 of new material being released for European Air War. Click here to see what's new.

Are you new=20 to European Air = War or = Red Baron 3d? Would like to modify these = sims and=20 don't know where to start? Head on over to von Oben's = site. He=20 has a step by step tutorial and resources to get you = started.=20 Click here to see what he has to = offer.

"ArgonV"=20 has announced a second repaint of Gypsy9's repaint of = the=20 Somme for Fighter=20 Squadron: Scream 'n Demons Over Europe. Check it out here.

"D-scythe"=20 is looking for some feedback on some tile work he's = doing for=20 LOMAC. Click here to see what he is currently = tweaking=20 and what he might have in mind. Photoreal tiles maybe? =

"Gepard"=20 has released a Suez Terrain for Strike Fighters / Wings Over = Vietnam. Check it = out here.

Interested=20 in a Cuban Missile Crisis Campaign for Strike Fighters / Wings Over = Vietnam? Click here for some info and a really = well done=20 flash presentation.

"Flying V"=20 has released a skinpack of VF-162 for the F-8E in = Strike Fighters / Wings Over = Vietnam. Click here for a screenshot and download = link.=20

You can=20 build your own full=20 motion cockpit for = under=20 $350.00 USD. The plans and instructions cost $15.00 = USD. Check=20 it out here.

Flight simulation is getting = some=20 professional attention from the American Institute of=20 Aeronautics and Astronautics. FS2004 is discussed = in the=20 latest issue of their journal 'Aerospace America'. The = AIAA is=20 an association of professionals working in the = aerospace=20 industry and their web site is here.=20 Thanks Hans for the news tip.

There's some new Fighter Ops = screenshots here at the official web site. = Thanks=20 "Guderian Ente" for the news and link.

Land Combat

News=20 Contributors: Didier "Don Didi" Vanoverbeke and Chuck = "Magnum=20 MGG " Ankenbauer.

Read this new after action = report here for Civil=20 War Bull Run. Look for a SimHQ review in the = near=20 future.

Naval Combat

News Contributor: "Teddy=20 B=E4r".

Subsim Review SH3 Scavenger = Hunt! "The days until Silent Hunter = III is released tick down. To get = you convoy=20 hunters in shape, we're going to have a little = practice, some=20 training in the fine art of hunting =97 scavenger = hunting, to be=20 exact! Ubisoft is sponsoring the Subsim Review SH3 Scavenger Hunt. = Ubisoft=20 will supply some exclusive SH3 gear you can't get = anywhere=20 else. I'm sure you will recognize some of the prizes. = In=20 addition, sharp Silent Hunter captains will receive = secret=20 Enigma messages straight from the dev team, revealing = new=20 screenshots, new game details and more!"

Navy=20 News reports that HMS=20 Liverpool (Type 42 destroyer) left her home = base of=20 Portsmouth on Friday February 4 to spend six months on = a=20 drug-busting deployment in the North Atlantic. HMS = Liverpool=20 will work closely with the U.S. Coast Guard and ships = from the=20 Dutch and French navies, watching for suspect shipping = heading=20 to or from the Caribbean region. Read more here.

Motorsports

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

Thanks to Blackhole=20 Motorsports for the tip that the BTCC 93 / 94 Mod v2 = has been=20 released for F1C. The mod=20 can be downloaded from here.

Also from Blackhole=20 Motorsports, the news that a preview of NASCAR Sim Racing is = available=20 at GameSpy here.

Redline Developments = have=20 posted an update on the status of the GTP mod. Read the = statement on=20 their web site here.

M4driving reports that RaceCast v0.5.0.0 = BETA for=20 rFactor has = been=20 released. It's a utility that adds live stats = reporting=20 functionality to rFactor, which can then be viewed via = the RaceCast web site. The utility can = be=20 downloaded here.

Screenshots of Mount = Panorama=20 for GTR has = been posted=20 here at m4driving.

The results of = the Rolex 24 Hours at = Daytona can=20 be viewed here. Congratulations to the = winning=20 teams.

Have a MOMO and love F1C? Check out these controller setup tips at Race Sim Central. Thanks = Chunx.

Some little known key = commands for=20 F1C along with = other FAQs=20 are available here from F1 = Simlinks. Thanks Chunx for the news tip.

There's a Gran Turismo 4 review = here at FiringSquad. Yes, it's console, = but you'll=20 want to take a look... and drool.

Technology

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

AnandTech=20 talks Intel = roadmaps here.

VisionTek=20 has announced they've added Best Buy to their list of retail=20 partners.

From FiringSquad: A GeForce 6800 SLI=20 Performance review = here on the MSI's NX6800.

The SimHQ Monthly Calendars for = February=20 2005

Download a calendar by = clicking on the=20 thumbnails. The 1280 x 960 files are approximately 250 = kb.


Steve Serdikoff of Three Wire Photography = provided this=20 beautiful B-17G called "Fuddy Duddy". Photo = taken at the=20 Reading WWII Weekend in 2002. Thanks, = Steve!	This Silent Hunter III = image is the=20 third in a series of our monthly calendars = featuring=20 Silent Hunter III. Thanks to the Development = Team for=20 providing the image.

A rendered image from S.C.S. Dangerous Waters = of a=20 Tico is the second in a series of monthly = calendars=20 featuring the "just gone gold" naval combat sim. = Thanks=20 to Sonalysts and Battlefront.	Sean "Goodwood" Nash sent in = this=20 IL-2 Sturmovik: Forgotten Battles screenshot of = an=20 attack on a B-17 flight. Nice job=20 Sean!

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