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Feature: "Second = Look" -=20 Richard Burns Rally

What's the best racing = sim you=20 possibly haven't played? The answer is Richard Burns Rally. = Read Jens=20 "McGonigle" Lindblad's "Second Look" Series = update=20 "Richard Burns Rally. A Year On." here.

"Got Game?" Review: = Far=20 Cry

One of the most = popular games in=20 the past couple years is Far=20 Cry. From it's unique graphic environment = to it's=20 difficult gameplay, it has certainly impacted = the FPS=20 world. Read Guest Writer Bj=F6rn =93M@verick=94 = Hagman's "Got Game?"=20 review here.

Interview: Jet=20 Thunder

Chris "BeachAV8R" = Frishmuth=20 interviews Dante = Mendes De=20 Patta, Jet Thunder Project Manager, to = discuss=20 the highly anticipated project covering the 1982 = Falklands / Malvinas War. We also have seven = exclusive=20 new screenshots in 1600 x 1200 of the = work-in-progress=20 sim. Read the interview here.

Feature: Readers, = Staff and=20 Moderators Pick the "Best of 2005"

Chunx provides = comments and=20 analysis on the Reader's Choice and Staff / = Moderators=20 Choice Polls. Read here.



Community News=20 for January 20, 2006=20

Air Combat News

News Contributor: Doug "Uther"=20 Lawrence.

Battle=20 of Britain 2: Wings of VictoryH:

  • "hurricane hicken" has = released new terrain textures (Beta).=20
Combat Flight=20 Simulator 3:=20
  • MAW=20 progress shots are available here.
Falcon 4.0: Allied = Force:=20 IL-2 Series: Forgotten = Battles, AEP,=20 Pacific Fighters:=20
  • "GregSM"=20 has released Yak-9U and UT skins.
  • VMF-214 (virtual) has returned = to active=20 status.
Jane's=20 Longbow Series:=20 LOMAC /=20 Flaming Cliffs / Black Sharks:=20 Over = Flanders=20 Fields:=20 RC = and Scale=20 Modeling:=20 Strike Fighters=20 / Wings Over Vietnam:=20 General News:=20

Land Combat News

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

Game=20 Releases: Game=20 News: Gamespot has a new developer interview video talking = about how=20 the PC version of Lockdown is just so different from = the=20 console counterparts. (And yes there is sarcasm in my = post=20 above. Read first impressions from many SimHQ members = here.)

Mods and=20 Missions: Soldner=20 has a new map pack for download here.

Screens and=20 Videos: There are a number of screenshots from the = newly=20 released Lockdown demo here. Worthplaying has 15 new = screenshots of=20 Red Orchestra: = Ostfront=20 41-45 here.

Real=20 World: Anything you ever wanted to know about the=20 First World War = (WW1) then you'll = want to=20 check out this site here.=20

Naval Combat News

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

Motorsports News

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

Several rFactor tutorials = have been=20 posted by The Pits. Some of the subjects = covered are=20 car-painting, vehicle-setup and track making. The = tutorials=20 are available here.

"Toka Jay" has posted = update=20 1.2 for the rFactor = AWD Rhez=20 Challenge mod. Download links are included in = this thread.

10TACLE = Studios AG will=20 participate in this year=92s Games Convention in = Leipzig. During=20 the trade show, 10TACLE will focus on titles such as = GTR 2 - FIA GT Racing=20 Game.

Technology=20 News

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

Neoseeker=20 has worked up a quick run of benchmarks for ATI's Catalyst v6.1 = release=20 compared to the 5.13s. Read here.

NGOHQ asks,=20 "Is 3DMark = Really the=20 "Gamers Benchmark'"? Read their comments here.

Community News=20 for January 19, 2006

Air Combat News

News Contributor: Doug "Uther"=20 Lawrence.

After=20 Action Reports:

  • "SteathSnake" has posted a Janes F/A-18 AAR - Phase 3 - = Strike on=20 power plant at Zasheyek.
EECH / EEAH:=20
  • The LIONPRIDE (US) Server has begun = a new=20 Campaign.
European Air War:=20
  • Sandbagger's latest news has been posted.
  • "Skylark" has posted = information on EAW Ini settings & EAW Control = 2000.=20
Helicopter=20 Sims:=20 IL-2 Series:=20 Forgotten Battles, AEP, Pacific Fighters:=20
  • "Tchaika." has released a I-185 "what if" skin pack. =
  • "Jarink"=20 has released B-17G (447th BG) skins.
  • "(504)Fishey" has released B-25 skins. =
Jet Thunder:=20
  • "Dante-JT" has posted a = preview of Argentine infantry. =
Pit Builders:=20
  • "KillerBee" has posted a shot = of an ejection seat and panel from a = F-4C.=20
Screentshots=20 and Video Gallery:=20
  • "DBond"=20 has posted Silent Hunter III shots.
  • "Cheapshot" has posted FS2004 = shots -=20 Cross Country with a King Air = 200.
  • "EagleTalons" has posted a = shot of a smoking MiG-17.
  • "Colt40Five" has posted shots = of aircraft exploding (Pacific = Fighters).=20
  • "PanzerMeyer" has posted various land combat screenshots. =
Strike Fighters=20 / Wings Over Vietnam:=20
  • "fubar_512" has posted a MiG-17F updated FM. =
General News:=20
  • "CaryMG"=20 has posted a link to a free trial of the flight = simulator OSX SkyFighters 1945.
  • "Box-weasel" has posted a = link to a F4U training film.
  • Military pilots get better earplugs. Thanks "CV" for = the news.=20

Land Combat News

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

Game Releases: = There's a brand=20 new demo just out for Rainbow 6:=20 Lockdown. Read more here. Also just released is a demo = for Star Wars: Empire at = War. Read=20 here. Thanks "Kresimir" for the=20 news.

Game News: The=20 Platoon has a link to a preview of SWAT4 STETCHKOV = SYNDICATE by=20 CVG here. The=20 WarGamer has the official announcement of Medal of Honor: = Airborne here. The=20 WarGamer also has news that Supreme Ruler 2010 has now been = re-released=20 for online download purchase. Get it here. America's Army official site has = new info=20 and screens on the next update. Check it out here.

Mods and Missions: Screens and = Videos: GhostRecon.net has a link to a = huge=20 collection of Ghost = Recon=20 Advance Warfighter screenshots here. Magnum=20 has revisited, Soldner=20 Gold, and has posted first impressions and many=20 screenshots here.

Real World: Here's a nice web site that has a bunch of links = to=20 military equipment, with info and pictures.

Naval Combat News

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

Video game innovation = empowers naval simulations. = Read here.

Motorsports News

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

Update 1.24 for = the=20 European and Russian versions of Cross Racing Championship = 2005=20 is now available. Users are advised to use the = auto-update=20 function in-game.

Invictus Games revealed the = new=20 Modding capabilities of Cross=20 Racing Championship 2005 here. CRC 2005 is now prepared to = support=20 add-on multiplayer gamemodes. Players just need to = write their=20 own game-mode, and copy the java file to=20 classes/gamemodes/net/src/ the game will automatically = use it.=20 A detailed guide and the source files of Capture the = Flag,=20 Jamboree, and Destruction gamemodes can be downloaded = from the=20 link above.

A patch for the rFactor AeroWar88 mod = has been=20 released. Download the patch from here.

Next Level Gaming = reviews XPand Rally here.

Technology=20 News

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

XYZ=20 Computing checks out Antec's=20 P180 case here.

HEXUS = tests the=20 ASUS TeK EAX1800XT = TOP=20 video card here.

ExtremeTech tests Creative's Fatal1ty = 1010 mouse=20 here.

SystemCooling looks at Enermax's Liberty 400W High=20 Efficiency PSU here.

DarkVision=20 Hardware looks at the NZXT=20 Lexa case here.

AMDZone tests=20 out the Polywell = 939N4-SLI2 X2=20 4800+ PC here.

ThinkComputers tests the Thermalright V-1 = Ultra VGA=20 cooler here.

3DGameMan=20 tests out the Ultra = X-Connect=20 X2 550W power supply w/ FlexForce modular = cables here.

ATI = released the=20 6.1 version of their Catalyst=20 Driver Suite today. Download them here.

NGOHQ: "It=20 seems that there are a few dynamic shadow rendering = issues=20 with the games BattleField 2 v1.12 and Need for Speed: = Most=20 Wanted. It is not an isolated incident as we have = noticed that=20 many users are complaining about these issues in = various=20 forums around the world." Read here.

Community News for = January 18,=20 2006

Air Combat News

News Contributor: Doug "Uther"=20 Lawrence.

Combat=20 Flight Simulator 3:

European Air=20 War:=20
  • Sandbagger's latest news has been posted. =
IL-2 Series: Forgotten = Battles, AEP,=20 Pacific Fighters:=20
  • New=20 Virtual Outfit: 475th FG, USAAF.
  • Alex=20 Voicu has released a Tempest final roles skin pack. =
  • "vpmedia" has released a Japanese floatplane (Ar-196) = skin.
  • "csThor"=20 has released a Bf-109E-4 (Black 8, Ofw. = Bernhard=20 Lampskemper, 2./JG3, August 1940) skin. =
LOMAC / Flaming Cliffs / = Black=20 Shark:=20
  • "Remise=20 des Gaz" has released a new A-10 Campaign for FC v1.11. =
  • "Hawg11"=20 has announced the release of a updated = realistic size=20 sun.
Screentshots and Video = Gallery:=20
  • "PanzerMeyer" has posted = three Star Wars videos.
  • "EagleTalons" has posted a = shot of a MiG-21 fighting a F-4 Phantom. =
  • "McGonigle" has posted two rFactor videos.
  • "Colt40Five" has posted Pacific Fighters screenshots. =
  • "Shadow_12TFS" has posted a = shot of F-4 Phantoms flying next to a = MiG-21.=20
  • "Hawg11"=20 has posted a shot of the updated realistic size sun that = is now=20 available for LOMAC FC.
Strike Fighters / Wings Over = Vietnam:=20 General News:=20
  • The=20 Developers Diary Edition 8 and new screenshots have = been=20 posted at Fighter=20 Ops.
  • "JagdNeun" has posted a link = to a World War II aircraft web = page.=20

Land Combat News

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

PC.IGN = reports on=20 Medal of Honor: = Airborne=20 here.

Naval Combat News

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

After Action Report: = "Herman" has=20 posted a Harpoon = 3=20 Scenario AAR - The Empire Strikes Back [Spoiler = Alert].

Motorsports News

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

A new entry has = been posted=20 in the FlatOut 2 Blog.

SirViper = has posted a=20 link to new screenshots from GTR2 in this thread.

Technology=20 News

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

bit-tech.net=20 checks out the Acer = Ferrari=20 F20 widescreen LCD here.

Driverheaven looks at the Antec Neo HE 550W PSU = here.

Trusted=20 Reviews tests the = Asus=20 A8N-VM CSM motherboard here.

Pimprig=20 looks at the Cooler = Master=20 Stacker 830 case here.

GotFrag=20 has a Gaming Mouse=20 Roundup here.

GamerGod=20 looks at Jackson's = Armor=20 Card here.

HEXUS = tests out=20 the MESH Titan = X1800 fire=20 system here.

Epiacenter=20 tests out the VIA = VT310-DP=20 Mini-ITX motherboard here.

Community News for = January 17,=20 2006

Air Combat News

News Contributor: Doug "Uther"=20 Lawrence.

Battle=20 of Britain 2: Wings of Victory:

  • "V67th=20 Darky" has posted a mirror for the 2.03 patch. =
  • "stickman" has posted a link = to new map icons.
  • The latest key chart can be found at = Airwarfare.
European Air War:=20
  • "MrJelly" has posted a solution for the 7217 error. =
  • "Skylark" has released a P-47D (Capt. Herschel 'Herky' = Green, 317th=20 FS, 325th FG, 15th AF, Italy, February 1944) skin. =
  • "Knegel"=20 has posted shots of a B-17 formation at high altitude = with=20 contrail effects.
  • "Fran_Zee" has posted a = preview of the=20 Centauro project. =
Event Photgraphy:=20
  • Dave "Top Gun" O'Brien is = continually=20 advancing on the most popular list at Airliners. =
  • "RSColonel_131st" has posted = some Dubai=20 airshow photos. =
Falcon 4.0: Allied = Force:=20
  • Patch 1.0.5 has been released.=20
FS2002 /=20 FS2004:=20 IL-2 = Series:=20 Forgotten Battles, AEP, Pacific Fighters:=20
  • Scorched=20 Earth: new web site layout, and new = features=20 announced.
  • "tankeriv" has posted shots = of a field gun emplacement that is = included in=20 his new campaign.
  • "Hynkel"=20 has released a Fw-190A Recon Skin Pack.
  • "Graf"=20 has posted a new wallpaper - F4U Corsairs. =
  • "Rudi=20 Jaeger" has released Korean Yak9UT skins.
  • "CanonUK" has released a Fw-190A-4/U-4 (Red 4,=20 Nahaufklaerungsgruppe 13, France 1944) skin.
  • "CanonUK" has released a Fw-190A-8 (Black 8, Uffz. Willi=20 Maxomowitz, 11/JG3, Normandy 1944) skin.
  • "vpmedia" has released a Ar-196A-5/U1 (Wnmr. 100359,=20 Erprobungsstelle, Travemunde 1944) skin.
  • Ian Boys=20 has posted an update on the Burma project. =
Jane's Longbow = Series:=20 LOMAC / Flaming=20 Cliffs / Black Shark:=20 Pit=20 Builders:=20 Screentshots and Video = Gallery:=20 Strike Fighters=20 / Wings Over Vietnam:=20

Land Combat News

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

Game News: IGN = has a new=20 preview of Rainbow 6:=20 Lockdown here. Worthplaying has news and screens = of the=20 next update for America's Army here.

Mods and Missions: Operation Flashpoint Editing = Center has a=20 link to a newly released 10 mission campaign for the = FDF WW2=20 Mod for OFP. = Download it=20 here.

Screens and Videos: = IGN has a bunch of screens from = the upcoming=20 Commandos Strike = Force here. Gamespot has=20 a new trailer for WarRock=20 here.

Real World: The US=20 Army's official web site has an article on "The = King of=20 Battle", artillery=20 used in Iraq. Read it here.

Naval Combat News

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

Subsim reports=20 the card game Silent = War=20 has been released. Read here about it at the Silent War = web=20 site.

Motorsports News

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

The first = winners of the=20 annual Blackhole=20 Motorsports Awards are now being revealed. See = who the=20 winners are here.

Technology=20 News

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

Overclockers Online checks out the = Antec NeoHE 430W PSU = here.

techFEAR=20 tests out Asus' = P5ND2 SLI=20 motherboard here.

Techgage looks=20 at the Asys = Freedom case=20 here.

Beyond3D=20 tests the ATI Radeon = X1600=20 XT and X1300 = Pro=20 video cards here.

ExtremeMhz=20 checks out the BenQ=20 DW1655 16x DVD+-RW Double Layer DVD writer here.

BTX Form=20 Factor Info checks out Cooler Master's BTX = cases here.

AusFX tests out=20 Inno3D's GeForce = 6600=20 DDR2 video card here.

OCWORKBENCH tests out Powercolor's X1300 = Pro video=20 card in Crossfire mode here.

3DAvenue=20 reviews the Sapphire = Radeon=20 X1800XT video card here.

Community News=20 for January 16, 2006

Air Combat News

News Contributor: Doug "Uther"=20 Lawrence.

Aces High II:

HiTech Creations announces = "Combat=20 Tour". Read here.

Battle=20 of Britain 2: Wings of Victory:

EECH / EEAH:=20 European Air War:=20
  • "VonBeerhofen" has posted a = preview of=20 a new sky set - Early Rise.
  • "VonBeerhofen" has posted information on the MAX TMOD = counter per=20 tile in EAW_TTD.DAT.
  • "VonBeerhofen" has posted = information=20 on the MAX tile counter for = EAW_TTD.DAT.
  • "Crashin' Jack" has posted = updates on=20 the VCG -- PVIEW Relationship. =
  • "Crashin' Jack" has posted P***VIEW Extracts.
  • "RAF_Roy" has posted a OAWunifiedV1.01 Slideshow. =
  • Sandbagger's latest news has been posted. =
Event Photography:=20 Falcon 4.0: Allied = Force:=20

FighterOps:

FS2002 / = FS2004:

Helicopter=20 Sims:=20

IFC Denver:

  • There's a new video = release=20 that can be viewed here.

IL-2 Series: = Forgotten=20 Battles, AEP, Pacific Fighters:

  • "tankeriv" has posted a = preview of a=20 new mini campaign.
  • "Graf"=20 has posted a new wallpaper - Johnny Johnson. =
  • "Graf"=20 has posted a new wallpaper - British Beauty. =
  • "Kristorf" has released a Spitfire IXc (Flt. Lt. Audet, = 411 Sqn,=20 Heesch, Holland 1944) skin.
  • "Kristorf" has released a Spitfire IXc (Wing Cmdr. J E = Johnson,=20 Kenley Wing, spring 1943) skin.
  • "Kristorf" has released a Spitfire IXc (OU-V, ML407, 485 = Sqdn, New=20 Zealands Flg. Off. Johnnie Houlton) skins.
  • "csThor"=20 has released a Fw-190A-4 (Wnr. 0601, 1/JG51, = Schiphol,=20 June 1943) skin.
  • "csThor"=20 has released a Fw-190A-4 (Stab/JG54, Maj. H. = von Bonin,=20 Estonia, June 1943) skin.
  • "Greg_Boyington" has released = a Ki-46 update.
  • "vpmedia" has released a = generic I-153 winter whitewash camo = skin.
  • "402Fenrir" is asking for Beta testers for the BoE update. =
  • "matttm"=20 has posted a preview of IL-2 Shturmovik Stab Version = 6.0.
  • "C6_Martel" has released Martlet I and II (881 Sqdn. = Ironclad op,=20 Madagascar) skins.
  • "Rudi=20 Jaeger" has released a F-80 KTO Squad skin pack.=20
Jane's=20 F/A-18:=20
  • "**=20 HELLFIRE **" has posted a series of shots - Dogfight at Dusk.
  • "Mac=20 4.0" has posted a shot of a F-18 flying by an = enormous fireball.
LOMAC / Flaming Cliffs / = Black=20 Shark:=20 Over = Flanders=20 Fields:=20
  • "bisher"=20 has posted screenshots - cloud and sun.
  • "bisher"=20 has posted screenshots - Pursuit!
  • "gambit_168" has released a = Fokker Dr.I (Lothar Von = Richthofen) skin.=20
Pit = Builders:=20
  • "AndyHill" has posted a link = to the Akers-Barnes Cockpit Mark 1.=20
RC = and Scale=20 Modeling:=20 Strike Fighters / Wings Over = Vietnam:=20 General = News:=20
  • "Desert=20 Eagle" has posted a link to a photo of a nuclear explosion one = millisecond after=20 detonation.
  • Can you=20 name these airplanes?=20
  • "cv" has=20 posted a link to an Air Force Magazine article - The Strategy of Desert Storm. =
  • "cv" has=20 posted a link to an Air Force Magazine article - Eyes of the Fighter.=20
  • Fran has an update on his marathon here.=20
  • A Serb=20 military leader discusses the 1999 downing of stealth. =

Land Combat News

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

Game=20 Releases: = Hammer & = Sickle from CDV Software = Entertainment has been=20 released and in stores now. "Hammer & Sickle is = a=20 tactical RPG based on the Silent Storm universe. The = story=20 unveils in the British-American sector of the occupied = Germany=20 in spring of 1949. As a Soviet undercover agent, = you'll find=20 yourself in the middle of the tough confrontation of = special=20 services - in the hell of secret war. You'll have to = find your=20 way in the web of cunning intrigues, and make = decisions which=20 will affect the fate of the world: will it live in = peace, or=20 collapse into chaos of the Third World war." =

Game=20 News: