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Feature and February = Calendars: Al=20 Ain Aerobatics Show 2006

Guest Writer and = Photographer=20 Helmut "RS Colonel_131st" Skrdla recently = visited Dubai=20 for the 2006 Air Show. You can read his account = of the=20 event, along with some terrific images here. Helmut is our featured = photographer for the February 2006 calendars. = You can=20 download the calendars from his Dubai report here.

Feature: What's a = "Semi-Franken=20 Potato"?

Guest Writer "Bill Son = of Hew"=20 Hewett explains all in his step-by-step article = here.

Review: The Radeon X1600 = XT and=20 Radeon X1800 XT: ATI's Ultra Threaded = Architecture

John Reynolds tests = ATI's Radeon X1000 = Series in=20 his extensive report here.

Feature: rFactor - A = Factor in=20 Racing Sims

Looking for an rFactor mod but = can't find the=20 information to download it? Jens "McGonigle" = Lindblad=20 presents the latest mods and tracks of rFactor, = the=20 recently released racing sim from ISI. Read Jens = report=20 here.

Interview: Jamie = Carlson

S.C.S.=20 Dangerous Waters has recently seen a = major update=20 and gone retail. So what else is going-on with = this=20 favorite high-tech naval combat sim? Read what = Jamie=20 Carlson, Producer for S.C.S. Dangerous Waters = has to say=20 here in the 8 page article = with Guest=20 Interviewer Thorsten "OneShot"=20 Bergmann.


Community News for=20 February 3, 2006

Air Combat News

News Contributor: Doug "Uther"=20 Lawrence.

Combat=20 Flight Simulator 3:

EECH / EEAH:=20
  • "Werewolf" has announced a = new EECH file repository - EECH = Central.=20
  • "Craigmire" has posted a shot = of night vision trees.
  • Post=20 your best in the picture contest. =
European Air War:=20 Event Photography:=20 Falcon 4.0: Allied = Force:=20 IL-2 = Series:=20 Forgotten Battles, AEP, Pacific Fighters:=20 Jane's=20 Longbow Series:=20 LOMAC / = Flaming Cliffs=20 / Black Shark:=20
  • "Glowing_Amraam" has released = a new video - Anatolian Hawk Teaser.=20
Screentshots=20 and Video Gallery:=20 Strike Fighters / Wings Over = Vietnam:=20 General=20 News:=20 Aviation World News:=20

Land Combat News

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

Gamespot has=20 a preview of Empire Earth 2: The Art of = Supremacy, where=20 they discuss the four new fractions and new = challenges.

Worthplaying has information and = screenshots=20 for the upcoming RTS War on Terror.

The Official Ghost Recon: Advance Warfighter = web site has=20 new PC screenshots here.

Hot=20 SWAT Mods has two new maps for SWAT 4 one titled Stuck in the Woods, and another = one titled=20 Pont Aeri.

Naval Combat News

News Contributor: "Teddy = B=E4r".

"Herman"=20 has posted a Harpoon Classic Scenario AAR - = Resolve=20 [Spoiler Alert].

"hbxov" has=20 posted a large collection of photos showing the launch of the HMS = Daring.

Motorsports News

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

Invictus Games = Ltd. has=20 released the Tutorial for Add On Maps of Cross Racing=20 Championship 2005. Due to the requests from = enthusiastic=20 players of CRC 2005 all over the world, Invictus made = a Map=20 Making Tutorial, describing every little aspects of = the know=20 how of custom map making. The detailed guide and the = necessary=20 files can be downloaded in one zip file from here.

10TACLE STUDIOS acquire a majority = shareholding stake in Blimey! Games and confirms that = Blimey!=20 Games is developing GTR=20 2, the follow-up to GTR =96=20 FIA GT Racing Game, as an independent = subcontractor to=20 Simbin Development Team AB in Sweden.

Race Sim=20 Central has posted an interview with Simbin = representatives which=20 can be read in full here.

A link to a video of a lap at Mont = Tremblant=20 in a Ferrari = has been=20 posted at The USPits.

MethylEthyl; = the Master=20 of Sound, has released Sounds of=20 Superkart. Download and more info in this thread.

Technology=20 News

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

Audio

Trusted=20 Reviews looks at the Creative Zen Vision: M=20 Digital media = player here.

bit-tech=20 gives Plantronics'=20 DSP-500 USB = headset here.

Cooling

Legion=20 Hardware checks out Asetek's WaterChill=20 KT12A-12VX water = cooling=20 kit here.

Overclockers Online looks at the = Cooler Master = Susurro cooler = here.

Memory

BigBruin=20 checks out Kingston's=20 HyperX 2GB PC3200 (KHX3200K2/2G) dual channel DDR kit here.

Video Cards

Sudhian=20 Media looks at the ATI All-In-Wonder = X1900 video card here.

The = Tech=20 Report checks out NVIDIA's GeForce 7800 = GS AGP video card here.

PCStats=20 tests out MSI's=20 RX1800XT-VT2D512E 512MB=20 video card here.

Community News=20 for February 2, 2006

Air Combat News

News Contributor: Doug "Uther"=20 Lawrence.

Event=20 Photography:

  • "Top=20 Gun" has posted a shot of two Thunderbirds in action.
  • "Top=20 Gun" has posted a shot of a F-16 on the Tarmac.
  • "RSColonel_131st" has posted = a shot of=20 a USAAF biplane trainer.
  • "Arthonon" has posted a shot = of a solo Thunderbird in after = burner.=20
Falcon = 4.0: Allied=20 Force:=20
  • "Stephanie" has released a F-16 video.
  • The MultiViper address has changed.=20
FS2002 /=20 FS2004:=20 IL-2 = Series:=20 Forgotten Battles, AEP, Pacific Fighters:=20
  • "Jarink"=20 has released a B-17G (710th BS, 447th BG) skin = pack.=20
  • "jbunnelle" has released = several new Ju-87B-2 Stuka skins.
  • "obelixC6" has released two = new Flying Tigers (3rd Pursuit) = skins.=20
Over Flanders=20 Fields:=20 Pit=20 Builders:=20 Screenshots and=20 Video Gallery:=20
  • "Jaime"=20 has posted a X-Plane video - Thule AFB = Greenland by=20 X-ace.com "August Mills.
  • "EagleTalons" has posted = shots of WWII aircraft.
  • "Bright_Sky" has posted a = link to a MiG-29 Fulcrum vs F-18 Hornet = training air=20 combat video.
  • "Freycinet" has posted a link = to a A-380 video.
  • Caption this screenshot.=20
Strike Fighters=20 / Wings Over Vietnam:=20
  • Paul=20 Nortness has posted a preview of two new F-18 skins.
  • Members=20 have posted screenshots of various flying teams. =
General News:=20

Land Combat News

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

IGN = reports on=20 two games released today. One is Police Quest: Compilation and the = other, Trainz Railroad Simulator 2006. = Both for the=20 PC.

Worthplaying reports that Halo 2 may be coming = to the=20 PC.

Controversy: An online = petition is=20 calling for a boycott on the game Gun, due to how it = depicts the=20 American Indian. You can read about it here.

GhostRecon.net has a new developer = commentary were the realism and authenticity is = discussed.=20 Check it out here.

The=20 Platoon has a copy of the Battlefield 2 = community update=20 posted on their front page.

TankSim (a=20 part of the SubSim community) has there own forum now. = You can=20 check out there post here.

The=20 WarGamer has a new announcement for another = expansion pack=20 for Dawn of = War, read=20 about it here.

The=20 WarGamer also has a new Ghost Recon Advance = Warfighter=20 trailer here.

"BeachAV8R"=20 has posted a Conflict Desert Storm AAR - = Mission #4=20 destroys SCUDS and Comms.

G2 = Games are=20 today announcing a new title for release in February = 2006=20 across Europe. Alliance: Future=20 Combat is a tactical real-time strategy game = that takes=20 modern warfare to the next level. Take control of = elite US=20 troops or play as the leader of extremist forces in = one of=20 twenty action packed levels of futuristic = combat.

Naval Combat News

News Contributor: "Teddy = B=E4r".

"Herman" has=20 posted a Harpoon Classic Scenario AAR - = Waking the=20 God of the Dead [Spoiler Alert].

Motorsports News

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

RBR Online v2 RC = (Release=20 Candidate) has been released. Learn more about this = offering=20 for Richard Burns = Rally=20 here.

Skoda Fabia WRC 2005 = for Richard Burns Rally = has been=20 updated to v. 1.2 and is available from here.

Game Chronicles = review Cross Racing Championship = 2005=20 here.

DestroY rFactor = tweaker offers=20 easy tweaking of more than 450 configurable = parameters. Read=20 more about this tool and learn from where you can = download it=20 in this thread.

"Night Hawk 2" = has=20 posted several new screenshots from GPL in this thread.

"Panzermeyer" has posted a NASCAR video with TrackIR in = the=20 Screentshots and Video Gallery.

Technology=20 News

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

Audio

Bona Fide Reviews checks out the = Altec Lansing AHP-712I = active=20 noise reduction headphones here.

Digital=20 Grabber has an article on "How Digital = Technology is changing the face of = music". Read=20 here.

Cases

MADSHRIMPS looks at the Cooler Master AMMO = 533 ATX=20 Case here.

Cooling

AMDZone tests out the CoolerMaster Aquagate Mini = R80 Water Cooling System here.

ThinkComputers checks out Zalman Tech's = VF700-Cu GPU=20 Cooler here.

A1 Electronics tests out the = Noctuna NH-U12 AMD Athlon = 64, Intel=20 Pentium 4 heatsink here.

Laptops

LaptopGamer reports "Why your = next PC=20 should Be a Laptop". Read here.

Memory

Adrian's Rojak Pot checks out = the Corsair 2GB XMS-3500LLPRO=20 TwinX memory kit here.

Monitors

Windows A to Z checks out the = Samsung SyncMaster = 240T=20 monitor here.

Power = Supplies

Overclocker Cafe checks out the = Kingwin Absolute = Power 600W=20 PSU here.

Video = Cards

HotHardware reviews the ATI All-In-Wonder = X1900=20 video card here.

Hardware Secrets has a new = article titled=20 "Learn the basics about video=20 compression". Read here.

Community News=20 for February 1, 2006

Air Combat News

News Contributor: Doug "Uther"=20 Lawrence.

EECH /=20 EEAH:

  • A Fly in is being planned for this = weekend.=20
European Air=20 War:=20
  • Sandbagger's latest news has been posted.
  • Competition: Show an undoctored = screenshot=20 of a wing touch.
Event Photgraphy:=20
  • Mud Hen spotted? =
F-22 Total Air War:=20
  • Multiplayer Pilots Needed.=20
Falcon 4.0:=20 Allied Force :=20 FS2002 /=20 FS2004:=20 IL-2 = Series:=20 Forgotten Battles, AEP, Pacific Fighters:=20
  • 1C has=20 announced 13 new flyable aircraft!
  • "Crop-Duster" has posted the = 4.03 Readme.
  • "Buglord" has released a Fw-190A-4 (6./JG2, Oblt. Erich = Rudorfer,=20 Karoyan airfield, Tunisia 1943) skin.
  • "Cyrpa"=20 has released a Fiat skin pack.
  • "Cyrpa"=20 has released a Fw-190A-8 (Herbert Kucha) skin. =
  • "G=F6=F6dw=F6=F6d" has = released a P-47D ("Willie the Wolf", Lt. = Monroe Q.=20 Williams, 351st FS, 353rd FG, USAAF) skin.=20
RC = and Scale=20 Modeling:=20 Screentshots and Video = Gallery:=20
  • "PanzerMeyer" has posted a FEAR video.
  • "LeemzHQ" has posted a shot = of a Seafire landing on a carrier. =
  • "Shadow_12TFS" has posted a = wallpaper=20 of a=20 B-24 flying by the Empire State Building. =
Strike = Fighters /=20 Wings Over Vietnam:=20
  • "allenjb42" has released an = Asian Mi-24 skin pack.
  • Paul=20 Nortness has released four (VMFA-134, VMFA -251, = VMFA-451,=20 VFA-305) new F-18 skins. =
General News:=20
  • Hyperfighter: "Crop-Duster" has = posted a=20 link to a quick fix for the Error Socket: 11004 = Valid name,=20 no data record of requested type.

Land Combat News

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

"Dwukwiat" has=20 posted shots of an explosion at night in OFP.

Naval Combat News

News Contributor: "Teddy = B=E4r".

A new v1.20 update for the = wargame=20 War Plan Orange: = Dreadnoughts in=20 the Pacific 1922 - 1930. is now available at = the Matrix Games public FTP server and = their web=20 site game updates section.

Motorsports News

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

The latest = Autosimsport issue is = out.=20 Thanks to Bruce Saltzman for the heads-up in this thread.

The first = in-game=20 screenshots from FlatOut=20 2 have been published. You can see them here.

A new web site called = XPand Rally Extreme has opened its = doors.=20 Currently the information on the site is = sparse.

A site dedicated to NASCAR Racing = 2003 which=20 you may not have visited before. Worth = bookmarking.

Here's a link to an in-car video = of Richard Petty racing = in the=20 1985 Daytona=20 500.

An alternative GPL tracks database = has been=20 launched, covering the latest track releases. You can = find the=20 GPL alternative database here.

"PanzerMeyer" has posted a GPL Racing video in the = Screentshots=20 and Video Gallery.

"Magnum SimHQ" has posted a = link to a=20 free download of TrackMania.

Technology=20 News

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

Audio

PC Perspective reviews Diamond's Xtreme Sound 7.1 = with=20 Dolby Digital Live sound card here.

Cases

TrustedReviews looks at Cooler Master's Ammo = 533 case=20 here.

ViperLair tests Cooler Master's Centurion = 540=20 case here.

Cooling

DriverHeaven checks out the = Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 = Pro=20 Cooler here.

Motherboards

PCStats tests Foxconn's WinFast=20 6150K8MA-8KERS motherboard here.

The Tech Report tests the Asus A8R-MVP = Motherboard here.

Monitors

HEXUS looks at the Dell UltraSharp = 3007WFP=20 widescreen LCD monitor here.

PenStarSys review's HP's L2335 = widescreen LCD here.

Processors

MBReview tests Intel's Pentium Extreme = Edition=20 955 CPU here.

Power = Supply

Techgage tests out Antec's Phantom = 500W PSU here.

RAM = Memory

VelocityReviews looks at Corsair = TWINX2048-4000PT RAM=20 here.

EXTREME Overclocking checks out = Corsair's = TWINX2048-3500LLPRO=20 DDR RAM here.

Storage

bigbruin tests Seagate's Momentus 5400.3 = 2.5 160=20 GB hard drive here.

Video = Cards

TechReport checks out ATI's All-In-Wonder X1900=20 video card here.

Overclockers Online tests out = PowerColor's = X800GTO16 video=20 card here.

HotHardware tests out Sapphire's Radeon X800GTO2 = Limited=20 Edition video card here.

CoolTechZone looks at NVIDIA's Quadro = FX3400 video=20 card here.

Community News=20 for January 31, 2006

Air Combat News

News Contributor: Doug "Uther"=20 Lawrence.

After=20 Action Reports:

Combat Flight=20 Simulator 3:=20
  • "Bear - AvHistory" has = posted MAW information and videos. =
European Air War:=20
  • "RAAF453_Hilux" has posted a = link to a=20 EAW Wikipedia article.
  • "Captain=20 Kurt" has posted High Definition / High Resolution = P40E=20 information for the the following:
  • Model.
  • Bail out details.
  • Gear and Flaps.
  • Cockpit.=20
  • Ordinance. =
Event Photography:=20 Falcon 4.0: Allied = Force:=20 FS2002 /=20 FS2004:=20
  • "grover has posted an Iris MiG-29 video.
IL-2 Series: Forgotten = Battles, AEP,=20 Pacific Fighters:=20
  • "Tchaika." has announced the = Ardennes detailed map for the = Blitzkrieg in=20 Belgium is now available.
  • "jurinko" has posted an = update on the=20 Slovakia map.
  • "Greg_Boyington" has released = a Ki-61 update.
  • "vpmedia" has released U-2VS summer and winter skins. =
  • "Desert_Fox" has released desert skins for the Bf-109G-2 and=20 Bf-110G-2.
Over Flanders Fields: =

Screenshots and = Video=20 Gallery:

  • "Desert_Fox" has posted shots = of tropical Bf-109's. =
Strike Fighters / Wings Over = Vietnam:=20
  • "HrntFixr" has posted a F-18 VMFA-225 preview.
  • Paul=20 Nortness has posted a preview of new Hornet skins.
  • "The=20 Wrench" has posted a P-80 preview. =
General News:=20

Land Combat News

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

Worthplaying=20 reports that the next shooter from the makers of = Far Cry has been announced. Read about = it here.

Hot SWAT Mods has a new map titled = "Wainwright Offices", check it out here.

IGN has new Commando: Strike = Force screens. Check them out here.

GameSpot has new screenshots of = Day of Defeat. You can check them out here.

"PanzerMeyer"=20 shares a F.E.A.R. video clip here.

"Dwukwiat"=20 shares some screenshots of Operation = Flashpoint at night, with pretty = explosions here.

"Magnum"=20 shares some more Ghost=20 Recon screenshots = here.

Naval Combat News

News Contributor: "Teddy = B=E4r".

"Dagger_TAW" has posted a = Silent Hunter III = screenshot here in the Screenshots and Video=20 Gallery.

Motorsports News

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

Trackmania Nations, a = free=20 game, has been released. Read more about it here.

Circuit de Charade = has been=20 converted to rFactor and=20 is ready for download from here.

Technology=20 News

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

HotHardware evaluates the Sapphire's Limited Edition = Radeon=20 X800GTO2 here.

TGDaily reports: "Microsoft driver = bug saps=20 Core Duo power". Read here.

"Clownloachlover" has posted a = link and=20 photos of the Electric Football League in the RC = and Scale=20 Modeling Forum.

Community News=20 for January 30, 2006

Air Combat News

News Contributor: Doug "Uther"=20 Lawrence.

Battle of=20 Britain 2: Wings of Victory:

EECH /=20 EEAH:=20 European Air War:=20
  • "pobs"=20 has posted new information for World designers.
  • "VonBeerhofen" has posted a = shot of night fighting in OAW.
  • "Crashin' Jack" is looking = for testers for video card files. =
  • "Flying=20 Tiger" has posted a preview of new HR aircraft and mountainous = terrain.=20
Event=20 Photography:=20 Falcon 4.0: Allied = Force:=20
  • "Birdshot" has posted a link = to a cockpit voice recording of of a = Viper=20 flight egressing after a strike during Desert Storm. =
  • "Joe"=20 has posted a link to a thread where the AF keyfile is explained.=20
Fighter=20 Squadron: Scream 'n Demons Over Europe:=20 FS2002 / FS2004:=20 Helicopter Sims:=20
  • "WB" has=20 posted a link to a utility that allows users to add new platoons to Gunship.=20
IL-2 = Series:=20 Forgotten Battles, AEP, Pacific Fighters:=20
  • "Mangrove" has posted a = screenshot - Racing the Alps.
  • "Rudi=20 Jaeger" has released a F8F-2 Bearcat skin.
  • "Rudi=20 Jaeger" has released Tupolev Tu2 skins for Korea. =
  • "Kristorf" has released a Spitfire Vb (IIb, 140 Photo = Recon Sqn)=20 skin.