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	"Real" = Simulation "While computer flight = simulations=20 are fun and entertaining, I=92m convinced they = also have=20 the additional benefit of keeping my real life = flying=20 skills sharp. Nowhere does this become more = evident than=20 when I attend my required annual simulator = training in=20 Dallas." Chris "BeachAV8R" Frishmuth takes you = along for=20 some "real" simulation. Read here.
	Armed Assault: Seize the = Base - AAR=20 #1 Chuck = "Magnum"=20 Ankenbauer presents his first After Action = Report of the=20 highly anticipated title. Chuck's first AAR is = based on=20 the E3Expo press demo. Read it here.
	Corsair=92s = TWIN2X2048-6400C3=20 Memory John = Reynolds=20 examines what overall performance impact an AM2 = CPU may=20 see with lower latency memory installed in = SimHQ=92s=20 benchmark suite. Read John's review here.
	Unification Theory: = Part Two=20 - An Interview with CasH from = F1RST3 Jens "McGonigle" Lindblad = continues=20 his series about what is happening in the world = of=20 virtual racing drivers, and to hear from the = people who=20 play an active role in shaping the future of our = community. Read the interview here.
	Building the Perfect = PC=20 Cabinet... Or: How I Learned To Stop Worrying = and Love=20 the Angle Grinder Chuck "PFunk" = Bellows builds=20 a PC cabinet with a torch, a grinder, and a = healthy dose=20 of humor. Read here. =

A major announcement = regarding new=20 SimHQ features is here .

Community News for June 16, = 2006

Air Combat = News

News Contributor: = Doug "Uther"=20 Lawrence.

European Air War:

"Pobs" has posted PTO screenshots.=20
"VonBeerhofen" has = released a RAF=20 recruitement poster that is available as animated Mainscreen. =

Event Photography:=20

"tooCool_12f" has posted = Ferte Alais Airshow photos.=20
"Sundowner" has posted = RAF Cosford=20 Airshow photos; Part 1, Part 2.=20
"tttiger" has posted a = link to=20 photos of an Israeli F-16I.

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

"Abraxa." has released a = Fw-190D-13 (Yellow 10) skin.=20
"Hammerd" has released a = P-47D ("Rae") skin.=20
"Snowpig" has posted a = link to an=20 update on Manchuria / 46.=20
"Shadow_12TFS" has posted = a Corsair shot - Vf-17 Scores = Again.=20

Jane's = Longbow=20 Series:=20

Members are planning an = online meet this Saturday. =

Screenshots and Video = Gallery:=20

"mlc82" has posted a link = to an=20 IL-2 Series Bf-109 video.

General News:=20

"vertical" has posted = exerpts of a=20 F-15C pilot's account of splashing = two MiG-29s=20 during Allied Force.

Aviation World news:=20

Russian Stealth Aircraft to = Appear in=20 2007.=20
Venezuela to get Russian aircraft.=20
Stealth II Thermal/IR Cloaking = Tech:=20 Anti-Anti-Aircraft Tech for Helicopters.=20
Long Island's last look at the F-14.=20
Laboratory Tests Fuel = Efficient, Flying-Wing Aircraft.=20
LANTIRN Lights the Way for = VS-32, S-3=20 Aircraft.=20
NASA Begins Mock = Countdown for Next Shuttle Launch.=20
NASA Space Station Status Report 9 = June=20 2006.

Land Combat

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

S.T.A.L.K.E.R.:

PC.IGN has an update here on the = game.

Naval Combat = News

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

Game News:

Matrix Games has released Harpoon 3: Advanced = Naval=20 Warfare. It is now available for sale via the = Matrix=20 Games Online Store for a digital download price of = US=20 $49.99. Boxed copies will be available next = week. Read=20 here.

Pacific Storm:

PC.IGN has new screens here for the upcoming tactical = game.=20

Motorsports = News

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

rFactor:

ProtoRacer Demon v1.0 has been released and works = as a=20 supplemental add-on for the excellent Protoracer=20 Championship mod. Find both mods here.

Technology News

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

Tutorials: =

Everything you need to know about = HDTV is=20 explained here at Hardware Secrets. =

Community = News for June=20 15, 2006

Air Combat = News

News Contributor: = Doug "Uther"=20 Lawrence.

After Action Reports: =

"KingAlbert" has posted a = Falcon AAR - Charging Dragon Day = 1 18:40.=20

European = Air=20 War:=20

"MrJelly" has released an = executable for flying offline = night=20 missions.=20
"Col. Gibbon" has = released an updated Fw190a F.3dz.=20
The RAF No. 17 Squadron is looking = for pilots.=20

FS2002 /=20 FS2004:=20

Vulcan to the Sky Screenshot = Contest.=20

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

Scorched Earth: Kursk 1943 demo = campaign,=20 Sixth Mission Available.=20
"Jarink" has posted a P-51D wallpaper - Evening Sweep. =

Strike = Fighters /=20 Wings Over Vietnam:=20

"bucklehead101" has = posted a=20 preview of the F-4H Super Phantom project.=20
"AlphaHotel" has released = a F-4J vs MiG-21 video.=20
It's Wings Over Europe: Cold War = Gone Hot=20 Madness at GoGamer.

Land Combat

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

Announcements:

Register and get Alexander,=20 the digital add-on to Rome: Total War early. SEGA = today=20 are pleased to confirm Rome: Total War - Alexander, = the=20 latest expansion pack for Creative Assembly=92s = award-winning=20 PC strategy title, Rome: Total War will be available = exclusively for digital download to registered Total = War=20 fans on June 16th, and on general sale from June=20 19th.

Game News:

The Wargamer has new screenshots = of War Front.

Blues News shares links to new = Joint Task=20 Force video diaries.

GameSpy has a preview of Rome: Total War-Alexander.

GameSpot has a review of Rise and Fall: Civilizations at = War.

Worthplaying has the new patch = for Rush for Berlin.

Worthplaying also has news of a = German=20 demo of Glory of the Roman Empire.

From the Forums: =

Magnum shares a brief video clip of OFP CTI = action, check=20 it out here.

Naval Combat = News

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

Game = News:

Subsim has=20 the laterest press release and screenshots for 1914 = - Shells=20 of Fury, the WWl subsim due out in Q4 2006, in their = Radio=20 Room forums. Read it here.

Motorsports = News

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

Nascar HEAT:

The Group C Mod for Nascar HEAT has been updated = to v.=20 1.21. You can find the mod here.

The N=FCrburgring = Nordschleife=20 for Nascar HEAT has been updated to v. 1.1 and is = available=20 from this page.

Technology News

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

Cases:

ThinkComputers.org checks out = the Tuniq 2=20 PC Case here.

Cooling:

OCIA.net=20 checks out the Thermalright Ultra-90 Heatsink here.

Graphics Cards: =

NeoSeeker=20 looks at BFG's GeForce 7950 GX2 Video Card here.

LostCircuits actually looks at = an NVIDIA=20 card that's not a GeForce 7950GX2 - the = Quadro FX1400=20 - here.

Guru3D=20 checks out PowerColor's Radeon X1900 GT 256MB here.

Motherboards: =

PC=20 Perspective checks out the Asus N4L-VM DH = Motherboard here.

PCStats=20 tests the Biostar TForce 6100 AM2 Motherboard here.

HotHardware checks out the = Gigabyte=20 GV-NX79X512DB-RH Motherboard here.

Community = News for June=20 14, 2006

Air Combat = News

News Contributor: = Doug "Uther"=20 Lawrence.

Falcon 4.0: Allied = Force:

Patch 1.0.7 is not the final = patch.=20

FS2002 /=20 FS2004:=20

"Simplex" has posted 738 shots.

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

"bisher" has posted a Brewster wallpaper.=20
"Shadow_12TFS" has posted = a VMF-121 wallpaper. =

Jane's F/A-18:=20

"VCVW11_BonKeRS" has = released a=20 video - F/A-18E vs Su-35. =

LOMAC / Flaming Cliffs / = Black=20 Shark:=20

Remise des Gaz has = released a Su-27 R-27ER training video. =

Red Baron:=20

Red Baron goes Wikipedia. =

Screenshots and Video = Gallery:=20

"ruggbutt" has released = LOMAC movies.

Strike Fighters / Wings Over = Vietnam:=20

"USAFTML" has posted a = link to the=20 WoE/WoV/Project-1 Knowledge = Base.=20
"RussoUK2002" has = released updated Tornado_GR1A. and ECR Lod = files.=20

Land Combat

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

Game News:

The Wargamer has a review of = Steel Beasts=20 Professional Personal Edition by Jim Cobb here. Thanks,=20 "Hartford688".

Naval Combat = News

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

After Action = Reports:=20

Herman posts = an AAR:=20 Beida-La-Boom [Spoiler Alert], A Harpoon Classic = scenario,=20 here.

Motorsports = News

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

NASCAR Racing 2003 = Season:

Pocono race winner Denny Hamlin is one of a = handful of=20 professional NASCAR racers who regularly use = Papyrus' NASCAR=20 Racing 2003 Season to hone their skills. Read the = story in=20 full here.

GTR2:

DigitalDisplacement carries = new=20 information about GTR2 and brings new screenshots. = View it=20 here.

Technology News

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

Cases:

bit-tech.net peers inside the = Biomech 550=20 Case here.

Cooling:

Modders-Inc=20 checks out the Bluegears Cool WR Fan here.

HardwareXL tests out the = Forcetake=20 JTS-0006 Heatpipe Chipset Cooler here.

Graphics Cards: =

Bjorn3D=20 checks out the HIS X1800GTO IceQ3 Turbo Video Card = here.

[H]=20 Enthusiast has yet another GeForce 7950 GX2 = review here.

Motherboards: =

Overclockers Online tests out = Foxconn's=20 975X7AA Motherboard here.

PCStats=20 checks out the Biostar TForce 6100 AM2 Motherboard = here.

CPU3D tests=20 out MSI's K8N Diamond Plus board here.

Community = News for June=20 13, 2006

Air Combat = News

News Contributor: = Doug "Uther"=20 Lawrence.

European Air War:

"FlyRight" has posted = information=20 on adding new hardpoints. =

Event Photography:=20

"_Arthonon_" has posted = Hemet-Ryan 2006 Air Show photos. =
"hbxov" has posted CQWI RAF Leuchars 7th June = photos [HIGH=20 BANDWITH].=20
"hbxov" has posted CQWI RAF Leuchars 8th June = photos [HIGH=20 BANDWITH].=20
"hbxov" has posted a Tornado photo.=20
"SGT_Rock" has posted RAF Northolt Photocall ACFT = photos.=20
"MrDalgoff" has posted JeffCO Airshow photos.=20
"Chappy USVN" has posted = Quebec Airshow photos.=20
"Ordnancebob421" has = posted photos=20 of a Bf-109E-4 "Thors Anvil". =

Fighter Squadron: Scream 'n = Demons=20 Over Europe:=20

"3dp" has announced the = release of=20 the British & Commonwealth Legacy = PlanePack=20 v4.

FS2002 /=20 FS2004:=20

"Rick.50Cal" has posted = information=20 on a new GPS Waypoint Editor.=20
"Vigilius" has posted a = link to a=20 new F-4 Phantom project. =

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

"CanonUK" has released 12 new LaGG skins.=20
"Graf" has posted a P-51D wallpaper - A Hunter and = Its Prey.=20
"Shadow_12TFS" has posted = a Spitfire shot.=20
Scorched Earth: A new patch has = been=20 released.

Screenshots=20 and Video Gallery:=20

"JimK" has posted an = X-Plane video=20 - Alaska: The Final Frontier scenery video = series.=20
"PanzerMeyer" has posted = WoV/WoE F-4 Phantom shots.=20
"bisher" has posted a = WWII PTO composite.

Strike Fighters / Wings Over = Vietnam:=20

"tn_prvteye" has posted = A-10 shots.=20
"Shadow_12TFS" has posted = a Corsair II shot.=20
Keith Bedford has = released a Hi-Res WoE Planning map.=20
"USAFTML" has announced = the release=20 of alternate USNF Mainscreens.=20
"fubar_512" has posted a = F-22A video.

General News:=20

Thunderbirds announce 2007 = officers=20 [including 2nd female pilot]. Thanks "Top Gun."=20
"bones" has posted a link = to a Blue Angels VIP Publicity Flight = video.=20
"fritzthefox" has = released new Warbird T-shirts.

Land Combat

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

Announcements:

Worthplaying has news that Unreal Tournament 2004 Expanded=20 Multiplayer has been released.

Worthplaying also reports that = Rise and Fall: Civilizations at = War has=20 shipped to stores.

Game News:

GameSpot has new screenshots of = Command & Conquer 3 and Maelstrom.

GameSpot also has a game guide = for the=20 recently released Half-Life 2: Episode 1

Armed Assault Zone shares a = couple of new=20 Armed Assault screenshots.

GhostRecon.net has a new program = that=20 launches your different GRAW mods.

From the Forums:

Share your land based screenshots and video clips = in our=20 forums, and don't forget those AARs! =

Naval Combat = News

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

Navy = Newsstand has a=20 video clip on the Ronald Reagan Strike Group here.

Motorsports = News

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

rFactor:

The most recent track = releases by=20 the Mr Men Mod team are Symmons Plains and Leipzig. = Both are=20 available from here.

GT Legends:

While you're at the Mr Men = Mod site,=20 ckeck out the tracks available for GTL here.

Technology News

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

Cases:

Modders-Inc.com checks out The = Cash Box=20 case mod here.

Cooling:

LAN=20 Addict checks out the Sharkoon SilentEagle 120mm = Fan here.

HardwareXL tests out the = Forcetake JTS-006=20 Heatpipe Chipset Cooler here.

Hard Drives:

The = Tech=20 Report reviews the Western Digital's Raptor = WD1500ADFD=20 hard drive here.

Graphics Cards: =

X-bit Labs=20 pits Gigabyte's GV-RX19X512VB against the = GV-NX79X512DB card=20 here.

Adrian's Rojak=20 Pot tests out (what else?) NVIDIA's GeForce 7950 = GX2=20 Graphics Card here.

Motherboards: =

Nordic=20 Hardware tests out the AOpen EZ482 SFF board here.

Monitors:

Technic3D=20 checks out the ViewSonic VX2025wm 20,1 Widescreen = LCD here.

Community = News for June=20 12, 2006

Air Combat = News

News Contributor: = Doug "Uther"=20 Lawrence.

After Action Reports: =

"KingAlbert" has posted a = Falcon AAR - Charging Dragon Day = 1 17:30.=20

EECH / = EEAH:=20

"BeachAV8R" has posted EECH Training Mission Report #5. =
"TLDspectre" is looking = for flyers=20 to test a new dedicated server.=20
"Wakeel Al-Anqae" has = posted new EECH mod videos.

European Air War:=20

"FlyRight" has posted a = shot of a=20 Ju-287.=20
"MrJelly" has announced = the release=20 of a true night patch.=20
"Flying Tiger" has = released a Focke Wulf Ta-152H-0 = (Stab./JG301,=20 Oberfeldwebel Walter Loos, Germany 1945) skin.=20
"Flying Tiger" has = released a Fw-190D-9 ('Christl', Stab/JG6, = Maj.=20 Gerhard Barkhorn, Germany 1945) skin.=20
"Ecv56SERA" has posted a = preview of=20 a Battleship project. =

Event Photography:=20

"Luck_1" has posted Maple = Flag=20 photos: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3.=20
"hbxov" has posted Leuchars photos.

F-22 Total Air War:=20

"Bill Son of Hew" has = released a CH map.

Falcon 4.0: Allied = Force:=20

"AV8R" has posted shots = of F-16's in diamond formation. =

FS2002 / FS2004:=20

Free football stadiums have been = released=20 by Aerosoft. Thanks "Legend" for the information.=20
Jesse Lambert has posted = shots of=20 SkyUnlimited's newly released = Me-262.=20

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

"Kristorf" has released a = Spitfire Mk. IXe (312 "Czech" = Sqn.) skin.=20
"Simplex" has posted a P-51 composite - Get it close = with lots of=20 firepower.=20
"WWSensei" has announced = the=20 release of Devicelink Wrapper 2.0.3.=20
"vpmedia" has released a = Mosquito Mk. VI skin.=20
"vpmedia" has released a = Tempest Mk.V (Pierre = Clostermann) skin.=20
"Para_Bellum" has posted = a Bf-110 shot - Me-110's in the = Med.=20

Jet = Thunder:=20

"Dante-JT" has posted = several new updates.

RC and Scale = Modeling:=20

"NickMow" has posted = photos of Fw-190 and P-47 RC aircraft. =

Screenshots and Video = Gallery:=20

"Hawkeye Magoo" has = posted a link=20 to a Su-30 video.=20
"Shadow_12TFS" has posted = a Wildcat composite - VMF-121.=20
"DaveO" has posted a link = to Harrier videos.

Strike Fighters / Wings Over = Vietnam:=20

"Vince H" has announced = the release=20 of the Burning Sands 1983 SP4 update.=20
"Bunyap" has announced = the release=20 of the F-4EJ Kai Phantom II.=20
"SidDogg" has posted a = preview of=20 new F/A-18A skins.=20
"SidDogg" has posted a = preview of=20 new A-6E skins.

Wings of War:=20

"Phalcon51" has posted a = skins download link. =

General News:=20

"IDF_Ram" has posted a = link to an=20 interview with a Yak 9 pilot: = part 1.=20

Land Combat

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

Announcements:=20

Matrix=20 Games announces the release of Conquest of the Aegean. = "Matrix Games=20 and Panther Games are proud to announce that = Conquest of the=20 Aegean is now available for sale via the Matrix = Games Online=20 Store for a digital download price of US $49.99. = Boxed=20 copies will be available next week." =

Game = News:

Battlefront.com has released the = v1.02=20 patch for Strategic Command 2 Blitzkrieg. The 27MB = patch=20 fixes the crash bug introduced with the v1.01 patch = as well=20 as a dozen other gameplay enhancements and = improvements.=20 Grab the patch from any of the file mirrors listed = here.

The=20 Wargamer reports on a release date for Rome: Total War - Alexander. =

IGN = has a=20 review of the just released booster pack for = Battlefield 2=20 titled Armored Fury.

Fileplanet has a new mod chapter = for Half=20 Life 2 titled Ravenholm: The Lost Chapter. =

GameSpot=20 has a preview of Supreme Commander and Rise & Fall: Civilizations at = War.=20

GameSpot also has a review of Armored Fury, the booster pack = for=20 Battlefield 2.

Wortyhplaying has news that = Unreal=20 Tournament 2007, has been delayed till... 2007.

Worthplaying also has news of a = new map=20 and game mode for Battlefield 2.

GhostRecon.net has a new mod for = GRAW that=20 re-mods some of the weapons, and also news of a = multiplayer gameplay mods in the = work.=20

Virtual Battlespace VBS1 has a = new special=20 offer for one of their packages selling for $199.00 = USD, this is=20 for a limited time only.

From the = Forums:=20

More = screenshots from the=20 excellent Combat Mission series has been added to = this thread.

"Devil M" = shares some=20 skin screenshots of Steel beasts Pro PE. Check them = out here.

"BlackMage11" = shares an=20 AI error screenshot of GRAW, check it out here.

Naval Combat = News

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

Subsim=20 Review has some funny comments in their Radio = Room post:=20 "Things I learned from watching U-571". Read it here.

Motorsports = News

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

rFactor:

The VW GTI = mod for=20 rFactor has been updated to v2.0 and can be = downloaded from=20 here.

Sugo v2 has been = released.=20 Download this track from here.

Technology News

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

Cases:

OCModShop=20 checks out the Powmax Xman Black ATX Computer Case = here.

BoxGods=20 looks at the Lian-Li PC-V300 here.

Cooling:

ThinkComputers tests the = AeroCool=20 Dominator CPU Cooler here.

Overclocker Cafe checks out the=20 Thermalright Ultra 90 (K8) Cooler here.

Graphics Cards: =

bit-tech.net compares Sapphire's = X1600=20 Ultimate vs. MSI's nX7600 here.

Anandtech=20 checks out NVIDIA's new 90 Series Control Center here.

Motherboards: =

Hardware Secrets tests the AMD = Athlon 64=20 FX-62 Dual-Core Socket AM2 Motherboard here.

OCinside=20 checks out the ASRock 939SLI-eSATA2 motherboard here.

Saitek X-52:

"CapnBly" has posted = a=20 procedure to tighten up the X-52's = spring.