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Monthly = Calendars for=20 June 2006 are here.=20     Masthead Illustration by Dean = "DeanH"=20 Hill.

	Unification Theory: Part = Two - An=20 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 = Cabinet...=20 Or: How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Love the = Angle=20 Grinder Chuck = "PFunk"=20 Bellows builds a PC cabinet with a torch, a = grinder, and=20 a healthy dose of humor. Read here.=20

Battleground Europe =
Tom "WKLINK" Cofield = reviews the=20 re-energized WWII Online titled Battleground = Europe. Has=20 the facelift given new life to the online game? = Read here.=20

E3Expo 2006, One More=20 Time!
We = finally=20 got the time to go through our image and video = files=20 inventory and post them online. Take a look here. In case you missed our = Team=20 reports, they're here: Tuesday, Wednesday,=20 Thursday, Friday = and=20 Retrospective.

Driving=20 rFactor - A Fast Lap at Mills Metropark=20 Long
Jens = "McGonigle" Lindblad shows us the fast way = around one of=20 the most popular tracks in rFactor. Read Jens' = analysis=20 here.

Community News for June 9, = 2006

Air Combat = News

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

EECH / EEAH: =

"Maverick63" has released = Camp 02 for Puerto Rico. =

European Air War:=20

Sandbagger's latest news has been posted. =

Event Photography:=20

"Chappy USVN" has posted = Blue Angels photos. =

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

"Graf" has posted a Fw-190D/P-51D wallpaper - Duel = in the=20 Heavens.

Screenshots=20 and Video Gallery:=20

"bisher" has posted a Bf-109/P-51 composite.=20
"Murdock" has posted a = link to a Me-262 [modern] flight video.=20
"HrntFixr" has posted WoE Tornado shots.=20
"Flyboy1700" has posted a = link to a=20 Chinook video.

Strike Fighters / Wings Over = Vietnam:=20

"USAFTML" has posted a = preview of=20 the F-4EJ KAI upgrade.

Sole = survivor of the=20 Battle of Jutland:

Britain = salutes=20 110-year-old vet Henry Allingham who is the last = founding=20 member of the Royal Air Force and the sole survivor = of the=20 Battle of Jutland. Read here. Thanks, = Patrocles.

Land Combat

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

Announcements:=20

Battlefront announce the release = of DropTeam for immediate download. =

Matrix=20 Games releases The Operational Art of War 3 for = digital=20 download, and soon in stores.

Paradox announces an add-on for = Victoria,=20 titled Revolutions, coming via digital = download.=20 (Thank to The Wargamer for the news.)

Great Invasions coming to the US = market.=20 (Thanks to The Wargamer for the news.)

Worthplaying has news of an = add-on coming=20 this fall, Rush for Berlin: Rush for the Bomb.=20

Game = News:

Battlefront has released a new = patch for=20 Strategic Command 2.

The=20 Wargamer shares new screenshots of For Liberty.

IGN = has new=20 screenshots of Battlefield 2142.

GameSpot=20 has new screenshots of Medieval 2: Total War.

GameSpot=20 also has previews of Company of Heroes and Rome: Total War Alexander.

Worthplaying shares screenshots = of Specnaz 2, 1914:=20 Shells of Fury, Battlefield 2142, and For Liberty.

GhostRecon.net has a new clean HUD mod for download, for = Ghost=20 Recon Advance Warfighter.

Hot=20 SWAT Mods has the just released HSM Enhancement mod v3 for = SWAT4.

The official = Armed Assault web site has been = updated=20 with new links to articles, screens,and video's = including=20 SimHQ's very own.

SteelBeasts.com has many new = skins,=20 multiplayer missions, and single player missions for = SB Pro=20 PE.

From the = Forum:=20

Willem shares = a nice=20 screenshot of Operation Flashpoint, with a new = random=20 graffiti mod. Check it out here.

Sim shares a = number of=20 screens from the excellent, Combat Mission series, = check=20 them out here.

Bahger is = looking for a=20 few good men and women to play The Regiment in co-op = mode.=20 Read his invite here.

Magnum has = news of a=20 patch coming for the PC version of Rainbow 6: = Lockdown, and=20 it's contents. Read it here.

Shadow shares = his clean=20 HUD mod with the community, for GRAW. Check it out = here.

BetaMO shares = a link to a=20 gun mod for GRAW. Check it out here.

Naval Combat = News

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

Ship = Simulator 2006:

The demo is = now available=20 here. Thanks,=20 "Crop-Duster".

Motorsports = News

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

rFactor:

Quirkitized = has published=20 a guide on how to skin your cars in rFactor. This very nice guide takes you = through the=20 steps.

Miscellaneous:

Driving = lessons from none=20 other than Sir Jackie Stewart. Right here.

Technology News

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

Cases:

Technic3D=20 looks at the Xilence X1 Case here.

Modders-Inc=20 tests out the RAIDMAX X-1 here.

Cooling:

With summer arriving, it's = time to=20 think about keeping your CPU running cool. Pro-Clockers checks out Zalman's = CNPS8000=20 Heatpipe HSF to help with that here.

PCApex=20 tests the Prometeia Mach II Phase-Change Cooler here.

Graphics Cards: =

Shock! NO GeForce 7950 GX2 reviews today!=20 However, Virtual-Hideout.net checks out = Sapphire's=20 Ultimate x1600 PRO 256MB video card here.

Motherboards: =

Hardware Secrets checks out = ASUS'=20 M2N32-SLI De Luxe Motherboard here.

HotHardware checks out MSI's K8N = Diamond=20 Plus nForce4 SLI X16 Motherboard here.

Community News for June 8, = 2006

Air Combat = News

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

European Air War: =

"PLR" has posted a = preview of "Blue" Spitfires from Malta.=20
"Rotton50" has posted a = preview of=20 a P-42.

Event Photography:=20

"MADMARK_22" has posted = modern fighter aircraft photos.=20

FS2002 /=20 FS2004:=20

"Varmint (VRS)" has = posted VRS F/A-18E shots (dialup = warning).=20

Helicopter=20 Sims:=20

"WB" has posted a Chinook (for Gunship) update.=20

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

Scorched Earth: Kursk 1943 demo = campaign,=20 Fourth Mission Available.=20
"Abraxa." has announced = the launch=20 of a new skin web page - Abraxa's skins.

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

"Thomas DW" has posted a = large=20 number of new downloads at LOCKON Files.=20

Screenshots = and Video=20 Gallery:=20

"allenjb422" has posted = Strike Fighters shots.=20
"G=F6=F6dwood" has posted = a Fw-190D/Tempest shot - A View To = A Kill.=20
"bisher" has posted a A6M Zero composite. =

Strike Fighters / Wings Over = Vietnam:=20

"CowboyK" has posted a = preview of a=20 RF-4C for WOE.=20
"Bunyap" has released a = Weapons Pack Aircraft Database.=20

General = News:=20

"602RAF_Puff" has = announced a "Glasgow's Few" Limited edition = print run.=20

Land Combat

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

Battlefield = 2142:

Gamers = Gallery has new=20 screenshots here.

For = Liberty!:

On July 4th, Battlefront.com and Hussar Games = will be=20 releasing the strategy game For Liberty! allowing = players to=20 fight for liberty in the American Revolutionary War=20 1775-1783 and the Hungarian Wars of Independence in = Europe,=20 1703-1711.

Naval Combat = News

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

Silent = Hunter III:

Random Crew = v0.1 - New=20 add-in for SH3 Commander available. Read here.

Motorsports = News

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

rFactor:

The = Protoracer Grand Prix=20 at Mills has been announced for 17-18 June (the = weekend of=20 Le Mans). Compete for special prizes and learn how = you enter=20 for this event in this thread.

Miscellaneous:

The official F1 store has opened = it's doors,=20 selling watches, caps and other = merchandise.

Technology News

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

Cases:

Tweaknews.net checks out = iStarUSA's Storm=20 S8 Black Computer Case here.

A True=20 Review peeks into Thermaltake's Matrix VX Case = here.

Cooling:

PCApex=20 checks out the Prometeia Mach II Cooler here.

Pro-Clockers checks out the = Thermalright=20 HR01 Passive Heatsink here.

Game = Clinic?:

There's hope = yet. Read here at = Gamespot.

Graphics Cards: =

Another day, another GeForce 7950 review. = This=20 time...=20
bit-tech.net posts their review = of=20 NVIDIA's juggernaut card here.

Motherboards: =

Hardware Secrets tests out ECS' = KA3 MVP=20 Extreme Motherboard here.

DailyTech=20 announces Epox's new NVIDIA nForce 590 SLI and ATI = Xpress=20 3200-based motherboards here.

Power Supplies: =

OverClock=20 Intelligence Agency checks out the OCZ = GameXStream 700W=20 OCZ700 GXS SLI PSU here.

Techgage tests=20 the XG Magnum 600W External PSU here.

Community News for June 7, = 2006

Air Combat = News

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

After Action Reports: =

"KingAlbert" has posted a = Falcon AAR - Charging Dragon Day = 1 16:00.=20

Battle of = Britain 2:=20 Wings of Victory:=20

"killdevil" has posted a = preview of advanced textures.=20

European Air = War:=20

"Knegel" has announced = the release=20 of EAWrp2.6 V09.=20
"Flying Tiger" has = released a Fw-190D-9 (I/JG2, 1944) skin.=20

Event=20 Photography:=20

"bones" has posted Quad Cities 2006 Airshow photos. =
Members have posted links = to photos=20 of a B-52 doing an extremely low = fly-by.=20
"Freycinet" has posted Fert=E9-Alais Airshow photos.=20
"Moggy" has posted photos and video from Biggin = Hill.=20

Falcon 4.0: = Allied=20 Force:=20

Patch v 1.0.7 has been released. =

FS2002 /=20 FS2004:=20

"Vigilius" has posted a = MB339 Frecce Tricolori video.=20

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

"Graf" has posted a Me-262/P-51 wallpaper - Rare = Encounter.=20
"Tchaika." has released a = H-75A3 (GC I/5 1940, French AF) = skins=20 pack.=20
"JG52Helgstrand" has = released two=20 Bf-110 (9./ZG 26) skins. =

Strike Fighters / Wings Over = Vietnam:=20

"Mach 4.0" has posted F-15A shots.

General News:=20

Zeno's Warbird Video Drive-In June = 2006=20 Newsletter.=20
Warbirds 2006=20 v 3.06 RO has been released.

Land Combat

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

The = Operational Art Of=20 War III:

Matrix Games = announces the=20 release of The Operational Art Of War III. It is = available=20 for sale at the Matrix Games Online Store for a = download=20 price of US $39.99. Boxed copies will be = available=20 next week. Read here. Thanks, "Mad Max". =

Naval Combat = News

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

Enterprise = Strike=20 Group:

Navy = Newsstand reports:=20 Enterprise Strike Group Begins Operations in = Persian=20 Gulf. Read here.

Motorsports = News

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

VirtualMotorsports:

Blackhole=20 Motorsports has news of a new racing sim = magazine called=20 VirtualMotorsports.

Technology News

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

Cases:

BCC=20 Hardware checks out Thermaltake's Swing Case here.

Cooling:

A1=20 Electronics checks out the Antec Universal HSF = here.

Graphics Cards: =

More GeForce 7950 GX2 lovin' today...=20
PC=20 Perspective looks at BFG's GeForce 7950 GX2 Dual = GPU=20 Video Card here.

GamePyre=20 chimes in with a look at EVGA's 7950 GX2 here.

Motherboards.org brings in the = XFX GeForce=20 7950 GX2 XXX Edition Video Card here.
Finally, for those ATI = fans who=20 may feel left out...=20
Bona=20 Fide Reviews tests out the HIS Radeon X1300 IceQ = Turbo=20 256MB DDR2 PCI Express Video Card (whew!) here.

Motherboards: =

Hardware Secrets tests out = Gigabyte's=20 GA-8I945GMH-RH Motherboard here.

Community News for June 6, = 2006

Air Combat = News

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

European Air War: =

"MrJelly" has posted = instructions=20 on how to make ECA work with OAW.=20

Event=20 Photography:=20

"Gunner Tailhooker" has = posted link=20 to photos of a damaged A-10.

Falcon 4.0: Allied = Force:=20

"C3PO" has posted = information about=20 the release of patch 1.0.7.

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

"l450l Vex" has released = a Bf-109F-4 Trop. (Yellow 5, 9th = Staffel,=20 II./JG27, Africa 1942) skin.

Pit Builders:=20

"luckiest" has posted = photos of an=20 adaptor to attach a Cougar to a = real F-16=20 throttle arm.

Screenshots and Video = Gallery:=20

"heinzi" has posted a = link to a Marine Helo video. =

Strike Fighters / Wings Over = Vietnam:=20

"USAFTML" has announced = the release=20 of a Luftwaffe F-4F series.=20
"Vince H" has announced = the release=20 of the Burning Sands upgrade.=20
"The Wrench" has released = a Euro=20 skinned Gaskin & Chaparral. =

General News:=20

'Wings of Honor: Battles of the Red = Baron'=20 - 5 New Screens. Thanks to "Passer" for the link =

Land Combat

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

Armed = Assault:

Worthplaying = has a=20 preview of Armed Assault here. Thanks,=20 "peppergomez".

Naval Combat = News

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

Silent = Hunter III:

NYGM Tonnage = War v2 mod=20 released today. Thanks to "Karbe" for the news.

Motorsports = News

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

Drivers = Republic:

Simcito = announces public=20 testing of Driver=92s Republic - online racing=20 simulator.

Lund, Sweden, 5th June 2006: = Swedish game=20 developer Simcito announced that it will soon begin = a free=20 public test of its online racing simulator "Driver's = Republic". Testing will initially be limited to 400 = users,=20 selected on a first-come, first-served basis. = Registration=20 will begin on June 26th and interested participants = will be=20 able to register for the test at http://www.driversrepublic.net/. =

"Driver's Republic", formerly known by its = working=20 title "Racecom", features a unique and fully-modular = content=20 creation system. Simcito aims for "Driver's = Republic" to=20 become a leading platform for realistic race = simulation,=20 with support for a wide range of racing series, from = rallying to circuit racing.

rFactor:

The track = Pukehohe has=20 been released by Mr Men Mod Team. Download it from = their web site.

SimHQ = Motorsports=20 Forums:

We are = renovating the=20 Motorsports Forums and have consolidated all the = previous=20 posts into the General - Racing Simulations = Forum. Watch=20 for our new Motorsports Forums to open = soon.

Technology News

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

Cases:

Virtual-Hideout peeks into = Thermaltake's=20 Aguila (VD1000BWS) ATX Case here.

ViperLair=20 looks into Antec's Performance One P180 Mid-Tower = Case here.

Cooling:

ThinkComputers.org checks out = the Scythe=20 Mine CPU Cooler here.

Phoronix=20 checks out the Sytrin AirCon PAC-500 here.

Graphics Cards: =

There's a new high-end = NVIDIA card -=20 the GeForce 7950 GX2. Read about this monster here, courtesy of FiringSquad.

Guru3D has=20 their review of the GX2 here.

Motherboards:

PCStats has=20 a look at the Biostar TForce 6100 AM2 Motherboard here.

ExtremeTech looks at "Dual = Dueling DDR2=20 AMD Motherboards" here.

Community News for = June 5,=20 2006

Air Combat = News

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

SimHQ Member News: =

"Lagarto" has published a = new book=20 - Republic P-47 Thunderbolt. =

Battle of Britain 2: Wings = of=20 Victory:=20

"Buddye" has posted patch v2.04 information. =

EECH / EEAH:=20

"Maverick63" has = announced the=20 release of the Puerto Rico add on. =

European Air War:=20

Sandbagger's latest news has been posted.=20
"Flying Tiger" has = released a Bf-109K-4 (Tulip Nose, JG52) = skin.=20
"Flying Tiger" has = released a Bf-109K-4 (Dull Finish) skin.=20

Event=20 Photography:=20

"aviationbuff" has posted = PDK Atlanta Open House aircraft = photos.=20
"Broamanov" has posted Medevac Helo photos. =

FS2002 / FS2004:=20

Wings of POWER II: WWII Fighters Special Edition = Goes Gold.=20

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

"Greg_Boyington" has = released a Ki-46-III-Kai (Ki-46 Ostu) skin = pack.=20
"l450l Vex" has released = a Kittyhawk Mk. III (P-40K, F/L = James F.=20 "Eddie"/"Stocky" Edwards, RCAF/RAF, 260 Sqn. 1942) = skin.=20
Scorched Earth: Kursk 1943 demo = campaign,=20 Third Mission Available.=20
"312_Jura" has released a = wallpaper - ..royal navy...=20
"Graf" has released a wallpaper - In Good Company.=20
"JG52Helgstrand" has = released a Fw-190A-8 (Stab./JG51, Uffz. = Helmut Johne=20 1944) skin.=20
Mission Mate v2.5 has been = released.=20

LOMAC:

A Mirage F1 = and a Mirage=20 IV have been developed. Take a look here and here.

"Sim" has = posted a link=20 to new Black Shark screenshots. =

RC and Scale = Modeling:

"Forward Observer" has = posted=20 photos of Metal and Wood models. =

Screenshots and Video = Gallery:=20

"DocW" has posted link to = a SDOE video - P-51 Sweet La = Rhonda.=20

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

"Bunyap" has released a = P-38 (9th FS) skin pack.=20
"Bunyap" has announced = the release=20 of an updated B-66B Destroyer.=20
"RussoUK2002" has posted = a preview=20 of the Buccaneer Smk2 project.=20
"Edward" has posted a = preview of=20 the Carrier Air War WWII and Korea = project.=20
"AlphaHotel" has released = an A-5B video.=20
"Members" are posting F-4 Phantom screenshots.=20
"The Wrench" has posted = an Avro Car mod preview.=20
"Digital-Overload" has = posted a CVN-75 Harry S. Truman v.3 preview = video.=20

Land Combat

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

Battlefield = 2: Armored=20 Fury

PC.IGN has a = Q&A=20 interview with the designer, Tom Galt available here.

Naval Combat = News

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

Battle of = Midway

The U.S. Navy = web site=20 has a special video on Midway available on their = front page=20 here.

Motorsports = News

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

NASCAR = Racing 2003=20 Season:

Hockenheim = 1965 Beta has=20 been released for NR2003. You can find out more in = this thread.

GTL:

Cadwell Park = for GTL has=20 been released. Screenshots and download information = can be=20 found here.

Monza 10K for GTL = has been=20 released. This track comes with the oval part of = Monza=20 included!. Learn more here.

rFactor:

Montreal 1.0 = has been=20 released by EMG for rFactor. This track is available = for=20 download from here.

Technology News

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

Cases:

OCIA checks=20 out Thermaltake's Armor Jr. Case here.

Computing=20 On Demand peeks into the iStarUSA - Nitro AX = Case here.

Cooling:

Hardware Secrets checks out the = Arctic=20 Cooling NV Silencer 6 (Rev. 2) VGA Cooler here.

ThinkComputers tests out the = Scythe Mine=20 CPU Cooler here.

Graphics Cards: =

Overclocker Cafe checks out the = HIS RADEON=20 X1800 GTO IceQ3 Turbo Video Card here.

CPU3D tests=20 out the Inno3D GeForce 7600GST 256MB card here.

Motherboards: =

Hardware Secrets tests the = Gigabyte=20 GA-8I945GMH-RH board here.

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