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Review:=20 Red Orchestra: Combined Arms
Preview:=20 Steel Beasts Professional - PE
Preview:=20 SWAT 4
Preview: Tank T-72: Balkans = in=20 Fire: Part=20 1 Part=20 2
Interview:=20 Major Joe Davidson
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Naval=20 Combat
Preview:=20 Silent Hunter III Screenshots
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Interview:=20 Silent Hunter III

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Preview: 2005 = Malaysian Grand=20 Prix
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Feature:= =20 F1 2005 Season Preview
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Technology
Review:=20 Intel P4P 660 and 3.73 Extreme = Edition
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Community News for March 18, = 2005

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

SimHQ = Preview:=20 Alex "Zander" Keep previews this = weekend's=20 Formula 1 Malaysian Grand=20 Prix. Available here as a pdf (128=20 kb).

SimHQ = Feature:=20 Leon "Badboy" Smith has studied Falcon = 4=20 and produced an informative article how the F4 = flight=20 model has changed over the years. Read Leon's = report,=20 Falcon Flight Model = Evolution=20 here. A pdf of the article is = here (648=20 kb).

SimHQ = Preview:=20 As the release of Silent Hunter III = gets=20 closer, we have some brand new screenshots here from the gold version = of a Type=20 XXI session.

Air Combat

News=20 Contributor: Doug "Uther" Lawrence.

European=20 Air War: "vonBeerhofen" has posted a screenshot = of his=20 "Moody Blues" sky. Check it out here.

F-22=20 Total Air War: "krus" has posted an update = about his=20 attempts to get the F-22 source code. Click here.

Falcon=20 4.0: Leon "Badboy" Smith has posted an article = on the=20 Falcon flight model evolution. Click here.

FS2002 /=20 FS2004: British flight team, "The Red Arrows," = have a=20 free download of their aircraft and scenery (FS2002 = and 2004).=20 Check it out here. Thanks to "Jib02" for the = information.=20

IL-2=20 Series: Forgotten Battles / AEP / Pacific = Fighters:=20 "Aces High 2" has announced Spitfire skins by = "Extreme_One"=20 (SAAF fin flashes) will be available soon. Click here for more information. = "vpmedia" has=20 released more Zero skins here. Scorched Earth: Luftkrieg = stats=20 posted. Click here for the announcement. The = Pacific=20 Fighters web page has a new poll. Which aircraft would = you=20 like to see next? Click here.

Shockwave's Battle of = Britain 2: Wings=20 of Victory: Battle of Britain 2: Wings of = Victory to=20 ship with DVD documentary. Click here.=20

Strike=20 Fighters / Wings Over Vietnam: = "Digital-Overload" has=20 posted an update of the CVN. Click here. "kout" has posted a Taiwan = Straights=20 menu screen (WIP) here. "The Wrench" has released a = F9F-6/8=20 Cougar menu screen. Click here.

General=20 News: For our Australian members: Flying = Fighters are=20 hosting a welcome to the public day. Guided tours are=20 available and Adventure Flights at reduced prices. = Click here. Thanks to "Anthony" for the = heads up.=20

Big news from the = 185th Reservoir Dogs = VFS: The 185th Reservoir Dogs = VFS are=20 inviting any interested Falcon pilots to an Open = Fly-In on=20 24th April 2005. We are based within 2 hours of GMT = and have a=20 healthy squadron with regular TE's being flown every = weekend.=20 So, if you are a seasoned veteran or a newbie that's = just=20 finding his or her wings, come join us at the 185th = and=20 experience all that is good about Falcon 4 online. For = further=20 information, contact our CO = or=20 log into our web site here. We will=20 take you through all aspects of "the dance" prior to = taking to=20 the skies to ensure maximum enjoyment and minimum = hassle.'=20 There's more info on the Open Fly-In announcement here.

Land Combat

News=20 Contributors: Chuck "Magnum MGG " = Ankenbauer.

Battlefront has posted 50 new = screenshots of=20 T-72: Balkans on = Fire!=20 Take a look here and read the press = announcement here.

Brothers=20 in Arms is on store shelves now and Ubisoft has = confirmed the next chapter is planned. Read the list = here at ToTheGame.=20 Thanks Alan for the news tip.

Naval Combat

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

Subguru has=20 some new downloads here for S.C.S. Dangerous = Waters.

Patch 1.1 for Silent Hunter III has now been = released and=20 fixes a multitude of things. Please head over to the = updates page to find out more = information=20 and links to download it.

Sitting in my inbox was a = Ubisoft=20 e-mail titled "Ubisoft unveils its 2005-2006 = product=20 catalog and adds to its financial prospects" and = on this=20 list is... Silent = Hunter=20 4!

Ubishop has sold out of Silent=20 Hunter III! Posted at the Silent=20 Hunter III web site, "Just a small note for = you: if=20 you're planning on ordering Silent Hunter III from the = Ubisoft=20 shop, please be aware that we are currently sold out = so your=20 order will be processed at the end of next week = (around the=20 24/25th) at the earliest. This does not affect = preorders=20 placed before today."

Silent=20 Hunter III: Herr Oesten tells about his run-in = with the=20 battleship HMS Malaya. Video can be downloaded from = the Silent=20 Hunter III video section here.

Motorsports

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

Codemasters have announced the 3rd = iteration=20 of TOCA Race = Driver for=20 consoles and PC in this press = annoucement.

There's a=20 Q&A with Gavin Raeburn on TOCA Race Driver 2006 = here on Gamespot.=20 Thanks to Race Sim Central for the tip in this thread.

Technology

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

The = Tech=20 Report reviews the = Abit Fatal1ty = AN8 mobo here.

A1=20 Electronics reviews=20 Thermaltake's=20 Kandalf case = here.

Xtreme=20 Resources looks at = the=20 Silverstone = Strider=20 SST-ST46F 460W PSU = here.

ExtremeTech looks=20 at Soltek's = Qbic=20 EQ3901-300P SFF = PC here.

Adrian's Rojak=20 Pot reviews = Razer's = Diamondback professional gaming mouse = here.

PimpRig=20 reviews the XG Vortec 500W PSU here.

XYZ=20 Computing = compares ATI's Radeon X700 = Pro & BFG's NVIDIA GeForce 6600GT=20 OC PCI-E cards = here.

3DGameMan has a=20 video clip reviewing EVGA's NVIDIA e-GeForce 6200 = TC video card = here.

Community News for March 17, = 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.

European=20 Air War: "Sandbagger's" news has been posted here. "RAF_Roy" is looking for = help building=20 a central download system for OAW. Click here.

IL-2=20 Series: Forgotten Battles / AEP / Pacific = Fighters:=20 "tankeriv" has posted TLD Patch 1.04B Beta screenshots = here. GT announces a new G3 Server = and more.=20 Click here. "Cpt_Farrel" has uploaded = Ground=20 Pounder Fw190's. Click here for the announcement.

Lock On:=20 Modern Air Combat / Flaming Cliffs: "D-scythe" = has=20 posted updated MiG-29 skins here. "Thomas DW" has posted an = updated=20 A-10, F-15, MiG-29, and Su-27 Cockpit & Skins = Guide. Click=20 here.

Strike=20 Fighters / Wings Over Vietnam: "MK2" has added = the RAF=20 to the Vietnam 1984 campaign. Click here. "Gramps" has posted the = Illustrious=20 class HMS Victorious. Click here. "pasko" has posted about the = new=20 Grumman Cougar F-9J (F9-F8). Click here. "BBury" is working on a De = Havilland=20 Hornet ( D.H. 103 ). Check it out here.

Wings of=20 War: "Saedor" has posted a skin of the Pfalz = DIII from=20 the movie "The Blue Max". Click here. "Saedor" has posted a skin = of Reed=20 Chamber's "Stars & Stripes" Spad 13. Click here.

General=20 News: "Grendel has posted an article on the = Bf-109G.=20 Click here. "602RAF_Puff" has posted a = drawing of=20 RAF Hurricane pilots here. "Abledog" has found a web = site selling=20 warbird T-shirts. Click here.

Land Combat

News=20 Contributors: Chuck "Magnum MGG " = Ankenbauer.

Gamespot=20 has the new SWAT 4 trailer here, along with some other = video's of SWAT=20 4 action.

Gamespot also has some new video's of Act of War:Direct = Action, which is in stores = today.

Worthplaying has news of a = Brothers in Arms demo coming within a couple of = weeks.

Worthplaying also has new = screenshots of=20 Splinter = Cell here.=20

Worthplaying also has news of an=20 Act of War: = Direct=20 Action patch and a = Brothers in=20 Arms patch here. Both games released and in = stores=20 today.

IGN has new screenshots of = Battlefield 2 here.

Fileplanet has a huge, high = quality, movie=20 pack of SWAT=20 4 movies here.

You can=20 also digitally buy Brothers in Arms here from Fileplanet.

Naval Combat

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

Navy Newsstand reports that at a ceremony held = March 14,=20 aboard the 2nd Fleet flagship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7), Commander, U.S. 2nd = Fleet moved=20 forward to establish an interim-capability U.S. = Combined Joint=20 Operations from the Sea (CJOS) Center of Excellence = (COE).=20 Read more here.

Navy News=20 reports that a traveling exhibition featuring images of wartime has = begun a=20 tour of the UK to mark the 60th anniversary of victory = in=20 1945. Read more here.

What does Subsim = Review=20 think about Silent Hunter=20 III's Dynamic Campaign? = Here is a=20 hint.... "By God, the Romanians did it!". Read = more here.

Motorsports

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

The Track Mania Sunrise = demo has=20 been released. It's a big download at 209MB that = contains both=20 singleplayer and multiplayer. You can download it from = here. Thanks to Race = Sim=20 Central for the tip.

M4driving=20 reports an ETCC = mod in=20 the works for GTR. Read=20 more about it on their front page.

An = all-tarmac mod=20 for Richard Burns = Rally=20 has been released. As it changes the surface to tarmac = on all=20 rallies. Read more and download here from Blackhole=20 Motorsports. Be sure and back-up your original = files.

Technology

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

Overclock=20 Intelligence Agency reviews the Apollo NVIDIA GeForce = 6600GT=20 AGP card here.

Gamers=20 Depot reviews the ASUS=20 AX800XL video card here.

Overclockers Australia reviews = Intel's 6xx=20 Series and 3.73GHz = Extreme=20 Edition CPU's here.

bit-tech has=20 a Memory Bandwith=20 Shootout here.

TweakTown=20 reviews Thermaltake's = VA8000=20 Series "Armor" case here.

ap0calypse=20 reviews the XG = X-Case PC=20 case here.

PimpRig=20 reviews Ultra = Products' Titanium=20 Finish Fans here.

Gruntville=20 looks at the SkyHawk = USA ICE-Q=20 IMC6375 SFF PC here.

Community News for March 16, = 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.

European=20 Air War: "vonBeerhofen" has posted a PacTideIII = GlideFix update here. "RAF_Roy" has released = BaseViewTM and=20 TSDMtiles here.

FS2002 /=20 FS2004: "Rick.50cal" has posted a link to a = large list=20 of FS resources. Click here. Real Air Simulations have = released a=20 patch for the Spitfire. Click here (File is at the bottom of the = Spitfire=20 paragraph). Thanks to "Li'lJugs" for the find.

IL-2=20 Series: Forgotten Battles / AEP / Pacific = Fighters: "C=20 Wilches" has found a Macchi 200 cockpit update at = Netwings.=20 Click here to check it out. "Aces High = 2" has=20 posted an update on MAT Manager v2.20. This edition = now has=20 S.A.A.F. markings included. Click here.

Lock On:=20 Modern Air Combat / Flaming Cliffs: "ZoomBoy27" = has=20 released a Junction23 Co-op with 6 Different = Plane-Sets. Click=20 here. "Thomas DW" has found red = lift lines=20 for cockpits. Click here to go to LOMACFILES.com.

Janes=20 FA-18: Bones has a new epic with some big = surprises!=20 Read the new story, Operation Persian Freedom Phase = 3=20 Mission 10: Hornet's Sting (Back to the Boat) right here.

Strike=20 Fighters / Wings Over Vietnam: "MK2" is looking = for a=20 list of hard to get SF files so he can upload them to=20 Combatace.com's database. Click here to see how you can help. = "MK2" has=20 announced the famous Hero USSR zip is now available. = Click here. "Digital-Overload" has = posted an F-18A=20 Update (Carrier Operations Performance And Effects) here. "ajunaidr" has posted a = F-104 Family=20 update here. "Paul Nortness" has posted a = list of=20 new stuff at Fist of the Fleet. Click here. "Gepard" has released the = Israel Suez=20 and DRV terrain. Click here for the announcement.

General=20 News: "gt" has found a near full sized remote = control=20 Bf-109G here! "DoolittleRaider" is = attempting to=20 garner support to get the 12 O'Clock High TV series on = dvd.=20 Click here to see what he has in mind. = The "Black=20 Sheep Squadron" by Stephen J. Cannell is due to hit = dvd this=20 May. Click here for the full details. Thanks = to=20 "DoubleUgly" for the heads up. "Saedor," the developer = of a=20 free WWI air combat tabletop game (rule set), has = posted a=20 link to more free tabletop air combat games. There's = even a=20 Star Wars rule set. Click here. Thanks for the link = Saedor!

Land Combat

News=20 Contributors: Chuck "Magnum MGG " = Ankenbauer.

No news today.

Naval Combat

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

Simulation France Magazine have... you guessed it, a = French review=20 of Silent Hunter III. They say it is = a Hit!=20 Read the review here.

Computer Games Magazine have a = Battlestations: = Midway Q&A=20 chats with THQ's Klaude Thomas about their upcoming = naval=20 combat game: "Well, Midway is foremost an action = game, but=20 deeper down there=92s a lot of strategy (repairs = systems,=20 command maps, standing orders, all of that.) In Midway = you=20 usually have multiple ships and planes under your = command.=20 You=92ll generally take direct control of your most = important=20 unit, and give orders to the rest. Even if you don=92t = give them=20 orders they will do something useful on their own =97 = on defense=20 =97 but it=92s up to you to direct the attacks. I like = submarines=20 (a lot), so when I=92m in command I tend to sneak = around in my=20 sub and just organize everything else on the command = map, but=20 I know other people like planes (Midway=92s Lead = Designer is=20 very, very dangerous in a Zero.) It=92s up to you how = you=20 play." (Thanks = Blue's=20 News). Read the Q&A here.

Ubirazz has posted in the = official Silent Hunter III forum "A lot of = you were=20 voicing your concerns about certain aspects of the = game being=20 'missing' and stuff, so I sent off an email earlier = trying to=20 find out for you. Here's the response:" Read the = thread here.

Motorsports

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

The=20 WGTC mod for Nascar Heat has been released, featuring = GT cars=20 like Ferrari 550, Saleen S7-R, Chrysler Viper, Ford = GT,=20 Corvette C5, Porsche 996 and Ferrari 360. Learn more = about the=20 World GT=20 Challenge mod at = Blackhole Motorsports and download = it from=20 here.

50 new screenshots = from the=20 CTDP = 2004 high quality mod have been = revealed at=20 Blackhole Motorsports. You can = view the=20 screenshots here.

Technology

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

Neowin = reports that Kyocera and Alienware are teaming-up to develop cell = phone=20 gaming and gaming accessories. Read more here, = courtesy=20 of AnandTech.

Legit=20 Reviews looks at = Corsair's COOL water cooling unit here.

Rosie? Hitachi=20 has developed a humanoid=20 robot with wheels = looking=20 remarkably similar to that famed robot maid from = The=20 Jetsons. Read more here, courtesy=20 of Reuters.

bit-tech reports from CeBIT about = AMD's Dual Core = Processors, and their new mobile chip, = the=20 Turion = 64. Read more here.

Speaking of=20 CeBIT, X-Bit=20 Labs has full = coverage of Day=20 #4 here.

SP3?=20 PC World is=20 reporting that Microsoft may port WinFS, the new file system for = Longhorn, into=20 XP. Read more here.

Community News for March 15, = 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.

FS2002 /=20 FS2004: "Top Gun" has posted some Marine = (VMFA-225=20 Vikings) F-18 skins here.

IL-2=20 Series: Forgotten Battles / AEP / Pacific = Fighters:=20 DGen beta 3.1.5.2 (Plane database) has been released = here. FAW_HARLEY @ SFM have = released a 32=20 minute Pearl Harbor Attack video. Click here for the announcement.=20 "france-simulation" has posted screenshots of = Tchaika's, Greg=20 Boyington's, and Gunter's, new skin work. Check them = out here. "vpmedia" has released a new = shark-mouth P-51C "Gladys". Click here. The Redrodgers have a movie = index=20 listed here.=20 "Deacon211" has posted a link to a P-47 video. The = video (RL)=20 shows: start up checklist, strafing, bombing, aerial = combat,=20 and finally some stats of the 377th US squadron. Click = here. "Magnet_ger" has made some = guncam=20 movies. Check out his site here.

Jane's=20 F/A-18: "Rockstar" has posted previews of = several new=20 skins here.

Lock On:=20 Modern Air Combat / Flaming Cliffs: "ZoomBoy27" = has=20 posted a multiplayer MiG-29 mission here.

Strike=20 Fighters / Wings Over Vietnam: "AD" has = released a new=20 F-105D-25 here. "AD" has made F-105D skin = templates=20 available here. "ghostrider883" has posted = an updated=20 SP3 MiG-21-98. Click here for the announcement. "The = Wrench" has=20 issued anti-nuke flash visor helmets. Click here for more information. "The = Wrench" has=20 released a new Seafire MkIII. screen here. "The Wrench" has released = F-104 and=20 F-4 menu screens here. "kout" has posted a preview = of a new=20 European Theater of Ops menu screen here.

General=20 News: "KraziKanuk" has found a web site = containing the=20 Kursk Order of Battle. Click here. "Osram" has found a Battle = of Britain=20 report (1946) here. "RAF_Dumoulin" has posted = some photos=20 of the Royal Air Museum in Brussels. Click here to see them. "Gronk" has = found a video=20 of a Harrier crashing near a beach full of swimmers. = Click here. (Pilot ejected safely and no = one was=20 hurt)

Land Combat

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

There's a Close Combat: First To = Fight=20 interview here at Computer=20 Games.

Naval Combat

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

Subsim Review have posted their Silent Hunter III review and they = have given=20 it a perfect score! Read more here.

Motorsports

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

A = preview=20 video of the Thunder=20 Cars mod for = GPL=20 as been released. You can watch it here at Blackhole Motorsports.

Eurogamer reviews GTR=20 here. Thanks to m4driving=20 for the link.

Technology

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

LegionHardware=20 reviews the ASUS Extreme=20 AX800XL video card = here.

Rage3D looks at the ATI TV Wonder = Elite video card here.

TweakNews reviews=20 the Icemat=20 Siberia computer = gaming=20 headset here.

Overclockers Online reviews the Jetart JACSH1 VGA cooler here.

Overclock=20 Cafe reviews = Thermaltake's = Beetle cooler here.

InsaneTek reviews=20 another Thermaltake product, the PurePower 680W PSU, here.

ExtremeMhz looks=20 at the Silverstone=20 SST-TJ06 Temjin 6 = tower case=20 here.

Future=20 Looks reviews the = Atech XP-14 card reader here.

Community News for March 14, = 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.

European=20 Air War: "Sandbagger's" latest news has been = released.=20 Click here. The Launchpad Teamspeak = channel is up=20 and running. Click here for the announcement. = "Peregrine" has=20 uploaded adjusted gunsight reticles at Sandbagger's. = Click here for the post. "MadProf" has = released=20 two versions of the German Ruhmeshalle menu screens. = Click here to see them. "Karel II. cz" = has posted=20 an update of the Do-215 model here. "vonBeerhofen" has posted = the FXEXE=20 v0.6 type 4. Click here for more information.

FS2002 /=20 FS2004: "Top Gun" has released some F-18 = VMFA-232 Red=20 Devils skins here. The Fsnet public beta now = available.=20 This utility allows more than one person to be in the = same=20 aircraft. Click here to go to the web page. Thanks = to=20 "spitfire9" for the heads up. There is a preview of = the=20 Beechcraft Bonanza A36 by DreamFleet here. Thanks to "JoeSim" for the = find.

IL-2=20 Series: Forgotten Battles / AEP / Pacific = Fighters:=20 Oleg Maddox's comments at Sukhoi.ru have been = translated and=20 posted at CheckSix here. Thanks to "A.Fokker" for the = heads up.=20 RC_Kedik has created an exceedingly well done Pacific = Fighters=20 video! Check it out here. The Double Domination = Tournament=20 results have been posted here.=20 "BA_Dart" has released a new video, "When to say = when." Click=20 here. There is a new movie, = "Operation Tidal=20 Wave," available. Click here to go to Netwings.org's movie = menu=20 page. Thanks to "D13-th_Mytzu" for the find. "vpmedia" = has=20 released a new Zero skin pack. Click here.

Jane's=20 F/A-18: "NC_Creeper" has released a new F-18 = VFA-103=20 Factory Skin. Click here for a preview and the = directions to=20 obtain this skin.

Lock On:=20 Modern Air Combat / Flaming Cliffs: zOOmboy27's = Feodosija Blocker SP/MP is now available at = LOMACFiles.com.=20 Click here for the announcement.

Strike=20 Fighters / Wings Over Vietnam: "Boopidoo" has a = new=20 F-14 update posted here. "kout" has posted a new menu = screen=20 (WIP), "First Vietnam Aces." Click here for part three and here for part four. "capun" has = released=20 "Spitfire" parts three and four. Click here. "The Wrench" has posted some = new=20 Spitfire screens here. "BuRn" has posted a preview = of an=20 entirely new menu system here. "Bunyap2W1" has posted = Weapons Pack=20 update 2. Click here. "BBury" has released a Tiny = Tim 11.75"=20 Rocket. Click here for a preview and the = download.=20 "vellanet" has posted some shots of new F-111 burner = textures.=20 Click here.

Wings of=20 War: "Jagdpanzer" has released three new Pfalz = skins.=20 Check them out here.

General=20 News: "KraziKanuck" has found some photo's of a = newly=20 restored Bf 109E here. Combatace now accepts 100MB = uploads.=20 Click here for more information. = "Downfall", a=20 movie about the last twelve days of WWII Germany, has = a=20 trailer available here. Thanks to "JG7_ME262U1" for = the=20 find.

Land Combat

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

Some news here in the Forum about America's Army.

Naval Combat

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

Congratulations to our Silent Hunter III Short = Story=20 Contest winner, Dominico Baggio, with his = winning entry=20 Wolf Pack. See the results of the contest here in the Forum.

Several new screenshots of = Silent Hunter III are = available=20 here in the Ubisoft Forum.

Subsim = Review=20 have posted their Silent Hunter III review = and they=20 have given it a perfect score! Read more here.

Motorsports

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

Richard=20 Burns Rally Mod Collection is now at version = 2.10.=20 Download it here from Blackhole=20 Motorsports.

Apparently from this thread at Race = Sim=20 Central, RBRNet has=20 been updated to version 2.2, including support for a = dedicated=20 server. Download it from here.

NASCAR SimRacing is = reviewed here at Gamingnexus. Thanks to Blackhole=20 Motorsports for the link.

Update your NASCAR Racing 2003 = Season with=20 the new 2005 cars. You can download them from The Racing Groove (registration = required).=20 But hurry up. The site is closing this = Tuesday.

GTR FIA GT Racing = Game was=20 released internationally Friday 11th March, so perhaps = it's=20 time to hit the local store.

Games=20 Radar reviews GTR.=20 Thanks to Blackhole=20 Motorsports for the link to the review.

New screenshots = from=20 Cross Racing = Championship=20 are up on the official site here. The screenshots focus on = showing the=20 recent improvements added by developer Invictus Games. = Distributor Project Three has announced that the game = still is=20 very much on target for a May 2005 release and that a = brand=20 new, final playable CRC demo will be released during = April=20 2005.

Technology

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

Barry's Rigs 'n Reviews looks at the Chenbro Gaming Bomb II = case here.

PimpRig looks at=20 the Razotech=20 Blizzard = case here.

Xtreme=20 Resources has a look = at the=20 Revoltec Star = Serie=20 Chromus II RPS-450V2 PSU=20 here.

PC = Review reviews the = Tagan TG480-U22 PSU here.

Red = &=20 Blackness looks at = the=20 ThermalRock=20 Oceandome case = here.

HEXUS has news from CeBIT 2005: A = review of=20 the BioStar = iDEQ=20 330P BTX = motherboard=20 here.

3DGameMan reviews=20 the ATI = All-In-Wonder=20 X800XT video card = here.

Auphan=20 Online reviews the = Ultra X-Connect 500W PSU here.

The SimHQ Monthly Calendars for = March=20 2005

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


Steve Serdikoff of Three Wire Photography = provided this=20 image of the Breitling Fighters. The P-51D, = P-40G,=20 Spitfire Mark IX and F4U-1 were taken at the = Duxford=20 2003 Show. Thanks, Steve!	This Silent Hunter III = image is our=20 fourth in a series of monthly calendars = featuring Silent=20 Hunter III. Thanks to the Development Team for = providing=20 the image.

This months S.C.S. Dangerous Waters image is = the=20 Orion. It is the third in a series of monthly = calendars=20 featuring the just released naval combat sim. = Thanks to=20 Sonalysts and Battlefront.	Fran Mulhern sent in this = LOMAC=20 screenshot of a sunset RTB flight. Looks great=20 Fran!