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Review: Case Blue
Review: The Last Days
Interview: Apache Pilot Gene=20 Garrett
Feature: Boneyard
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Land = Combat
I of the Enemy
Brothers in Arms
Review: SWAT 4
Feature: Oh Brother, Where Art=20 Thou? 1 2
Preview: T-72: Balkans on = Fire!=20 Screenshots
Feature: Multiplayer in = Blackhawk=20 Down
Review: Red Orchestra: Combined=20 Arms
Preview: Steel Beasts = Professional -=20 PE

More Armor Combat articles = here.
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Naval = Combat
Review: Silent Hunter = III
Preview: Silent Hunter III=20 Screenshots
Review: S.C.S. - Dangerous=20 Waters
Interview: Silent Hunter = III

More Technology articles here.

Community News for=20 May 20, 2005

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

SimHQ reports on the 2005 = E3Expo

Tuesday's report is here.
Wednesday's report = is here.
Thursday's report = is here.

If you have an E3 = question for=20 the group, post here in the E3Expo=20 Forum.

SimHQ=20 Preview: Alex "Zander"=20 Keep previews this weekend's Monaco Grand Prix = here in pdf format (108=20 kb).

SimHQ=20 Review: Teddy B=E4r has=20 completed his extended review of the WWII naval = combat=20 sim Silent Hunter=20 III. The = review spans=20 over 20 pages and includes more than 80 new = images. Read=20 Teddy's analysis here.

Air Combat=20 News

News=20 Contributor: Doug "Uther" Lawrence.

After=20 Action Reports: "wolfbiscuits" has posted an = AAR for=20 Falcon 4.0 - Deep Strike.

European=20 Air War: "Col.Gibbon" has announced the MS 406 is finished. "FreddyB" = needs British=20 members to help with RAF Speechpack v2. "Ade Kelly" has = posted a=20 skin pack preview, "Snowfighters=20 II." Sandbagger's Latest News is out.

Falcon=20 4.0: "531 Ghost" has configured an intricate start sequence.

FS2002 /=20 FS2004: "Top Gun" has found an Orion JMSDF Texture Fix and = Callsigns.

IL-2=20 Series: Forgotten Battles / AEP / Pacific = Fighters:=20 "vpmedia" has released Bf-109 F4 and G-2 skins. = "Morgenstern" has=20 posted news from Plus Wave.

Strike=20 Fighters / Wings Over Vietnam: "USAFTML" has = posted a=20 nuclear SAM preview. = "UnseenAircraft" has=20 released a Swedish Campaign update. = "ghostrider883" has=20 posted a MiG-21FL(IAF Type 77) Red Archers Skin and a = MiG-21FL(IAF Type 77)=20 IAF Grey Skin. "pappychksix" has = uploaded a=20 B-47E camo skin. = "WhiteKnight06604" has=20 posted a SAAB skin. "fubar_512" has posted = a movie. "howling1" has posted = updated Indian=20 Air Force Type 74, Type 76, Type 77 MiGs now at v1.8. "RussoUK2002" = has posted a=20 Bf-109E skinpack preview. = "Hinchinbrooke"=20 has posted an Ark Royal update.

General=20 News: "iam" has posted a link to an incredible = RC helicopter video. "pitts2a" has = posted a=20 review of the Goflight rudder pedal system. = "Colt40Five"=20 has posted a link to a Su-35 KNAAPO Fighter video.

Land Combat News

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

"America's Army = polishes up its=20 act" says this report at Gamespot.

Naval Combat News

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

Spruegames=20 and Shrapnel=20 Games proudly = announce the=20 release of Salvo!'s full featured demo, available for = both the=20 Windows OS and Mac OS X, and when we say full featured = we mean=20 full featured. The demo not only boasts four tutorial=20 scenarios, and the complete help documentation = consisting of=20 the quickstart and user guides, but the centerpiece of = the=20 demo is a full campaign, 'The Bourbon Navy'." ... = "Salvo! is a=20 single-player experience of naval war from the 17th = through=20 19th centuries, with an emphasis on command and = control using=20 an intuitive command scheme. Grab the 267MB demo here (thanks = Hentzau).

Motorsports News

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

A = short=20 trailer from the upcoming GT Legends sim has been released and can = be=20 downloaded from the official web=20 site. GT Legends is expected to be released by the = end of=20 the year.

Technology News

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

The = Tech=20 Report has the lowdown on the Xbox 360. Read more = here.

E3 = Insider=20 has a report called "Games for Windows Deliver More = Ways to=20 Play" here.

E3 = Insider=20 also reports on Atari's=20 new forays into gaming here.

More from E3: InsaneTek=20 reports here.

GD = Hardware has more reports from E3 here.

AnandTech=20 reports from, where else? E3... with more = details on=20 console GPU's = here.

E3 = Coverage=20 has their full report here.

OSNN = reports=20 that Counterstrike's=20 source has been updated. Read more here.

Community News=20 for May 19, 2005

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

Air Combat=20 News

News=20 Contributor: Doug "Uther" Lawrence.

Falcon=20 4.0: Lead pursuit has posted new development notes and = screenshots.

FS2002 /=20 FS2004: MegaCITY Dallas/Fort Worth = Released. The=20 following files have been released at FlightSim: FS2004 Hellenic Navy = Orion P-3B=20 (FILENAME: h_navy.zip). FS2004 Scenery--NZ Forest Fire = Emergency (FILENAME: urewera.zip). FS2004 SBuilder = (FILENAME:=20 sb205.zip). SBuilder reads default BGL LWM and VTP = files and=20 produces the following types of scenery: mesh scenery, = land=20 and water class scenery, photo scenery, LWM masks and=20 flattens, VTP polygons and VTP lines, exclude regions, = exclusion rectangles and objects and macros. FS2004=20 Scenery--NZ Guy Fawkes Fireworks (FILENAME: = nzfawkes.zip).=20 FS2004 More Waves II (FILENAME: morwave2.zip).

Lock On:=20 Modern Air Combat / Flaming Cliffs: "Thomas DW" = has=20 released F-15 Dogfight Mission Packs for FC = 1.1.=20 "Hitman IF" has posted an updated color coded FC key card.

Strike=20 Fighters / Wings Over Vietnam: The Avro Lancaster has been released.=20 "ghostrider883" has released a MiG-21FL (IAF Type 77) No. 8 Sqdn = IAF skin.=20 "capun" has posted a Meteor preview. Would you like = your sound=20 and graphics mods in a mega pack or as individual = files? Vote=20 here.

General=20 News: Turbo Squid Releases Flight Studio 1.5. Sichuan Airlines: eight new Airbus = A319 and=20 A320 aircraft. Gulfstream G450 / G350 Aircraft = Now Have=20 Onboard Ultra-High-Speed Internet Capability. Baucus = proposes=20 drones eye border. His Spitfire = 'armed' with=20 a camera and film, gutsy John McMillan did his duty. Flying Tigers land at Mount = Comfort Airport=20 for reunion. Pentagon showcases new laser system. L-3 Gets $5.6M for = Display=20 Upgrade to Helicopter Simulators.

"Blue=20 Angels Host Military Demo Team Reunion" = reported here at the Navy=20 Newsstand.

Land Combat News

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

3D = Gamers=20 has the new E3 trailer from Call=20 of Duty 2 available here.

Naval Combat News

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

The Salt = Lake=20 Tribune reports: "Nautical hobby leads to = world-class=20 submarine trove". Read the story here.

Motorsports News

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

The GTR=20 King of Ovals free add-on has been released and = is=20 available for download from here.

The May issue of = Auto Sim Sport is out = now. Get=20 it directly off the presses here.

Technology News

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

The Tech=20 Zone reviews Sapphire's X800=20 XL Ultimate video card here.

X-Bit Labs=20 is reporting from E3 that=20 ASUS is = planning a series=20 of add-in cards to boost physics performance in games. = Read=20 more here.

AnandTech=20 reports that ATI released=20 a video of their upcoming R520=20 GPU. See the video here.

AnandTech=20 also released their "Day 1" report on E3 here.

Trusted=20 Reviews tests out the ATI=20 X600 Pro All-in-Wonder card here.

CoolTechZone tests out Sunbeamtech's = Transformer case=20 here.

GameTrailers has a Quake IV trailer up. = Check it=20 out here.

E3 = Insider=20 reveals EA's = four new=20 titles here.

Community News for May = 18,=20 2005

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

Air Combat=20 News

News=20 Contributor: Doug "Uther" Lawrence.

European=20 Air War: The Avia B.534/4 has been released. = Still flying=20 EAW? Post your bio here.

FS2002 /=20 FS 2004: "Rick.50Cal" has posted links to airport information, approach = plates, and=20 more.

Helicopter Sims: = "Swingtime"=20 has uploaded a new version of blue max cobra.

IL-2=20 Series: Forgotten Battles=20 / AEP / Pacific Fighters: Oleg Maddox is back on track. He = has posted=20 patch information on the UBI Boards. Thanks to = "335th_GRSwaty"=20 for the heads up. "CanonUK" has posted three news skins (Bf-109G-6A/S, La-5F,=20 Bf-110C-4/B). "Tchaika." has released a MC 202 91a squadriglia skins pack. = "tankeriv" has posted information on TLD beta patch 1.06b and 1.07. =

Lock On:=20 Modern Air Combat / Flaming Cliffs: "D-scythe" = is=20 looking for opinions on Air to Air missions.

Strike=20 Fighters / Wings Over Vietnam: "The Wrench" has = posted=20 a SBD skin preview. Sundowner has = released new=20 B-57B skins. There is an update at = Fist of the Fleet. A VMA-533 F-9J skin is now available = at=20 CombatAce.

General=20 News: TrackIR software version 4.1.25 is = now in=20 public beta. Russia To Design New Boeing Aircraft. IA nod for conversion of 5 Boeing aircraft = into=20 freighters. Russia To Open TU-204-300 Passenger Aircraft = Production=20 Line. Honoring sacrifices and aircraft of WWII. Australia To = Enter Next=20 Phase of Fighter Jet Program. CAE wins full-flight simulator = order from=20 Lufthansa Flight Training Berlin. Boeing (NYSE: BA) = today=20 announced the opening of a new $4.5 million expansion = of its=20 Modeling Simulation and Analysis = Center=20 (MSAC).

Land Combat News

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

Fileplanet=20 has a couple new trailers for some upcoming RTS games. = Check=20 out the trailer for Gods and=20 Heroes here, RON:=20 Rise of Legends here, and Commando's Strike = Force here.

America's=20 Army 2.4 has been released. A number of gaming = sites have=20 the 800 plus MB download. Please be advised that this = is a=20 complete new version using the Unreal 2.5 engine, not = the 2.0=20 engine anymore. So there is no patch, you must = un-install the=20 old version and install this complete new version. =

Worthplaying has news that Delta = Force=20 Xtreme has a new demo out. This is the same = game that=20 made Novalogic famous but with todays graphic and = sound=20 updates.

Naval Combat News

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

An Enigma: Rising=20 Tide: Sink the Hood teaser web site is online. The = site=20 offers an E3 teaser movie in four different variants = (thanks=20 Blue's News)

Subsim = Review=20 reports that Bethesda Softworks today announced plans = to=20 release a sequel to its exciting Pirates of the = Caribbean video=20 game based on Walt Disney Pictures=92 blockbuster = film,=20 Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black = Pearl.=20 Read more here.

Motorsports News

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

Windows=20 x64 compatibility. Tim Wheatley of Race = Sim=20 Central has tested various sims, also some = non-racing=20 games on Windows 64 bit OS. Interesting information = regarding=20 StarForce there = as well.=20 Read the thread here.

A 218MB mod for GTR is available here from m4driving.=20 The mod is FIA-GT = X-Spec=20 v0.3 spanning 3 seasons, 2003-2004-2005. A = version 0.4=20 is in the works.

The = US Pits=20 have announced TPTCC=20 2005. The mod will be for rFactor according to = this thread.

Technology News

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

Neowin = reports=20 from E3 that Sony has revealed a wide range of PS3 software. Read = more here.

ATI's=20 Catalyst 5.5 drivers were released today. Read = more here, courtesy Rage3D.

Hardware=20 Zone reviews the Gigabyte=20 GA-81955X Royal (Intel 955X Express) mobo here.

E3 = Insider=20 has an article titled "ATI &=20 Microsoft Usher in the HD Era of Gaming" here.

Albatron=20 has an article showing that AGP 8X cards could be used = in=20 PCI-E motherboards. Read more here.

vnunet.com=20 reveals two more leas in Microsoft's Internet Explorer = browser. Read more here.

bit-tech.net=20 investigates how consoles like the PS3 & Xbox 360 could impact = the=20 future of PC Gaming. Read more here.

XYZ=20 Computing has an article titled "You Don't Have to = be Rich=20 to be a PC Gamer" here.

Community News for May = 17,=20 2005

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

Air Combat=20 News

News=20 Contributor: Doug "Uther" Lawrence.

Pit=20 Builders: "GADGET" has posted a Xpress-Pit 1.0 for 35=80. "531 = Ghost" has=20 posted a cockpit that folds to nearly flat=20 dimensions.

European=20 Air War: "Raf-Roy's" site=20 is moving.

FS2002 /=20 FS2004: The free P-3C Orion is out. Thanks to = "luckyluca" and=20 Dave Ogden for the heads up. The file name is = "p-3c_.zip" The=20 following files have been released at FlightSim: FS2004 Manual/Checklist = Boeing=20 757-200 (FILENAME: fs9b7572.zip). FS2004 Ultimate GA = Cessna=20 402 (FILENAME: uga_402.zip). FS2004 = SB3FlightplanConverter=20 (FILENAME: sbplncon.zip). CFS3/FS2002/FS2004 Aircraft = Tuner=20 (FILENAME: at.zip). FS2004 Scenery--USS Lexington CV-2 = (FILENAME: prelex2.zip). FS2004 Photorealistic Scenery = Las=20 Vegas (FILENAME: lasvegas.zip).

IL-2=20 Series: Forgotten Battles / AEP / Pacific = Fighters:=20 There is a large skin update af = Flying-legends.=20 "1.JaVA_Serval" has released a Spitfire IX skin pack and a P-40 skin.

Lock On:=20 Modern Air Combat / Flaming Cliffs: Lomacfiles wants your opinion = about 1.1

Strike=20 Fighters / Wings Over Vietnam: The enhanced WOV terrain has been = released. New=20 F-9J Cougar skins have been = released.=20 "Phamtuan" has posted a preview of a new load screen - Defending = Vietnam.=20 "USAFTML" has posted a new B-47E skin of the 380th BW(M) = Plattsburgh=20 AFB, NY.

General=20 News: "TooCool_12f" has posted some photographs = of the=20 Fert=E9 Alais airshow. Russia to = build modern=20 aircraft carriers in 2010. = Australian Army=20 Takes First Delivery of Tiger armed reconnaissance helicopters. Just Flight to announce a range of = quality=20 titles at the E3 Show. Watch for our report later this = week.

Land Combat News

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

Gamespot has=20 new Ghost Recon = 3=20 information here. Most of the news is about = the Xbox=20 version, but the PC version is said to contain what = the Xbox=20 offers.

Thanks to community member,=20 "Hades-WOF" for this link... a OFP fan site with news = on Operation Flashpoint = 2,=20 including a few screens here.

"Harry-The-Ruskie", another = SimHQ=20 community member has word on a new SWAT 4 realism mod here, a general quick consensus is = that this=20 Code 11 mod may be better then the realism mod = mentioned a=20 week ago. You can get both mods here.

The Battlefield Connection has = announced=20 it's winner of the SWAT 4=20 music video contest. The winner is Team=20 Element and you can check out their video here.

Gamershell=20 has a brand new demo for The=20 Falklands War: 1982. Grab it from here.

Ubisoft is=20 currently seeking girls with a passion for video games = to form=20 FRAG DOLLS UK. FRAG DOLLS UK will represent women in = gaming =97=20 girls who are serious about games but want to have fun = too...=20 and get paid for it. The members will become role = models for=20 other girl gamers, and help encourage more women to = play=20 games. Potential candidates for the team must have a = positive=20 attitude, extensive gaming knowledge and ability, and = =97 above=20 all =97 a passion for games. Ubisoft are forming the = team due to=20 the phenomenal success of FRAG DOLLS in the US =97 who = were the=20 first all-female gaming clan to get publisher = sponsorship.=20 These 7 girls have been playing professionally as a = team since=20 Summer 2004, have been on a dozen road trips and taken = part in=20 a number of tournaments. They encourage more women and = girls=20 to pick up controllers, helping break down gender = barriers in=20 the male-dominated world of online gaming. And if they = teach=20 their male counterparts a few new tricks along the = way, all=20 the better! For more information, click=20 here.

Matrix=20 Games and Strategic Studies Group have = announced that=20 the next game in the Decisive=20 Battles Series, Battles in Italy has gone gold = and is=20 anticipated to be available to the public in late May = via the=20 Matrix Games Online Store. Battles in Italy brings the = award-winning series to three pivotal battles: Sicily=20 (Operation Husky), Salerno (Operation Avalanche), and = the=20 unfortunate Operation Shingle, the invasion at Anzio. = Battles=20 in Italy is an operational wargame that takes you to = three of=20 the toughest fought battles in the Mediterranean; = including=20 the invasions of Sicily, Salerno, and Anzio. All three = campaigns incorporate many new improvements and = enhancements=20 to the Decisive Battles series. Some of these updates = include=20 rules for surrender, political units, cooperation = between=20 countries, and improved amphibious invasions.

Naval Combat News

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

There's a Pirates of the Burning = Sea interview here at GameRifts.

Motorsports News

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

Gamerdad=20 reviews NASCAR = SimRacing=20 here. Thanks to Blackhole=20 Motorsports for the link.

Technology News

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

Regardless of your current = opinion on=20 consoles and = their=20 software, you would be wise to watch this year's E3 = Expo=20 announcements for the technology that is being = released on=20 these next generation systems. First up is the Sony Playstation 3 = which was=20 unleashed Monday. Read about it here at DesignTechnica. Next are the = systems from=20 Microsoft and Nintendo. HardOCP has a=20 preview of Microsoft's Xbox=20 360 here. ShackNews=20 counters with specs of Sony's PlayStation 3 here.

MotherBoards.org reviews and tests = the Albatron PX925X Pro-R = here.

bit-tech.net=20 has an SLI motherboard = roundup here.

HEXUS.net looks=20 at the ASUS Extreme = N6800=20 Ultra/2DT PCI-E card here.

Albatron=20 looks at the ATOP = PCI-E to AGP=20 graphics adaptor here.

ZDNet has an=20 article about the worst=20 foods to eat over a computer keyboard. Late = night=20 gamers should check it out here.

PC = Perspective=20 reviews the Thermalright XP-90c=20 heatsink here.

Community News for May = 16,=20 2005=20

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

Air Combat=20 News

News=20 Contributor: Doug "Uther" Lawrence.

European=20 Air War: "Col. Gibbon" has posted a work update. "Herr Schreck" has posted = a Stone Barracks preview. Sandbagger's = latest news is out.

FS2002 /=20 FS2004: "Top Gun" has posted a screenshot of = the CaptainSim C-130. "Top Gun" has = posted new=20 47th FS Barksdale A-10 skins. "grover" has released = a B-1B video.

IL-2=20 Series: Forgotten Battles / AEP / Pacific = Fighters: IL-2 DCG 3.14 has been released. = "CanonUK"=20 has released two Bf110 (I./ZG 52) skins. "vpmedia" = has posted=20 an I-16 type 24 skin. "vpmedia" has = released a=20 TB-3_4M-17 skin. "dude163" has = posted a fix=20 for the no icon dot visibility issue.

Lock On:=20 Modern Air Combat / Flaming Cliffs: Lock On 1.1 fixes have been = released.=20 NaturalPoint - Jason has posted an update from NaturalPoint on FC 1.1 = Boxes.=20 "Hawg11" is looking for help with a graphics FPS mod. "Colt40Five" has = released=20 a MiG-29 and Su-27 update for the valley run pack.

Strike=20 Fighters / Wings Over Vietnam: "capun" has = announced=20 the P-40E has been released. = "WhiteKnight06604"=20 has uploaded the Su-7. "Geo" has released a new = early war Armor Pack. "Gramps" has posted a = P-40 skin collection.

General=20 News: Post your favorite war movies here. "LLv34_Doc_1" has found a Spanish Civil War aircraft refence = page. Nakajima Ki-43s are still being = built.=20 Thanks to "Reno" for the heads up. Actors learn to fly = for war movie. Thanks to "Gille" for = the=20 information.

Press announcement from NaturalPoint:

NaturalPoint is proud = to announce=20 that we have partnered up with our friends at = GoGamer.com to=20 bring the TrackIR 3 and Vector Expansion to E3! = We'll be=20 demonstrating Vector's amazing 6DOF capability with = some of=20 today's hottest games and simulations, including the = public=20 debut of Battle of = Britain II:=20 Wings of Victory. We will be located in the=20 GoGamer.com booth (#6447) in Kentia Hall. If you are = going=20 to attend E3, stop on by!

Land Combat News

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

Check out the new video for = Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon = 3 on=20 the Microsoft Xbox = 360 here at IGN.

Thanks to community member,=20 "PanzerMeyer" for posting this information about Ghost Recon 3 here in our forums.

And to follow up with Ghost Recon 3, Worthplaying has the game = information and=20 screenshots here.

Worthplaying also has word on new = maps and=20 content for Splinter = Cell: Chaos=20 Theory here.

Worthplaying also has new screens = of Call of Duty 2 here.

Matrix=20 Games has announced that the four Mega-Campaigns = for Steel Panthers will = be retired=20 as of Wednesday, May 18th. The four campaigns; = Desert Fox,=20 Screaming Eagles, Lost Victories, and = Watchtower=20 will no longer be sold separately. It is very = important to=20 note that all four campaigns are available in Steel = Panthers:=20 Generals Edition. If you own the original Steel = Panthers you=20 have until May 18th to purchase the updates = separately. Check=20 the games page for information on Steel Panthers: = Generals=20 Edition here.

New game on the horizon! = The Falklands War = 1982. Check=20 out the web site here (thanks Subsim)

Naval Combat News

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

The revamped web site is up and running over at Pirates of the Burning Sea. Make = sure to=20 check out the features!

Motorsports News

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

The long awaited Champ Car Mod has = been=20 released! Get the 310MB mod from a download location = in this list on the iDT forum, or = from cartmods.net.

The barriers = are=20 a-tumbling in GPL.=20 Editors have overcome the track-length limitation, = experiments with=20 generating rain-spray look promising, and of = course the=20 69 mod will have downforce and aero-lift.

The = official=20 CRC trailer has = been=20 released. It can be downloaded here from the official site.

A V8 GPLSO soundset for = the GPL Thunder Mod has = been=20 released. Find out more about it here.

A 1970 season for = F1 Challenge seems to = be under=20 way, as indicated by some casually thrown-in = screenshots seen=20 in this thread.

A V8 mod = for GTR has been = released. Find=20 out more here.

Press announcement from NaturalPoint:

NaturalPoint is = proud to=20 announce that we have partnered up with our friends = at=20 GoGamer.com to bring the TrackIR 3 and Vector = Expansion to=20 E3! We'll be demonstrating Vector's amazing 6DOF = capability=20 with some of today's hottest games and simulations,=20 including the public debut of Cross Racing Championship=20 2005! We will be = located=20 in the GoGamer.com booth (#6447) in Kentia Hall. If = you are=20 going to attend E3, stop on = by!

Technology News

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

Ubisoft has unveiled its = official=20 E3 Expo web = site here.

ecoustics=20 reviews and tests the Sonos=20 Digital Music Sound System here.

PimpRig=20 checks out the Aspire=20 X-QPACK ATX case here.

LegionHardware tests out ASUS' P5ND2-SLI = Deluxe=20 motherboard here.

Legit=20 Reviews tests the Centon=20 Advance PC2-5400 DDR2 memory here.

Red = &=20 Blackness tests out the Sapphire X850xt PCI = Express=20 card here.

ap0calypse=20 tests out Logisys' = Computer=20 Pyramid fan controller here.

SystemCooling looks at the Mountain Mods U2-UFO = brushed=20 aluminum case here.

Spode's=20 Abode checks out another case, the Coolermaster = Wavemaster=20 (yellow) TAC-T01-EY, here.

DesignTechnica reports: Inside the = Xbox 360. Read it here.

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The SimHQ Monthly Calendars for = May=20 2005

Download a calendar by = clicking on the=20 thumbnails. The files are 1280x1024 for the top two = images and=20 1024x768 for the bottom two. Each file size is = approximately=20 250 kb.


This beautiful = S.C.S.=20 Dangerous Waters images was taken by Staffer = Teddy=20 B=E4r.	The rendered Warthog image = comes=20 from the new sim Fighter Ops that's now in = development.=20


This scenic = lighthouse=20 image from Silent Hunter III was taken by SimHQ=20 Community Member Tripoli.	SimHQ Community Member = Para_Bellum=20 took this shot from Silent Hunter III. Nice=20 effects!