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The mighty Vulcan is back in Flight Simulator X

RAF Vulcan has now been updated and is available now to download from Just Flight’s website. A DVD-ROM version with a new printed manual will be released on 23rd May and is available now to pre-order. As well as FSX compatibility, RAF Vulcan has been updated to make it compatible with Windows Vista and (with some minor limitations outlined below) the Flight Simulator SP2 service pack and Acceleration expansion

Existing owners of the Just Flight FS2004 version of RAF Vulcan can purchase a downloadable upgrade to FSX/Windows XP compatibility for £4.99 from www.justflight.com.

[Source : Gamespress] 

“The scale of GTA’s day one sales are phenomenal and reflect a vibrant market which continues to grow. Gamers are from all age groups and demographics with estimates putting the total number of people in the UK who enjoy games at over 20 million,” said ELSPA managing director, Mike Rawlinson.

All-time No1
Initial Day 1 'GTA: San Andreas' PS2 was Friday 29th October, 2004 at 501K units.

GTA IV combined PS3/360 (All formats record)
Initial Day 1 sales are estimated at 609K units for Tuesday 29th April which is a new record.

Xbox 360
Microsoft's 'Halo 3' launched on Wed 26th Sep07 and the day 1 sales were 266K units.

The new 24 hour record is 'GTA IV' which on initial estimates recorded 335K units on Day 1, Tuesday 29th April.

PS3
The previous record has been well and truly eclipsed. This was set recently by Sony's 'Gran Turismo 5: Prologue' launched on Friday 28th March with Day 1 sales of 80K.

The new 24 hour record is 'GTA IV' which on initial estimates recorded 274K units on Day 1, Tuesday 29th April.

[Source : Gamespress]

Justflight Product Page 

The wide-body Airbus A340-200 and -300 may be shorter than the -500 and -600 versions, but they are champions of long-haul duties, flying thousands of miles around the world on a daily basis. Also new to the growing Just Flight F-Lite fleet is the A330-200 and -300. This is, in effect, the twin-engined version of the A340, and it's another long-haul champion.

The A330 and A340 meet the demanding requirements of many airlines worldwide to carry large numbers of passengers over medium- to long-range routes.

Part of Just Flight’s practical and established F-Lite range, Airbus Collection - Long Haul has been developed by the experts at CLS - Commercial Level Simulations - to be very high in quality and yet still easy to operate. If you are fed up with ultra-complex FMCs, confused by over-complex systems or simply new to modern airliner operations, then this collection is for you. A high quality model, superb animations and a great flight model at an affordable price add up to a truly great deal.

• Highly detailed exterior models
• Interactive 3D Virtual cockpit
• 2D panel with custom gauges
• 150 liveries
• Comprehensive manual with tutorial flight
• Option for showing wings from the interior view (wing view)
• Pushback truck (can be switched on/off in FSX)
• Air stairs
• Dynamic wing flex
• Dynamic shine
• Realistic landing light bulb and housing illumination at night
• Every single static discharger is modelled
• Detailed flight deck when seen from the exterior
• Numerous animations - passenger and cargo doors, flaps, rudder, elevators, undercarriage, engine fans, thrust reversers; control surface droop when engines are not running, spoilers, flaperons
• Jet blast effect from engines
• Realistic thrust reverser animation
• Fully animated control surfaces
• Highly detailed texture mapping with no detrimental effect on frame rates
• High-quality sound set
• Rolls-Royce, Pratt & Whitney and General Electric engines modelled
• Layered paint kit included to help create your own liveries (suitable  paint program such as Photoshop required)

 [Source - Justflight]

 

- 'GTR Evolution' for PC from Viva Media and SimBin Delivers Horsepower-Heavy GT and WTCC Extreme Cars, plus Germany's Notorious Nordschleife Circuit –

Viva Media and SimBin is back with GT cars and this time they will let you experience some hair-raising 14 miles of racing at the legendary Nürburgring Nordschleife track.

New York, April 3rd, 2008 – Viva Media announces today it’s partnership with SimBin Studios in the forthcoming release of GTR Evolution. Developed by the award winning Swedish studio SimBin Development Team and published by Viva Media, GTR Evolution takes GT and WTCC Extreme cars to the legendary Nordschleife, the holy grail of racing. Available as a stand alone game and also as an expansion pack for Viva Media’s 2007 title Race 07, GTR Evolution is scheduled for launch in Q3 2008.

In GTR Evolution gamers will experience the modern version of the monumental track of Nürburgring Nordschleife along with the Nürburgring GP layout. Infamous for its incredible difficulty, the track is revered and feared as the most treacherous track ever built.

Viva Media CEO Carlo Voelker commented that, “PC Racing fans will be thrilled with extremely high standard of quality they will experience with this game. The bar for racing simulations has been pushed even higher by Simbin with this latest game in the GTR franchise.” He continued, “Also featured will be GT series cars like the Corvette C6R and Aston Martin DBR9; plus Production Car Class racers like the Dodge Viper SRT/10 and the Audi R8.”

GTR Evolution for PC comes with 22 GT car models in 3 different classes plus a selection of exclusive production cars. Beyond this SimBin adds WTCC Extreme; tuned concept cars based on the FIA WTCC cars.

“With rear wheel drive, extended body-kits and over 600hp the WTCC Extreme cars will give the GT cars a run for their money” said Diego Sartori, Creative Director at SimBin Studios AB.

GTR Evolution will be available as a stand alone game including all RACE 07 content, all in all 49 unique cars in 12 classes with over 500 variations and 19 tracks in over 40 different layouts including the new and legendary Nürburgring Nordschleife. A GTR Evolution expansion pack for existing owners of RACE 07 will also be available.

“This is the biggest game ever from SimBin and a must have for all gamers and we hope that GTR Evolution will satisfy all race fans since it is packed with a broad variety of cars and new features that should attract the gamer that wants to have it all in one high quality game” says Henrik Roos, CEO of the SimBin Group of companies.

Scheduled for launch in 2008, GTR Evolution is being distributed by Viva Media in the US, Atari in Europe, and Akella in Russia. The release is set for 2008 with detailed info to follow.

[Source : Gamespress]

• Replica of the US Air Force F-16 block 52 controller (Stick and throttle) - The most realistic flight stick on the market. A high-end product of superior quality and performance
  
  
• Full metal controller, co-engineered in collaboration with US Air Force - Used by US Air Force for pilot training - a reference in the aircraft sector. Endorsed by the Virtual Thunderbirds in the U.S. and also endorsed by the Russian Knights in Russia. Already large community of flight simulation fans (awarded worldwide)
  
  
• Simple connection using full speed USB - Response time 8 x faster than traditional USB plugs
  
  
• Easy to use Foxy programming software with pre-programmed functions
  
  
• 28 buttons and multiple hat switches - All programmable: 100% customization
  

P-38 Lightning is an expansion pack for Flight Simulator X and 2004

The warbird experts at Aeroplane Heaven have spent countless hours developing this iconic aircraft for use in Flight Simulator.
With a superb user-friendly Virtual Cockpit, it was decided not to model the 'traditional' 2D instrument panel. The aircraft is packed with detail, from the gun and camera bays to the authentic 17 liveries included in the package.

Two famous PR aircraft are included in this package - the planes of Adrian Warburton and Antoine de St Exupery, both of which were lost in mysterious circumstances. Also featured is 'Glacier Girl', which force-landed on Greenland ice 60 years ago and has recently been recovered and restored to flying condition from under 260 feet of ice!

• Highly detailed and fully functional virtual cockpit.
  
• This aeroplane can be started and flown correctly by the numbers from a cold cockpit start.
  
• The cockpit features unique Liqui-Drive (TM) smooth gauges set in authentic housings
  
• Many unique animations
  
• Drop tanks can be jettisoned from the controls in the VC
  
• Highly detailed gun and camera bays.
  
• Removable gunsight for improved cockpit vision
  
• Working guns and cannon
  
• All major and minor controls are operated by the mouse and virtually every lever, switch and wheel is reproduced.