Marshalls ; Utirik and Rongelap islands

Rongelap island. According to a testimony on P.I.S. forum, the entire atoll
has only 3 to 5 meters elevation and is under threat from the global warming...

Just posted today, eight more screenshots from Marshalls islands package, by P.I..S  Pacific Islands Simulation. These ones show various grass and shrub textures and mandgrove trees. One regret though as i don't see any sloped runways. Who knows, maybe there isn't any. 

Utirik runway

Nice photoreal textures aboard the runway.

More on P.I.S. Forum here:

http://islandsim.com/pis_forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=192&st=0&sk=t&sd=a&sid=c6efac54b22f84d1fbdcbdd6756f8230&start=30

Tours Val de Loire : a foot in professional designing

FSX. The french team Sky Designers has released his second airport after Salon de Provence. Tours Val de Loire, in France region Centre is another important military airfield where are based EAC Jet fighters school (40 Alpha Jets according to Wikipedia) and personal resources headquarter. But its also a civilian airport open to public air traffic. LFOT has strong links with the irish low cost company Ryanair and the civil traffic is growing pretty fast.....

Tour Val de Loire includes 70 % of the hangars and buildings and two towers, one for public air traffic and a second for military operations. Main terminals and hangars include low-average definition textures and night lights. One of the military hangars is open, showing off two jets. Some hardened jets bunkers are also open and, technically, you can start a mission inside one of them.

This is the second Sky Designers project, so i will not blame them at all. There isn't any photoreal ground textures but mind that the french army is jamming the airbase. From Google Earth, you cannot see all the airport... I also experienced some erratic fps jumps in external view but its not the first time. I got the same bug even in some high level sceneries. Sky designers is a young team, they will improve ultimately and show us very good work. If you want to encourage them, buy the scenery and gently ask for a good upgrade ! Oups already ongoing ! The team is working on a patch to improve the scenery.

No photoreal grounds, the base is constantly jammed

by the french army...

Eye-candy !

The military tower

Earth Sim. Guernsey : new set

FSX. Two days ago, i posted something about Earth Simulation new range of products. But in the meantime, its seems that the english designer has added some more screens of Guernsey. Interesting but i am still waiting for some shots of the local airport.

Guersey is a small island at 30 km from french coast and Normandy region. The package will include Sark and Herm islets. The scenery will possess 30 cm/pixel photoreal grounds and a specific autogen. Also expected, five seasons textures. Of course, one released, this product will be available on Earth Simulations simshop.

In winter i suppose.

Specific autogen and trees.

Just a small preview of the airport here.

So, i suppose that it still under work.

2011 Mitsubishi Outlander Review

Mitsubishi has a problem with the current formation. Unless you're looking for Lancer, your choice is limited to middle-size Galant sedan and Endeavor and Outlander crossover. Now, is contemplating seppuku Galant and Endeavor has not been completely redesigned since it first went on sale back in 2003. The Outlander, however, has something positive to offer. It can accommodate up to seven passengers (in emergencies), has been named Insurance Institute for Highway Safety Top Safety Pick, and tops out at 28 miles per gallon on the highway.

Latest industry trends to be found in the New York auto show is the incredible shrinking crossovers, exemplified by this Juke Nissan and Mitsubishi Outlander Sport. Both vehicles are making their debut in North America, has a premiere at the Geneva show last month. (The Mitsubishi ASX known as RVR and elsewhere on the planet.)


Mitsubishi know because just two competitive vehicles to choose from is not enough to compete in the industry are eager to fill every niche, and the company appeared to focus on developing two single bright spot in his lineup. Lancer has spawned many variants, the latter being the Lancer Sportback, fun-to-push trains that do not step on the top-trim Lancer Evolution. The Outlander, meanwhile, recently gave a name to a smaller 2011 Mitsubishi Outlander Sport, a five-passenger crossover are looking to make a mark in the crowded segment today.

Of the two, the Juke is a strange but funny looking one, while the Sport Outlander look bigger. We also have to say it was more handsome than the larger Outlander Mitsubishi already in the lineup. With an overall length of 169.1 inches, it's just above the foot shorter than big brother, even though the same wheelbases of 105.1 inches.


The Mitsu is supported by the Galant-based running gear, with engine, 148-hp 2.0-liter four-cylinder. Now, that might sound a little weak in the jacked-up station wagon small, but Mitsubishi has tried to make this Sport Outlander light as possible. A base model with manual transmission weighs in at an estimated 3050 pounds, thanks to features like front fenders, plastic recycling and extensive use of high strength steel. Losing weight will be an important advance as a balance of performance cars to government fuel efficiency requirements. Mitsubishi Outlander Sport claims that the EPA numbers will get 31 mpg on the highway.

As usual Outlander, Sport is the front-wheel drive, with the all-wheel-drive is optional. This is a simple on-demand arrangement, transferring torque to the rear wheels when slip occurs at the front. The base ES model has a manual five-speed, a continuously variable transmission with paddle shifters is optional at this level trims and standard on uplevel SE.


Unlike the Outlander, which has a plastic interior that would not look out of place on Little Tikes Cozy Coupe, Sport has a soft-touch materials in the doors and instrument panel, surprising given the expected starting price $ 19,000. Uplevel SE models have features such as automatic climate control, 18-inch alloy wheels, rain-sensing windshield wipers, heated front seats, and keyless entry system as standard. Options at this level monster trim including sunroof, navigation system with seven-inch screen, and 710-watt Rockford Fosgate audio system kicked. Sport Outlander will be sold in late 2010 as a model of 2011.

The Outlander Sport does have a few tricks up its sleeve besides being able to fake a gear shift. It handles surprisingly well for what's essentially a high-riding, tall-roof wagon. The brakes are quite responsive once you push past the first inch of light pedal travel, but over bumps, the tight Lancer-like suspension reveals some flaws in the Noise Vibration and Harshness department. There was some chatter inside the cabin of our test vehicle and, when rolled down a bit, the windows produced a slight rattle. We could chalk up the window rattle to press-car jitters, but the cabin chatter is probably there to stay.

Those problems aren't enough, however, to make us forget the sporty handling, accommodating interior and competitive pricing of the 2011 Mitsubishi Outlander Sport SE AWC. Will it become Mitsubishi's third bright spot behind the Lancer and Outlander? The company is crowing that 1,290 units of the Outlander Sport were sold last month. That's peanuts compared to the Honda CR-V, which sold over 19,000 units, but does represent nearly a fifth of the entire brand's sales. That's remarkable for a model only a few months old, and tells us that Mitsubishi is giving buyers exactly what they want.

GPS Data Inform To Us Of 20 Worst Bottlenecks In American

Very annoying if we get stuck in traffic, wherever it is located. Even if it was only for a few minutes, the feeling of urgency and anger crept into the hearts and minds quickly. Now, imagine stuck in traffic several hours a day, five days a week. For some people, this is a way of life. To find out who has the worst journey in the country, Daily Beast studied and calculated the Top 20 worst congestion in America.

The factors that go into a long list including corridor traffic, rush hour travel time of the longest stretches along the road and the time required to drive miles along the stretch of that during peak hours the highest volume. They also calculate how many bad stretch of road during the worst periods of peak hours versus normal driving. California Delta Highway/CA-4 took that honor in a breeze, took 318 percent longer to travel during busy periods. jau-carmodification.blogspot.com

The data was gathered from GPS and smartphone tracking of four million vehicles by a company called INRIX, which the Daily Beast compiled into the top 20 list. Now, without further ado, the top 20 worst commutes in the nation:

1. Riverside Freeway/Calif. Highway 91 eastbound, Los Angeles
2. Lunalilo Freeway/I-1 eastbound, Honolulu
3. California Delta Highway/Calif. Highway 4 westbound, San Francisco
4. I-95 southbound, Washington, D.C.
5. Bruckner/Cross Bronx Expressways (I-95 southbound), New York
6. I-35 southbound, Austin-Round Rock
7. Connecticut Turnpike (I-95 northbound), Bridgeport8. I-405 southbound, Seattle
9. Bayshore Freeway (U.S. 101 southbound), San Jose, Calif.
10. Kennedy/Dan Ryan Expressways (I-90/I-94 eastbound), Chicago
11. I-5 northbound, Portland, Ore.
12. Calif. Highway 78 eastbound, San Diego
13. I-494 eastbound, Minneapolis
14. Southwest/Eastex Freeways (U.S. 59 northbound), Houston
15. Southeast Expressway (I-93 northbound), Boston
16. Hampton Roads Beltway (I-64 westbound), Virginia Beach, Va.
17. Baltimore Beltway Inner Loop (I-695 eastbound), Baltimore
18. Schuylkill Expressway (I-76 westbound), Philadelphia
19. North Freeway (I-35W northbound), Dallas
20. Ventura Freeway (U.S. 101 northbound), Oxnard, Calif

Pakistan - World Cup 2011