SimHQ HistorySince 1997,
SimHQ has existed for one purpose... providing the simulation community with the best articles, news, message boards, and tips to make our common passion more enjoyable. What started out as one man’s personal web site has quickly risen to become the community’s leader for simulation information.
Our 101 current forums span across motorsports, aviation, air combat, land combat, naval combat and the technology required to operate these genres.
SimHQ switched from Classic to Threads 7 early in 2007. At that time, we had the largest known Classic-based board on the web (according to UBB) -- 2.1 million posts and over 28,000 member records -- which gave Rick Baker a nice challenge to convert one of the early Classic adoptees to a Thread 7 site. When the member list was culled to active members, we still retained an amazing 10,000
active member records.
SimHQ is an "old-timer" when it comes to web sites. We'll be celebrating our 10th year of operations this November.
More about SimHQ and it's history is
here.
LinksEECH/EEAHMany of our simulation forums are based on specific titles, and many of those titles are evolving constantly from the tremendous work done by the "modder" community. When Razorworks released the code to EECH/EEAH, they knew it was in good hands with the modders. SimHQ is the premier forum for this sim, and this thread is typical of the unique information found on our site.
Event Photography The demographics of SimHQ includes many professional and enthusiast photographers. The Event Photography Forum allows our photo bugs to showcase their images, typically of an air show or racing event. David "Top Gun" O'Brien is one of our members who has made a quite good name for himself and his work -- both in our forums and commercially.
"After Action Reports"Each sim has a "story" to tell, and good storytelling is an important part of our hobby. After Action Reports provide a pictorial and textual history of the military or motorsports event. It provides a first-person "there I was" report. A good AAR captures the event (or mission) and draws in the reader.