First off there is an update out now to fix the issues with the clock we found on friday at the museum. You won't be prompted to download it in game, so you must get from the website by running the updater here http://www.uhlhydroplanes.com/info.php

Also, I want to thank everyone for coming out to the first annual HydroMod Pro-Am at the Hydroplane and Raceboat Museum, as well as thanking David Williams, Steve Montgomery and all those that helped organize the event!

You can read more about it at The HARM website

This new update fixes some issues and adds some things.

The start clock now goes all the way to zero.
Crane drop should be fixed (I hope), I can't test it offline unfortunately.
Fixed bug where Player Profile needed to be created before installing the mod.
New water textures/shaders. The animated water shaders only work in DX9 mode.
Added some scenery to Mission Bay.
Added some new onboard camera angles on the modern boats.
Updated Modern boat physics as well.

If you have the mod selected when starting the game, you should be prompted to update. Otherwise use the updater on the website or CLICK HERE to manually download and install.

The Full 1.1.0.7 install will be up soon. I will include all the boat packs up to 8 in it.

If you would like to register for the 2009 UHL Season, the Schedule and Registration Info are posted HERE.

Remember, only register if you believe you can make at least half of the races as only 24 slots are available.

Hey everyone, there is a major update to the physics and file structure of the mod.

Due to the update to the file structure and some issues with the mod updater you will currently have installed. Follow these directions.

1. Run the new Hydroplane Mod Updater HERE
2. Download, Save, and run the Hydroplane Mod Updater from HERE

IF YOU DO NOT GET IT THIS WAY YOU MUST DELETE THE "2007" FOLDER FROM rFactor\GameData\Vehicles\Hydroplane

SO IF YOU LAUNCH THE UPDATER FROM IN GAME YOU WILL NEED TO DELETE THE "2007" FOLDER FROM rFactor\GameData\Vehicles\Hydroplane

or

IF YOU DOWNLOAD AND INSTALL THE ZIP FILE FROM HERE YOU WILL NEED TO DELETE THE "2007" FOLDER FROM rFactor\GameData\Vehicles\Hydroplane

First off, sorry for posting this in the news so late.

Brian Montgomery squeeked out a win in the close and controversial Final Heat to take the UHL Gold Cup. His brother Craig Montgomery wasn't as lucky as he blew over moments before the start of the Final. Fortunately for Craig, he already had the National High Points title secured before the final heat. Behind Brian, Scott Przybylski finished 2nd after coming back from a bad start to pass Courtney Johnston who was later penalized for a lane violation. So Chris Porten starting from trailer finished 3rd, with Craig Montgomery coming 4th and Courtney Johnston 5th. Bob Hubbard and Jeff Yeager did not finish.

Full results and standings are available in the Season Stats section.

The replay of the Live Broadcast of the entire race is available over at PSRTV.

In other news, while the UHL is now in the off season. David Jaques will be hosting the Tuesday Night Weekly Hydroplane Series. Signups have started over in the forum HERE. Be sure to check that out.

The first running of the UHL Gold Cup (The final race of the season) will be brought to you live through:


www.ProSimRacing.com

The race starts July 19 at 9am PST.

Hey everyone, I released a mandatory update for tomorrow's league race.

The new update reverts the clock back to the old way of doing it. This was done because of several people having clock synch issues in online races. This clock only updates twice every second and I left the milliseconds on, so it doesnt quite look as good, but it should be more accurate.

I also included the boat Chris Porten wanted to run tomorrow.

If you have the auto updates turned off using the +noupdate command line parameter, make sure to run the updater from the website in the Game Info section.

Race Info:
Date: Saturday, June 21
Qualifying: 8:00 AM PST
Heat 1: 8:15 AM PST

Heat 3: 8:00 PM PST

If we run out of time for Heat 2 in the morning it will be finished at 8:00pm before Heat 3.

The Race is open to all, please refer to This Thread if you're interested.

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Update 1.0.0.12 News:
1. Plugin
a. Clock now synchs better with in game clock.
2. Tracks
a. Added more of the background to Mission Bay.
b. Added a little sandbar that's on the back straight.
3. Boats
a. Added Cheerios, Updated Sum Mo, Squire, PetSmart, U-3
b. Tried to make Allison sounds louder and a little better.
c. Added Turbine startup sound (works best with auto-clutch off)

First off Congratulations to Craig Montgomery for winning his first race last week in the 5th race of the 2008 UHL Season.

Below you will find the videos of the Final Heat.

But before that, I just released an update which includes the following:

Update 1.0.0.10 News:
1. Updated Plugin
a. New Clock that counts milliseconds (clock does not pause with game)
b. Plugin uses new methods for writing to screen thanks to ARC@ne
c. ALT+TAB now works when running full screen
2. Updated 2007 U-3 hull Allison Engine using vintage engine as base
3. Added U-3 Cowling
4. Fixed some issues on the full cowling of the vintage hull
5. Added Petsmart and Squire Shop by Chris Porten

The videos: