Hi George,

many thanks for the new AUM. I am always looking forward to every single issue. At the moment I love especially the new car template series. It is perfect for the absolute newbies like me to get into the various aspects of a game. I hope the series continues or a while.

Some ideas for possible future issues I got while experimenting with your latest template:
* Option for automatic or manual gear changing
* Front/Backlights for the cars for dawn/night levels
* How to slow down a car if it leaves the "track"
* How to use different undergrounds like ice and adjust the car's behaviour accordingly.
* ...

One thing that is quite mysterious to me is how to create a decent outdoor level like the one you have in the template. There are numerous tutorials and hints, mostly with using some third party tool. I think I would be great if you can cover the creation of heightmaps in the way to do it for the AUM ... something like "Heightmap hints from the expert". Of course only if these are not belonging to the master's secrets :-)

Thanks again, George. Already looking forward to AUM 88

Stefan