We've received lots of great nominations for the PCM.daily Awards - but if you want to be sure that your favourites are nominated, remember to send in your nominations. Today (the 29th) is the last day to do so.

For more information on the event, read the original news article.

So, with everyone (almost) done opening their presents and eating too much food, we do have one little thing for you: a preview (= very early) version of our 2011 DB.

It contains the updated 2011 rosters, plenty of new shirts, the 2010 rider palmares and a few minor features here and there. So, it's not a huge DB - we've tried to keep this 2011 DB as light-weight as possible. You do need the Expansion Pack V2 and V2.1 installed before-hand, though - and for the same reason, it contains all the features from those DBs (e.g. new scouting zones, lots of new races etc.).

You can get it from this link, but remember to install the Exp Pack V2 and 2.1 before installing the Preview Version of the 2011 DB.

If you happen to find any bugs, please report them here. Questions? Check the FAQ first.

To all members and visitors, Merry Christmas to you all!

While the PCM10 Stage Editor has made stage making a lot more interesting, there's one thing which has annoyed the stage makers: the missing terrain packs, making it impossible to make stages / races of some countries.

Earlier this year, Cyanide released a pack covering parts of America, Oman, Qatar and Australia, and in the process, they also promised to make more packs available. And luckily for us, Cyanide has a Christmas present for all the stage makers: a new terrain data pack. This 2nd pack is smaller, but still comes with some great and important additions: South Africa, Malaysia (the part where Langkawi is raced), La Réunion and Japan.

Missing the real Japan Cup? Tour of Langkawi? Well, with this pack, the stage makers can finally get to work.

The file can be downloaded here.

Cyanide also mentioned that they will continue working on the terrain data, meaning that more packs will be released in 2011.

It's time to suit up - the PCM.daily Awards 2010 will soon be starting.

First, we have to find this year's nominees, though. And for the first time in the great history of PCM.daily Awards, it's the members who nominate the contributors. Each member is allowed to nominate up to three members per award. There's a week to do this, and right after this, the voting will begin.

We've also added a bunch of new awards. Since it's now being held in December/January instead of June/July, we have decided to include cycling awards such as Rider of the Year, Team of the Year etc.

You can find more info on the nomination process here.