I never hit the MA on the same day after a new release. The lag and disco rates are too high.
I go offline, set all my views/convergences on the new stuff. Then I test all new equipment to familiarize myself with their capabilities. That way I usually don't get any nasty surprizes. (unless I happen to run into a P-47 driven by Sancho, <S> )
Finally, I do some editing on the sound files of the new stuff. Some very excellent sounds can be found at
www.flightsim.com And all thats required to use them in AH is to rename them, and put them in the appropiate folder.
[This message has been edited by Weave (edited 05-25-2001).]