DRM Revival First Drive Video!

Paul Jeffrey · Feb 4, 2018

We get behind the wheel of the upcoming DRM Revival mod for Assetto Corsa... our first impressions..? Watch on to find out!

The DRM (Deutsche Rennsport Meisterschaft) ran throughout the '70s and early '80s with much appeal to fans of high octane motorsport action. Featuring some of the most aggressively styled and potent racing machines in modern motorsport, very quickly the championship became a firm favourite for both fans and drivers alike, attracting top Grand Prix talent of the era in the form of Hans Stuck, Klaus Ludwig and other top name talent, the series was perhaps more famous for the enviable selection of cars that pretty much defined a generation of touring and sportscar activity.

Now thanks to the DRM Modding Team, many of these iconic cars will be coming to Assetto Corsa in the very near future. Is the mod up to the high standards of the real world series? Watch our video to find out

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mantasisg · Feb 4, 2018

Regarding payware.... I feel that maybe it is even better. I feel like paying makes people to appreciate the work much more. Rather than download for free, try for two laps and forget. As we have this situation in AC of having a million mods everywhere. Top quality mods should be treated as art work, and getting such things for free slowly starts to make no sense.

Of course making some stuff for free, for community is incredibly nice, giving is nice for giver also. But it is loosing its charm as soon as the giver starts being reduced and taken for granted. Like "maybe I will even donate for you", or "you are welcome to do this"... You know...

Of course the issue here is copyrights, intelectual properties and so. I guess you have to understand those things and measure things well.

Can't wait for the mod

SunBro · Feb 4, 2018

mantasisg said:
Regarding payware.... I feel that maybe it is even better. I feel like paying makes people to appreciate the work much more. Rather than download for free, try for two laps and forget. As we have this situation in AC of having a million mods everywhere. Top quality mods should be treated as art work, and getting such things for free slowly starts to make no sense.

Of course making some stuff for free, for community is incredibly nice, giving is nice for giver also. But it is loosing its charm as soon as the giver starts being reduced and taken for granted. Like "maybe I will even donate for you", or "you are welcome to do this"... You know...

Of course the issue here is copyrights, intelectual properties and so. I guess you have to understand those things and measure things well.

Can't wait for the mod

Oh i absolutely will buy this mod. I even have a post over at the og thread stating i will pay 50 bucks in the end.

I just think IF racedepartment will allow drm to sell their real life name and liveries mod here, they should allow rallylegends mod team(and others) too.

Edit: RD re-opened the rallylegends thread. Thanks.

MeMyselfAndI · Feb 4, 2018

I like when modders makes some stuff for free, prove their quality then I have no problems buying stuff.
Sure great reviews by users also helps, but it is very subjective in the end.

Brownninja97 · Feb 4, 2018

MeMyselfAndI said:
I like when modders makes some stuff for free, prove their quality then I have no problems buying stuff.
Sure great reviews by users also helps, but it is very subjective in the end.

well demos are proven to massively decrease piracy, its a large difference that too many companies forget to include.

Graham Botha · Feb 4, 2018

If i recall correctly the cars were going to be free downloadable content with generic sounds and physics. The pay ware part was going to be specific sounds and physics for each car which would be the intellectual property of the DRM modding team.

Given al the hard work, building all the cars from scratch and not ripping other content... This is a principle I can and definitely will support.

Celestiale · Feb 4, 2018

I really hope those cars will be used in Racedepartment club races. Then i'll gladly pay good money for them

larre90 · Feb 4, 2018

Hi!
Regarding paymods, I have a general question.

I am wondering about that copyright-issue with real brand-logos. As far as I know, carcompanys and/or their cardesigners also claim copyrights for special designparts on cars. Like BMW did for their nose-like radiatorgrill. Or Pininfarina with every design they made. That's one of the reasons, studios pay thousands and thousands of € for licences.

If the modders now rebuild the cars virtually, they also rebuild that copyrighted designparts as well. Wouldn't that be as illegal as using real brandlogos?

No offense to paymods, everybody has to decide by himself, wether it's worth your money or not.

I am wondering about that copyright-issue since I first heard about paymods. Because, literally, they do 3D-models with "stolen" designes.

Can somebody explain that to me?

mantasisg · Feb 4, 2018

I am not sure if physics and sounds can be copyrighted.

larre90 · Feb 4, 2018

I meant it as a general question.

Andrew Harper · Feb 4, 2018

larre90 said:
Hi!
Regarding paymods, I have a general question.

I am wondering about that copyright-issue with real brand-logos. As far as I know, carcompanys and/or their cardesigners also claim copyrights for special designparts on cars. Like BMW did for their nose-like radiatorgrill. Or Pininfarina with every design they made. That's one of the reasons, studios pay thousands and thousands of € for licences.

If the modders now rebuild the cars virtually, they also rebuild that copyrighted designparts as well. Wouldn't that be as illegal as using real brandlogos?

No offense to paymods, everybody has to decide by himself, wether it's worth your money or not.

I am wondering about that copyright-issue since I first heard about paymods. Because, literally, they do 3D-models with "stolen" designes.

Can somebody explain that to me?

I don't know all the legal side of this but could it possibly be as the cars are no longer made or considered "historic" or "classic" they might be part of a grey area regarding the copyright on this.

For example, if a team did a modern F1, GP2, GP3, chargeable mod and gave it real liveries. Yes I can see that being pounced on almost immediately.

Maybe what the team will do is just be careful how they charge for the mod. As mentioned above if you pay for the physics work rather than the mod itself I guess that might work but they would have to be careful.

I'm of the view that if a mod has been well made, with a team that cares about the product I would happily pay for it, or donate.

MeMyselfAndI · Feb 4, 2018

SunBro said:
Edit: RD re-opened the rallylegends thread. Thanks.

No they did not. There is two threads, one is still locked. (The one that was for the Lancia release )
But it is great that one is open so we can discuss issues etc for all their cars.

Yapci · Feb 4, 2018

Difficult stuff here. Physics and sounds are separable from the car mod but...are they considered a standalone thing? Does it works alone? (Yes I know they do, but are made to work with these cars) It’s definitely arguable if you can sell this physics and sounds and not break some copyright laws.

But I’m sure they will get a way to solve this. Mod looks great.

SunBro · Feb 4, 2018

MeMyselfAndI said:
No they did not. There is two threads, one is still locked. (The one that was for the Lancia release )
But it is great that one is open so we can discuss issues etc for all their cars.

Hmm... did not know that. Thanks for clearing it up.

Jezziem · Feb 4, 2018

Does anyone know where I can find the cover image in high quality?

sardokard · Feb 4, 2018

I'm waiting for this mod for so long time !
The difficulty is that the waiting was to long. I have already much of this car (all expect the Lancia), so i hope it will be all a very good level !

Andrew Harper · Feb 4, 2018

Jezziem said:
Does anyone know where I can find the cover image in high quality?

http://pictures-and-images.com/single/67_modding-games-wallpaper_5.html

Andy_J · Feb 4, 2018

Looks great. Thanks Paul.

Now I don't mind paying for a mod if it is a good well made mod. But I do get upset when they don't update it for every update of the base game. Lets wait and see.

Andrew Harper · Feb 4, 2018

Andy Jackson said:
Looks great. Thanks Paul.

Now I don't mind paying for a mod if it is a good well made mod. But I do get upset when they don't update it for every update of the base game. Lets wait and see.

Yes that was my thought as well. Assetto Corsa is the one title that has the tendency to "break" mods with every update. I need to spring clean my install with all the cars that no longer work properly

Celestiale · Feb 4, 2018

Good thing then that Assetto Corsa is finished and probably won't get another update..so i guess you don't have to worry about that in particular anymore...