How are Downloads, Racing Clubs and Premium Memberships handled?

[The Almighty Snark]

How will the Racing Club and Downloads be integrated into the overtake.gg platform? Will premiums carry over or will it disappear?

 

[Bram Hengeveld]

Hi @The Almighty Snark. Very good question, thank you

You won't lose any benefits for sure. In the process of adding and joining features, we are investigating restructuring the premium accounts. We will be very careful to make sure you will only profit from this step. We are not planning on taking any features away, only adding to it to improve your experience.

 

[The Almighty Snark]

So this means the Downloads section will be maintained in full? And if so for how long? How much influence will a company like Porsche have on RD from now on?

 

[BrightCandle]

What is the situation with the enormous modding community on racedepartment. Will the entire suite be maintained and the same sort of access and ability to upload remain?

 

[The Almighty Snark]

And now that Porsche owns RD will the Porsche related content be maintained or scrubbed from the downloads section?

 

[Bram Hengeveld]

I merged your question into the existing thread @BrightCandle.

To add to your question: the modding community will stay and we will add extra features to make the experience much better: faster download speeds, better search options etc.

 

[ColinMac]

Am a little sad.

It might be ok. Not sure I approve of the lack of warning but I’ll wait and see how it goes.

I hate overtakes colour scheme lol.

Bram I hope you came out of this ‘merger’ well - it’s absolutely deserved after all these years.

Let’s see how the future rolls in….

 

[Bram Hengeveld]

Bram I hope you came out of this ‘merger’ well - it’s absolutely deserved after all these years.

That's really kind of you mate, I really appreciatie that coming from you. I won't be going anywhere so I am here to stick around.

Hope to see you at the Nürburgring Nordschleife again soon

 

[ColinMac]

Happy / sad.

Am sure I owe you a beer. If ever we have the chance !

 

[Alfred Wayne]

So RD club racing leagues and paddock forums should stay pretty much as is, plus any "new features"? Just want to make sure the great racing and moderators will still be here

 

[Aiden237]

With many people here using this site for mods (Whether that be sharing or showcasing), will a new owner affect what we can post? Or is the merger just so both parties get something they are lacking?

 

[Shovas]

Were there any guarantees or commitments in writing about maintaining downloads and with regards to modder independence given Porsche's Overtake involvement?

Storage and bandwidth must be one of the biggest costs here

It would be an early obvious cost-cutting measure to boost profits

 

[IIhylander]

This merger sounds very interesting but has me worried about the download section on Racedepartment. Will things stay the same? Or is there going to be new rules put in place. I'd hate to see the tens of thousands of skins and mods vanish just like countless other sim racing communities mod sections have in the past there is so much content here.

 

[Bram Hengeveld]

Regarding the modding concerns I have answered these in this thread: https://www.racedepartment.com/threads/upholding-download-tos-in-the-future.255544/

Ill close this thread and continue the modding questions in the thread above.