RaceDepartment New Website Released

Paul Jeffrey · Oct 24, 2019

RaceDepartment.com will be down on Wednesday 30th October, as we look to bring a fresh new image to the largest sim racing website in the world.

Having undergone considerable growth and change in the last decade and a bit, we feel the time is right to take our website to the next level of presentation and functionality. On the evening of Wednesday 30th October (approx 22:00 UTC) we will close access to www.racedepartment.com for much of the night, as we upload and launch our brand new website!

We anticipate access will be restricted for around 12 hours, but if you still need that essential sim racing fix, take the opportunity to check us out on our various Social Media platforms, which can be accessed via the below links.

See you all on the other side!

maelstrom · Feb 20, 2020

Is there any way to turn off the annoying "cascading forums/threads/posts" effect (not sure how else to describe it) from the top down? I'd prefer each screen to show instantly like it used to do.

Bonehead · Feb 20, 2020

And now I see a huge "Upgrade Your Account... Learn More" banner and search bar that takes up a 1/4th of my screen. I thought I did upgrade a long time ago. Ugh.

Fat-Alfie · Feb 20, 2020

Same here, using Chrome on Android 5.1.1

Votr · Feb 20, 2020

I personally feel as a Premium Subscriber already for three years, I do not need to see that banner at the top please. Thank you.

Edit: On second thought it doesn't matter. It is not intrusive as it takes the space of the ad. I learn a lot from this website so do as you please. I'll be like a dead fish, I'll go with the flow.

Bram Hengeveld · Feb 20, 2020

Obviously a bug and fixed now. Thanks for reporting. Hope that is the last one

EsxPaul · Feb 20, 2020

Bram Hengeveld said:
Obviously a bug and fixed now. Thanks for reporting. Hope that is the last one

That fixed it for me. Thanks for sorting that out so quickly

Deleted member 6919 · Feb 20, 2020

Bram Hengeveld said:
Which browser is that?

Firefox..thing is I use 2 pc's one has a 24" monitor the other a 27"..the 24 has gone back to normal but the arrows have vanished, and on the 27 I can see them but when I switch it again doesn't hold.

Bram Hengeveld · Feb 20, 2020

Not been able to reproduce that yet

Stereo · Feb 20, 2020

Is this the soon to be announced sequel to ACC?

Michel Bélisle · Feb 20, 2020

The website presentation is getting better all the time. Well done chaps!

Deleted member 6919 · Feb 21, 2020

Any chance of changing the colour of a selected item in the menu on the left? ie when you hit forum it changes to black which is then on a blue background along with the drop down arrow and you can barely see it.

maelstrom · Feb 21, 2020

maelstrom said:
Is there any way to turn off the annoying "cascading forums/threads/posts" effect (not sure how else to describe it) from the top down? I'd prefer each screen to show instantly like it used to do.

Bump! A simple "No" would do, if that's the case.

Slapped · Feb 21, 2020

maelstrom said:
Is there any way to turn off the annoying "cascading forums/threads/posts" effect (not sure how else to describe it) from the top down? I'd prefer each screen to show instantly like it used to do.

Totally - it's so bloody annoying. Might have been cool as web tech demo back in 2000, but it's 2020 now - crappy visual effects have given way to more efficient methods of display. You know, like displaying the information immediately.

LOL, It reminds me of Teletext back in the early 80's. Yes I'm old.

Shovas · Feb 22, 2020

It's not that bad. I don't much notice it. I can understand if it makes the page lag on lower-end machines, though.

Mascot · Feb 23, 2020

Not sure if this is a common problem but a new resource in AC Tracks wasn't being displayed (for me at least).
This is the resource: https://www.racedepartment.com/downloads/mexico-gran-premio-1967.31101/
It didn't appear at all yesterday/earlier this morning in the Downloads/Assetto Corsa list, or even in Downloads/Assetto Corsa/Tracks. It's like an old list was being cached, even after refreshes.
I found it via an external link and it's now displaying properly.

maelstrom · Feb 23, 2020

Shovas said:
It's not that bad. I don't much notice it. I can understand if it makes the page lag on lower-end machines, though.

I agree that it's not that bad, BUT... it's unnecessary! Gimmicky special effects in forums are a thing of the past. That said, it seems to have been tweaked as the effect is not as apparent any longer.

Powindahh · Feb 25, 2020

why does the site now look like a web dashboard for running a game server or something now, its weird, makes me feel like im stuck on a mobile version

DrPenguin87 · Feb 27, 2020

The tweaks after the last update have made things much better, at least on desktop. Thanks for the responsiveness.

Fat-Alfie · Feb 28, 2020

What are people's thoughts on making the side bar fixed / pinned to the top, rather than it scrolling up with the rest of the page?

I think it would be quite handy to be able to access this menu even when you have reached the end of the thread, without having to scroll right back to the top of the page to select 'New posts' (or whatever).

Michel Bélisle · Feb 28, 2020

Fat-Alfie said:
What are people's thoughts on making the side bar fixed / pinned to the top, rather than it scrolling up with the rest of the page?

I think it would be quite handy to be able to access this menu even when you have reached the end of the thread, without having to scroll right back to the top of the page to select 'New posts' (or whatever).

I use RD primarily on the desktop. On the desktop, keep it scrolling with the content of the page.