It just sucks that rF really won’t work GP4 style where you can mix and match cars so easily from different authors, where people did single cars, not full seasons. Spread the load out while keeping large amounts of content. Would certainly help in situations like this.

I hope to see CTDP remember that T and what it means in their name. Car mods are limited in scope compared to amazing tracks.

What I will state is people (me included) need to start looking at the way we treat modders and other content creators (developers alike) PC gamers have become incredibly gimmie gimmie and unforgiving in their criticism and thankfulness of titles that people develope and spend lots of time and energy on.

On the legal issues, I once again support CTDP’s decision 100% With Butch being threatened, Jason receiving legal threats and even in the mil sim world threats being given by a big government defence contractor all I can state is this. Modders and mod groups need to watch themselves and their releases.

Some people may say that too many are starting to fear the unknown, but when you look at the fact CTDP may have complete justification and right to worry, instead of potentially fight a battle they could not win they have avoided that, and it is completely understandable.

When you truly understand corporate copyright you will understand that even freely and for sale art is never protected by your rights as an artist as if you reproduce something that has the corporate logo and name sake of said company you CAN be sued. It does not mean you will be, but there is always the potential.

I for one want to take the time to thank CTDP for everything they have done thus far, they have released some of the best works for Rfactor and will continue to do so, even with the ingrates in the community (me included) they still move forward attempting to bring content to our chosen racing platforms.

So thank you CTDP and here is hoping you have a great trouble free 2010.

1st : come on…, 2nd : you (the modders) started to make modding “dangerous”. they tell everythings us… they catch the public attention on them, they now got real troubles…
i dont think making a mod for a ‘not very well’ (in front of public games sell numbers) sold pc title will bring you problems…or get it out without official names… simracers will still like it, but numerous mods have been out when sony got the license, i never heard of something dangerous, and i’m online net since 96, its not the same market, not the same developpement, not the same aim, it can’t get you in troubles, especially if you dont make any money with what you made (actually sites/blogs like this one make that money, and really dont care because i read it everyday, and i dont want another big site/blog/forum down after rcs…)
after that, happy new year to everybody

michael:
Heh, read the story guys.
They stopped developing it because they had better things to do and they couldn’t be bothered to do it or find people that could be bothered to do it
No other reasons than that.
The blather about codies is something that starts “we don’t know”
It’s like saying “I didn’t go to work today because I couldn’t be bothered but additionally I don’t know if a meteorite is going to strike the planet wiping out life…it seems going to work is dangerous these days”
Then folk are nodding their heads in agreement “at the terrible meteorites”

Current-season F1 mods are pretty much the ‘thing’ to create these days. As such, the market is swamped with them – from those already out to the the longer term projects being done by the likes of FSOne.

In my view, its a good call from CTDP. Not that I don’t think they can’t make a quality project, but given how flooded the mod market is with current season F1 cars – its probably harder to get more universal appeal for it because each of the mods have their own niche audience.

One would suspect, and hope, that they are going to maybe work on other projects, such as F1 seasons gone by (such as their 1994 project). From what I can tell (someone will no doubt smack me if I’m wrong), there is no quality mod done from that year. I’m sure many will argue that getting good, quality mods of seasons gone by is just as important, if not more, than having five or six different current season F1 mods to choose from.

Good luck with the future guys.

Now that CTDP have released a commercial game they will be more known to larger developers and I’m sure Codemasters would have a lot to say about an unlicensed F1 mod being released.

michael: Heh, read the story guys.They stopped developing it because they had better things to do and they couldn’t be bothered to do it or find people that could be bothered to do itNo other reasons than that.The blather about codies is something that starts “we don’t know”It’s like saying “I didn’t go to work today because I couldn’t be bothered but additionally I don’t know if a meteorite is going to strike the planet wiping out life…it seems going to work is dangerous these days”
Then folk are nodding their heads in agreement “at the terrible meteorites”