What do you get for your 14 quid

[rob_every05]

I was one of the original subscribers to this game eons ago when it was first released as a BETA before driftign away as development seemed to stand still and my sub elapsed, and there was noone playing it online.

And would simply like to know what you get for your basic sub on here of 14 odd pounds.

Do you get any mods at all, tracks?

I realise you have to pay for online play, and that is fair enough.

I think I had the old GP cars, Clios etc?

[hexagramme]

You get around 38 cars and (IIRC) around 26 tracks, most of those tracks with multiple layouts, so aprox. 60 unique layouts to race on.

http://rfactor.net/web/rf2/cars/
http://rfactor.net/web/rf2/tracks/

[quf]

you can port your rf2 key to steam, then just buy the online subscription if you want to race online in leagues and such. Or if you want the lifetime subscription, you can buy the whole game for 48, before it goes out of discount, since afterwards will cost 80. But when you port your key to steam then it will be only the offline package, and you can't buy the online part for lifetime to add it to the offline game.
But the lifetime version on discount has the price of a normal game with online included.

[I_love_the_APBT]

From the Steam store page.

Purchase Options
There are basically three different options if you want to purchase rFactor 2:
You can buy "rFactor 2" and enjoy every aspect of this simulation except on-line racing.
You can buy "rFactor 2 with Lifetime Subscription" and enjoy every aspect of this simulation including a lifetime subscription to on-line racing.
You can buy 'rFactor 2" and a separate "rFactor 2 - Online Services Subscription" which gives you the full simulation plus a year worth of on-line racing which you can renew.

[rob_every05]

I would never buy lifetime anyway, this for me is a rip off

My point was, what mods do you get with the Steam version only, I do not think I ahve the key anymore for RF2, as I gave up with it.

But was fairly impressed with this new demo

[Hash]

Originally posted by rob_every05:

I would never buy lifetime anyway, this for me is a rip off

My point was, what mods do you get with the Steam version only, I do not think I ahve the key anymore for RF2, as I gave up with it.

But was fairly impressed with this new demo

You get all vanilla content, and access to all the great mods,although many not made it to workshop yet you can still DL and use RF2 mod installer.

There seems to be somekind of preception that some have, that you pay for mods, which isnt true AT ALL, theres only 1 paid mod outta a sea of mods worth mentioning, but its a pro job, with him doing models for ISI and SMS, this paid for mods thing seems to stem from some crazy prediction t2years ago when everyone saying rf2 was so complex modders would need to charge, thats not happened at all, unless you count all the russian forxa rips for mainly AC, but if you sucked into them its ya own fault.

[rob_every05]

I now remember why I stopped playing this game.

It does not recognise that I subscribed originally, it just keeps thinking I am a new player.

But, oh, of course it recognises that I have NOT renewed my online play subscription, Oh no of course not.

So, the rf pages are confusing, I downloaded what i thought was the core engine only to find it was the demo, tred to download a few mods, only to find they did not make it across to the game. I ahve litereally no idea how I download the main game or the mods, I cannot seem to do it here without buying a game I already bought 3 years ago.

This title is so woefully badly put together the vast majority of people will simply do what I did, uninstall and go back to Rf1.

Sorry ISI, but spend more time making your game easier to download, operate and work, and less time trying to compete with titles that have far more resource and far better ways to alow people to try it.

You have yet to learn from the same mistakes you were making 4 years ago.

A damn shame, as the core engine and game are simply superb, you really need to get someone invovled who knows how to do the simple things thats all

[T@X]

Hi Rob, what you have to do is simply move your old purchase to steam using the isi support.
Please use this link http://rfactor.net/web/2015/11/12/rfactor-2-now-available-on-steam/ and follow the process under "Already own rFactor 2?" bold title. Several friends of mine have successfully moved their copy to steam hassle-free.

[H3lium]

Originally posted by rob_every05:

So, the rf pages are confusing, I downloaded what i thought was the core engine only to find it was the demo, tred to download a few mods, only to find they did not make it across to the game. I ahve litereally no idea how I download the main game or the mods, I cannot seem to do it here without buying a game I already bought 3 years ago.

You serious?
If you got to rFactor.net the downloads are almost smashing into your face from the right side of the screen. There are two options demo and lite. If you are not able to tell which one is the demo you can still click on More rFactor 2 Downloads..., which is right underneath, to find out.
The first two options of the list are again demo and light and it is clearly explained what is to expect.

You are right that downloading and installing rFactor 2 is more complicated then installing your average steam game but it is nowhere near rocket science.

If you're planing on migrating to steam please read the FAQ and all the info that is offered during the process.
If you have online subscription time left it will get deleted and the same is happening to your nonsteam version/account/license. You can under no circumstances revert that process. You cannot change back to non steam and you won't be able to get your remaining subscription time back. You cannot upgrade your offline version to a lifetime online version on steam. If you're planing on doing that you have to do it before migrating. This option will never come to steam and it will soon be canceled for non steam either.

[rob_every05]

What a parlarvour

Now I am using PC's and the various ways of downloading games, but this is somewhat crazy and cant be helping their sales.

Now I have the Steam key I cannot use a direct version from rf.net

So which damn version do I download here? There are only pay versions or the demo?

Surely this could be easier?

[H3lium]

There is this small button on the lower left side. It says

+ ADD A GAME ...

.
pro tip: Add a non steam game and browse the steam store are not the options you wanna click on.