DLC Content and DE
5 years ago
North Carolina, USA

Magikilo has brought to my attention that the DE may have version differences that could result in what I consider significant time advantages. We may be rewording the rules but currently no changes will occur to the current any% category no matter what you run on. We have disagreed on this rewrite however and I will attempt to explain both sides:

Minimal Base Game Argument: DLC Content should not be allowed. This rule should be applied the same to all versions of the game. What I have brought up is the idea of the base game and how we consider something DLC. I believe there can be only one "base game". To me the base game is the original game, the non DE version. Some of what was DLC is packed into the DE and cannot be removed from the game like it can the original version. While it will not universally affect gameplay I believe the rules should regulate its effect on gameplay the same as they do for the original version. What I mean by this is that the DE shouldn't be allowed to have what was DLC content in the base game utilized in the run. We should disallow DLC "content", not just DLC, specifically because if we don't then we are applying the rules differently to the two versions by arbitrarily defining the base game as the minimal version of what you can obtain instead of the actual minimal version of the game.

Multiple Base Game Argument: DLC Content should be treated as add-ons specifically on a game-by-game basis. If it's provided in the version you're playing on then it's allowed. This allows you to use the class A car from the high roller pack and whatever else is packed in the DE (I don't know what is).

So we have two versions of the game and the effect of the rules, in my point of view, allow the DLC in one version but not the other because I believe there is one base game. From a different point of view because it is included in one version as the "base game" it should be allowed.

While our community is small I ask that if you understand the game well enough to speak of it that you share your opinion on this so that in the future we can have good rules to run by.

China

I think that DLC and NO DLC can be divided into two categories, and if DLC is allowed to run, some tasks that were not available can be carried out. Why not add All mission? (including all DLC missions)

Germany

This is an important debate we need to have. In general what DLC should be allowed for the baseversion? Because with the high texture pack which is free you can gain easy two minutes by clipping through walls and get the early gun.

Personally I am very unsure. At least that one is free. Personally I have started to think that anything should be allowed. Sucks you have to buy and shell out money to get access to a faster car but such is life in modern gaming. It sucks. But I dont really see an easy out of it as the definitive edition rolls in the highroller pack as standard which is a massive time advantave. So in the end it is already allowed. I think definitive edition also comes with money bags on the map for free.

Personally I consider DLC expansion meant by the developer. Obviously to cash in. Personally I dont know what DLC is available at what point and how this breaks the game but it needs to be tested. And sadly with my wallet.

It also makes me think what is 100%? The all dlc definitive edition or base game when it came out? Or does all DLC content count in the base game like the races and so on?

TL;DR It sucks and I dont have an answer but personally I think it should be legal.

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