New here but downloads are a minefield !

[Bsmooth]

I can appreciate having a few ads, but I tried to download something and was taken for a ride. Not nice places either. Is that part of the process here or is there an actual way to find the actual download vs going thru all the junk ?

 

[Famine]

I can appreciate having a few ads, but I tried to download something and was taken for a ride. Not nice places either. Is that part of the process here or is there an actual way to find the actual download vs going thru all the junk ?

What were you trying to download?

Edit: From your other posts, it appears to be an Alpina A364 mod which... as far as I can tell, we don't host.

 

[Jordan]

There are no ads in the downloads section.

Could you elaborate?

 

[Bsmooth]

The Alpine A364 by fixed_a_bit. Here is the general discussion page:

Assetto Corsa PC Mods General Discussion

I remember this car was shared here some time ago, but the link seems expired. Anyone got this floating around their drives? Thanks

www.gtplanet.net

and the download page:

Download fab alpine a364

Download File fab alpine a364

sharemods.com

 

[Scaff]

The Alpine A364 by fixed_a_bit. Here is the general discussion page:

Assetto Corsa PC Mods General Discussion

I remember this car was shared here some time ago, but the link seems expired. Anyone got this floating around their drives? Thanks

www.gtplanet.net

and the download page:

Download fab alpine a364

Download File fab alpine a364

sharemods.com

GT Planet don't host those mods, only the ones you get via the sites download section. If a modder hosts a mod via an external provider (such as this example), it's outside our control.

 

[Bsmooth]

Well at least you see what I mean, and you can get to it via that discussion page, which is NOT a good thing. At least now If I see a sharemods address I'll know not to go there.

 

[Moglet]

Well at least you see what I mean, and you can get to it via that discussion page, which is NOT a good thing. At least now If I see a sharemods address I'll know not to go there.

Out of curiosity I visited that link and there are definitely a lot of horrible ads present on it, including a few popups and one that tries to trick you into thinking it's the download link. If you follow the instructions on the page (the center-aligned text) the actual download link is easy to find, though.

 

[Famine]

Out of curiosity I visited that link and there are definitely a lot of horrible ads present on it, including a few popups and one that tries to trick you into thinking it's the download link. If you follow the instructions on the page (the center-aligned text) the actual download link is easy to find, though.

Yep, people choose crappy upload hosts all the time - often by habit - and a lot of these places are crawling with fake buttons and popups and bury the real thing off to the right and in small text with a white-on-green button that says "Telecharger", underneath a Google Adsense ad.

If people are sharing their work that way (on a two-year old post, no less), there's nothing we can do about it. It'd be nice if they uploaded it to GTPlanet's own downloads area which has been specifically built to be as painless and fast as possible...

 

[Bsmooth]

I tried the center aligned text too and just got more popups. I finally just used the original owners thread. It doesn't have a lot of skins, but at least it doesn't have popups either.
Problem is it shouldn't be here at all If its loaded with those issues and the host should tell them so, or let them know If they use GTPlanets own download page they would probably get even more downloads, and not a bad rep.