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Thanks for the understanding guys.  I really do appreciate that you support my comments and sorry if I came off a little bit abrasive.  I was aware of this rip for a little while and was wondering how to approach the situation and if it bothered me.  I guess at the end of the day it does bother me as I've been quite protective over my digital property because of the pure time investment the project has been.  I've had people ask for the mesh and my statics before because I've handcrafted everything rather than using a catalog of ugly prefabs.  I would rather have creative control over how my material is presented and I didn't like the idea of hybrid versions.  I haven't worked on the project for some time now but I've had some friends pushing me to update it again and I'd love to one day officially support Piboso/GP Bikes (bike games aren't really my thing so I can't justify the 27euro), but ultimately that decision should be up to me as the author.

I appreciate the redacted links and that you have reached out to me to apologise.

Hi guys,

I am the original author of this track for Assetto Corsa.  This conversion is not endorsed or authorised by me in any way and is simply stolen works.  The original project page can be found here: http://www.racedepartment.com/downloads/baskerville-raceway.3436/

Personally I don't find it very selfless to re-publish someones artistic blood sweat and tears and then ask to direct a donation to their choice of foundation.

This project took over 600 dedicated hours to produce the 3D environment, texture artwork, and static meshes (that long because I am not a professional in this field).  I have a donation link on my project page and have received approximately $60 AUD in contributions.. that works out to be just 10c an hour in pay.  Whilst I built the project for my own pleasure and to share with the Assetto Corsa community, if you're going to rip off my artwork the least you could do is provide some recognition and credit to the original author so that maybe they didn't feel like this whole gig is full of cheapskates and pirates.

Cheers,
Nick