Possible stolen content in the game

Don’t really understand that topic. If the cars should look like the real cars they should like look very similar. And the texture, paintings and sponsors as well. And as EA has the F1 license they probably get some data from the F1 to put it into the software. 

Well if the material is not copyrighted, why not use it as reference? Could save a lot of time.

Very similar, but not identical. Some people analyzed the Ferrari F2002’s model from the F1 2017 game and found the wireframe to be identical, then Code”masters” later confirmed it in a message to the model’s author. I would like to see a similar analysis done for this year. As far as the texture file, I have messaged the original author about it.

It’s illegal to commercially distribute that material…which is what Code”masters” would be doing if they did copy it from a free source.

Given that ultimately the liveries belong to F1, I doubt Codemasters, who is operating under that license, could be legally accused of stealing.  If anything, free liveries distributed by modders within other games are tacitly permitted by their license holders to be distributed, when at any time those license holders could request a takedown.

And no, just because modders aren't profiting off of what they distribute, doesn't mean they are granted the unconditional right to do so.

Ethically, it's a completely different story, and it'd be really disappointing and incredibly disrespectful if assets were lifted from the thankless efforts of community members without so much as an acknowledgement.

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@misterventisette wrote:

Hi all, a few days ago I came across this post on the F1Technical forum, where somebody extracted some of the cars' 3D models and found that the RedBull in particular had a very close resemblance to the model found in an Assetto Corsa mod (created by a team known for distributing pirated content themselves) that was released before F1 22, while the texture file for that car appeared to have been ripped straight from one that he had made. If true, this would be the second time Code "masters" have been caught stealing content from free Assetto Corsa mods.

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Or the Assetto Corsa mod was stolen from Codemasters?

SimDream has stolen stuff from Code”masters” before, but this year they released a F1 2022 season mod months before the official game came out. They also hired modellers to do the cars for them as far as I know.

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@misterventisette wrote:

SimDream has stolen stuff from Code”masters” before, but this year they released a F1 2022 season mod months before the official game came out. They also hired modellers to do the cars for them as far as I know.

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That the Assetto Corsa mod was publicly available first proves nothing. I'm also confident Codemasters employ people to do medelling work.

My point is we're nowhere near any sort of case being proved here.

That’s the whole point of this thread (and the reason I clearly have “POSSIBLE” in the title). I would like someone to prove it.

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@misterventisette wrote:

That’s the whole point of this thread (and the reason I clearly have “POSSIBLE” in the title). I would like someone to prove it.

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Yes I appreciate that but I was responding to the specific points you made which appeared to be suggesting more.