Would you like to once more play the version of Wreckfest we had before the big update on Aug 27th 2019?

This is a working method to play it on both singleplayer and on multiplayer.
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*IMPORTANT there is a google drive download link done with instructions and direct download for all the files needed
thanks to my friend Dube for doing this. It will be faster than downloading the files from Steam.
Google Drive Link [drive.google.com]
Sorry guys, having a bit of an issue with Google Drive. Fix will be out ASAP. - Dube
It's working!.anakin gif - Dube

YouTube tutorial to play old wreckfest using google drive.

If you prefer using the slower Steam method, ignore the Google Drive portion of this guide and proceed to Step one below.
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Step one
So the first thing you want to do is make a backup of your current wreckfest save file
For most people that will be here:
C:\Program Files (x86)Steam\userdata\[YOUR UNIQUE USER ID]\228380\local\wreckfest
Back up that folder to somewhere you can find it again
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Step Two
Now take a look at this reddit post:
Reddit Link

here is the exact commandline you will be copy pasting into Steam Console: To launch the console you just press start on windows and type run , hit enter and copy paste this line into the run box and hit enter: steam://nav/console
There is also a link in the reddit link above to launch the steam console
Paste this line into the steam console and hit enter:
download_depot 228380 228381 8923598062264066568
This is using the build of Wreckfest from January 2019, the one that removed the Santa stuff

This video does a walkthrough of this part:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqhWQPw1x4A

You will not see a progress bar for the download and it will take some time, it is between 11 and 12 GB. If you go to your steam downloads page you will see it is downloading something and how much of it has been downloaded so far

When it is finished there will be a message in the console telling you where it saved it
(you may see other random messages inbetween)
It will typically save to C:/Program Files(x86)/Steam/steamapps/content/app_228380/dept_228381
YOU SHOULD ALWAYS KEEP A COPY OF THIS GOOD JAN 2019 BUILD IN CASE OF AN
INVOLUNTARY UPDATE
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Step Three
So now your files have downloaded, navigate to the file path of your current wreckfest game
C:/Program Files(x86)/Steam/steamapps/common/Wreckfest and move all the files from there into another folder somewhere for safe keeping
Then copy and paste in the files you downloaded above, into this folder
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Step Four
Next you will want to take your previous save file of wreckfest from before the update and swap that with the one after the update. If you don't have an old save file then ask myself or a friend for theirs, it is a tiny file size so easy to send.
That save folder goes here: C:\Program Files (x86)Steam\userdata\[YOUR UNIQUE USER ID]\228380\local\wreckfest
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Conclusion
So now you have exchanged the new game files for the older ones, you have also swapped your save file with an older one also.
Congratulations you are ready to launch the wreckfest build from January 2019.

I will continue to keep running the NoCrybabies server on the new build but will also now be facilitating a server for those
that want to race on the older version of wreckfest.

To see it in action check out my stream http://www.twitch.tv/iamjohnconnor
or you can ask questions over on the Discord[www.discord.io]

A google Document of this guide to share is also available here: Google Document [docs.google.com]