Version 2.1.0 – 13. February 2018

Captains Log ...

We're not fixing bugs ... we're just making happy little accidents a little happier. Heaps of stuff happened around the website and it's way too much to list them all. But you probably have already seen that the layout has been updated here and there. The top navigation has moved way up top to make space for the breadcrumbs (which help you to find out where you are on the website). All our buttons have received a nice little polishing. The mobile view has also been treated so that especially the menu and the login section are fully functioning now (they didn't do so well before the update, hey?).

The Forums have gotten a huge redesign and so did the Locations-Overview and car profiles. Also your user profiles have a better time line view now (which we are still experimenting with). There are still plenty of little happy accidents left but we push through step by step. Hang in there guys! :)

Happy offroading!



Version 2.0.1 – 21. January 2018

Alright, alright ... someone (let's just name this guy `Ziggy` for illustrative reasons) said that white text on yellow buttons is retarded. Okay, we all know it's not. But to give this guy his peace I decided to change the design for that one person on this planet who didn't like it just so he has his way. Hope you're happy now "Ziggy".



Version 2.0.0 – 01. June 2017

*drum roll* Major Release of the new DownThunder platform. Two-and-a-half years of development and procrastination later and now finally able to ship this baby. Need sleep now. Talk soon.



Version 1.4.9 – 29. May 2017

This update will hopefully please a lot of forum users. The previous forum editor was not very intuitive in its usability. Backspacing of selected text areas didn't work, it swallowed whole line breaks and it didn't like quote blocks either. That now is sorted and we sneaked a neat update on how to upload images in too. Happy posting folks. :)



Version 1.4.9 – 29. May 2017

This update will hopefully please a lot of forum users. The previous forum editor was not very intuitive in its usability. Backspacing of selected text areas didn't work, it swallowed whole line breaks and it didn't like quote blocks either. That now is sorted and we sneaked a neat update on how to upload images in too. Happy posting folks. :)



Version 1.4.8 – 22. May 2017

Wow, what a big shift. Apparently the amount of users visiting with smartphones and tablets has vastly increased. From about 36% of the traffic from last year to more than 60% this year.

Besides the upcoming major redesign of our platform we have also redeveloped the way our images are being served. Usually every user would get high-resolution images when surfing through our platform. But this can eat up a lot of data and mobile plans and it takes longer to load those images.

With the latest update we serve our mobile users images with a lower resolution (still sharp and pretty enough even for big phablets) and a slightly higher compression so they load heaps faster. Happy browsing everyone. :)



Version 1.4.7 – 21. May 2017

Oh hello there.

Looks like our server turned into the Bermuda Triangle and all our emails were sent into a hell hole never to be received by our members. It was about time to refactor the emailing class and change the way our platform is chatting with the email server (which is new now too). So hopefully our mails are coming through now. Otherwise we'll have to ship message bottles or send messenger pigeons. ;)



Version 1.4.6 – 06. May 2017

I gotta admit something here. I had sleepless nights thinking about not being able to give your precious data the security it needs. Well now I decided to do something about it. Therefore I installed an SSL certificate and enforced all traffic to DownThunder to be going through HTTPS. Now let's hope you and I can sleep now better at night.

More to come. :)



Version 1.4.5 – 02. February 2014

Wow. Much space. Very fastest. So traffic. Many gigabytes. Nice space.

Oh jeezus. There goes the lunch money. We invested it into our own domicile because the good old webspace wouldn't do it anymore.

The new place is equipped with a dual beating system with several million mega hearts, 2 cups of RAMen, 100 Gigabites (as much as you get when you camp near a lake) for pictures (and all sorts of stuff that you just don't want to carry around with) and a lot traffic (oh irony. As if offroaders would like traffic.). We don't know much about this stuff but it sounds cool.



Version 1.4.3 – 29. January 2014

And again our hunters went out to take down some serious bugs. Comments should be fail proof now and the Gears you get for each comment you write are properly credited. We got a backup monkey to leht him watch after the Chief Monkey of Gears and if he's doing a shyte job we gonna fire him on the spot. Last Warning!



Version 1.4.0 – 24. January 2014

Check your privates! There's finally a solid Privacy Policy to let you guys see to whom we are gonna sell your privates. Just kidding. We wouldn't do that to you. We try our best to keep your data secure and only store necessary stuff that makes your stay here comfortable for you. :)



Version 1.3.9 – 20. January 2014

Maaaates! A small update for those who like to compare their ... gears. Just have a look into the mates overview and see who earned the most gears this month.

We also added an "About my car" section in the garage. Whatever you have to say about your love just put it in there. :)



Version 1.3.7 – 15. January 2014

We changed the way our server stores and distributes pictures. That way you get to see photos faster and use less bandwidth surfing on your mobile phone. There's still room for improvement but DownThunder is now a fair bit more responsive. Less facebook, more DownThunder people! ;)



Version 1.3.5 – 11. January 2014

This time we give iPhone users some treatment. With the new photo upload you can throw pictures from your phone into your gallery without any hassle. We work on a solution for Android users too. Just give us some time and ... heaps of coffee. We're working on that, promised!



Version 1.3.0 – 09. January 2014

Cheeses Fries! What did we think when we put up the gallery section? Anyway, we got that sorted for now. There's a new picture overview and something that we called "Staff Picks" in the gallery section. That means, whenever one of our staff is seeing a great picture, we hit a button and move it into the Staff Picks area. That way great pictures get their credit. :)

We also added a better video overview and cleaned the picture section. There's still some work to do with mobile devices and some odd picture sizes. But we keep that on hold for a rainy day.



Version 1.2.5 – 07. January 2014

Let's talk design.

The former forum overview wasn't really appealing to stay and have a read. We get that! Sometimes things just get created in a rush and released without having a second look at it.

That's okay, it serves its purpose at that time. But we will never ever accept given things. So we changed that for the better and your feedback tells us that you like what you see.

Same goes with the front page. We raised the latest forum discussions to the top and put Dan Thunder and his little explanation about what DownThunder is into the corner on the bottom.

That way it still will be visible but less annoying for the ones that have already read it. We polished a few things here and there too but it would be too much to write about it here.



Version 1.2.0 – 03. January 2014

Take your camera, jump into your fourby, get off the road and shoot everything that gets in front of your lens. Ah, don't forget and upload the hell out of it. We present you now "Personal Albums".

A way to store all your offroading and camping pictures on this platform. Let others browse through your offroading adventures and get them to like and comment your pictures. Go ahead! :)

By the way. We implemented more ways to let you collect some Gears. You make some coin if somebody likes ...


  • ... your car

  • ... your posts and topics

  • ... your pictures

  • ... your added video



Version 1.1.5 – 01. January 2014

Annoytify! Yeah, sorry for that but we really think that's an important thing to shoot you an email if something is going on. But with a later update you will be able to turn then f*cking thing on and off as you wish. ;)



Version 1.1.1 – 21. December 2013

We went bug hunting and came back with some good shots. Picture upload has been fixed (it's a real bitchy one), making friends with others acts now less random (just like in real life making friends isn't a think you can really plan ;)).



Version 1.1.0 – 21. December 2013

Time to save some Gears in your piggy bank. With the new update you guys are able to make a coin here. The gears you collect will make you able to "buy" upcoming features and goodies.

You get those gears for:


  • creating topic

  • replying to topics

  • adding your car

  • updating your car

  • uploading a picture

  • uploading a youtube video

  • creating a workshop tutorial

  • making friends with someone



Version 1.0.0 – 17. December 2013

Alright, let's put the fuel in, check water and battery, release the brakes and then get this baby started! Yeeehaw!



Server Statistics

Our DownThunder Server

Linux based Virtual Private Server

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2GB RAM

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Community Statistics

DownThunder Statistics

Members: 4396

Member Cars: 204

Car Models: 6065

Car Parts: 707

Pictures: 4132

Videos: 133

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