Why are There 3 Different Sections for Mods?

I've been wondering this for awhile now, but haven't gotten around to asking until now.

There are 3 different places for mods--

-- one in the forums, three sub-headings down from the top of the Forums tab,

-- one in the MODS tab to the right of the FORUMS tab at the top of the main page,

-- and one in the repository in game.

My question is why so many places? Is there a specific reason to separate them out? Do some mods specifically go in certain locations for certain reasons? Are they mutually exclusive and unique to each location, or are they duplicated and overlap, so that every mod can be found in all three sections?

Having 3 different places to find mods can make searching for them confusing at times. It's like I don't know if I've missed a place, or already searched there. Why isn't there just one, and only one place to search for mods, so that I know for a fact that if I do a search, there's only one place it could possibly be?

 

I think forums are for real life vehicles, which arent allowed in repository. And Mods tab and in game repository are absolutely same

 

Oh my freaking goodness!!! Thanks for finally making that crystal clear, because no one has ever explained that in so many words. Someone should make mention of that somewhere.

So I'm to look for my Holy Grail 1966 Pontiac GTO in the Forums, and my Codename : oldsfullsize add ons in the repo or Mods tab. Great... I shall get to looking.

One last question. If I find a mod that's posted in either the forums section or mods section, can I rest assured that only the latest version will be posted? Or is there a danger that a newer and older version might both be on the list, and it's my responsibility to check version numbers, and upload dates?

 

If you mean in sections of forums ("Land" for example), it is different on each mod, but authors usually update file in main post or say on which page is the latest version

 

Ok thank you.