The download is much larger, often double the size of a repack. Who it's for:
As a standard scene release, it is not heavily compressed. It installs much faster because your computer doesn't have to "decompress" large amounts of data. Larger Download:
You have slow internet or a limited data plan, but a powerful modern PC. The smaller download saves bandwidth, and a strong CPU can handle the heavy decompression more quickly.
is a website known for "repacks." A repack takes the original scene release (in this case, the FLT release) and compresses it heavily to make the download size much smaller.
are "backwards compatible," allowing you to download only the new data rather than the whole game.