TSR Academy – What is The Sims Resource

With millions of Custom Content files hosted on our site for your Sims, The Sims Resource is the world’s longest-running and largest Sims fansite. The Sims Resource, TSR, specializes in hosting custom content, providing educational tutorials, creating entertaining content, and a safe, non-toxic community experience related to the Sims.  Not to mention that August 27th just happens to be our 25th Anniversary!

Check out our TSR 25th Anniversary Bundle HERE

What is TSR

So what is The Sims Resource or TSR?  Well, we aim to be your resource on everything, Sims!  Obviously, we are known more for our artist’s amazing CC, but from CC to newsletters and tutorials, we have covered everything for you. We also have a VIP Discord and online community in which we promote creativity and having fun with gaming.  We’ve been around since before the very first Sims game launched, and August 27th is our 25th Anniversary, making us the very first Sims fansite.

Our Values

We value our customers and artists and want The Sims Resource to be the best home for everyone.

TSR strives to ensure all content is safe for your game (we check all content before we publish).

We welcome beginners and experts and have an entire staff team willing to help you on your creating journey.

TSR pays top artists with the proceeds from subscriptions and advertising.

We keep our subscription services transparent and enable you to cancel in your account settings.

All our content is free for everyone to download.

The site is managed by Sims fans for Sims fans!

Artists

Sim Image by MSQSims

So that we can bring you the very best Sims content, we keep some 200 or so badged artists supported for what they continue to upload to our site daily.  We don’t expect them to do that for free.  You can be selected as one of our talented artists by uploading to The Sims Resource. We look for consistently good work and will reach out to you if we think you have what it takes and need more content of the type you’re creating. In short, yes, we pay all creators who are awarded one of our artist’s badges a cash payment!

How to Become an Artist

So, how do you become an Artist on The Sims Resource?  Is there an application?  We look for creators in all types of creation.  When we review an artist’s potential, these are some of the criteria we look for:

Does your work meet EA’s technical standards, such as polycount or texture sizes?

Is it of high quality?

Are the screen previews of excellent quality, and do they stand out?

Are your creations in any way unique?

Do your submissions carry meaningful titles and descriptions, and is the form always completed fully?

And are all your recent creations consistent with the above?

Sometimes, we also need to consider whether we already have too much of a particular type of creation. If we do, it might take a while before a new opening.

No application is needed. We have staff who quality-control submissions to help ensure uploaded content is of a good standard. Our site staff spot talent as work processes through our uploading service and will contact you if they think you should have a badge! We usually wait until you’ve uploaded many times to see that you’re consistently at a high level.

Our Staff

Jezi Simself, CC Links in One-Color LookBook Olive Green

The Sims Resource is run by Simmers!  For example, not to date ourselves, but Queenie, MissCatSims, Jezi, and Emma have played since the original Sims game. Our submissions and support staff are also all Simmers! This way, we can provide you with the best possible experience for your Sims. We run this site for you, our community of players and creators who are as passionate as we are. This is YOUR site; as such, we want to make it a place you’ll love, where you’ll feel valued, safe, and part of our family.

VIP Subscriptions

Since we pay our artists, we have to have a way to pay them, and ads and VIP subscriptions are how we accomplish this.  We do not require you to be a VIP subscriber to download from our site. However, there are some perks if you do choose to subscribe;

No wait timer and ad-free experience.

The download basket downloads up to a gig of CC in one zip.

Bundles, download an entire themed bundle in one click.

Download History & Early Access.

To see more VIP perks, check out this blog, which is all about them HERE.  Of course, if you do not have a VIP account, you can always download; you will just see some ads and have a 10-second wait timer between each download.  As of right now, you can sign up for a free VIP trial; read more about that HERE.

Custom Content

You can find the Cozy Studies Collection HERE

We are known for our extensive catalog of CC, as we release over fifty new pieces daily!  Users spend full days downloading multiple baskets full of CC.  We also host Artist Collaborations, Collections, and Bundles of various themes to suit your Simming needs.

You can find our Collabs & Collections here and our latest Bundle here.

Popular TSR CC Throughout The Sims Series

Sims 1

Here are some popular downloads from the Sims 1 creations uploaded at TSR all those years ago!  #1 – Rejuvenation Station, #2 Sim Jemma, #3 Pink Flower Bed, and #4 The Cinematic Screen.

Sims 2

Another excellent walk down memory lane. Let’s check out some famous Sims 2 downloads. The top downloads for The Sims 2 are clearly themed, but they are all so relatable.   #1 – Sims 2 Food, #2 Feminine Hairstyle #242, and #3 Lexy the Sim

Sims 3

For The Sims 3’s popular downloads, the theme seems more about decor and building elements, specifically plants! I love the Build Mode in The Sims 3; that auto roof to start makes everything so much more manageable! Popular Sims 3 Features include #1 Instyle Dining-Mirror, #2 Plants by Simcredible, and #3 Plants by Mutske.

Sims 4

For the most popular downloads of The Sims 4, there is a lot of variety from skin tones, eyelashes, and objects.  Also, just a note: you can filter CC categories by Artist level, popularity, and date. So, if you only want to see CC released this year by Featured Artists, you can!  Sims 4 Popular CC includes; #1 Skintone Set, #2 S-Club 3-D Eyelashes,  #3 Simcredible Curtains & Blinds

Community & Resources

CC Featured in Image from the Lovestruck Bundles

Not only do we have millions of pieces of CC, but we also have a wonderful VIP Discord community, loads of tutorials, and entertaining videos about Sims, making us your one-stop resource for all things Sims! To check out all our socials and videos, click here to go to our linktree.  If you are a VIP Subscriber, you should check out our Discord!

What is TSR Academy

TSR Academy is our educational and tutorial series coming to TSR.  This is the first chapter of many to come to help new Simmers and experts learn new ways to Sim and be the ultimate resource guide for all Simmers!
Link to TSR Academy Coming SOON!