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admin 13 years
This could be a bit slow to start with, with only a few members still trickling into the forums. But in a reddit style, feel free to ask me anything!

I have had a few interesting questions via email in the past, so figured something might pop up.

This is not a thread to ask about the website, that thread exists here.

I may not be able to answer personally identifying questions, but anything else, go nuts!
Former member 13 years
Clearly you have a passion for motorsport, or you wouldn't be doing the great service that you do - may I ask have you ever actually been involved with motorsport? Had any professional racing experiences?

I haven't, although I personally would love nothing more than to get out on any track and just have fun.
admin 13 years 13 years
Nothing professional - no. I'm often karting, but not for money or championship points! Unfortunately my passion does not translate into talent :(
Former member 13 years
Karting is a blast! Especially when you get a fresh kart, cold tyres in the rain very wet surface. Hah, spent more time with opposite lock than holding the wheel straight.

As much as I absolutely love watching the V8 Supercars series, my biggest passion lies with drifting.
In my pic, that's me in our BMW E36 in an empty but snow filled car park earlier this year. Time of my life haha.
metallica101 13 years
Hey Darcy, which V8 Supercar driver do you support?
admin 13 years
I'm not too aligned to any particular driver in the v8s. I'd rather see good racing than a particular driver winning. Having said that, I like seeing Lowndes race and am happy when he does well. Otherwise, love seeing new guys and smaller teams doing well. As long as Whincup and Winterbottom aren't winning!

Also wouldn't mind seeing the hangers on depart the series to give some younger guys a go. Looking at you Fiore, D'Alberto. They've had their chances.
dngrms 13 years

Any Kiwi that wins is a good result... ;)
metallica101 13 years
I am pretty much the same if it is a good race I am happy. Though I like it a bit better when Courtney wins, too bad he fell back into the subtop to midfield after winning his championship in 2010. Also a good race is always slightly better when Whincup doesn't win :w
Former member 13 years
Who's your favourite BTCC driver? ;)
admin 13 years
I haven't watched a BTCC race in about 5 years, so my honest answer is; any of them who are willing to come and give Bathurst a go! :)
G.R.A 13 years
who do you follow in F1?
do you have any video of YOU racing the karts?
thank you so much for this website, it has been great seeing races that i would miss otherwise.
admin 13 years
Big fan of Webber, used to enjoy watching Glock. If Webber leaves the sport at the end of the year I will probably follow Ricciardo, not really enjoying much of the 'new talent'.

I don't have any footage of my karting, some other members might, haha
Former member 13 years 13 years
Which racing series would you like to participate?
In your opinion, are there any chances for Kubica to get back to F1?
admin 13 years
I'd love to see him get back, but obviously am not in the position to make a guess as to whether it would happen.

And, any racing series! No chance I'll get to, but I'd be happy racing anything against anyone, haha. I think my racing future rests with rfactor and similar.
Former member 13 years
Great site for V8 Supercar content.. especially when coverage outside of Australia is limited.

Does anyone have the V8XTRA episodes for 2013? - they don't appear to be anywhere.

DarcyF1 providing a vital service for motorsport.
Former member 13 years
Hello, I m call chris and I am francais I am a fan of v8 supercars and my pilot(driver) prefere is craig lowndes
T0MICIDE 13 years
Hi guys, I'm Tom.
I'm a major IndyCar fan and have been following Tony Kanaan since 1996 or so... It was great to see him finally win the 500, though it means he may be retiring. :/
I also follow Formula 1, V8 Supercars, various sports car series, and NASCAR.
I've been around for a long time, but my old login seems to have expired. :P
alehop69 13 years
Hi....

Greetings from Spain...!!!! I´ve just discovered this awesome website, and I´d like to enjoy it as much as possible. I´d like to increase my Xp, and the first thing I thought was why not to make a donation in order to the page can continue...???

Thank you so much....!!!!
alehop69 13 years
I forgot it.... I have the chance to record the 2013 DTM season, but obviously only in spanish language... Can I upload it anyway...????
admin 13 years
Every donation is extremely welcome, no matter the amount :)
In terms of the 2013 DTM. We already seem to have a strong group uploading the qualifying and races already, and due to limited disk space, we can't afford to have multiple copies of the same race online unless there is sufficient requesting of them.
G.R.A 13 years
pity Mr. Webber is now leaving. it would be nice to Ricciardo get his seat.

is there a help page that shows how to upload vids here, i have tried a couple of times and failed miserably.


admin 13 years
What help do you need? All the upload pages are self-explanatory.
G.R.A 13 years
Hi.
i have tried uploading The perfect lap but do not know what category it should go into?
each one i pick it gets sent back :/
admin 13 years
Was that the documentary? Put it in Misc > Tv > Docos, like all the other documentaries. Makes sense?
iceman500 13 years
Why cant we delete videos? I tried to delete a video that i uploaded and i did but when i checked some days later the video was still there. So i think this needs to be fixed
admin 13 years
Is this the Maldonado lap? That\'s because the reason you gave didn\'t make sense. Unfortunately, I have not built in a \'this doesn\'t make sense\' reply button yet, as I didn\'t anticipate it being needed.
iceman500 13 years
Yeah the maldonado lap. I uploaded HD version of pole lap so i tough there is no need to have the SD version of FP2 lap... ok no prob then \r\ncheers
admin 13 years
They are different videos - that would be like saying I\'ve uploaded an HD version of the Japanese Grand Prix, so I\'m taking down the SD version of qualifying.
Former member 13 years
Are all of your videos in HD?
admin 13 years
No.
Former member 13 years
Hi dear..i just wanna now..where are f1 videos???thanks ;)
oxia26 13 years 13 years
deleted

had found infos :)
Former member 13 years
Hi;

I uploaded a WEC video (Fire on garage) last weekend but a message "Advice: You have uploaded 1 videos but have not yet added them to the website. Check them out." is there. What do I have to do?

As I couldnt see my video on website, i didnt try to upload some videos of WTCC Macau GP... Anyway, vettelisthebest have found them on my youtube channel and added to the website.
Devilstorm 12 years 12 years
Hello,
I uploading all races V8 Supercars for this season on youtube. I have not enough ranking for add it on darcy f1. Is it interesting for you? Or someone else do the same thing here and it is in vain?

link
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLAZCHaHw6cOGwi83qRd_ekc__bywm3Az7

EDIT: Now I can add video :) I upload all new videos with V8S.
Former member 10 years
Hey can someone please explain to me why when not logged in V8 supercars is a series available to watch yet the second I log in its not even in the all categories area for full races? Also, are certain full races not available until a certain rank or are they just there because the schedule was known but no race got uploaded.
vettelisthebest 10 years
@KK5C - If I remember correctly from the time I started here (December 2012) you have to reached a certain rank/amount of XP before you can watch F1 and V8 Supercars clips and I think when you're logged out you can only watch YouTube linked videos. But don't worry, the rank/amount of XP you have to achieve is (if the system is still the same as three years ago) is pretty low, it's not like you need to upload hundreds of videos or something like that to unlock these categories :)
admin 10 years
Correct, nothing has changed in that regard.
Mrgem79td 9 years
hi i was just curious what rank you have to be to unlock archived files?

thanks and appreciate all the work.
admin 9 years
@Mrgem79td Archived videos are available to all members rank 2 and above.
Mrgem79td 9 years
ok cool thanks, i was hoping that the earlier v8 seasons were hiding somewhere as i would love to try and get 2003 2004 and 2005 seasons
boss 9 years
i can t upload any videos,because i don t know how to use the uploader.please help me
admin 9 years
@boss What's your question - is there a problem you are having? Which upload method are you attempting etc. More details required to provide help.
lawrencehead 9 years
Not a question, but just wanted to say thanks for setting up/running the site! Best place online for motorsport slips by a mile.
admin 9 years
Thank you for the feedback, and welcome aboard!
rawlings42 9 years
Hello, unfortunately my account lapsed through inactivity, sorry, rejoined same name etc any way of getting my old xp points and rating back. All my old posts/video are still there and relate to my account.

Keep up the good work, thanks in advance

:D
Former member 9 years
Hi.
I can not find F1 and V8SC videos.

Do I need xp points before having access to F1 & V8SC ?

If so, how many XP points do I need ?

I know I can get xp's by uploading, etc, but will I get xp points if I donate?

Please let me know.

Thank you.
vettelisthebest 9 years
@jamiebond - Yes, you need a certain amount of XP to see the F1 and Supercars videos. I joined the website about four years ago, so I can't remember exactly how much XP you need to see the videos, but I do remember it took me a very short time to access them; I only uploaded like ten or twenty videos, I think.

I believe you can also get XP by donating, but I'm not 100% sure about that.
Bloopy 9 years
You can also get a little bit of XP by making thoughtful comments on the video clips you can see. :)
RatBaG 9 years
where did the btcc category go from the full races? i could always download it from here until the end of last year.
admin 9 years
@RatBaG Welcome to the site - I see that you have 1 xp earned so far, a few more and you'll solve you're question.
RatBaG 9 years 9 years
@admin i had an account before, but i couldn't log in yesterday. looks like my auto login did not work, and no warning mail either.
i can't remember how much xp i had with that, but the btcc just vanished before the last race of the season.
Former member 9 years
Hello. Can I watch live streaming of F1? available here?

Former member 9 years
Can someone please tell me why the Supercars (V8 Supercars) coverage is no longer working? Also I am new here and how do I level up? Thanks in advance.
admin 9 years
Welcome! I believe it is working fine. Levelling up is covered on the Information pages.
Freeman665 9 years
Not working search option. Tried on Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome.
admin 9 years 9 years
@Freeman665 Going to need something a little more specific that 'not working', because it 'is working' for me.

Additionally, there is a Report Problem link at the bottom of every page - that would get you a faster result that hijacking a Q&A thread.
Kowhai 9 years
Why do so many videos say “no playable sources”? Is there something I can do to fix this?
Former member 9 years
"ASK ME ANYTHING" you say.

Okay --- How long until another New Zealander wins a F1 race?

Answer?
;D
Former member 9 years
How could I have this message "Congratulations Dromicide! You currently have -2 invitation(s) that you can use." from the invitation's page?
redlinerufus 8 years
Hi there, Thru' being hospitalised I let my a/c expire, even though I had donated, I have now lost xp and can no longer view all forums, I have just donated again but cannot see any evidence...or maybe i'm going blind in me old age ;D ;D...A clarification would be much appreciated !.....Cheers