DSC worth its money? (thread closed)

Arnage · 30 Jun 2005, 15:33 (Ref:1343922)

I hope this is the right place to ask this question, and it seems this hasn't really been discussed here in the past.
Simple question: is dailysportscar.com worth its money? They ask 35 pounds a year, which is (even?) more than I pay for my autosport-atlas subscription.
And does the site have a bias towards one of the championships like ALMS? Their introductory tour isn't much of a help at that point, so I would like to have some opinions of some subscribers here.

paul-collins · 30 Jun 2005, 15:38 (Ref:1343927)

I encourage everyone to PM Arnage or email him with their answers if they so wish.

tblincoe · 30 Jun 2005, 15:44 (Ref:1343932)

DSC is a great website and i totally recommend it... if you don't have/want to put up the money, you can also check out www.the-paddock.net (shameless plug), but at this point DSC has the best resources and access/contacts in the sportscar media world so their reporting reflects that.

JAG · 30 Jun 2005, 17:45 (Ref:1344017)

If your main interest is sportscars it will be far better than Autosport.

Piglet · 30 Jun 2005, 17:50 (Ref:1344021)

DSC is worth the money its the only place to get sportscar news

tblincoe · 30 Jun 2005, 18:02 (Ref:1344034)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Piglet

DSC is worth the money its the only place to get sportscar news

DSC is definitely worth the money but it is not the only source of sportscar news... there's Autosport, lmsr.net, the-paddock.net, and americanlemans.com as well as this message board

Jeffrey-Lee · 30 Jun 2005, 18:11 (Ref:1344044)

Quote:

Originally Posted by JAG

If your main interest is sportscars it will be far better than Autosport.

It's Autosport-Atlas

Their F1 coverage (after the merger with Atlasf1.com) is the best you can find anywhere, beats all the mags as well. Their Sportscars coverage is sorta lacking though... two tiny article about the fia races both with some lines of text and results sheet (qualy and race).

DSC just offers a lot more for sportscars fans.

Happy Snapper · 30 Jun 2005, 19:05 (Ref:1344110)

It gets my vote and sometimes "crakers" get my name right on news and pictures they publish!

cybersdorf · 30 Jun 2005, 19:18 (Ref:1344129)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Happy Snapper

It gets my vote and sometimes "crakers" get my name right on news and pictures they publish!

Well what do you expect, you don't get his name right, either.

cybersdorf · 30 Jun 2005, 19:26 (Ref:1344136)

Quote:

Originally Posted by tblincoe

and americanlemans.com

and grandamerican.com

jhansen · 30 Jun 2005, 20:15 (Ref:1344187)

I've been interested in DSC, but have never subscribed.

Personally (and IMHO), of the sites I have been to most are similar. Virtually everyone gets the PR releases, which is all the same. Race summaries are just race summaries. Lots of the smaller sites seem afraid to publish insider stories/pics for fear of losing their contacts. Some get more interviews than others, but many have them. Few seem to offer editorials, which is why I enjoy reading sportscarpros.com (not to mention the best pics out there).

If DSC has all of that then I'd be interested in taking a closer look.

**skycafe** · 30 Jun 2005, 20:41 (Ref:1344210)

I love DSC. Rarely is something covered anywhere else without at least equal or great detail on DSC. It is worth the money to me.

sportscarpro.com is fantastic, although not timely as the news type sites, but sensational photography. I have been impressed with the-paddock.net so far, great coverage of the 'Ring 24 Hours!!!

But this forum is about as timely as anything else out there!

robert

JAG · 30 Jun 2005, 20:54 (Ref:1344220)

DSC has editorials, interviews and insight you will not see elsewere.

Its what you're paying for afterall.

Cerbera Speed12 · 30 Jun 2005, 20:54 (Ref:1344222)

Worth every penny.

If sports cars are your thing, there is no better place to be.

Bramzel · 30 Jun 2005, 20:56 (Ref:1344223)

Another happy person here

Daily routine: DSC, 10/10's, depaddock (belgian forum). Gives me all I should need to know to stay up to date. Yes, DSC is fully worth the money.

nicos935 · 30 Jun 2005, 21:20 (Ref:1344242)

If you understand French Infoscourses is free and top well informed.

SALEEN S7R · 30 Jun 2005, 21:31 (Ref:1344249)

DSC IMO is worth its money. It is not however the only way of getting all the news, you can get 90% of the news that DSC gets if you know where to look IMO, not on one single site I admit, but if you are willing to look then you will find the same news stories, just spread about over numerous sites, DSC in that sense is much more convinent. I too agree with the general consensus that DSC goes into race reports and special features better than anyone else.

DSC is worth every penny as it is, but if the cost for the year was say £75 a year I would have to re evaluate the pros and cons, as it is now though £35.00 a year is nothing - well to me anyway, and for what you get on the site you cant really go wrong for £35.00. IMO.

**Bentley03** · 30 Jun 2005, 22:37 (Ref:1344299)

I'd just like to throw my weight behind DSC also. At less than 10p a day, the sheer volume of news, reports and original editorial is just mindblowing. Yes, you can collate the majority of news items from a combination of other sites, but you will miss so much more.

Of the other sites, only Infoscourse.org holds my interest to a similar degree. Again, stacks of original material but with a bias towards all things Le Mans.

nicos935 · 30 Jun 2005, 22:44 (Ref:1344307)

http://www.mariantic.co.uk/lmp/webs.asp

Sorry to be back again, but Mariantic writes it: the best news site is definitely Infocourses. No unconfirmed rumor, more and more interview, a few boring press and race report, pictures of high quality.
I admit there was a time DSC was on top but it isn t anymore.
I even suspect this post to be a covered commercial for DSC.... I might be wrong.

Bramzel · 30 Jun 2005, 22:51 (Ref:1344311)

That's very nice for Infocourses, but as long as they don't have a english page it's not interesting for me as I don't speak french, and I think there are a lot of people who see it that way. Also calling this thread a covered commercial seems a bit unnecissary; if you have to spend almost 50€ it's not more than normal imho that you ask others if it's worth it.

**Bentley03** · 30 Jun 2005, 23:09 (Ref:1344324)

Quote:

Originally Posted by nicos935

I admit there was a time DSC was on top but it isn t anymore.

Let me rephrase that for you: I admit there was a time DSC was alone but it isn't anymore.

.....

paul-collins · 30 Jun 2005, 23:42 (Ref:1344337)

For that matter, infoscourse and dailysportscar often collaborate.

dsc also provides the race report sections to Le Mans Racing, by the way.

nicos, I'm in a bind over your comment about this being some sort of advert; I admit I'm an advocate and occasional contributor to dsc, so please feel free to PM me if you feel anything is over the top here.

MikeHoyer · 1 Jul 2005, 00:48 (Ref:1344361)

Someone mentioned press releases, DSC don't do press releases as far as I recall, they get the info themselves wherever possible.

I would seriously reccomend it if you are interested in sportscars, several news items every day, excellent specialist articles, and some great photography...

The DSC guys work incredibly hard on the site, they don't just sit in an office all day collecting press releases.

thebear · 1 Jul 2005, 01:07 (Ref:1344366)

Quote:

Originally Posted by MikeHoyer

The DSC guys work incredibly hard on the site, they don't just sit in an office all day collecting press releases.

And you have Janos Wimpffen's (author of "Time and Two Seats") commentary as well.

Fab · 1 Jul 2005, 05:04 (Ref:1344424)

Quote:

Originally Posted by nicos935

If you understand French Infoscourses is free and top well informed.

... and very often mentionned here by "your servant"...

Notice that Infocourse does'nt ware an "s" at the end... dedicated to the one and only ?

Just pulling your leg here...

Laurent and Claude - both occasionnal contributors here - would probably precise that there's no comparison, DSC beeing a paying - and professionnal -service. No concurrent on the place at my knowning... and Infocourse beeinin french, the potential attendance has no comparison as well...

Quote:

Originally Posted by nicos935

I admit there was a time DSC was on top but it isn t anymore..

Ask Laurent and Claude...

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bentley03

Let me rephrase that for you: I admit there was a time DSC was alone but it isn't anymore......

I'll second that.

Quote:

Originally Posted by nicos935

I even suspect this post to be a covered commercial for DSC.... I might be wrong.

DSC don't need to be advertise on TT to be appreciated at its true value here... sorry for that, but you're wrong indeed.

Regarding the number of times I mentionned and linked Infocourse (and Virages) here, you could blame me to advertise them too much...

And read the second post of the thread : Paul pushed members to answer by pm, not publicaly...

We had that talk ages ago already. No controversy. As DSC stands alone on the "paying sites" market.

Check it out, mate. No comparison, and, as Paul mentionned it above, both collaborate significantly.

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