Toby Moody

[Sarah]

I was hoping by the middle of the season he would have calmed down a bit - sadly not.

[MAX_THRUST]

I agree with all of the above, however he is not as bad as the idiots on ESPN doiong the DTM. I have now stopped watching the DTM because of the commentary.

Ben Edwards has always been my favourite commentator since his CART/champ car days on Eurosport. He makes any series sound exciting.

[GravettFan99]

I agree with all of the above, however he is not as bad as the idiots on ESPN doiong the DTM. I have now stopped watching the DTM because of the commentary.

Ben Edwards has always been my favourite commentator since his CART/champ car days on Eurosport. He makes any series sound exciting.

I rarely even take a glimpse at the DTM anymore, it's glory days are gone, and unlike F1 this season, which has re-gained it's former glory, the addition of the BMW and top-10 points-scores doesn't seem to have done much. The DTM is awful, and the commentary is oh-so-terrible. What a sleaze-fest. Even with Moody, I don't think the BTCC is that bad.

[HondaRacingFan]

No ones perfect. apart from the odd cock up i think hes doing a good job. It's his first year and each track is new to him as far as the BTCC goes. give him till the end of the season till you start to judge him.

[wedge]

Maybe he's simply not interested enough, not immersed enough, in it. This would explain much.

That seems the most likely explanation.

No ones perfect. apart from the odd cock up i think hes doing a good job. It's his first year and each track is new to him as far as the BTCC goes. give him till the end of the season till you start to judge him.

It's just not a good enough of an excuse for a big name commentator within motorsports.

The likes of Ben Edwards and David Croft have in the past commentated on different categories within a season and even boxing and darts in regards to the latter!

[AndySpeed]

The DTM is awful, and the commentary is oh-so-terrible. What a sleaze-fest.

Almost everything else suggest otherwise. And just because the commentary that you hear is bad, it doesn't mean that it all is in all territories or indeed that the racing series is bad!

[GravettFan99]

Almost everything else suggest otherwise. And just because the commentary that you hear is bad, it doesn't mean that it all is in all territories or indeed that the racing series is bad!

I did not suggest that. No, it's not the commentary that entirely ruins it. Cars hardly get to even tap each other without getting a penalty, some of the regulations are quite poor ones, and all-in-all, the series is just bad. What I did suggest is that the commentary is a little part of deducts from it's quality, not that it is the main cause for destroying the series.

I will say this much positive for the series-it has had its glory days, its had great, skilled professional racing drivers, and the recent round at Noisring was actually worth watching. Not too often that have I said that, as it has been at least 3-4 years since I last took my time watching anything, or feeling as though something is worth being watched from the DTM!

[BDunnell]

Just watched the Croft highlights. Goodness, Toby Moody was poor. Getting Neate and Plato confused in the latter stages, having just commentated on Plato taking the lead from Neate, really isn't good enough. I know it's very easy to criticise commentators and that they have a hard job to do, but there are limits.

[MrJan]

I will say this much positive for the series-it has had its glory days, its had great, skilled professional racing drivers, and the recent round at Noisring was actually worth watching. Not too often that have I said that, as it has been at least 3-4 years since I last took my time watching anything, or feeling as though something is worth being watched from the DTM!

I used to watch DTM highlights about 10 years ago and remember it being quite good racing, I was certainly surprised to see it had got so bad at the A1 Ring the other week. I don't think it helps that the races are so long and the camera positions so poor, plus the directing is awful and seems to flip about from car to car without really concentrating on anyone, never really lets you get a true idea of what's happening.

[GravettFan99]

I used to watch DTM highlights about 10 years ago and remember it being quite good racing, I was certainly surprised to see it had got so bad at the A1 Ring the other week. I don't think it helps that the races are so long and the camera positions so poor, plus the directing is awful and seems to flip about from car to car without really concentrating on anyone, never really lets you get a true idea of what's happening.

I agree, I saw the classic racing videos, they were awesome. One of my favourites has got to be the STW Finale in which Asch and Abt collided.(Despite the fact that I am a fan of Abt.)
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