zFaDarkness Yue’s Cars and Drag Racing
by Alphaville Herald on 28/09/09 at 7:25 am
Motorsports for the family
by Alessandra Narayan, sports desk
Broken hands and fingers explain zFaDarkness Yue’s obvious preference for voice over textchat. Mr. Yue is a retired pilot who now dedicates his time on Second Life building tracks and racing fast cars – best referred to as karts and drags – all in the name of family motorsport, as he refuses F1 races or other major, industrialized kind of races. The owner of nine tracks, Mr. Yue now thinks of starting a championship over the long term as he admits the possibility of a real life sponsor with negotiations currently underway.
What drove me to interview zFaDarkness Yue? Well, it’s quite simple. Taking a look at Second Life’s classifieds search engine for special attractions, guess which I found most interesting?
Alessandra Narayan (AN) – This is the first kart track in SL ever?
zFaDarkness Yue (ZY) – No. There are others. This is the first for C&D. We are the first with different classes I think. Not positive on that though. We have from entry level to pro level. That way, anyone can race them and not just the good drivers have a chance to win races. All have same chance to be competitive. All the karts are the same weight and scripting.
AN – What's C&D? How did this all started?
ZY – It’s a company me and my partner started over two and half years ago. It used to mean Cherelle and Darkness but now it stands for Cars & Dragracing. I started building and scripting in a sandbox. Then, it evolved into the front yard of our first property and has become what you see now.
AN – This is really big…
ZY – It has taken many, many hours of development work to get to this point, over 2 years. This is C&D's first full sim attempt at a racing venue. So far we have done very well. I do fine with my car sales and group support. The sim was paid by me and some group members.
AN – All in the name of passion for karts, right?
ZY – Racing in gen it started with the drag racing and is evolving into other competitive motorsports. The success of the track came from my car builds and a passion for racing.
AN – Will you be having what other sports besides karts in this space?
ZY – Yes. I will be expanding into pocket bikes, drag boats and possibly F1 boats.
AN – No F1 cars?
ZY – No Less White has that market wrapped up and don’t want to get into that. I’m mainly focusing on family type events. Karts, drags, stuff like that.
AN – How many tracks you own?
ZY – I currently have 9 tracks. Some are private run ones. I started out with using others racing system and they never seem to work like real life ones so I developed and scripted my own. Many people have bought my racing system and are now part of the racing enterprises I’m working on.
AN – And sponsors? Any luck?
ZY – I’m actively working on a contract with a real life racing organization to bring them into SL.
AN – What about a championship?
ZY – Yes, that will come about. But the main focus now is to get it all promoted along with my current racing events. We run a heck of a drag show. We run the most real drags in all of SL. My timing system is as close to real life drag tree you can possibly get in SL, given the issues with lag, etc. We are working on a weekly magazine for the races as well with photos, driver’s interviews, racing results, etc. It will be C&D drag times.
And You Can Quote Me On That
Sep 28th, 2009
This is officially the worst Post 6 Grrrl article I’ve ever read.
Still, might be fun to have a go at the racing! 8D
Val
Sep 28th, 2009
Finally, a story NOT about perverts of some sort! Looks like fun, will have to visit:)
LOL
Sep 28th, 2009
The guy looks yiffy.
Quark Melody
Sep 30th, 2009
How do the karts drive?
I have yet to find any car, kart etc that actually drives well in SL.
Obviously being limited to mouse or keys is one problem. But most drive like Mario Kart in my opinion.
Planes and boats (powered and sailboats) have some products with very good behaviour, but cars in general in SL are terrible.
I confess I have not driven a vehicle from zFaDarkness.
Does anyone know any good driving physics out there?
genralprick baxton
Nov 21st, 2009
PILOT????? HE HAS TOLD ALOT OF PEOPLE THAT HE WAS A PRO BIKE/CAR DRIVER!!!! BE WARNED THIS MAN HAS LIED AND TOLD ALOT OF PEOPLE THAT I STOLE WHEN I PROVE THAT HE WAS LIYING THIS MAN IS TROUBLE WITH A CAP. T!!!! HE HAS WRONG ALOT OF PEOPLE I MEAN LAZ SCRIPTED THAT TRACK!!! YES DARK BUILT IT BUT THE BRAINS GOES OUT TO LAZ THIS IS MY OPPION THAT I HAVE MADE FROM GETTIN TO KNOW THIS MAN!!! ALOT OF PEOPLE HE HAS WRONGED!!!!! I CAN THINK OF 20 THAT WILL SAY THE SAME BUT AGAIN THIS IS MY OPPION AND ONLY MY OPPION FUNNY HOW THIS MAN TELLS U HE IS A OLD PILOT??? BUT WHEN I FIRST MEET HIM HE TOLD ME HE WAS WORTH 45MIL FROM RACING???? HAHAH TOO FUNNY BUT AGAIN THIS IS MY OPPION
solan ge
Nov 22nd, 2009
To my knowledge “dark” didnt script any of those tracks. I know the guy who did, and well lets say it wasnt dark. I have also heard some things about investors that I dont think is too flattering. Again, I am not sure for certain, but you know…it pays to be cautious.
zfadarkness yue
Feb 10th, 2010
Hi i just seen this page and there are some mis quotes on the page, first off im retired bike racer dont know wher the pilot thing came in at, and i see the negitave comments posted here by genralprick baxton, he is a former track worker that got fired from my company for stealing. as for laz scripting it . he helped me some yes but laz had no clue how a racing system operates or know anything about racing i had to hold his hand thru the whole process, as for Quark Melodys comment every one has ther opinion so i like to see it, you my dear have quite a temper and flame like your good friend genrialPrick has done as well. the over all reception of my tracks and racing system have been very well recived and there will allways be some that have negitave comments. thats just part of the busness. and thats aceptable only 2 bad comments is like not even .1% in the big picture, anyway thank you for writing this up i think you did a fine job. my track system and cars can be found on xstreets
happy SL racing
zfadarkness yue
Feb 10th, 2010
sorry i looked at page wrong it was solan ge that posted the negitive comment, i must apoligize to Quark Melody sorry for that, i just seen the name that posted the other comment this person is “solan ge” thats not her sl name but i know who it is, that is one of genrialpricks good friends and is just tryingt o make me look bad no biggy . once again soorry for posting the wrong name
IH8TZFA
Aug 19th, 2010
zfa is a big frickin moron, who is also a complete A-Hole. He deserves to be banned from SL for being the biggest A-Hole on the grid. The man is full of lies, and was just thrown out of the SL Racing Hall of Fame because of his lies, and because of his immature attitude. Which is to bad to because when you first meet him, he seems like an ok guy, until you question him, then you get banned from his drag tree because he can’t handle the truth. I think he needs to go back to the army to learn some more things, because i know damn well they don’t teach you to belittle women and call them C*&TS. Racing is great and everyone should try it, but go to real tracks, not this morons fake track. Try places like Amber, Kustom Klassics, Racers Island, NRRA, Speedway, DWRL. Dont go to any track this moron attemps to run, because they are all failures sitting in the center of the SL desert.
Dark for HoF
Sep 24th, 2010
I like the way all the Dark haters have to resort to calling names, because they have no real facts to report on, just heresay and rumours. Dark is one of the most talented men in SL. Nobody has, or ever will come close to doing what he has done for SL racing. The reason people start garbage about him is they are jealous they cant have what he has got. None of the racing establishments in SL would be what they are today without Dark’s input in some way. Amber racing would not exist, KK wouldnt have been made to rival amber, and also all the other spin offs of them. Darks business is dead now thanks to these immature women, jealous of his skills. He cannot reopen anywhere because they will just keep on creating throw away alts to interfere with his racing business. If you want to point fingers at theives and the instigators of this fued, look no further than your local club of immoral vixens. This is the trash that needs to be banned from SL and take their lying and cheating ways with them. For anyone who reads this post, please contact Dark, and let him know he has support from the true SL racing public, and we want and need him back so we can have fair racing under an unbiased system.
2005 Avatar, Long Time Racer.
zfadarkness Yue
May 4th, 2011
I see more sl haters have voiced there opinions, no worries
the sl racing that i created and brought to sl with my hard work and talents of making the perfect drag racing system stems from my real life job that im retired from.. thers allways will be people that are the “haters” let them hate on me i dont care. its not worth my time or the Drama fest that sl turned into, i went to sl as a means of escaping real life issues, and sharing my real world racing experances with the online bench racers and week end track day champs.. what i did for many people in sl is well known to many people loved by many, hated by few.. I dont visit Sl to much anymore, was hurt real bad in a real life racing accident.. and not a cartoon world one, so i dont go to Sl very much any more, to many selfish hatefull people in that place for me. i would like to thank the people that stood beside me through thick and thin, you all know who you are there are many of you 
the sl HOF thing was a farce from the start.. dont want to be a part of a Rigged hall of fame, they have no idea what a real hall of fame is anyways 
its ok im in the AMA Racing hall of fame in real life so the cartoon one didnt matter much to me, i brought drag racing in sl to a whole new level that no one had ever reached in the history of sl drag racing. i have left my mark, and drag racing in sl is the way it is because of my efforts and hard work, the goal is what i had planed from the very start of it all.. many people can now drag race in Sl some fair tracks and some unfair tracks, but any way they are racing and thats what matters the most period.. I wish you racers the best of luck in sl drags, i may visit from time to time but working on another sim type racing project outside of sl, kinda will be like irace racing stuff. SL was a fun project but with all its limits i have out grown them and have moved on to a bigger project 
not confined with in LL code anymore, thank god!!! lol Best of luck to you all, Haters will allways hate, and thats part of what drives me, its like racers you have ones that wish they were at the top, but only Hate on the one that are 
thats why im good at what i do “i dont hate on no one” i just get out of the gate and smoke um 
happy racing every one that includes you haters as well 
with out you i would have never pushed sl racing as far as i did, thank you !! and thank you for your kind words “Dark for HoF” im glad i got to let you rac on my tracks and helped bring drag racing to the level its has become…
yer friend allways
zFaDarkness Yue
Nelson Jenkins
May 4th, 2011
@ zfadarkness Yue
Congratulations, you just won the Oldest Self-Bump Award for 2011!
Except, a word of advice – for your speech, don’t use smileys as replacements for periods.
Yep
May 4th, 2011
Go getem Tiger
zfadarkness Yue
May 4th, 2011
well thank you for the bump award LOL!!
and i was not aware of how the periods or smile faces would look like, but thanks for the tip will file it with my other notes
Senban Babii
May 4th, 2011
@Nelson
Hurr hurr you said periods hurr hurr