Yeah, there are. The first three are usually based purely on the user’s activity, although I bumped you up one for being good friends already with a regular user here. (wink)
To check how far away you are from level three, you can always ask me to check and show you - either here or privately. But just having a quick look now, you need to view more topics/threads. You’ve viewed 92 out of 200, so as soon as you reach 200 you’ll become a regular.
Aside from activity, the other - much quicker - way is to support the forums financially. Not only can this give you access to the locked sections here and the only way to remove forum ads, but it also instantly gives you a regular status level.
Here’s a thread with the level rundown too!