Top gear USA
 

Watched it last night, just want to know what you guys think? For me it wasn't bad but it wasn't that good also, the part got me turn off was when tanner test driving the viper and said "its like this car is out to kill you" thats what clarksons say when he test drive crazy over power cars, will it kill him to not use or use a different word so it wont look like his trying to copy Clakson. Second its so over done when the viper vs a military helicopter didnt top gear uk did that already? Will it kill them to do something different for the first show, and drag racing super cars come on boring it shows the 2 host dont know how to drive sad very sad. I'll give it 2 more episode if it stays same im not even going to DVR it.

UK topgear > US top gear

The chemistry isn't the same as the UK boys which makes it a fun show to watch. Its also as boring as that "Battle of the Supercars" show. I'm glad i have BBCA.

Got a link? I missed it yesterday and cant find the first episode online.

Only thing i can think of right now to watch a tv show u missed is to download the torrent

I thought it was alright, but yeah i dont expect it to compare to the original top gear because as ryuu0u said the chemistry and role types of the hosts doesn't come close. And more than anything that's what makes the show what it is.

clarkson carries most of the load with may as the balance and hammond being the little brother everyone likes to pick on. this show has none of that and i dont know that it ever will with the current cast. The US show is relying too much on the cars alone and lets face it the reason we watch top gear isnt the cars, (although it definitely helps seeing them in the show) its to see what crazy crap they're gonna do next.

yes the UK version is better, but the first couple seasons of the current top gear sucked, so at least give the US version some time. I didnt think it was that bad, and I live like 40 minutes from where they did the viper drive

Haven't seen it. Last time I paid attention they had canned the US version. I read an article about a Car and Driver or Road & Track writer going for an interview and being told that they liked him, but he needed to be a bad driver, so it would match the UK version better.

As for Tanner, he was a bit wooden on Supercars Exposed when he was doing scripted stuff. But when he was drifting the Carrera GT in the hills...

For some reason I get the impression that the US version is going to be too much like a bad word-for-word copy of the UK version until it dies, or someone realizes that it is the personalities that make the UK show and let the US guys do more of their own thing.

Australian top gear is shit to.. Us isn't much beter.. Uk is the best by far :)

Over time the hosts will learn to mesh and get their chemistry right. The show is brand new. Comparing something that's had plenty of time to "get it right" isn't really fair. The first few episodes of Top Gear UK kinda sucked too.

Still, I honestly thought it was a pretty solid first episode. While I didn't enjoy the Viper vs Apache bit, I found the Lamborghini segment was nice. Foust and Ferrara were fine imo. But Wood honestly annoyed me most of the time.

And for those who didn't see it on tv, no need to torrent. I watched it on History.com this afternoon. Here's the link: http://www.history.com/shows/top-gea...r-cobra-attack

:thanks:

Dear Top Gear USA,

Tanner Foust can not carry the show himself. Please find two new hosts that are either funny, or know anything about a car.

Sincerely, Everyone



Seriously though did you guys catch the 2nd episode? The dude with the beard is just annoying and knows nothing about anything. He is the one man in the world that made a V12 Vantage boring. A FUCKING V12 VANTAGE! And really, who judges a car by the speedometers top MPH? For the other guy, he made me giggle once or twice but the dude cant do a burn out or doughnut?!? Give any 16 year old boy a RWD and he will be doing burn outs and doughnuts like nothing. Im sure it was played out so the blind dude wins, but how am I supposed to believe someone talking about how a Ferrari Enzo drives, when they cant even burn out in a 370z?

/Rant

They need Paul Tracy on there, with his ridiculous insults for Tanner. Hilarious...

Lol yeah the vantage test was boring they need a new guy someone who can really tell what great cars should be. The evo vs skiers didn't UK did that on a audi rs4 i think wow they need to stop shows thats already been done sad. The 370Z with the bind guy i stop watching it got all stupid. One more then out of my DVR.

I actually think Paul Tracy is the stig

Speaking of the stig...they dont have any good lines for introducing him yet. It's like we have this car and the stig is going to take it out on the track, watch! kinda lame, but over all the episode was better than the first, IMHO. I actually liked the blind "drifting". Then again I never had any high hopes for the show so its actually meeting my expectations. Hopefully they will replace the plaid guy, he is so boring.

This show just copies the real Top Gear.....I didn't get to watch Top Gear USA last night because I was watching The Walkingdead and there was no encore show for Top Gear like they did last week.

They copy the original show...In the UK they did the Evo against the Luge. They also did copy the helicopter part from last week. In the UK they did the Exige against an attack helicopter(Comanche I think) in the US they do a Viper against the Cobra. What a complete ripoff this show is.

As far as the US track...it just sucks balls. Since I was at Sebring this weekend for an SCCA event. I was thinking that Sebring would be the perfect location for this show. First of all, it's a real track with a ton of history, technical corners, and long straights. Since the track was built on and around a runway(literally there is a little airport next to the track itself)they can do their top speed test there.

i'll give the ep a 7/10. it was alright but the drift segment was really disheartening. seriously, only 1 out of 3 hosts knows how to drive at a proficient level? yeah the UK version has captain slow but at least he is funny.

the US show has 2 poor drivers neither of who is funny. the only time i laughed was when the dog took a piss on the stage. even he couldnt believe how incompetent those 2 guys were lol.

My new favourite Paul Tracy nickname is when he calls himself "Kill 'em all" Paul.


You really think he's the Stig? Not Tanner?

I say its tanner. They wouldnt have to pay another person if tanner is stiggy.

LOL! Same here. I watch The Walking Dead, and then I just watch Top Gear the next day on History.com or something.

Episode 2:
The Evo X segment was really nice, even though it was a bit similar to the UK's episode with the RS6. I just loved loved watching that thing move. But it's really sad that Foust is the only driver on the show.

As everyone else mentioned, the Aston Martin segment was really drab. But that was due to the bearded guy - Wood. He is pretty terrible. Apparently he used to be an announcer for Nascar.

While mildly entertaining because of the blind guy, the drift segment was more sad than anything else. Foust was able to teach a blind guy how to more or less handle a 370Z in one afternoon. The other two hosts didn't even try... and man, they really sucked behind the wheel. Sad thing is, the challenge was their idea. During "practice" all they did was spin out a few times and somehow thought they were doing a great job, so they goofed off until it was time for the challenge. WTF! And how the hell did they not know how to do a burn out... and in something like a 370Z? Come on!

Conclusion:
Foust is doing a good job, but it's unfair for 1 out of 3 hosts to try to carry the show on his own. Ferrara would be ok as the goofy one if they got someone else who could drive to replace Wood (bearded guy). He is really annoying.

Agreed -- I watched the episode with the Evo X which was the only episode posted for me to watch. Foust is pretty good but the other two are a joke. Sure the fat guy knows cars -- but he can't drive for shit. Sure the funny guy is funny... but he can't drive for shit.

WTB wheelmen.

I wonder if it Has similar episodes because its the same show essentially, I'm sure its the same high up people making the decisions on what the episodes are about? Its only been on a few times hopefully it will just get better though the 2 boneheads are a bit annoying sometimes and they have to test cars in the wide open flats so they don't wreck anything lol

I think someone should give the cast more caffeine before they get on stage. I'm liking the show enough to watch it alongside the Walking Dead of course but some of their performances seem really flat. I'm definitely liking Foust the best out of the hosts and actually enjoy the fact that him being an actual racer he definitely knows his stuff in almost everything. I also agree that Foust is Stig. It would be super easy for the crew to have Foust do a run on the track and then set up a mobile recording booth so that Foust to watch the view back and provide the appropriate commentay.

I just watched this weeks and they ended up having to race against the Stig, doesn't mean they didn't have a different one for this segment though...

Anyone can dress up as the stig though.

3rd episode actually made me laugh a couple times. Not to bad, but there wasnt a high end car go around the track that episode :(

Wood still sucks...but I kinda liked the moonshine running challenge. Im glad they had the camedian do the interview with the guy from Modern Family.