Top Gear USA

Fr0dders · 21 Oct 2011 at 23:33

Is being shown on BBC Three for those that are interested

Episode 1 can be seen here:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0160z3t/Top_Gear_USA_Episode_1/

Episode 2:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01630n8/Top_Gear_USA_Episode_2/

For those that have downloaded it illegally *ahem* this gives you the opportunity to discuss it now you can view it legally over here.

VTR · 22 Oct 2011 at 01:29

Top man

Watching now.......

Fr0dders · 22 Oct 2011 at 01:37

Loved the Lamborghini test

The Superleggera in yellow looked amazing in the sunshine.

The_Abyss · 22 Oct 2011 at 06:45

Watched the first one of these. Too close, even in scripting and tests, to the UK version to be interesting for me.

TechFunctions · 22 Oct 2011 at 08:04

Been meaning to watch this.

wez130 · 22 Oct 2011 at 10:14

watched it last week with the Dodge viper and the heli, man that heli was agile!

[TW]Fox · 22 Oct 2011 at 10:19

The_Abyss said:
Watched the first one of these. Too close, even in scripting and tests, to the UK version to be interesting for me.

Well that is kinda the point. It's Top Gear USA, not Fifth Gear Ukraine?

numatic.nathan · 22 Oct 2011 at 10:38

I watched some of it last night and set it to record, it's not bad as bad as I thought it'd be.

Andr3w · 22 Oct 2011 at 10:40

I hated it. I know the UK one is scripted etc but that doesn't bother me because they pull it off so well. The USA version is just terrible.

Dr Who · 22 Oct 2011 at 11:13

Andr3w said:
I hated it. I know the UK one is scripted etc but that doesn't bother me because they pull it off so well. The USA version is just terrible.

Kinda similar view, it was just boring. They did the Dodge Viper vs a 60's Cobra gunship, which was way inferior to the UK version with the Apache.

The Stig (and other) jokes were weak, I guess those guys just aren't that funny...

The Americans will love it as it will be about cars they love in America and they think JC rips on yank cars too much. It was right for them to change to suit them, but it shows just how good the UK version really is.

lordrobs · 22 Oct 2011 at 11:14

Some of the features are a little shallow (probably tailored more to the shows home audiences preference) but on the whole I found it watchable enough on the whole.

Some of it was a bit weak though. "Lets see which is the best Lambo by driving it in a straight line and see how quick it goes." er... great

I'm hoping the challenges will be good!

K.C. Leblanc · 22 Oct 2011 at 11:49

[TW]Fox;20369545 said:
Well that is kinda the point. It's Top Gear USA, not Fifth Gear Ukraine?

I think the Ukrainian version of fifth gear is actually called 4th gear.

Clown · 22 Oct 2011 at 12:02

Apparently it gets better. There's just no chemistry between them at the beginning which is the main reason I stopped watching it. I think some people like watching the UK one because of the banter.

G|mp · 22 Oct 2011 at 12:23

[TW]Fox;20369545 said:
Well that is kinda the point. It's Top Gear USA, not Fifth Gear Ukraine?

Locky · 22 Oct 2011 at 12:30

Are these series 1 or 2?

6thElement · 22 Oct 2011 at 13:55

Clown said:
Apparently it gets better. There's just no chemistry between them at the beginning which is the main reason I stopped watching it. I think some people like watching the UK one because of the banter.

No it doesn't. Even Americans prefer the UK version.

realscot · 22 Oct 2011 at 14:45

USA Season 2 is much better than season 1.

Kerming · 22 Oct 2011 at 14:47

this show is an insult to top gear.

VTR · 22 Oct 2011 at 18:28

Not bad but not as good as UK Top Gear. The Lambo test was a bit stupid, going in a straight line :\ The drifting was a stupid idea with the blind guy but the Evo section was really good

Amos91 · 22 Oct 2011 at 18:33

I like Tanner Foust and his driving is obviously pretty epic to watch. The other two I dislike. They are rednecks that still have an obvious bias against good cars purely because they are 'import'.