The Grand Tour

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[TW]Fox;30227302 said:
Perhaps you'd prefer more fresh and original content, like perhaps 'I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here?'
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I'm not sure how you derived that idea from my post. What does "I'm A Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here" have to do with a motoring show?
 
The P1 has that super downforce mode as well which makes it not road legal when used. It must not be that great of a car if it couldn't beat the others with that huge advantage over them as well.

At the end of the day they are road cars though and that's why Ferrari don't like their times being made public because it focuses on the speed of the car rather than the driving experience.
 
Watched it last night. Felt a bit stiff and cringey in a couple of places but as already said, its the chemistry between the three idiots that makes it work. It did have a feel of a pilot as they had to do setups for the rest of the series.

I'm not on 4K equipment, but somehow the picture quality seemed better even on my standard TV. Really not sure if that is an illusion or I'm just convincing myself, but I get why Amazon have made a big thing of filming it all in 4K.

Didn't watch the 'new' top gear. Something about Chris Evans just makes me want to throw a brick at the TV every time I see him.
 
There were moments where I cringed and felt it was overly scripted but it was still infinitely better than the abortion that the ginger twit excreted. I don't think it's worth subscribing to Amazon for it though. It wasn't great. I don't think I will continue to watch it once my trial expires unless it improves a lot.
 
I loved every minute of it, Great to have them back!

I watched the first 3 episodes of the new TG and then couldn't be bothered.

Will watch every one these guys put out for sure.
 
Thought was ok as a starter episode ,be better when they get to review cars that haven't been done by everyone else though ,seems they behind in that sense
 
Conscript said:
Agree on the celebrity stuff, but I always thought the challenges were some of the funniest bits (I'm thinking, cheap car challenges and the like).
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yes the ones where they all add to but a certain type of car were good but the "races" were awful
 
easyrider said:
I'll happily pay for quality produced TV...

I'm not so keen paying for strictly mincing on ice and 99% the BBC produces in order to tick equality and and diversity boxes...

Citizen Khan is dross along with countless other BBC TV shows...

When the Beeb do it well they do it amazing though...No one can argue that BBC production value of the last series ( no ginger) was easily on par with Amazon Prime at a cost of 4million per episode.

Having said that a lot of the BBC employ independent production companies etc...so the production talent is open to the highest bidder...
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Yep, I'm not even going to pay for the licence when mine expires next month. I never use the TV any more and there's nothing worth watching on BBC most of the time. ALL the good stuff is online.

TV is going in the attic and ariel coming down. To be replaced with laptop and monitor :D
 
Enjoyed it, in another league compared to Chris Evans "TFI TG".

The first episode was always going to be a bit grandiose & starting off in 'murica too...they were never just going to walk into the tent with a modest wave/nod as an intro.

Apart from the minor cringe here and there, the only thing I really didn't like was the test driver, they need a roll of gaffer tape for him, just shut up and drive.
 
I enjoyed the episode greatly and as a fan of motoring and auto culture fitted the bill fantasticaly, my observations;

  • Has to be taken as an entertainment show, and that is exactly what it was, great that the fantastic filming and cinematography has remained and even has potential to be more spectacular. Also the relationship between the three of them is one of the stars of the show

  • In studio (/tent) bits remain a bit weak, and one of the things that used to be fun was "The News" however hard for them to do that as the filming of the in-tent is further away from most current news

  • Not sure on the track part either, think there was more potential to be found there especially with the budget, but still serves a purpose. I assume Mike Skinner is the same guy who runs the Toyota Tundra up goodwood, a mental vehicle and would be interesting to see that blitzed around the track as i am sure it would be spectacular. However, think a more well known driver could have been chosen given the budget they had.

  • I feel the P1 vs 918 vs La Ferrari has already been done, and done far better elsewhere. Whilst i wouldnt of expected the type of video Chris Harris had produced, as this is an entertainment show and the the three of them lack the talent that the Chris Harris and his team had in terms of driving ability, it needed to be different to mark it apart.

    On a side note, the Chris Harris version with Tiff Needel and Dario Franchetti is one of my favourite all time car videos and if you havent watched it i urge you to seek it on youtube.

I am looking forward greatly to the rest of the 12 episode run, fantastic!
 
Loved it.

The only thing I don't care too much about is the tent segment. I do enjoy the news and them having some banter.
 
poosemon said:
  • Not sure on the track part either, think there was more potential to be found there especially with the budget, but still serves a purpose. I assume Mike Skinner is the same guy who runs the Toyota Tundra up goodwood, a mental vehicle and would be interesting to see that blitzed around the track as i am sure it would be spectacular. However, think a more well known driver could have been chosen given the budget they had.
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To be fair, Mike Skinner is an ex NASCAR champion and a lot more well known than even an F1 driver in the US, which is where most Prime subscribers are located.
 
I really enjoyed it, felt more like Top Gear than the last series of Top Gear itself did. Some of the humour didn't quite land properly but for a first episode in a new format, I think they did really well.

I had sort of expected each show to be 'based' in the country they were filming it in but I guess that was more of just an assumption really.
 
lucarocks92 said:
The P1 has that super downforce mode as well which makes it not road legal when used. It must not be that great of a car if it couldn't beat the others with that huge advantage over them as well.

At the end of the day they are road cars though and that's why Ferrari don't like their times being made public because it focuses on the speed of the car rather than the driving experience.
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I'm not really interested in the result. I think the first segment showed that these cars are going to be beyond the abilities of most average drivers.

Just interesting comparing the different times.
 
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