The "Top Gear", Season 24/25/26 thread

Entai said:
Odd he didn't mention that when he lapped portimau with the P1 last time (with the Porsche etc) he did it in 1 minute and 51.78 seconds.

Thus 3 that's three seconds faster than tonight, and 3.5 faster than the 720S.
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I’m just watching Extra Gear. They are saying heat on that day was 37c+ which meant the tyres were struggling to maintain a consistent lap and the engines were not producing expected peak power.
 
To be fair they are doing it in the fairest way by testing the two cars on the same day with the same driver.

If you look on some of the lap times websites you'll see the likes of the 720S and the Huracan Performante lapping faster or equal to the 'hyper' cars from a few years ago (P1, 918, LaF) on many tracks.
 
Mediocre tonight, for me. McLaren section was fun, and there were some good scenes in California, although the back story was stupid - perhaps they're struggling to sell this to the US audience? The car reversing section was utterly dire - did they chuck it in just to fill some space cut from a truly awful audience section?

I don't think I'll ever not find Chris Harris' 'acting' for Top Gear incredibly annoying.
 
Enjoyed that episode, and i feel the Chris / Matt partnership is getting stronger and stronger, got a few laughs out of me today anyway, i definitely prefer this to TGT too. Looking back a couple of years everyone was saying it wouldn't work without JC/JM/RH but i think it's proving those wrong.
 
acemastr said:
Great episode!

Rory is useless.
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Problem is I think Chris and Rory are kind of Marmite - some people don't like Chris but like Rory, some like Chris but don't like Rory and they kind of occupy the same slot on the show they both need someone else to play off for the moments it gets awkward with just them and Matt as the dynamic between Chris and Rory is just too forced. They need to alternate it really between Matt, Chris, Other and Matt, Rory, Other.

Overall a decent episode I thought, star in a car bit was just about interesting but should have been cut down to half as long.
 
It's a shame Chris can't just be himself a little more, if you listen to him on Joe Rogan's podcast a few years back he's much more laid back, he's not a presenter who can read from a script well. He even stated himself in that very podcast that copying the format wouldn't work with anyone else than Clarkson, Hammond and May.
 
Entai said:
Odd he didn't mention that when he lapped portimau with the P1 last time (with the Porsche etc) he did it in 1 minute and 51.78 seconds.

Thus 3 that's three seconds faster than tonight, and 3.5 faster than the 720S.
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I think he made the point that he got the P1 back on that day so that the comparison was on a comparable set of circumstances, ie same day, so same temp, weather, frame of mind etc.
 
This weeks was the best TG episode they've done in ages, I skipped the 20 minute celeb part as is tradition. Some of those toys especially the dirt bikes I'd never seen before.

I wonder if they meant to flip the baja buggy though as they aren't exactly cheap to repair.
 
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