Watched it last night. I liked it a lot. I really liked the opening sequence. The transition from rainy London to bright sunshiny day gave me goosebumps. The GB vs US stuff was kind of annoying and it felt weird that even though they were in the US, they still had their track in the UK. I also didn't need the commentary from Skinner. That's what the Trio is for. But overall, I liked it all. I'm excited for the next episode.


I know someone will want this...

 

Episode 2 was ridiculous!! LOL!

 

got my amazon prime trial for holiday shopping and watched the first episode. lol @ BBC. you done goofed.

 

Only part I don't like the is the new Stig or rather his commentary. Drive the bloody car and leave the comedy to the presenters. I cringed when he made his "I can get 800 hp for $5,000 in my truck plus put beer in the back" comment.

 

Agreed. He was the only part I didn't like. I'd rather have a new stig... but in all black or something. The guy they have now sucks. I just want to see the car go around the track.

But I liked it a hell of a lot more than what the old show became..

 

Charlize lol.

DEER in the back, not BEER lol.

Although I don't think his commentary is necessary, some of it is pretty funny.

 

I just didn't like that it seemed like he wasn't taking the driving seriously... aka they filmed all that before he was actually driving the lap.

Most of the dialog felt really forced. It'll take some time for them to get back on track and really get a groove going. But all in all. I liked it. They chose 3 killer cars for the first episode.

 

It was clearly "scripted" as in, they may have been his comments, but they were intentional, not actual comments. Yeah, he wasn't doing it while driving the serious laps. Just poking fun, but it isn't really useful.

Vulcan was the impressive one - even compared to the first three. I had only seen it before, not any specs or on tarmac action. Fun stuff.

 

I think he has to say **** to make him not the Stig. His comments are so out of place and almost seem to get in the way of Jeremy's commentary. Additionally it adds a weird transition from an interior shot that is comedic to an exterior shot that is serious.

Granted, the Stig has some comedic interior shots, morse code music, but for some reason, they were able to pull that off so much better.

I think the show just hasn't figured out its pace yet. Everything is taking too long and getting dragged out. It's actually kinda funny. TG was going to fast, GT is going too slow.

 

I'm curious how long they keep up the Celebrity Brain Crash bit. Of course its only there to poke at the legal block from BBC.

 

deer? Deer? DEER? Yeah, I don't like him even more now

All good points. Agreed.

 

I didnt really like the second ep, first one was better. We'll see how 3 goes.

 

If you want a serious car show, TG wasn't that for a long time and neither is GT. If you want some car related humor though, this show works for me. I'd like more CAR related stuff, but their humor is what makes the show fun.

 

Well by season 2 they'll probably cut him. Can't really do much except fast forward some parts

 

EP3 not so great.