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[tmdorsey]

This show shows you what 4K in HDR is all about! Some of the best looking video content I've seen!

 

[Fox318]

I will say I hope that they they go check out some dirt oval track races if they are gonna take advantage of the linkage between Skinner.

 

[Momentary]

Bought an LG OLED a few days ago. Worth every penny.

This show looks stunning at 4K HDR!

Same. Had some friends come over last night to rewatch it on the E6P and they were floored. One of them said they couldn't stop looking at the rocks on the mountain range in the background of the tent.

 

[Ensirius]

The intro was pretty over the top and felt a bit Americanised, but I still enjoyed it. There was another part in the 'coming soon' segment that gave me Mad Max vibes too.

Yeah, anybody else waiting for that comedic effect on that opening?
It felt weird.

I liked the show very much.

 

[Peter Ian Staker]

And as I expected somebody made the Eboladrome for Assetto Corsa

Was Skinner the best driver that they could find?

I think Amazon told them to get an American driver and they just got the most stereotypical NASCAR driver they could find as a joke.

 

[DrSlek]

And as I expected somebody made the Eboladrome for Assetto Corsa

I think Amazon told them to get an American driver and they just got the most stereotypical NASCAR driver they could find as a joke.

Amazingly he seems just as good at turning right as he is at turning left.

 

[AlphaSnake]

Amazingly he seems just as good at turning right as he is at turning left.

I wonder though, couldn't they have found someone...better?

His racing pedigree doesn't look very high profile.

Should've just gotten Plato or even better...Tiff!

 

[peppermints]

I have a Sony 4K TV with HDR.. Has Android TV with the Amazon app.

Anyone know if I can watch this in 4K with HDR on it? Curious what you guys are using to view this in HDR.

 

[Fox318]

I wonder though, couldn't they have found someone...better?

His racing pedigree doesn't look very high profile.

Should've just gotten Plato or even better...Tiff!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UgObvliqFU

Dude knows how to drive.

 

[scorcher59]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UgObvliqFU

Dude knows how to drive.

He's a great driver to be sure it's just the schtick they set him up with that falls flat

 

[OnkelC]

I even liked the American Driver, trashtalk while driving is a nice extra.

 

[RenditMan]

Yeah, anybody else waiting for that comedic effect on that opening?
It felt weird.

I liked the show very much.

The first 15 minutes were basically a massive elaborate middle finger to the BBC.

Nothing more, nothing less.

 

[OnkelC]

if anybody in here is interested in Drivetribe, the invites are out.
Edit:
also,
https://www.drivetribe.com/t/Ma1yF4Z5RIGNo5Sbmn0Czw

 

[KRaZyAmmo]

Mike Skinner is actually a good driver....despite the shtick they came up with.
NASCAR Toyota Truck's Heartstopping Hillclimb

 

[88random]

He is a race driver, of course he is going to be good. Even those who finish last are great drivers. I mean, lol at the people who thought Chris Harris is better than d'Ambrosio.

 

[OnkelC]

I have a Sony 4K TV with HDR.. Has Android TV with the Amazon app.

Anyone know if I can watch this in 4K with HDR on it? Curious what you guys are using to view this in HDR.

after discovering that the Amazon app on my 2014 Sony set only does 720p, I ordered a Fire TV and am fine with it.

 

[Jezbollah]

He is a race driver, of course he is going to be good. Even those who finish last are great drivers. I mean, lol at the people who thought Chris Harris is better than d'Ambrosio.

Given that Chris Harris also has been a professional race driver, haven't you disproven your own point?

 

[88random]

I actually forgot that, but still, F1 is the pinnacle of the sport.

 

[funkystudent]

Mike Skinner is actually a good driver....despite the shtick they came up with.
NASCAR Toyota Truck's Heartstopping Hillclimb

Maybe another part of the "it cant just be Top Gear" legal BS is the driver couldn't be silent so he had to be all talky this time.

Probably my only gripe with the show right now.

 

[Zaru]

This was the first full episode of "Top Gear" I've ever seen.
Pretty fun, but I wonder what those fake celebrity deaths cost them.

 

[WaterAstro]

This was the first full episode of "Top Gear" I've ever seen.
Pretty fun, but I wonder what those fake celebrity deaths cost them.

Nothing, because they're dead.

 

[Number45]

Maybe another part of the "it cant just be Top Gear" legal BS is the driver couldn't be silent so he had to be all talky this time.

Probably my only gripe with the show right now.

If they guy can drive I don't see why they can't just have him talk about the car as he's driving. The communist bullshit was old by about the third time they said it, there's no way it's going to be tolerable for an entire series.

I guess I could just forward through those sections. It can be the new star in a reasonably priced car segment, where I forward it right through to the results.

 

[B-Dubs]

Nothing, because they're dead.

Besides, I'm sure their insurance covered the clean up costs. If they even bothered, you know...given they were out in the middle of the desert.

 

[Fox318]

Any rumors to who dies this week?

 

[dankir]

I really liked episode 1 but a bit dissapionted that is literally a reskinned Top Gear. But if it works it works. 8/10 for episode 1.

 

[Duxxy3]

I thoroughly enjoyed it.

 

[Curufinwe]

Is BBC Top Gear dead?

I see Matt LeBlanc is back on US TV in a new sitcom.

 

[PackAPunchedMick]

Just finished watching the first episode.

Not gonna lie, "The American" almost put me off watching the rest of the season.

Bloody awful.

 

[enzo_gt]

Is BBC Top Gear dead?

I see Matt LeBlanc is back on US TV in a new sitcom.

No, they're just restructuring with Chris Harris and Matt LeBlanc as the leads. Heard about LeBlanc's new show too and I have no idea how he's going to manage doing both.

It's pretty much dead so long as they don't have the trio or even a tenth of the chemistry the trio have, which seems to be the case whether they have Chris Evans or not IMO.

 

[Fox318]

I wonder how much it would cost Amazon to buy the Top Gear brand of the BBC kill the show.

 

[Moze]

Are the studio segments still filmed a few days before airing?

Supporting this show is not really something I want to do but I need explosions and stuff.

 

[terrible]

No, they're just restructuring with Chris Harris and Matt LeBlanc as the leads. Heard about LeBlanc's new show too and I have no idea how he's going to manage doing both.

It's pretty much dead so long as they don't have the trio or even a tenth of the chemistry the trio have, which seems to be the case whether they have Chris Evans or not IMO.

Give it a few seasons and I think it'll be pretty good. Then again I liked Top Gear USA once they got into a groove too.

 

[Lima]

https://youtu.be/2XP5boqN1QE

Trailer for episode 2. Looks terrific.

 

[enzo_gt]

https://youtu.be/2XP5boqN1QE

Trailer for episode 2. Looks terrific.

Looks like in the feature segment they went to King Abdulla Special Operations Training Centre.

 

[Lima]

Are the studio segments still filmed a few days before airing?

Supporting this show is not really something I want to do but I need explosions and stuff.

I'm not sure if everything is already recorded but at least the tent stuff for Germany is done. They filmed it on November 14th here. I think the tent section for Joburg was also done the same time they were filming their episode there.

 

[Diablohead]

That new test track does not look safe at all. Isn't that just an accident waiting to happen?

I was thinking that, you really don't want to push a hypercar around a track with a solid wall or house only feet away from the edge of the track.

 

[BluenoseGames]

Episode 2 is now live!

 

[Lashley]

I'll watch tomorrow, after work

 

[Fox Mulder]

Episode 2 is now live!

Thanksgiving is a weird night, will watch tomorrow.

 

[iFirez]

This episode is genius. While a large portion of one of the segments didn't have anything to do with cars it was hilarious. GENIUS!

 

[BluenoseGames]

This episode is genius. While a large portion of one of the segments didn't have anything to do with cars it was hilarious. GENIUS!

Yeah it was hilarious.

 

[Diablohead]

watched it

Spoiler

not as good at the first ep but if each new epiosde is like this it's still going to be good

 

[Jarrod38]

So basically the three are like the three other players on my team when I play CoD.

 

[Fox318]

That intro was kinda odd. Just jumped into the show right away.

 

[HariKari]

Episode 2 was good.

Studio bits still feel a bit forced but it was better than the first episode.

The American was terrible yet again.

 

[Beefy]

Better then the first episode for me.

 

[AlphaSnake]

A bit odd, but entertaining.

 

[doby]

No no no no no.

That film was shit. Just not funny, why are they trying to act? Who thought that would be a good idea?! There was nothing genuine in it at all, it's all fabricated. Painful watch.

 

[Bitch Pudding]

No no no no no.

That film was shit. Just not funny, why are they trying to act? Who thought that would be a good idea?! There was nothing genuine in it at all, it's all fabricated. Painful watch.

In 2005 Top Gear won the International Emmy Award for best Non-Scripted Entertainment.

Yes, I do know the whole show is scripted. We all do. Still fun.

 

[doby]

In 2005 Top Gear won the International Emmy Award for best Non-Scripted Entertainment.

Yes, I do know the whole show is scripted. We all do. Still fun.

That's not my problem with it, I'm aware it's scripted but at least the top gear car challenges actually offered genuine reactions to things that had been set up. That's where the comedy and entertainment comes from. This was just so poor in comparison. I mean, what was it exactly?!