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Kenshin posted:Fantastic episode. I was giggling the entire time through the rally segment, because that's basically what I would do if I had "gently caress you" money. personally I'd jump motorbikes off piers but rallying supercars is good too
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I don't know why anyone didn't single out the Dragon's Den section of the P45 segment. It's unbelievably hilarious because it's shot and structured exactly how a reality show would be, a nice change of pace from the rest of this awesome segment. "words" "I'm sorry I can't understand a single word you're saying" Jeremy has now insulted Duncan, and he too is out.
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Logikv9 posted:I don't know why anyone didn't single out the Dragon's Den section of the P45 segment. It's unbelievably hilarious because it's shot and structured exactly how a reality show would be, a nice change of pace from the rest of this awesome segment. I don't think Dragon's Den is shown in the US, and I have only seen a couple of episodes of it on Australian TV, or something similar to it.
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I remember Dragon's Den being on BBC America a few years ago. Semi-related, Duncan reminds me of a professor I used to have. That class was...an experience.
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You Am I posted:I don't think Dragon's Den is shown in the US, and I have only seen a couple of episodes of it on Australian TV, or something similar to it. Dragons Den exists in the US as the awesome Shark Tank.
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Just a reminder: US Top Gear comes back tomorrow night (1/29) on the History Channel at 9pm (EST). The guys are going to find cars they drove in college and take a road trip through Mexico.
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Mister Kingdom posted:Just a reminder: US Top Gear comes back tomorrow night (1/29) on the History Channel at 9pm (EST). Thanks! I never watch that horrible channel otherwise so I would have never known that was coming back. Hopefully they keep the changes they made last season, tightening it up to just the stupid competitions. As for the original version, I laughed like mad every time his face slammed into the visor of his awful transformer car. Do they do anything to let the other cars know they're filming while on the crazy busy roads or do they just hope for the best? I still think this was less terrifying than Jeremy's gigantic camper (I can't remember what the Brits call them) on the highway blowing him all over.
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Logikv9 posted:I don't know why anyone didn't single out the Dragon's Den section of the P45 segment. It's unbelievably hilarious because it's shot and structured exactly how a reality show would be, a nice change of pace from the rest of this awesome segment. That's because frankly for me it was a cringingly bad, just plain unfunny abortion and a blight on an otherwise terrific season opener. Remove those five minutes and you would have had a perfect show.
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Pretty good start to the UK season I thought - the Bentley and Pagani films were awesome. I skipped over the Star interview because I've never watched that show, though his lap was pretty entertaining. But it looks like I'm in the minority with the P45 segment, in that I didn't think it was that funny. I got a few laughs from it, but too much of it felt like a re-hash of the original Peel P50 segment. All in all I'm glad Top Gear is back, and it looks like we're in for a pretty good season.
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Anyone know what song was used at the very end of the Pagani segment? It's been in my head all day and I can't find it.
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KakerMix posted:Anyone know what song was used at the very end of the Pagani segment? It's been in my head all day and I can't find it.
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KakerMix posted:Anyone know what song was used at the very end of the Pagani segment? It's been in my head all day and I can't find it. Is it this? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YeYA4LcwdnM EDIT: beaten
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I don't know, I was underwhelmed by this episode. Probably didn't help that I watched the latest Archer episode right before Top Gear, but it just seemed rather forced to me. The Bentley rally was pretty awesome, though.
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MrChips posted:The Bentley rally was pretty awesome, though. I'd like to see them recreate the demolition scene from Ron Howard's Grand Theft Auto. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WW64qB-twPw
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MrChips posted:The Bentley rally was pretty awesome, though. "Man in road" was my favorite part of the whole episode.
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The rally thing was genuinely informative, too. I hadn't had any knowledge of the course callout language until just now.
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Cat Terrist posted:That's because frankly for me it was a cringingly bad, just plain unfunny abortion and a blight on an otherwise terrific season opener. Remove those five minutes and you would have had a perfect show. That's your opinion and you're entitled to it. But reality show-esque lines like the announcer saying "they think the car needs improvement" after they called it poo poo immediately before is pretty amusing.
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webmeister posted:All in all I'm glad Top Gear is back, and it looks like we're in for a pretty good season. This is all that matters. 
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I loved when the p45 ran out of battery and Jeremy had to fire up the motor and jetted for the door. Granted the best skit with a horrible car will probably always be the robin.
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meme posted:personally I'd jump motorbikes off piers but rallying supercars is good too I've always thought a Countach in a rally would be the best stupid idea if I had too much money
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Data Graham posted:The rally thing was genuinely informative, too. I hadn't had any knowledge of the course callout language until just now. I really liked that segment too, but I was always under the impression that the numbers were opposite of what they had explained. Ex: 1 is drat-near a hairpin, whereas a 6 is a super-gentle full-throttle turn. I guess it varies from driver to driver.
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Boaz MacPhereson posted:I really liked that segment too, but I was always under the impression that the numbers were opposite of what they had explained. Ex: 1 is drat-near a hairpin, whereas a 6 is a super-gentle full-throttle turn. I guess it varies from driver to driver. This is what I thought, too. Thanks for nothing, Colin McRae Rally 
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Well if its all out then its "flat" so like 4 flat right over crest into bridge.
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Sprat Sandwich posted:This is what I thought, too. Thanks for nothing, Colin McRae Rally As far as I know this depends entirely on the driver and co-driver. I've seen pacenotes where corners were categorised as flat, easy, medium, hard, and hairpin where the number meant the amount of turning in degrees. A corner read out as "easy 6 left" would mean a fast left corner of 60 degrees. I've also seen interviews with rallye drivers who would note in which gear to take a corner, making a 6 a faster corner than a 3.
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Ecstatic posted:I think the time away has done them a world of good, in that they've had time to come up with some genuinely funny and entertaining stories and haven't had to milk them to death.
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Deedle posted:As far as I know this depends entirely on the driver and co-driver. I've seen pacenotes where corners were categorised as flat, easy, medium, hard, and hairpin where the number meant the amount of turning in degrees. A corner read out as "easy 6 left" would mean a fast left corner of 60 degrees. I always figured the numbers were gears but it being the crews choice makes sense. And while I'm guessing James had a bit more training than what was shown dropping someone into the co-drivers seat and expect them to read the notes was not very nice.
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Deedle posted:As far as I know this depends entirely on the driver and co-driver. I've seen pacenotes where corners were categorised as flat, easy, medium, hard, and hairpin where the number meant the amount of turning in degrees. A corner read out as "easy 6 left" would mean a fast left corner of 60 degrees. This is exactly it, it depends entirely on the driver's preference. 1-6 can go in any order and have different connotations and then the co-driver can also throw in stuff like 'hairpin', '90 left/right' etc. It sounds lame but if I'm playing a rally game I prefer having 1 being slower than 6 so it roughly correlates with gear, and then 'flat' or 'absolute' as faster than 6.
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Boaz MacPhereson posted:I really liked that segment too, but I was always under the impression that the numbers were opposite of what they had explained. Ex: 1 is drat-near a hairpin, whereas a 6 is a super-gentle full-throttle turn. I guess it varies from driver to driver. It actually more varies country to country. While there is no fixed notes system, you tend to find Australia and NZ goes with 1-10 (this is what I use), England uses 1 to 6, Europe uses 6 - 1 and then there's the gears system, 1 to 4, or descriptive (ie, no numbers, only easy, tight, stop, hairpin, medium, flat, absolute etc) The symbols tend to be more common across whatever systems, so that > is usually widens, < narrows, ^ crest etc. ! is ALWAYS a caution, this is across all systems as it is a route chart notation. Parachute is always a cliff on the side of the road. The Mineshaft in Canberra has it's own unique call that is common across all systems - !!!Parachute. Look up on Youtube for Mineshaft and VR4 to find out why it has that unique notation.
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I looked into pace notes a while back after watching some rally videos and it was all just  . Whether or not James had time to prepare, I doubt it'd have made a huge difference when combined with the stress of the situation.For anyone that hasn't scoured youtube for rally videos before (or particularly for co drivers), they're always entertaining: http://youtu.be/rHLotUOvO9A http://youtu.be/DzbspSE-t9U http://youtu.be/kJg8E5LODTE And for the SIARPC I liked in the practice lap on the hammerhead he almost pulled off the right hander after doing a sliding 360 to the left. Edit: just saw the Canberra Mineshaft 
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Cat Terrist posted:
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Cat Terrist posted:It actually more varies country to country. While there is no fixed notes system, you tend to find Australia and NZ goes with 1-10 (this is what I use), England uses 1 to 6, Europe uses 6 - 1 and then there's the gears system, 1 to 4, or descriptive (ie, no numbers, only easy, tight, stop, hairpin, medium, flat, absolute etc) I love everything about the Mineshaft. Thanks for the info 
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Fo3 posted:http://youtu.be/FxiyERUauwQ?t=10s Here he is retrying it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMW_2_j2tTg and a better angle of the original crash (really fast cameraman here): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWdPpHj07g0
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I loved the TGUS mexican pinata derby
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Afrika Shox posted:Made something top gear related Love this! Clarkson should be a playable model in the next game. I'm surprised nobody's modded them into one of the existing games yet.
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Man, that was a fantastic episode. Basically everything was dead-on. If this is what the whole season is going to be like... excitement!
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Afrika Shox posted:Made something top gear related Any chance you made those in some very high resolution originally?
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for a minute there i thought i was the only one who found the P45 segment to be stupid, not particularly funny, ridiculously contrived and far too long. The Bentley segment however... awesome. Really would like to see more footage (behind the scenes maybe?) of it!
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Jusupov posted:Any chance you made those in some very high resolution originally? I have the last two in 5000x3750. http://rapidshare.com/files/1715946193/topgear-blueprint4.png http://rapidshare.com/files/1239493105/lambo.png Afrika Shox fucked around with this message at 13:34 on Jan 30, 2013 |
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