I don't completely hate this, however would have to say it's inferior to the previous cast. The entire reason I watched top gear was because of Jeremy Clarkson, James may and Richard Hammond- they worked so well as a comedic trio while still delivering relavant car stuff.
With this cast, it feels more like an average group of hosts, not that of one of the BBC's most popular shows, and the car stuff seems to be trying to be funny rather than just being funny.
For example, when they put the missiles on the cars it's just do obviously a joke, as it is pretty irrelevant as to which car is better. Also the fact that they just lock on to the cars and stop saying 'yeah I won' is pretty underdramatic- I can understand not firing a military grade weapon at a car, but do something to make it interesting.
Also the car trip- giving someone a worse car to set them up seems pretty unfair as theres nothing they can do about it. In the specials where they travelled before it was funny seeing the cars break down because they bought it themselves, so it felt legit rather than a producer set up. Also why would they rip the roofs of? It's never really explained. Also-whats the excitement of going to Blackpool? Why? Also them saying the moral was low felt pretty pointless- it's just raining a bit, and there driving on a tarmac motorway in a straight line to a city in there native country- it's dull. Them being exited was pointless- it took a day and no effort.
Also why are the guests saying what each other are doing?
It's basically lost its magic
With this cast, it feels more like an average group of hosts, not that of one of the BBC's most popular shows, and the car stuff seems to be trying to be funny rather than just being funny.
For example, when they put the missiles on the cars it's just do obviously a joke, as it is pretty irrelevant as to which car is better. Also the fact that they just lock on to the cars and stop saying 'yeah I won' is pretty underdramatic- I can understand not firing a military grade weapon at a car, but do something to make it interesting.
Also the car trip- giving someone a worse car to set them up seems pretty unfair as theres nothing they can do about it. In the specials where they travelled before it was funny seeing the cars break down because they bought it themselves, so it felt legit rather than a producer set up. Also why would they rip the roofs of? It's never really explained. Also-whats the excitement of going to Blackpool? Why? Also them saying the moral was low felt pretty pointless- it's just raining a bit, and there driving on a tarmac motorway in a straight line to a city in there native country- it's dull. Them being exited was pointless- it took a day and no effort.
Also why are the guests saying what each other are doing?
It's basically lost its magic