"We all love the track, but we all thought it was about time it changed."

"extraspecialbitter" (extraspecialbitter) 06/06/2016 at 12:32 • Filed to: TOP GEAR

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TheTurbochargedSquirrel > extraspecialbitter 06/06/2016 at 12:38

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“We have to do something to show that we are putting some effort into being different than the old show.”

“I know lets change the track, that’s different enough.”

extraspecialbitter > TheTurbochargedSquirrel 06/06/2016 at 12:47

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“You know how we could improve the Nordschleife? Let’s limit the entire circuit to just the Dottinger Hohe and turn the entire damn thing into a drag strip.”

Takuro Spirit > extraspecialbitter 06/06/2016 at 12:52

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I like the change. Not the execution so much, but the change. Now, anyone taking bets on the first SIARPC* to catch a wheel on a berm and flip the Mini?

*Or whatever they’re calling it now

TheTurbochargedSquirrel > extraspecialbitter 06/06/2016 at 12:53

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Is that actually what the track is like now? That’s just bad.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > extraspecialbitter 06/06/2016 at 12:54

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STAHP Gear

Dusty Ventures > extraspecialbitter 06/06/2016 at 12:55

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I like the new star track

extraspecialbitter > TheTurbochargedSquirrel 06/06/2016 at 12:58

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I may be a little melodramatic.

extraspecialbitter > Dusty Ventures 06/06/2016 at 13:00

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I considered that track to be in gearhead lore. Hallowed ground. Chris Harris wasn’t taking the lines right in the original track because the bits leading up to Chicago all changed.

extraspecialbitter > Takuro Spirit 06/06/2016 at 13:07

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But the main quirk of that segment was stuffing well renowned, well off celebrities into relative crap-mobiles... and they liked it.

I’m all for creating your own thing given the circumstances, but c’mon. Hands off the track!

ADabOfOppo; Gone Plaid (Instructables Can Be Confusable) > Dusty Ventures 06/06/2016 at 13:23

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Hey, can you un-ban me! No one seems to remember that it was only supposed to be a week. It’s been over that now.

Dusty Ventures > extraspecialbitter 06/06/2016 at 13:37

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Let’s be honest. Strictly as a track design, the old track isn’t that great. It’s a flat figure 8 with a bunch of long straights and a hairpin at one end. It’s just revered because it was TOP GEAR!’s track. Also the old track is still there and unchanged, aside from the possibility of a bit of dirt getting pulled out onto the surface now.

extraspecialbitter > Dusty Ventures 06/06/2016 at 14:15

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In a vacuum, you could say that about a lot of things. But context is 1000% of where I’m coming from.

Dusty Ventures > extraspecialbitter 06/06/2016 at 14:28

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They created a better, more interesting track, without harming the old track. The old track was only loved because it was on TV. The new track is on TV. I see no problems here.