Did you watch it? I couldn't help but give it a shot since they've run so much advertising on our site (give back to those that support us!). That said I'm somewhat mixed in my view. All in all I would place it below American Chopper and shows of that ilk, but above the Power Block in terms of sheer entertainment. I have to admit I was walking in with
lowered expectations after reading Autoblog's review, but overall I was pleasantly surprised.
What did I like? The Rally portions, I felt there needed to be more of it, and that was the part I enjoyed watching the most. The 3D map view was a great idea, but I think they could have used it better to build more suspense the same way Top Gear does on their races.
What did I hate? The challenges, and in some way I feel the rally was rushed to get to the challenge which honestly I found a bit silly. I would have preferred a challenge like an Autocross, Bracket-Style Drag race, or something us car guys are used too. Smashing light bulbs was just weird.
All in all I give the first episode a B-, good start in my book and I'm setting my Tivo to catch next week's showing. Between this and Forza I'm happy to see more car programing making it, I just hope that future episodes play up the Rally side more since that is what this is supposed to be about.
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EDIT: SPIKE has put the full first episode online, you can
watch it here [spiketv.com]. When you're done watching, come back and cast your vote in our poll.
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