If this hasn't already been done on this channel, we need the Top Gear track from the reasonably priced car track in Beam and have everyone go through it to see who can get the best time in the reasonably priced car
They stretched the truth a bit Their first true special was the deep south American special; the infamous one with the cow on the roof. Trouble is, that adventure started in Florida, which the trio, especially Jeremy, hates, went through the equally infamous incident in Alabama where they got chased out and ended in Hurricane Katerina central in New Orleans. Nowhere during that journey was anywhere they'd like to repeat visit and certainly nowhere the trio loves with the right feel for such an ending. I get why they did it the way they did; Kubu Island was the right choice but it wasn't their first special.
22 years of entertainment. the trio as a collective unit will be missed but all good things must come to an end at some point, and with the dreaded future of EVs, totally understandable
Very fitting tribute to the holy trinity of Top Gear/The Grand Tour - all that was missing was a Morris Marina with a piano on top of it. Sirs, I lift my Hawkstone IPA to you!
I was born in the same year as Top Gear with the trio aired. Even though I knew of Top Gear, I started watching and dove back into the world of cars only when Grand Tour started airing almost 8 years ago. The final episode was wonderful to watch, honestly very few things get me that excited. Your STHs and the numerous other unique game mode shenanigans come very close.
_"Tonight, we ask a question - does anyone think Alex's licence plate is gonna cause trouble? This is FailRace, where it's race time on Forza Motorsport, so watch on to witness:_ * 3:50 _"A VW Golf tackles a British traffic jam._ * 20:12 _"A Chevvie Camaro takes advantage of a Middle-Eastern car battle._ * 14:40 _"And Alex... Commentator Curses his Lotus."_ Nice to see all those car creations of Clarkson, Hammond and May! Now bring out the Stig! 😆
Loved spotting the individual cars and putting them to the episode. Great send off of one of my very favorite television presenters. Well done. Being American, and wanting to be different I would probably have taken the truly terrible but ferociously fast Chevy SSR. It would almost certainly swap ends and back into a wall and horrendous speed in the first corner.
Canuck here, I was lucky enough to have a friend introduce me to TG during Series 5 (and UK tv in general Brit humour is my humour but that's a whole other long story) anyways I was immediately hooked and torrented the previous series and everything that came after (eventually switching over to discord channels and Amazon) including their individual non TG shows. It's been a hell of a journey and what a ride!
A sad day, gonna miss the guys, I've been watching since '779 (big crush on Angela Rippon) became a massive fan after the reboot and the trio were formed. it was a brilliant last episode even if it was tinged with sadness it was a fitting end.....
I really don't know anything about Top Gear/Grand Tour... I know, heresy! However, your channel had the most influence on me getting into cars and subsequently getting my drivers licence and my first car a year ago at the age of 29. So I hope I can stay and won't get shunned for not having watched Top Gear 😅
not sure if this has already been said but there is an option to turn rear view mirror on in any view now by turning mirror on in hud and then "mirror shown in all views under graphics" at least playing on PC (not 100% if it's there on console)
good to see my livery didn't load on my mr2 based on james' rallycross mr2 -_- perfectly functioning game But I had a horrific night, that mr2 didn't work and got pushed around a lot
Not quite over yet in terms of motoring journalism or programming. Mike, Richard’s, Izzy’s, Ben and Maxwell’s Drivetribe contend is excellent quality now. Wouldn’t be surprised if that channel really blow’s up big in the next year or two!
Hey Alex, there is an option in the settings, I think in the HUD, for the rear view mirror. You're able to enable it in 3rd persona and works well. All the best, keep making great videos!
Yo @FailRace, I just thought of a fun GTA survive the hunt idea it's a classic survive the hunt with the pink Prius targets, but you're all playing on the mirrored word mod which mirrors the whole maps layout and would make navigating extremely hard for both you and the hunters! The mod name is "V Mirrored World"
Put more gas in it and it'll stop over steering. The game takes that into account during endurance races and emptying the tank artificially makes the vehicle too light. 33% or more would work better for you
You mention around the 17 minute mark that you wish the game allowed you to have a rear view mirror, it does. Have a look under graphics options > mirror shown in all views.
The Esprit was probably my favourite car in all of the top gear specials And im still mad it was destroyed by some idiots in Argentina although i don't remember that flag being on it xd
They are old now and it's good for them to spend some time with their family. And they lived in the golden era of fuel powered cars with loud beautiful noises. Ev generation is not going to have those emotions. What an irony we wont have presenters like them nor vehicles like old
It's incredibly sad that they decided to end it, but I completely understand why. I'm with Jeremy, I just cannot muster up even the slightest interest in EVs. They're soulless hunks of metal. We desperately need to get some petrolheads in charge at the big auto companies before the suits ruin things beyond repair.
It isn't the suits at the top. It is the governments around most of the world. A good number of cities around the world have already banned ICE cars from even driving in them. A number of nations already have laid out plans to ban all new ICE sales by a certain year. The reality is that around a good chunk of the world the world is moving on from ICE cars completely. Car manufacturers not moving in that direction themselves in some way is corporate suicide. As for EVs. I'm fine with them when done right. The problem is that modern EVs aren't done right because all of the tactile feel has been taken out of all cars past 2005ish from various things. That left the engine as the last thing that gave any traditional motoring feel. Modern EVs are nothing more than no feel boring transportation devices. Look at Sacrilege Motors Blackbird for an example of what an EV done right can look like.
Richard is still doing car stuff here and there with Drivetribe to be fair and I’ve been really enjoying their RUclips content as of late, it’s almost a separate off-shoot off the old Top Gear/Grand Tour now.
Who is in charge at the auto companies isn't what is "ruining" things. It is governments around the world. There are already cities where it is illegal to drive a vehicle powered by an ICE into the city. There are also countries on a planned course to ban the sale of new ICE powered vehicles by a certain year. Auto companies not adjusting to that fact are going to quickly go out of business. As for EVs? When done right they can be good. The issue is that most modern cars are dynamically dead. Since the 2000s cars have been having the dynamic driving qualities removed in different ways to the point that virtually every modern car is completely reliant on the ICE for all of it's dynamic driving qualities. Remove the ICE and the vehicles become nothing more than transportation vehicles with no actual dynamic feel to them. An example of a good EV is the Sacrilege Motors Blackbird. Add the Hyundai trick of engine sounds and the motors acting like an ICE powered car along with a realistically feeling clutch pedal and shifter and nobody would know that what they are driving is full electric until they look for the motor.
Is this singleplayer? If so, how did you manage to get specific cars to race? I thought you could only set certain limitations but cars would still be selected by the AI
If this hasn't already been done on this channel, we need the Top Gear track from the reasonably priced car track in Beam and have everyone go through it to see who can get the best time in the reasonably priced car
56 likes, this is an idea!
What about the eboladrome
Agree great idea.
A fitting tribute.
Man, it really makes you understand how all time moves on.
Absolutely. they were irreplaceable.
final episode of GT was something, these specials started in Botswana 17 years ago... and a fitting end at botswana.
They stretched the truth a bit Their first true special was the deep south American special; the infamous one with the cow on the roof. Trouble is, that adventure started in Florida, which the trio, especially Jeremy, hates, went through the equally infamous incident in Alabama where they got chased out and ended in Hurricane Katerina central in New Orleans. Nowhere during that journey was anywhere they'd like to repeat visit and certainly nowhere the trio loves with the right feel for such an ending. I get why they did it the way they did; Kubu Island was the right choice but it wasn't their first special.
22 years of entertainment. the trio as a collective unit will be missed but all good things must come to an end at some point, and with the dreaded future of EVs, totally understandable
Very fitting tribute to the holy trinity of Top Gear/The Grand Tour - all that was missing was a Morris Marina with a piano on top of it.
Sirs, I lift my Hawkstone IPA to you!
I think the Lotus Esprit is one of the most beautiful cars ever made, especially the S4 body style... :) nice choice, Alex.
I'm extremely disappointed. No Caravans and no block of flats.
I was born in the same year as Top Gear with the trio aired. Even though I knew of Top Gear, I started watching and dove back into the world of cars only when Grand Tour started airing almost 8 years ago. The final episode was wonderful to watch, honestly very few things get me that excited. Your STHs and the numerous other unique game mode shenanigans come very close.
_"Tonight, we ask a question - does anyone think Alex's licence plate is gonna cause trouble? This is FailRace, where it's race time on Forza Motorsport, so watch on to witness:_
* 3:50 _"A VW Golf tackles a British traffic jam._
* 20:12 _"A Chevvie Camaro takes advantage of a Middle-Eastern car battle._
* 14:40 _"And Alex... Commentator Curses his Lotus."_
Nice to see all those car creations of Clarkson, Hammond and May! Now bring out the Stig! 😆
Yikes, I hadn't even noticed the plate
This is brilliant 😂
Loved spotting the individual cars and putting them to the episode. Great send off of one of my very favorite television presenters. Well done. Being American, and wanting to be different I would probably have taken the truly terrible but ferociously fast Chevy SSR. It would almost certainly swap ends and back into a wall and horrendous speed in the first corner.
I'm really glad I found the Alex and FR Crew, they really embody what made Top Gear and The Grand Tour magic
Canuck here, I was lucky enough to have a friend introduce me to TG during Series 5 (and UK tv in general Brit humour is my humour but that's a whole other long story) anyways I was immediately hooked and torrented the previous series and everything that came after (eventually switching over to discord channels and Amazon) including their individual non TG shows. It's been a hell of a journey and what a ride!
I always liked the body lines on that Lotus. Very underrated car
A sad day, gonna miss the guys, I've been watching since '779 (big crush on Angela Rippon) became a massive fan after the reboot and the trio were formed. it was a brilliant last episode even if it was tinged with sadness it was a fitting end.....
My maturity leaving my body as soon as I hear "Sausage'd"
Some of the most locked in driving I’ve ever seen on this channel in that final race, amazing stuff
I really don't know anything about Top Gear/Grand Tour... I know, heresy! However, your channel had the most influence on me getting into cars and subsequently getting my drivers licence and my first car a year ago at the age of 29. So I hope I can stay and won't get shunned for not having watched Top Gear 😅
not sure if this has already been said but there is an option to turn rear view mirror on in any view now by turning mirror on in hud and then "mirror shown in all views under graphics" at least playing on PC (not 100% if it's there on console)
The ending was just beautiful 😢.
But hey, we still have Clarkson's Farm!
And James may on yt and with his cooking and travelling series
It had become stale. But after so many years, it's to be expected
The last episode was the best in years.
good to see my livery didn't load on my mr2 based on james' rallycross mr2 -_-
perfectly functioning game
But I had a horrific night, that mr2 didn't work and got pushed around a lot
Nice to see that me losing control and blocking everyone from getting closer to alex on lap 3 was just me 'having an accident' away from him.😂😂
I had entirely forgotten about the rally cross episode and was desperately trying to work out where they’d had an MR2!
@@davepayne164same here
Wow. That last race vas something else! Good HARD win Alex!
Not quite over yet in terms of motoring journalism or programming. Mike, Richard’s, Izzy’s, Ben and Maxwell’s Drivetribe contend is excellent quality now. Wouldn’t be surprised if that channel really blow’s up big in the next year or two!
I love this particular video for many reasons but one being you driving a great car finally. :)
Hey Alex, there is an option in the settings, I think in the HUD, for the rear view mirror. You're able to enable it in 3rd persona and works well. All the best, keep making great videos!
"We got sausaged"
I accidently had medium tyres and full fuel for Silverstone, surprised I finished as far up as I did but was a very lonely race.
"Brown Food, Brown Drink, Calories" - Jeremy Clarkson
RIP to the dynamic trio. Never missed an episode which was quite the feat as an American.
I want to see how well the Failrace crew can race clean (or semi-clean) in Wreckfest. I know for a fact it is VERY possible
That was some great racing.
I like this type of magic close battle till the end ❤
I'm still crying so it was literally difficult to watch this
dude. im gonna cry.
All good things must come to an end 😢
That second race was bananas. B A N A N A S
Yo @FailRace, I just thought of a fun GTA survive the hunt idea
it's a classic survive the hunt with the pink Prius targets, but you're all playing on the mirrored word mod which mirrors the whole maps layout and would make navigating extremely hard for both you and the hunters!
The mod name is "V Mirrored World"
At least we still have Clarskon's Farm, James May's bizarre cooking show and Hammond's...well, Hammond's many things
James May also sells Gin
Put more gas in it and it'll stop over steering.
The game takes that into account during endurance races and emptying the tank artificially makes the vehicle too light. 33% or more would work better for you
Impega casually gaining 17 places to get fourth in the second race
What all cars from Top Gear/TGT appear in this?
HAMMMMOOOONNNNDDDDD Wheres my roof
At least we still have clarkson's farm. 😁
Great racing. Best TG livery to Brazen. 😂
Was fun to see you racing, but what about left foot braking? It's a must. Best motoring foot work videos as lessons. Take care.
*Techno music at full blast* 8:37
one for the road
you know how you went the full piastri up the inside of hords in the first race?
yeah you should try driving like that more often.
RIP🙏🙏🙏
What is up with the last corner around Maggets and Becketts before the straight. Thats not the track thats an off road isnt it
Great video!
God bless, Jesus loves you!
lets go
Top Gear was better during late 70s to early 90s
You mention around the 17 minute mark that you wish the game allowed you to have a rear view mirror, it does. Have a look under graphics options > mirror shown in all views.
My rearview mirror doesn't work either
The Esprit was probably my favourite car in all of the top gear specials
And im still mad it was destroyed by some idiots in Argentina
although i don't remember that flag being on it xd
SPOILER ALERTTTT BLOCKER
I haven't finished it yet
ive tried to like motorsport. just cant get into it. the physics seem so far off its unplayable
They are old now and it's good for them to spend some time with their family. And they lived in the golden era of fuel powered cars with loud beautiful noises. Ev generation is not going to have those emotions. What an irony we wont have presenters like them nor vehicles like old
Failrace is the new Top Gear
nuh uh
It's incredibly sad that they decided to end it, but I completely understand why. I'm with Jeremy, I just cannot muster up even the slightest interest in EVs. They're soulless hunks of metal. We desperately need to get some petrolheads in charge at the big auto companies before the suits ruin things beyond repair.
It isn't the suits at the top. It is the governments around most of the world. A good number of cities around the world have already banned ICE cars from even driving in them. A number of nations already have laid out plans to ban all new ICE sales by a certain year. The reality is that around a good chunk of the world the world is moving on from ICE cars completely. Car manufacturers not moving in that direction themselves in some way is corporate suicide.
As for EVs. I'm fine with them when done right. The problem is that modern EVs aren't done right because all of the tactile feel has been taken out of all cars past 2005ish from various things. That left the engine as the last thing that gave any traditional motoring feel. Modern EVs are nothing more than no feel boring transportation devices. Look at Sacrilege Motors Blackbird for an example of what an EV done right can look like.
Richard is still doing car stuff here and there with Drivetribe to be fair and I’ve been really enjoying their RUclips content as of late, it’s almost a separate off-shoot off the old Top Gear/Grand Tour now.
Who is in charge at the auto companies isn't what is "ruining" things. It is governments around the world. There are already cities where it is illegal to drive a vehicle powered by an ICE into the city. There are also countries on a planned course to ban the sale of new ICE powered vehicles by a certain year. Auto companies not adjusting to that fact are going to quickly go out of business.
As for EVs? When done right they can be good. The issue is that most modern cars are dynamically dead. Since the 2000s cars have been having the dynamic driving qualities removed in different ways to the point that virtually every modern car is completely reliant on the ICE for all of it's dynamic driving qualities. Remove the ICE and the vehicles become nothing more than transportation vehicles with no actual dynamic feel to them. An example of a good EV is the Sacrilege Motors Blackbird. Add the Hyundai trick of engine sounds and the motors acting like an ICE powered car along with a realistically feeling clutch pedal and shifter and nobody would know that what they are driving is full electric until they look for the motor.
This👆
Why do you talk about car weight in pounds? Not kg?
Is this singleplayer? If so, how did you manage to get specific cars to race? I thought you could only set certain limitations but cars would still be selected by the AI
No this is multiplayer. Almost all of his videos are done with his filming crew of fellow racing enthusiasts.
@@Kemptation5142 oh, ok - I thought at some time in the video he mentioned these were bots
@@alextrigger8199 I mean sometimes we do drive like bots lol