There are three difficulty levels to choose from: Amateur, Professional, and Championship. Increasing the difficulty makes the computer drivers more aggressive. The four cars you can chose from-the Cannibal, the Sidewinder, the Razor, and the Weasel- are rated for maximum speed, acceleration speed from 0 to 60 m. The Cannibal has the highest maximum speed -- MPH!!! The Sidewinder the best handling and the lowest fuel consumption. The Weasel is a tough competitor with vicious cornering ability and a speedy 0 to 60 time 4.
The Razor is loose around the comers and has a lower top speed and acceleration. If you can win with the Razor, you're truly the king of Top Gear. All cars are equipped with three Nitros per race. There's also a refueling pit on most tracks, lucky for the gas-guzzling Cannibal. It is therefore as close to an authorised biography as there can be. This is the story of his life in top gear, as he wanted it told.
After Clarkson and producer Andy Wilman successfully pitched a new format to BBC bosses, Top Gear returned to become the irreverent, funny and often controversial show we now know and love. Recent series have been defined by their madcap challenges such as driving across Africa in clapped-out bangers - with predictably hilarious results.
However, the show's most shocking moment came in , when Hammond suffered serious head injuries while driving a Vampire turbojet drag racing car at over mph. Clarkson, Hammond and May; they are the politically-incorrect-joking, stone-washed-denim-wearing, bloke-hero trio for the modern ish age.
This brilliant, detailed book is fitting tribute to the show, its presenters and its most memorable moments. Author : Martin Roach Publisher: ISBN: Category: Top Gear Television program Page: View: Read Now » The full story of the unstoppable rise of Clarkson, Hammond, May, and the Stig-and how they created one of the most famous TV shows of the 21st century Reaching a peak in the s thanks to presenter Jeremy Clarkson, the original series faced the axe in but Clarkson and producer Andy Wilman successfully pitched a new format to BBC bosses and Top Gear returned to become the irreverent, funny, and often controversial show we now know and love.
However, after the infamous 'fracas' involving Clarkson and one of the show's producers, it's all change in the Top Gear universe. Top Gear's devoted viewers around the world at its peak; million in countries await its new incarnations with expectation, intrigue and some apprehension. It remains to be seen whether Clarkson, Hammond and May can re-create their old madcap genius on Amazon Prime, and the new BBC presenters have already had to deal with tabloid controversies and rumours.
I basically used to check spelling and think of stupid gags about The Stig. It didn't feel like something you should get paid for. From the disastrous pilot show of to the sudden and unexpected ending in , working on Top Gear was quite a rollercoaster ride. We crossed continents, we made space ships, we bobbed across the world's busiest shipping lane in a pick-up truck. We also got chased by an angry mob, repeatedly sparked fury in newspapers, and almost killed one of our presenters.
I realised that I had quite a few stories to tell from behind the scenes on the show. I remembered whose daft idea it was to get a dog. I recalled the willfully stupid way in which we decorated our horrible office.
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Sign in to report this game to Microsoft. James finds out if it is possible to parachute into a moving car. James tries the new Volvo V50 and wonders if it's as good as its rivals, while Richard having clearly drawn the short straw, drives the new Corvette.
There's also time to destroy an ice-cream van and some bouncy castles and Bill Bailey is the Star in a Reasonably Priced Car. The new Ford Focus is tested by Richard and compared to its rivals. Ben Collins drives the cars - Stig without his helmet? Jeremy compares super cars from the s with their modern counterparts to see if the more modern up-to-date cars are really better. Jeremy drives the new Land Rover Discovery to the top of Ben Tongue all 1, feet of it , a Scottish mountain and gives us some handy survival tips such as: take some soup in a can and a can of lemonade.
Richard travels to Switzerland to find the "maddest car" in the world - an amphibious vehicle with a hydrofoil made by Rinspeed. A quality product. There's a game of Caravan Conkers between Richard and James; they also spent 24 hours in a Smart car.
This was because the makers described the interior of the car as 'lounge concept'. Unable to leave the car, they relied on passers-by to get them things such as: tea, pasties and newspapers. They spent the night parked in the Screaming Woods in Pluckley, the 'most haunted village in England'. The village 'boasts' 12 ghosts including: the Highwayman, the Screaming Man and a monk. Comedian Jimmy Carr speeds his way to a surprise lead on the Stars in a Reasonably Priced Car leader board with a hair raising lap around the Top Gear test track!
James gets all nostalgic about a musical instrument and Mercedes SL 'gullwing'. They were then set a series of challenges to see who had bought the best car. The Prius, a supposedly eco-friendly vehicle is driven and hated by Jeremy, who said that a diesel Lupo will actually do more miles per gallon - 75 compared to the 45mpg of the Prius. He was the recipient of the Golden Cock. Another epic race pits the car against public transport.
Richard and James travel by aeroplane and train in an attempt to beat Jeremy - driving a Ferrari Scaglietti, to their destination at Verbier in Switzerland.
In Lillehammer, Richard and James are having another race; with the help of the Norwegian Olympic Bobsleigh team, Richard tries to race down the bobsleigh track at Lillehammer, faster than James can travel down the road that runs along side the bobsleigh track.
James is in a Mitsubishi Evo rally car driven by, Henning Solberg. The Stig gets to take a F1 Renault around the track, old racing cars compete with modern road cars to see how fast they are and Eddie Izzard is the Star in a Reasonably Priced Car.
BMW enter the small hatchback market with the launch of their 1 series - James drives it and wonders why they bothered. There's also a race on Top Gear I hear you cry? Jeremy puts the 4 door Mercedes CLS to the test and likes it. James likes the Honda Element, which is not sold in the UK.
Or the Jaguar XJS as it was better-known. There's also a look at the Batmobile. The lads hand over testing duties to their mothers to review a range of new small cars:. Richard goes to the Nordschleife to see if Sabine Schmitz can do a lap of the infamous track in a Transit van in under 10 minutes.
The lads take some convertibles to Iceland. Specifically the Crossfire, Z, and the TT. James and Richard spend the evening as 'scootermen'. By doing this, they get to drive different cars and test them at the same time. Jeremy, James and Richard look at the latest range of off-road toys: quad bikes, hovercrafts and buggies; James travels to Dubai to test the fastest four-door saloon in the world - the Bentley Flying Spur, and the BMW 5 Series diesel is compared to the petrol version.
F1 driver Mark Webber also sets a lap-time in the Liana. Jeremy drives the Ford F Lightning pick-up truck, which is inexplicably the world's best-selling car and describes it as the worst car he had ever driven.
James put his degree in music to fine use by trying to re-create the Top Gear theme tune using car engines. Richard tries a bit of drifting in the Monaro with the D1 drifting team. Which is the better car? To find out, the boys take the cars to the Isle of Man and test them on the island's roads - where there is no speed limit on the open roads [unlike in the built up areas of the island]. A challenge is set to see which is faster: a rock climber or an Audi RS4.
The new Porsche Cayman Sis reviewed and there's a feature on the history of British Racing Green; part of which involves Richard driving a Vanwall; a recreation of the car which won the world championship. Jeremy also drives the 'air-hostess orange' Focus ST on the track. James and Richard are once again trying to beat Jeremy in another of their now famous races.
This time, the race is on to see who will be the first to get from Alba in northern Italy, to the NatWest Tower in London. James and Richard are in a light aircraft piloted by James, while Jeremy has to make do with a Bugatti Veyron.
The Renault Espace is turned into the world's first convertible people carrier by having its roof sawn off. He also drove the new Corvette Z Richard was in Iceland for a race against a jet-powered kayak - he drove the Tomcat 4x4. Jeremy, James and Richard each design their own amphibious vehicle and test it on a Stafforshire reservoir.
Jeremy has a Toyota Hilux, James a Triumph Herald with a sail and Richard has a Volkswagen camper van painted to resemble a canal boat. Jeremy gives the Mercedes S Class a make-over. Captain Slow is given a lesson in fast driving by Sir Jackie Stewart.
The lads take a caravanning holiday in Dorset. The Stig see how fast you can drive an F1 car indoors. The fast exotic car this week is the Lamborghini Gallardo Spyder.
James races two parkour enthusiasts from the city centre of Liverpool to the Liver Building. The lads take on the Stig in a race this week from the factory in London to Knockhill Racing Circuit in Scotland in Caterham 7 kitcars. Richard, James and Jeremy get behind the wheel of their vans to find out which is the best to drive, the easiest to steal and the fastest. Ray Winstone is the star in a Reasonably Priced Car.
Jenson Button also tries his luck around the track in the Liana. After spending so many years zooming along the roads of Britain the lads turn their hands to mending them by trying to do a week's worth of roadworks in 24 hours.
Also, the mph jet car crash which left Richard fighting for his life in September In this American special, Jeremy, James and Richard are on a fly-drive holiday with a difference. Another day, another Porsche, but will Jeremy be able to tell the difference between this new Turbo and the old one?
James and Richard try to turn a Reliant Robin into a space shuttle. In an attempt to find an alternative source of fuel Top Gear goes green.
Also this week, Jeremy makes a public information film. A stretch limo, why hire one when you can make your own? Step forward the Top Gear boys who do just that. On the track, two Ford Mustangs. Have the Americans finally built a car that deserves more than pointing and giggling from smug Europeans? A road trip to find to best driving roads in Europe sees the boys driving some serious automotive exotica.
James, Richard and Jeremy attempt to cross the Channel to France in their amphibious vehicles from series 8. Richard takes on a Typhoon jet fighter in a Bugatti Veyron. James drives the new Rolls Royce convertible and Jeremy gets to play with the new Ferrari Fiorano.
The guys race each other using a bike, a boat and a car, to find the fastest way across London. The Stig drives the Caparo T1 in an attempt to beat the long-standing fastest time set by the Koenigsegg. Richard regains the will to live by racing an Aston Martin V8 Vantage Roadster against a man with rockets strapped to his back. Richard and James try their hands at Motorhome Racing. Richard drives Renault's F1 car around Silverstone.
Oh, there's some bloke called Lewis Hamilton, too. Jeremy, James and Richard take part in Britcar 24, a endurance race at Silverstone. And they most likely will get dented. Jeremy starts the Ferrari Scuderia. James introduces a new member to the Top Gear team. Rising from the ashes like a phoenix, the Cool Wall returns. Are you a 'proper petrolhead'? The gospel according to Clarkson says you are not if you haven't owned an Alfa Romeo. A new Ford Mondeo or a used luxury car of yesteryear?
Jeremy and James demonstrate which is the wisest choice. Richard indulges in a spot of fox hunting - Top Gear style. It's an epic age-old rivalry: Britain versus Germany - but this time it's serious. Germany's equivalent of Top Gear - D Motor - is up against dear old Blighty's magnificent original in a series of challenges.
Richard drives a new Mazda concept car and James chauffeurs two sumo wrestlers in a rather odd Japanese car. Jeremy, Richard and James buy second-hand lorries and set about discovering how easy it is to become an HGV driver.
Jeremy, Richard and James travel to the US to take a road trip from San Francisco to the heart of Utah in three new-generation muscle cars, hoping this time to avoid a mob of angry locals pelting them with rocks. Clarkson, Hammond and James take on the challenge of making an ordinary second-hand car lap the test track as fast as a brand-new, purpose-built sports saloon.
James enlists the help of F1 world champion Mika Hakkinen in a quest to discover why the Finns are such good racing drivers.
Richard hammers around the track in the outlandish Veritas sports car. Jeremy, Richard and James are challenged to drive from the heart of Switzerland to the north-western coast of England on just one tank of fuel, with the winner switching on the Blackpool illuminations. Richard celebrates the 40th anniversary of the Ferrari Daytona by taking one back to its spiritual home - the Italian Riviera - before trying to beat James and a powerboat in a race from Portofino to St Tropez.
Jeremy asks whether the Eastern bloc countries ever made a good car, and Richard assesses the performance of new German sports model the Veritas. James visits California to learn about the hydrogen-fuelled Honda Clarity, and Jeremy assesses the performance of Tesla's battery-powered supercar the Roadster. Arriving in Vietnam, James, Richard and James have to travel the entire length of the country in just eight days. But first they have to buy some suitable transport for the trip, and despite having several million Dong in their pockets, this proves to be rather more difficult than they expected, especially in one of the most expensive car markets in the world.
A race from London and Edinburgh using three different modes of transport.
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