Filed under: Sedans/Saloons, Etc., First Drive, UK
Be a star in Top Gear's reasonably priced car
Attention all you Top Gear fans out there! While most of us will never be a big enough star to actually appear on the fabled British motor show as one of its "Stars in a reasonably priced car," the Top Gear website has added a virtual chance at fame and glory. Take a crack at the real Top Gear test track just like The Stig! Pilot your Chevy Laceti around Chicago Corner, through Hammerhead, past The Follow-Through, and blast out of Gambon for the perfect lap. Current lap record holder is Alan G. with a blistering 1:41:193. If you think that's easy to beat, know that we only managed a 2:02:011 on our first full lap. It's not as easy as it might at first appear, as the rather crude graphics belie the trickiness of the controls and course. Check out the "Time to burn?" tab on the site to see how you would match up against Simon Cowell, Hugh Grant, and the Well spoken man. Hopefully you'll be able to beat at least Jimmy Carr. We'll keep at it and try to at least beat Brian Cox before the show returns to British airwaves this weekend for Series 11.
[Source: Top Gear]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
Allan 3:37PM (6/17/2008)
Freakin... sweet.
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Allan 3:38PM (6/17/2008)
Let's fix up that URL though, shall we?
http://www.topgear.com/content/timetoburn/sections/games/18/game.html
Allen 3:47PM (6/17/2008)
I'm at work. So what if i tried it. Hotness!!!
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Vintage 3:49PM (6/17/2008)
so much for productivity. They block all games here at work, but somehow they missed this. Awesome. :D
apu 3:52PM (6/17/2008)
You guys are such Top Gear fanboys. Memorising names of corners, mentioning Clarkson every day, and overusing the term "all we know is...they call him the Stig." At least you didn't use that last one in this post.
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Injected 3:56PM (6/17/2008)
So what? Wanna fight about it?
-Another TG Fanboy
Allan 3:59PM (6/17/2008)
I think that if you're not at least partly a Top Gear fanboy, you're reading the wrong news site.
Vintage 3:59PM (6/17/2008)
Apparently you've never seen Top Gear. There's a reason people who love cars love Top Gear.
elongated man 3:59PM (6/17/2008)
Oh no! I heard Microsoft is looking to make an American version of the game. That will just ruin the show I know it. ;p
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SPG 4:14PM (6/17/2008)
Haha, nice. That was awesome.
stefan 4:10PM (6/17/2008)
No thanks, but GT5 will have the top gear track (UK version).
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icetraxx 4:28PM (6/17/2008)
I love top gear but this is one of the worst flash games I've ever played.
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zjmuse 8:52AM (7/31/2008)
that is exactly what i was thinking as i was trying to get off the grass.
Luis 6:17PM (6/18/2008)
Ok, it's not just me...
aggrazel 4:39PM (6/17/2008)
Better graphics on "Top Gear" for SNES than this.
Sorry guys, nice try. Barely even runs on my 2.0ghz machine.
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Benfolio 5:41PM (6/17/2008)
First timed lap pulled a 1:50:046 119th fastest and crossed the line sideways at the end.
Back to try again.....
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Frank 5:42PM (6/17/2008)
Just got below 1:50. This is tougher than it looks. I'm guessing I tried it about 40 times so far.
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Kitko 6:00PM (6/17/2008)
Poorly written as controls react in completely different ways at the same speed, steering is either too sharp or doesn't work at all.... Mobile phone games are better. I'm rather good at GT Legends but I doubt this TG is "too simple".
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Benfolio 6:32PM (6/17/2008)
+1
"car" also oversteers too easily.
I gave up. I wonder if I can just turn around and cross the line, see if that counts. Or run the course as an oval.
Alvin Brinson 9:31PM (6/23/2008)
Same issue here - I can drive in real life just fine, but on games like this, suddenly I can't drive. They always make the cars oversteer way too easily at any speed in these games. It may increase the fun/challenge factor, but the realism -- and therefore any fun for ME -- is out the window.
Worst... Flash .... Game.... Evar.
Well, not really.... but not what I'd have expected from TG folks.