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This article was published by Joe Donaldson (@Joey D) on April 5th, 2018 in the Car Culture category.
Is the Top Gear Test Track Dead?
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SestoScudo
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Such a shame to see this just like how Classic Hockenheim died off 
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Well it was never a great track was it? Just a rainy field with a runway.
P0T5
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Who remembers back on GT5 having drag races on TopGear Test Track? that track used to get all the noobs in lol
I used to enter the track with a gold chrome Veyron or X2010 and wait on some little noob to ask me to trade them i'd say you send it first and i'll wait here, guy would come back and say i've sent it and I would go and send them a set or tyres lol
I used to enter the track with a gold chrome Veyron or X2010 and wait on some little noob to ask me to trade them i'd say you send it first and i'll wait here, guy would come back and say i've sent it and I would go and send them a set or tyres lol
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If they have another track. Its gotta be better than the dreary eboladrome (and the previous track).
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M'eh. It's a shame for the businesses that are impacted, but as a circuit I don't think it's any loss at all.
Lord Kacperov
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Oh, please tell me this is a late April Fools joke.
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Lain
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Nah if it was April Fools, it'd be the Nurburgring
retrostate
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current top gear is better than the grand tour
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current top gear is better than the grand tour
To be honest they are both as bad a show as each other. Far too samey as well.
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It's no real loss. Perhaps they'll use a proper circuit now instead. There must be still dozens of usable WW2 airfields that could stand in for it at a pinch.
Joey D
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While the track isn't terribly exciting by any means, I do like that it served as a benchmark for lap times. Having a consistent track that's had a number of cars lap it does give some insight into how they stack up against one another. Plus it's more "regulated" than Ring times too since it has a standard start/finish line and probably uses the same driver for the most part.
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At pretty as Anglesey circuit is, it's a long way for a whole show to decamp to. Imagine trying to get 'stars' up to north Wales every week! It's got to be within spitting distance of London really. Thruxton isn't that much further, just a quick blast down the M3. It's a working airfield so they can ferry VIPs quite easily. It also practically has it's own resident Stig - Tiff Needell. Supercar experiences aside, it doesn't get much use as a circuit either.
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As silly as it sounds, Top Gear Test Track is absolutely my favorite benchmark. I had almost 100 lap times saved on GT5, and each and every one I spent hours archiving.
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I was going to question your integrity but you pretty much told the world about it so there's no need.
I always enjoyed the track, thankfully we can still run it on AC.
James May often says the world is constantly improving, in fact the world is better now than it was one minute ago.
I wonder what his thoughts are on the bit of news.
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Its also unfortunately has stupidly demanding noise limits and track time limits (one of my local three).
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While not the most exciting track and not in any way ideal for serious racing, its something I'll miss because of the non-serious stuff that took place. The awesome hot laps and leaderboard were just a great bonus along with the "Star In A Reasonably Priced Car" stuff. Annoys me to see the real Estate plague continues to be a bain on race tracks and its not just the US with this.
current top gear is better than the grand tour
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noooo......this season of top gear was pretty snooze and it was short. Season 2 of GT was a better show than season 1. I could rewatch season 2 and still get some great laughs but that's not happening with top gear
this was one of my fav eps cause it had me genuinely concerned and at the edge of my seat all the while knowing nothing is gonna go wrong, because we would've heard something about it through the media. Nevertheless that was quite the stunt-job and hammond's decision to not partake was absolutely understandable
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