Hyperdrive

What a great concept!

It's like a car version of Ninja Warrior mixed with some of the dynamics seen in professional motorsport like F1, Nascar and Super Cars.

Being the first season, it's impressive to see that they've almost nailed the concept. I would lose the water sections though, as it's not a 4X4/4WD show... Still makes for a little more entertainment I guess. In my opinion this doesn't suit the format.

The contestants are real and not fake. They risk their own cars to compete in such a challenging environment where so much can easily go wrong.

The talent to do what they accomplish demands respect and thus they have some of the best amateur drivers in the world competing in a variety of vehicles.

I would love to see a special episode with professional drivers like Ken Block and Travis Pastrana or for a laugh Jeremy, Richard and James from The Grand Tour.

This show will hopefully get better and better and even if you're not into cars the real stories behind the contestants should captivate you more than the other trash on TV right now.

Binged this show! Love it, need more, Netflix needs to stop spending budget on Adam Sandler movies and make more like this!

As others have pointed out this show has a lot going for it - lighting, original obstacle courses, great cars and genuine semi-professional drivers who give their best and push their cars to the limit.

There are also unexpected twists and mishaps that keep the show interesting to the very end. It didn't feel biased to me - simply the mix of drivers was all over the place with some bordering Ken Block-ish levels of control while others driving like my uncle after 5 rakias (or whiskies).

However - the commentary and dramatization a-la "Deadliest catch" or "Orange county customs" detract a lot of value from this show. This typical American dumbing-down of the content is not really doing them any service.

They could have excelled by showing us more of the technical stuff about the cars, how they were built or some performance analysis instead. And yes they could have definitely chosen their slow-mo shots better as someone else commented before me.

Well worth the watch though and I do hope they read the comments here for Season 2 :)

Admittedly I enjoy most car shows, but this was something different. Part obstacle course, part drift track, part ridiculous, all fun. The negative reviews clearly didn't get very far into it, or missed the point. Don't let them stop you from giving the show a go, but make sure you have a good block of time clear to watch because it's absolutely binge-worthy.

Some superb drivers mixed with some useless drivers and pay2win cheaters, so I stayed for th quality driving and wasn't disappointed.

What I was disappointed with was the horrible packaging of the show - it's a car show and they use wrong camera angles all the time, slowmo the wrong things, don't show enough driving and have awful commentating. Don't get me wrong I like Bisping buuuut who are the others? Why does it need 3 people to drag out this repetitive competition? Where are the experts/pros?

The new layouts were too alike to begin with that the first 4-5 episodes you question what the point is but do end up pretty decent by the end.

As some other reviews have stated, it did feel a bit biased and scripted but overall I enjoyed and stayed the course for the show for the cars and drivers that put their all in, but it could have been presented and produced SO much better.