vascocc95

I was sceptical, decided to give it a chance and yet got disappointed.

It's all clearly staged with a terrible production quality (like excessive sound effects, cliche panoramic shots and lots of unnatural product placement).

The "specialists" only use obvious stereotypes and don't actually help because they are both trying to help and creating drama out of nothing to keep the audiences.

The couple's emotional timeline isn't coherent through segments. It all feels like directed by a group of 10 year olds that change their minds every episode and that always try to shock the audience.

Finally the couple's are clearly not align with the main goal of the experience and are always seeking "friendship" when they are (supposedly) married...

I consider that the first half of the stage was very good but the second one wasn't so good. Up until now, I would place the second stage as the best, third and extra next, then the first stage and last the fourth stage. I would say that the first half of the fifth stage resembles the best stages in the way that there is a very good equilibrium between racing with technical accuracy and character personal story development in an interesting way. At the second half, however, character side-stories become awkward and boring and the racing becomes unrelated with what they would be in real life. The last episode reverts this a bit but the change is too sudden for saving it...

With the quality displayed on previous stages this stage falls clearly behind. One of the most important differences is that the first stages were technically accurate and characters would say what someone that really knows about driving would say. In this stage, races are very different from what they would be in real life (according to specs) and the characters' dialogue is totally metaphoric and zero technical... This is becoming more of an Oliver and Benji thing where believing you are good is more relevant than being actually good.