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Best TAR Leg
Zack.:
So while I definitely posted something in this thread earlier I'm pretty sure, I drafted up a more complete list including some shockers :O
- 1.04 (Les Baux de Provence, France to El Jem, Tunisia) - iconic leg is iconic. The lighter clue is, I think, not topped in its obliqueness and the tasks and scenery marry together perfectly
- 1.05 (El Jem, Tunisia to Ksar Ghilane Oasis, Tunisia) - this one doesn't get a lot of love, being sandwiched between an obvious Great Leg and a leg with a load of drama but the fact that the hardest task of the leg was simply driving between points A and B makes it incredible
- 2.05 (near Windhoek, Namibia to Amphawa, Thailand) - I feel like this is probably the best Thailand leg of TAR? Complex Detours, a RB that tests the squeamish, and a variety of transportation options both mandatory and optional make this a true test of teams
- 2.08 (Hong Kong, Sydney to Sydney, Australia) - lol. I know most people enjoy the Sydney stuff but the extra bit of Hong Kong was also good and a nice contrast to the urban nature of the previous leg.
- 3.08 (Fussen, Germany to Grindelwald, Switzerland) - THIS LEG <3 any sort of leg whose difficulty results in the most boring team remaining a) gaining a personality and b) nearly dying of cardiac arrest is a truly great leg
- 4.02 (Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy to Venice, Italy) - the late-leg bunch allllmost ruins it but the fact is the leg was pretty much a trap for people who would go on a free trip to Venice - who wouldn't want to ride in a gondola or spend time wandering the streets? (people who wanted to stay in the race alol)
- 4.06 (Muiden, the Netherlands to Mumbai, India) - INDIA. While I enjoy the 1.5 India legs of TAR 1 more from a television perspective, I think this is the standard for which all future India legs should be judged - tasks involving hard labor and attention to detail and trains which potentially induce rape are things which should always be present.
- 5.04 (San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina to Pushkin, Russia) - arguably the first leg specifically designed to push teams to the point of attrition, it features many things I love: long-distance ground travel, complex airport routings, alcohol, and in this particular instance an eating challenge which, while difficult, wasn't asinine (looking@u Meatblock, "Quick and Easy Meal")
- 5.05 (Pushkin, Russia to Giza, Egypt) - THE SPHINX. that is all.
- 6.02 (Grindavik, Iceland to Voss, Norway) - this was a nice way to address the absurd amounts of bunching of TAR 6 plus the Detour is one of the best of the series <3
- 8.11a (Absarokee, Montana to Montreal, Quebec) - actual fun and clever and visually interesting tasks from FE? PLUS forcing people to hunt through a 56000 seat stadium for one of *3* clues? brutal.
- 10.02 (Great Wall of China, China to Ulanbataar, Mongolia) - For a change, the complex navigation leg and the leg with an absurdly difficult physical task leg were the same thing :O
- 10.03 (Ulanbataar, Mongolia to Vac, Vietnam) - the choices made in this leg just...flowed organically; 0 dollars begets a bunching point begets an RB in which one chooses between time and cash begets a random bus ride begets a labor or detail-oriented Detour. It all works.
- 10.06 (Chennai, India to Kuwait City, Kuwait) - I'm...95% sure this was the leg designed by a Survivor staffer. Pretty good, considering this would've been around the time of Cook Islands.
- 12.07 (Dubrovnik, Croatia to Florence, Italy) - the number of types of transportation used in this episode is equal to the number of types of transportation used in some seasons. Plus beyond that there were difficult tasks <3
- 13.07 (New Delhi, India to Old Delhi, India) - sometimes I just like good looking, difficult, culturally relevant tasks :)
- 13.10 (Moscow, Russia to Moscow, Russia) - ...and sometimes I like legs with tasks that require multiple paragraphs to explain <3
- 14.10b (Beijing, China to Beijing, China) - I feel like I'd LOVE this leg without the U-Turn but I like that the U-Turn was hidden in an alcove like 500 meters away from both Detours <3
- 15.11 (Prague, Czech Republic to Prague, Czech Republic) - literally everything in this leg was designed to make teams feel as horrible as possible, starting from having Prague 1 occur in the day to force a daytime Pit Stop :funny:
- 17.03 (Accra, Ghana to Doryumu, Ghana) - the best linear leg, by far
- 17.06 (Narvik, Norway to St. Petersburg, Russia) - I think had gorodki replaced the potato planting this would be a contender for Best Leg Ever but it's still great <3 Every location being beautiful <3
- 18.04 (Yokohama, Japan to Lijiang, China) - okay this miiiight be due to Kent and Vyxsin being who they were but I rather liked the leg <3 It definitely felt cozy because it was in a small area full of people despite being somewhat rural and I liked it.
- 18.05 (Lijiang, China to Kunming, China) - altitude sickness exacerbating already difficult tasks <3
- 19.05 (Ko Samui, Thailand to Bangkok, Thailand) - I feel like this is the most TAR 1-like leg not made in March 2001.
- 20.03 (Buenos Aires, Argentina to Asuncion, Paraguay) - a recurring theme with me: difficult tasks in a small area begets lots of ~tension~
- 21.11 (Palma, Mallorca to Chenoceaux, France) - though this is an inversion of that: difficult tasks in a giant area, filled with GORGEOUS chateaus <3
- 22.04 (Christchurch, New Zealand to Kuta, Indonesia) - okay this miiiiight be due to John being dumb but the tasks were all pretty difficult in hindsight. Also monkeys <3
- 22.09 (Grindelwald, Switzerland to Berlin, Germany) - for a 'theme' leg, it wasn't really obnoxious or overbearing though I will always question the ridiculous mechinations used to get teams from Grindelwald to Berlin to start with
- 23.06 (Gdansk, Poland to Vienna, Austria) - admittedly this would be much better had someone attempted the chandelier drop but I like the homage to TAR 4, even if its parent leg blew because of the late train)
- 25.04 (Shetland Islands, UK to Copenhagen, Denmark via Malmo, Sweden - legs which are long enough to force people to race in darkness <3)
Keepcopz:
My all-time favorite leg is still Moscow 2 in Season 13. LOVE every tasks in that leg! The Detour is not only showcasing the metro and tram system of Moscow but also very challenging team with difficulty in navigation. The Roadblock is fun and the puzzle is pretty confusing to solve! I hope they make a leg like this again, just the consecutive tasks that mentally challenging teams, rather than loads of generic linear tasks that had nothing to do with the culture in that city at all. (Of all things they can do in Bangkok, they send teams to feed milk to cat and play pool? Yeah, that is still bothering me :res:)
Close runner-up would be Morocco 1 in Season 25 and maybe Alaska in Season 12. Both legs were amazing!
The legs I like (For an entire leg not just some tasks):
- 10.02 (Mongolia) --> Very scenic location, the tasks are super HARD and force team to drive vintage car in rural Mongolia is just <3.
- 12.05 (Lithuania) --> Beautiful country with great tasks. But I wish we had a chance to see that unaired FF.
- 13.07 (India) --> This leg is so crazy and I love it. <3 Holi RB <3 That water serving FF <3 Tracking wire detour <3
- 18.03 (Japan) --> Best Japan leg in an entire series in my opinion.
- 22.01 (French Polynesia) --> Best premier in an entire series in my opinion.
- 22.04 (Indonesia) --> I like the tasks in this leg, really cultural and cool! Bali also provided a lot of beautiful scenery.
- 22.09 (Germany) --> Super weird leg. <3 I don't know. I mean, every tasks were so weird but it's so entertaining to watch. :lol:
- 25.04 (Denmark & Sweden) --> Hard and original tasks with self-driving. <3
- 26.06 (France & Monaco) --> I think the tasks were good! And the scenery of Southern France is so mesmerizing.
- 26.11 (Peru) --> Very hard penultimate leg. The tasks were so challenging. But it would be more entertaining if there's bunching at the start of the leg and cut the F4 twist out.
cbacbacba1:
The legs that i will always rewatch :
TAR 5 Leg 4
TAR 5 Leg 5
TAR 5 Leg 12
TAR 6 Leg 3
TAR 6 Leg 11 (Xian)
TAR 7 Leg 10 (London)
TAR 9 Leg 4 (Italy 1)
TAR 10 Leg 8
TAR 12 Leg 5
TAR 12 Leg 7
TAR 13 Leg 4
TAR 14 Leg 10b (Beijing 2)
TAR 16 Leg 10
TAR 17 Leg 7
TAR 17 Leg 10
TAR 18 Leg 4
TAR 18 Leg 5
TAR 22 Leg 1
TAR 22 Leg 9
TAR 23 Leg 5
TAR 24 Leg 10
TAR 25 Leg 4
TAR 25 Leg 9
TAR 26 Leg 6
TAR 26 Leg 9
WinTar:
I don't get why people love Spain in TAR 24. Seriously, it had a Roadblock where you had to shave cream off a balloon. Can someone please enlighten me? ???
SamualDude:
--- Quote from: WinTar on July 26, 2015, 11:05:43 PM ---I don't get why people love Spain in TAR 24. Seriously, it had a Roadblock where you had to shave cream off a balloon. Can someone please enlighten me? ???
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Leg 6 was the only all stars worthy leg of that entire season.
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