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Which is best, TAR in SD Era or HD Era?

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Wadsy:
Interesting topic, here's my opinion (in order of release):

Best SD Seasons: 3, 5, 6 and 7
Worst SD Seasons: 4, 8, 10, 13 and 16

Best HD Seasons: 18, 21, 29 and 30
Worst HD Seasons: 19, 24 and 27

Looking at the SD seasons, 5-7 is easily the golden age of the show in my eyes. I disliked the Family Edition for many reasons, I wish TAR 10 had never been made thanks to it's cast and lackluster route, TAR 13 was poorly executed and TAR 16 has one of the worst casts I have seen.

The HD seasons thankfully has less poor seasons but at the same time, no season that comes anywhere near the top quality of the best SD seasons. The newer seasons suffer from poor leg design in many areas or just plain annoying casting. Seasons 23 and 25 although not bad were very forgettable to me and then 28 is just a bit of a trainwreck but with some redeeming qualities. The same cannot be said about the three that made the worst list - for 19 was poorly made, 24 suffered the same fate and 27 was just boring throughout. I thoroughly enjoyed Unfinished Business and 21, and of course 29 and 30 much later.

NELs:

--- Quote from: Wadsy on March 09, 2021, 10:07:58 PM ---I wish TAR 10 had never been made thanks to it's cast and lackluster route

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Since when does TAR 10 have a lackluster route? If you only count TAR US visits, then it has the most unique countries visited in a single season with 6. Those six (in order): Mongolia, Kuwait, Mauritius, Madagascar, Finland, and Ukraine. Also five of these were IN A ROW. Kuwait through Ukraine. Don't forget this season made TAR history by being the first ever westward route of the entire show. One country having the double leg treatment (Vietnam) is also a huge plus in my books. This single season also has the most countries visited in a single season with 13.

Wadsy:
It looked great on paper but not in execution.
The countries were not used as well as they could have been for the most part.
Mongolia and Finland were definitely great legs but everything else not really, and Spain was very under-utilized.
I was also put off by the task design and general leg planning in many of the places they visited. It just didn't really do it for me.
For me a bit part that makes a location ideal is the tasks and places they visit on the leg, and other seasons did it better.

LandonM170:
For me based on my ranking list the SD era is better than the HD era.

Average for ranking -
The HD era: #15.7
The SD era: #16.4

So, I like the HD era more than the SD era. I am surprised, but it is not much.

Traveldude1:
The show in its current form has become too produced and wacky with not only the editing but the tasks. The music too has become less intense especially the kind you'd hear on footraces to the pitstop. The SD seasons feel more "raw" , have more travel aspects and better character development than any recent season. You can even see the changes towards the modern era starting to appear in TAR 17 with the goofy music and the clown task. There's a reason why nearly every iconic team from the show comes from the first 17 or so seasons. Even after 15 years, I still rewatch seasons like TAR 11, TAR 9, and TAR 3

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