Street Outlaws: America's List

This show pretty much sucks. In a three HOUR episode there is literally about three MINUTES of racing. All they do is talk. Plus the silliness of calling people out, running around the race areas, hiding, avoiding others so they can't "force" the other guy/gal to race is just childish. Just race people. Discovery is really milking all they can out of this show... and they aren't doing a very good job. I can literally watch a three hour episode in about 40 minutes. Thank goodness for the FFW button. Oh.. Big Chief sucks!

The premise of this show has always been stupid; let's see who can tiptoe their Pro Mod racing car down a street the fastest. It's like seeing who can whisper the loudest or walk the fastest.

America's list has made the premise all the sillier by allowing the "chase is the race." Now it's a contest to see who can jump the start the most and lure their rival into hopelessly chasing them.

When you add these things to the absurd "call out" system that has rivals hiding in bushes, under trailers etc to avoid having to race completely, you have a really, really stupid show that has nothing to do with street racing.

I have been watching street outlaws for 6 or 7 years and i actually enjoy watching it for the most part. Recently they obviously let some one new do the sound overlays with the drums and sound effects. It used to be good and increase the suspense, excitement etc..the most recent episode july 8,2021 had a sound track done so poorly i couldnt even finish watching it. Every time some one said something in the traditional interview style the drumming and sound effects completley drowned out the voice. Same thing when the cars were getting ready to race...music drowning out the sounds of the cars and anyone saying anything. Whoever did the sound track should be fired and anyone else involved in approving it to air..not worth attempting to watch unless you like being angry.

So I've been watching all the Street Outlaws shows for years, I like racing. The sad part is all the games that make it redundant & tedious to race. The 405 has been losing my respect to the point I have none. They only reason I watch is for any racer that's not the 405. Then again Discovery had ruined racing, so many get screwed over & that's not part of the game.

As if the whole "chase is a race" thing wasn't bad enough, the hide and seek call-out game just made this whole thing into a joke.

No one cares who can win by starting before the light, that's not a real race, that's a game.

AND it doesn't have any bearing on who's "faster."

Then the hide and seek game.... Moving up the list has nothing to do with how fast you are, it's how good you can hide after you lose. This seemed more like a kids cartoon than adults trying to man up against each other and ACTUALLY race. No question why this series didn't survive. I didn't personally care to see who the best hider and jumper was!