So, I finally got around to playing a bit of Kerbal Space Program. And it occurs to me that there's a perfect opportunity here for a hilarious re-skinning of the game: Top Gear Space Program.
I mean, really, all you need is to add some TG logometry to the various spacecraft components, bump up the likelihood of any given component exploding by several (dozen) percent, and replace the three Kerbal avatars with the TG hosts: Jezza smiles in direct proportion to current thrust/velocity, May smiles (or at least looks engaged) during difficult fiddly bits like orbit tuning and docking, and Hammond... well, Hammond just randomly smiles or freaks out all over the place (also has the whitest teeth).
Do that, and you're almost golden. Maybe add some wheels, Bugatti Veyron parts, and various chrome/flame blingage to the parts bin, and you're good to go. I mean, have you read those parts descriptions in the VAB? The level of engineering would only have to drop a little in order to meet TG's standards.
I mean, really, all you need is to add some TG logometry to the various spacecraft components, bump up the likelihood of any given component exploding by several (dozen) percent, and replace the three Kerbal avatars with the TG hosts: Jezza smiles in direct proportion to current thrust/velocity, May smiles (or at least looks engaged) during difficult fiddly bits like orbit tuning and docking, and Hammond... well, Hammond just randomly smiles or freaks out all over the place (also has the whitest teeth).
Do that, and you're almost golden. Maybe add some wheels, Bugatti Veyron parts, and various chrome/flame blingage to the parts bin, and you're good to go. I mean, have you read those parts descriptions in the VAB? The level of engineering would only have to drop a little in order to meet TG's standards.