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Underleveled posted...

TAR8's problems went WAY beyond just that

Yeah, TAR8's problems included:
-Kids
-The bloated cast, where it was impossible to keep track of 40 people's names
-Staying on North America due to the above
-The ridiculous NEL penalty of giving up your money AND backpacks

In short, Amazing Race works best when it's a dating couple arguing in the backseat of a cab because their driver who doesn't speak English got them lost, not when an 8 y/o is asking their parents "Are we there yet?" in "exotic" Pennsylvania.

This won't be worse than TAR8 solely because there aren't any kids, there's a manageable cast size, and no NELs. However, TAR8 definitely set TAR down the wrong track for other reasons. Since then, the show has been more about completing menial tasks instead of actually immersing people in the cultures of the place they're visiting. It's not as "amazing" as it was back in the first 7 seasons, where sometimes they'd have to spend a night in a hotel in the middle of town mid-leg and get to see the nightlife of where they were. Or experience the local kids having fun despite being poor.

Which leads me to the point of this post: Why did TAR go away from what made it so compelling in the first place? Is there any way to restore that part of it?