Rat Race? Love it. The prop is designed well, the gameplay flows smoothly (the race is not too long), it has that nice Walk of Fame feel as the prices increase from the grocery product to the medium prize to the somewhat bigger prize. It also has a distinctive reveal that is similar to 10 Chances which I like, but you'll be able to tell the difference between the games because Rat Race doesn't have any prizes that are obviously under $100. And I feel somewhat confident in the way it was constructed (for those who don't feel so confident, go to priceisright.com and you'll get to see some of the preliminary work they did to make the game. Watching the video made me feel better.) The only flaws are that I feel that starting possibly with its next playing, it will become one of those games where Greco makes the pricing portion impossible and tries to get the contestant to earn 0 or 1 rat every playing. But we'll see how it goes. Even if you price everything perfectly, you still have only a 60% chance of winning the car, so hopefully they will know to at least be reasonable about setting up the pricing portion.
Nissan Versas on Price Is Right? Don't love them so much. Shouldn't be there at all. Like Vader said, I would rather see trips (or furniture!) in the showcase rather than a car that cheap - they're OK on LMAD where people know the budget is lower but on Price where they've been offering 20k cars all season with the occasional Porsche, it just feels really really cheap. I know Mike produces both shows, and I would hope he recognizes this difference between them, and it's possible that he does and just forsaking it for now, but honestly having the Versa on today was just ridiculous. What was also ridiculous was having a pendant barely larger than my hand be $4500 and therefore more expensive than a grill and dinette. I know they need to do it, but that's just low - they better improve their budget management skills next season. Still, Rat Race carried the show overall and it was decent (great contestant in that game too for a debut!).
Timings:
Double Prices (3) - 2:10
It's In The Bag (6.5) - 5:20
Rat Race (6) - 6:25 (I'm ASSUMING, after seeing its first playing, that its timing is 6. This is gonna be a longer game, but not too long hopefully. It will be like a 10 Chances or a Temptation in the game rotation with this timing)
Most Expensive (3.5) - 3:08
Flip Flop (3.5) - 2:54
Any Number (5) - 4:58
Total time (27.5): 24:55