The long delayed Raikiri has finally arrived! This floorless coaster features 7 inversions including a pretzel, cobra roll, loop, oversixed corkscrew, and a zero-G roll. The Pretzel, otherwise known as a double dive loop is the rides highlight.
Raikiri Revision 1: Fixed banking lift at the end Fixed unused footer Removed the Midway to reduce overall size Added lighting for night riding Increased the Mid-Course Brake Run's speed limit Added landscaping and foliage
Latest Revision: Station lights will now properly turn off during daylight.
I used feedback from reviews on youtube and your reviews! Download Revision 1 is available!
This was technically a decent ride - I just felt it lacked adrenaline in a lot of the ride and the post MCBR ride was disappointing. Nice use of the double dive loop however!
Technique +Basics - All passes here! There were some questionable clearances I felt however.
+Supports - Your supports were okay but they felt very rushed and incomplete. At first glance they seemed good but having a better look at them they weren't so good.
Loop needed an extra support at the 45degree mark in my opinion on both sides. The cobra roll and dive loops had similar issues. The MCBR had a weird support that wasn't straddling anything - this should have been a simpler support.
+Trackwork - This was very good - smooth and pretty much pumpfree. There was a slightly iffy section around the second dive loop but overall it was good.
I felt that there should've been an additional transport section so that they had control of the ride all the way up to the lift hill. I also felt the lift hill could've finished a bit later just to help the cars over the hill
+Station and queue lines were very good!
Adrenaline +Forces - Good variation of forces throughout the first half of the layout. No serious hangtime on the loop, decent but not uncomfortable sustained G's. Second seemed to get worse as it went on.
+Pacing - This is practically linked with the G forces - the first half was really good, post MCBR the ride seriously lacked and eeked away into the brake run. The last two turns were painfully slow.
+Interaction - Good support interaction again through the first section. I felt it would've been really beneficial for pacing reasons to have some more interaction in the second half of the ride to increase the feeling of speed.
Uniqueness +Layout / Elements - Good twist on a B&M layout with a different first drop and nice invention within the layout. The post MCBR despite having poor poacing was a nice twist with the 0G roll too!
+Extras - The station and queue line was really nice but the ride lacked some additional extras scenic items to set itself completely apart!
Realism The ride was realistic as a rollercaoster. The Loop wasn't tear shaped enough to be a B&M and the felt a bit stretched out at the beginning to keep with B&M style. The cobra roll required a larger dip too as seen on Bizzaro and other B&M floorless rides. I think the ride generally needed a lot of tweaking to feel like a B&M but like I said the general realism was in place!
Just 'got off' from riding a second time and still was very impressed with not only the placement of elements and the way the ride flowed but the station and queue lines were outstanding as well as the storage facilities. My favorite part of the ride was the double immelman back to back. I was hoping for some more landscaping, trees, shrubbs, ect. but this didn't deter from your score. Is was a blast and a half and will enjoy this ride many times over. Great job and love your work:-)
Technique: Very good, I like the way you did the blocks! Adrenalin: It has a lot of elements. I like that Uniqueness: The scenery is done well! only the elements are quite quickly after each other Realism: The quantity of the elements is just too much, but i would place it in my park Rider value: If you like thrill rides, I'll recommend it!
Overall : Nice track, with nice inversions. 8.5/10!
I thought this was a great coaster, compact yet full of adrenaline rushes. (at least that's what I'd presume you'd get...) I do feel however that some of the supports where a bit to close to each other, I can't say that all of them where but especially after the first drop (at the start of the loop) you wouldn't be able to stretch your arm out at all. Other than that, it'd great. I really like the last part where you ride around in a sort of 8 shape because it was very relaxing. Well done
Technique: I really like the layout and the coaster looks really nice from the distance, very compact overall. Adrenaline: This was pretty good, too. Nice elements, typical for B&M coasters and it was also very smooth. Uniqueness: The coaster is not that unique, but I have never seen before a Pretzel in a floorless coaster. Rider Value: It was overall a nice coaster and I really like it, would be nice in reality.
Also the station and the storage were really good. Nice work
I loved the whole coaster and the great layout. The supports were great and well made. I hope you keep adding more coasters. I really liked the Cuben Eight. Can you do a super realistic Morgan hyper next possibly?
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