Elemental is one of it's own. This ride is a natural, yet original experience that sends you flying through the beautiful mountains far away from civilization. This experience was inspired by Air, made to give a calm yet exciting experience that will make you jump back in line over and over again.
Statistics: Height: 144 Ft. Track Length: 2993 Ft. Max Speed: 49 Mph
Credits:
Custom B&M Roar - TheCodeMaster Trees and Plants - NSeven Custom Rocks - TheCodeMaster
Technical Passed all the basic checks. Trackwork throughout the ride was pretty solid, no real noticeable pumps or bumps - I felt the lead in to the final turn could have refined however, it seemed a little bit too snappy and perhaps the trackwork felt a little jerky as a result.Supports were well done, realistic and efficient - top marks here.I thought the terraforming and scenery placement was very good - the ride itself had a well executed atmosphere in my opinion.
Adrenaline Start was way too slow, it took a little while for the ride to get going - however post Pretzel loop it was really fun and much more intense.The layout generally had good intensity - there was nice variation and it snaked around itself really well. The only thing I'd have liked to have seen was a medium/big drop like Air's first proper drop.Oddly high negative vertical G's on Pretzel (-1.5) which I think needed a slightly higher lead out but otherwise in check and some nice forces in the ride.
Originality I could see the inspiration of air - but you really made it your own as it was almost like an "intense" Air hah. Good job anyway I enjoyed the layout a lot.The scenery was good and as I've already mentioned really have a well executed atmosphere. It would have been nice to see maybe a little more scenery around the ride such as the queue lines etc.
Realism Only other thing I felt needed changing realism wise was the friction wheels on brake run - this would lead to high maintenance costs therefore you should have used a declined brake run without friction wheels leading into a block section with the friction wheels.I thought the terraforming and scenery was pretty realistic - I'd echo CK's comments about having the sunken Pretzel loop which was maybe borderline - especially given its location on the hill.Otherwise I think the ride was pretty buildable - there was nothing that took this into the realms of 'fantasy'.
The trackwork was very smooth with no obvious pumps, and the banking was very fluid as well. Most importantly, you controlled the G's well. ONly iffy area was the entrance to the corkscrew, but that was pretty borderline so whatever. I consider it cheating when a track's excitement is solely from doing impossible things. The supports were very good as well and my only complaint is the straight pole on the half corkscrew thing (lie-to-fly?) that is just before the pretzel loop. Is it a prefab, why is the diagonal beam almost vertical? You had room! It looks like you used a ton of prefabs, which is something I try to avoid unless they're necessary. Also make sure they don't clip into the lift stairs. The atmosphere of the ride was nice as well. It fit in well with its surroundings and looked very thought out. My only minor complaint is that I am not a fan of burying 3/4 of an element in a tunnel like you did with the pretzel loop, but rides like Karacho and Junker exist which do something similar so oh well. I noticed your dispatch interval made the train wait on the main brake a bit before entering the station. Perhaps you could have slowed the lift hill to 6mph to buy a bit more loading time?
The layout was neat as well although it was a bit slow going at the beginning. You did a good job keeping the speed up once we flipped on our backs for the first time and managed to incorporate some nice B&M whips into the layout. Overall really this was a very well thought out ride. Hope you upload more.
Wow! I felt like I was flying! The only thing I can think to improve on was the background. Mabye revise it with a seaside enviornment or use some trees around the island.
PM me if you would like some more details or disagree with my rate.
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