Possible RMC Contest

Here's an idea. A park has a really boring and frankly painful wooden roller coaster. This thing is atrocious but it was only built 5 years ago so it would be a shame to just take down the mass of wood. They have decided to go in another direction with this one! Since RMC has two large scale coasters for 2014, they need to hire some outside help. That's where you come in. Your job is to create an exhilarating coaster from a spine breaking one.

Rules:
1. Cannot be more than 500' longer than the original.
2. Lift hill must remain in the same location but the angle and the entire drop may be changed.
3. Support locations cannot change. You have to utilise the supports already there. You may change how high or how low they go. You may add on or tear down supports from pre-existing structures. But you cannot completely tear down and build a new coaster from scratch.
4. Although the location of supports cannot change, you do not have to follow the same path as the original. If you want to conjoin two existing structures to have track go across them, then you may do so. You can change directions, invert, add any sort of elements as long as you don't destroy the old supports entirely.
5. Basically, there has to be footers and one level of supports from the original track. Everything else after that is your's to work with. Your track does not have to be on par with the original.
6. All tools may be used including 3ds and physics based track design engines (FVD, newton, etc.)

It's kind of confusing but ill show you what I mean tonight. The original coaster is just about done. I don't plan on including a template with borders and what not because I think this is challenging enough already.

count me in if the track isnt a poop fest to re track and please have at least some sort of boundaries

^Well the boundaries would be the path of the roller coaster.

I'm going for a workable track so there won't be a ton of crossovers. Would you guys rather have a 4000+ ft coaster or a shorter one? You can add new areas as long as you don't go over 500' of the original. If some boundaries for this seem necessary then by all means they can be added.

Originally posted by jdmi012


A park has a really boring and frankly painful wooden roller coaster. This thing is atrocious but it was only built 5 years ago so it would be a shame to just take down the mass of wood.

5 years ago? You must be joking...?

Since RMC has two large scale coasters for 2014, they need to hire some outside help.

Okay... what?

Your job is to create an exhilarating coaster from a spine breaking one.

What 2008 wooden roller coaster breaks spines?

Maybe your contest guidelines could use a little revising?

2001 son of beast broke spines, and mean streak is better but still a rough one, and then theres others too..
you should do a heavy crossover like medusa or a out in back like villain

Its a neat idea, but I agree the back story is a little unconvincing

The Boss might be a good one for this.

the boss would be a good one, the double down first hill would make a good challenge..

Sorry, X and Y came out and ate up all my free time. I can create something with a similar start to the boss but a full recreation would take forever.

Maybe use one from someone who already made a good one, just ask them if you an borrow it..

Originally posted by jdmi012

Sorry, X and Y came out and ate up all my free time. I can create something with a similar start to the boss but a full recreation would take forever.

I'll look around. I can't imagine that would be easy considering the community is much smaller than it used to be. Give me a few days and I'll try and get things started!

our you could make a small to medium field and basically claim the theme parks coaster got trashed by a hurricane and they want rmc to come in and rebuild a new coaster with a newer edge

Originally posted by jdmi012

I'll look around. I can't imagine that would be easy considering the community is much smaller than it used to be. Give me a few days and I'll try and get things started!

Sine you want to redo a ride gone wrong, a bad recreation might work best. but if you want a good recreation I would suggest asking bobcoaster for one of his. He still posts tracks so i assume he comes on regularly

I guess good was a bad word to use.
When I get home I'll check out bobcoaster's recreation and then ask him about it. I'll fix up the story a bit as well .