[NL tournament] Round 2: Woodie Galore

Story
CCI is famous for building many of the woodies the world knows today. Since CCI is a company which likes to keep groing they decided to bring a new standard layout on the market. Since the out and back style fits most parks the layout has to be in out and back style. CCI is really looking for a stunning track which has the potential of becoming as popular as the Vekoma SLC. It has to be original, full of airtime, adrenaline from start to finish. In this round we'll see if you know what it takes to set the new standard for wooden coasters.
Because CCI usually runs with PTC trains you have to use the classic 4 or the classic 6 seater track style. It is up to you to decide which train style will fit your idea best.

Round 2 of the No Limits tournament.
This round is not going to be easy, there will be way more restrictions than in the previous round and the key to a good woody is creativity. Something I never really got the hang of myself [:P]



Unlike the previous round there is a template now. The template is quite big which means you have some room to sway from the right to the left. It also offers some extra room near the end of the course so it's easier to make a stunning element to change direction. The station building has to be placed inside the area which is marked with the X. Do not delete the template border when you are finished!
As you might understand from the story, realism will be an important factor in this round of the tournament. So if you think you got a great idea and build a vertical lift this will minimize your chances of beating your opponent. Keep in mind to go easy on the bankings?????????


Download the template here


The rules:

• Track style must be classic wooden 4 or 6 seat


• There is no height limit


• G Force limits: Vert.: -2G / + 5.5G Lat.: -2G / + 2G Acc: -3G / + 5G


• Supports may be placed outside of the template borders


• Coaster must run with 3 or more trains.


• When using 4 seat cars: each train must have 6 or more cars.
  When using 6 seat cars: each train must have 4 or more cars.


• Dueling/racing coaster is allowed. Keep in mind this round is all about realism though.


• You may not submit old tracks. (this means you have to create a new track for this contest and not just take an old design of yours which fits the rules)


• All NL tools are allowed, including the terraformer. However, take it easy with the terraformer. This ride has to fit in any park, so you can't build it on a mountain or something. However small land features, water elements, tunnels and trees are allowed.


• Shuttle coasters are not allowed.


• Inversions are not allowed


• All additional theming is allowed and will be awarded with small bonuses.
  
• Submit your track at gforceaddict@coastercrazy.com

[*]Deadline: 28th of March 23:59 GMT (= 18:59 EST)

Download the template here


Tips:
This tutorial might come in handy if you are going to create cartextures. You can also download worksheets for the wooden coasters there.
This tutorial might come in handy if you want to create a custom environment.
This tool might come in handy if you don't have the new toolbox and want to improve your framerate.

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Who will you be facing?

In round two you?????????ll be duelling. This means it is a 1 vs. 1 competition. The winner of each group will advance to the next round.

Group 1: The Edge vs. Bino Maus
Group 2: Montu vs. Buster
Group 3: Scarletfire vs. cjd
Group 4: Bockzilla vs. Hansixx

Reserves:
whitewolf2759, WeeWeeSlap, coaster992001, tarzanman 11514, Screamomactic, coasterke, GRIM, coasterkidmwm and thecool326

Status:
Green: Track recieved
Red: The person dropped out
Orange: Problem with file
White: Waiting for track
Number in brackets: number of times I recieved a trackfile


So what are the reserves for?
If you are a reserve you also have to build and submit a track. When someone drops out from the normal competition your track will jump in. If your track wins, you?????????ll stay in the main contest and proceed to the next round.

Example: Buster drops out from group 2. This means a reserve will jump in.

The reserve that submitted his track the fastest will jump in.

Example: I received two tracks, first one from WeeWeeSlap at March 26 and I received a second track from Coaster Individual, this means WeeWeeslap will fill up the gap that Buster left for him.

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Questions & Answers
If you have any questions you can post them in this topic. I will try to answer your question A.S.A.P. Your question and the answer will be posted under this header.

Damn you, GFA. Was it really needed to restrict this to PTC? Not again... ugh. Just made one over at coastersims.com... [xx(]

[;)]

Buster.

Well, PTCs are the best, the other wooden trains are really pretty horrible in real life. Also, I have never seen an out and back that ran Millennium Flyer or Morgan trains.

[Dirk_Ermen]

he's a little sick now from ptc, because he had just a challenge over at CS.com

Exactly.

Besides, the template is big enough to not build an out&back... I had liked to build something like Roar... but I will adopt and make a PTC... somehow... LOL

Buster.

Originally posted by Buster

Exactly.

Besides, the template is big enough to not build an out&back... I had liked to build something like Roar... but I will adopt and make a PTC... somehow... LOL

Buster.

Like I said, I made it fairly wide so people can roam around a bit. If I would have restricted this to a pure out and back everyone would just submit a bunch of camelbacks and a few turns. This way there is more room to make an original track. [:)]

YES! My other favorite track style... I like this contest so far, GFA. By the way, the name of my coaster is going to be "Spectre".

[GRIM.657]

can we have fantisy enviromnents, i seem to do good at those.

>[}:)]<<GRIM>>[}:)]<

CCI!!! Woohoo....I can see some people either getting this down amazingly, or slaughtering the CCI style and making something totally different.

[Oscar]

supports can expand out of the borders, right? just track inside the borders?

Keep in mind people that CCIs have mostly straight sections in the hills. Just had to say that because most people say they build CCI style rides but make something completely different.

Haha, that's what I was thinking...

Where does it say that it has to stay true to original CCI style? To me "new standard layout" sounds like they are interested in new things, not their usual stuff. They want to evolve, not stand still.

Buster.

Well not really, only a couple CCIs don't have sraight hills and without them it really wouldn't be as awesome of a sudden slam against the lapbar, they knew straight hills were better.

But I wasn't saying anyone was supposed to use straight hills, but why would this be contest be for a CCI style coaster if people are going to make something completely different?

hey can the track be just out & back or double out & back?

Man, GFA must love wood for making this contest [;)].

Do the supports also have to be inside the borders?

lmao shorty... contest is meh...well there isnt much you can do to make a woody original these days. I can see most the tracks turning out the same for this one...

Originally posted by Bino Maus

Do the supports also have to be inside the borders?

Supports may be placed outside of the template borders

Next time read the contest description once more before asking questions...[:p]

Sorry!

Thanks!

I just finished my layout... And I bet it is -uhm- different than what you'd expect.

Now to smooth the thing out and bank correctly... ugh!

Buster.

good job i didn't go through to the second round, my no limits wont build woodies but i can ride them,anyone know why? i swear my pc is bonkers!!

lol buster... mine is also far for normal. And is pretty much complete, just need to fix some floating supports etc

CCI's are very hard to replicate in NL. The overall "feel" of the banking needs to be reckless and out of control, rather than perfect and programmed like a steelie. Also, the ride has to be a quality ride rather than a "wow" tall and fast ride like most of the coasters posted here. This round will be a real show of skill, and I believe it is perfect to separate the great designers form the good designers. Great idea on this one, GFA. [worship]

Oh, CCIs aren't that hard...straight hills make hill making much simpler. And the turns do have to be banked right, but just download POVs of CCIs and study some pics and you'll be able to get it down. You do have until the 28th.