Remember that racing TOGO from the 90s at Knotts Berry Farm? Remember the pain you inexplicably experienced? Don't remember anything at all from the multiple contusions to the head? Good. Now enjoy this collaboration between nSeven and I, where we design what could have been instead of what tragically was!
Windjammer is a mobius racer (track is one complete circuit that switches midway) with a general surf theme and lush landscaping intended for the space where Xcellerator currently resides.
In the technical aspect it's pretty good aside from two things I noticed on the green side. The drop off the MCBR is over -1.0 G"s, then it hits a 3.5 G valley, and then it's -1.0 again. It's a bit violent and happens in less than 2 seconds. If it was more spread out it would be fine. The other thing is the turn into the final brakes on the green side at the bottom is way overbanked. Not sure why this is as the rest of the track is fine in that department. Your supports were excellent and I appreciate the little touches you added like the stairs coming down from the brakes. Only issue I have with the supports is that the green side should have had some kind of bridging structure on the rise after the loop. A beam connecting from the top of the vertical supports bridging the gap over the two tracks below would have been sufficient. It almost looks like you forgot a support there.
The environment the ride is set in is very cool, and I think you managed to pull off the 50's surfing thing rather well without it being too cheesy. My favorite part was the tunnel on the blue side with the neon disc thingies. Those were cool. The environment of the ride is well planned out and I love the theming because it's present without being overbearing. The station is especially cool, and you did a great job with the pathing. The ride rode well and interacted with itself well too aside from the issues on the green side I mentioned earlier. I'm not a fan of the mid-ride launch (doing it at a dead stop would have felt less like cheating), but nonetheless it "worked" despite me not liking it.
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