[NL] Gold Striker Recreation

[DCA_Chris]

Hey all,

 

I always seem to obsess like crazy over one coaster every year in No Limits, and since this is the first year in I think about ten that my home park's getting a new one, I thought I would focus on that.

 

Track for the -most- part is fairly accurate. At least from what I can tell from pictures of the construction site, I think it's fairly accurate? I'm no good at any of the fancy tools like Newton, so it's all just old fashioned and hand made. Either way, I wasn't feeling the whole concrete slab/office building motif they've got going over at CGA, so I figured I'd throw some terrain and trees in to see what it would be like if, say, SDC or some foresty park got Gold Striker instead.

 

Also, as of a few days ago last time I checked, the "tunnels" around the first drop and airtime hill weren't covered with anything yet, so what you see in the pictures is just sort of my interpretation of what they may be like when finished. Pretty sure they're not covering the brake run as well, I just thought it looked really neat and gave it a bridge-like feeling.

 

Anyways, it's still in the last bits of construction, not quite ready to be released.. but here are some pics I grabbed of it. If the hills/trees aren't popular I could always probably make another version more akin to CGA.

 

An overview of half of the back half of the coaster.

 

The pre-lift portion plus part of the Vortex plaza turnaround.

 

The back two turnarounds + the twisted hills that lead between them.

 

A shot from inside the airtime hill tunnel looking towards the first drop.

 

A shot of the first drop and my interpretation of the Ghostrider-esque treatment it's probably going to end up getting.

[XYZ]

The track looks really good in comparison to the actual Gold Striker. Though, I'm not a big fan of the terrain as I think it would just look more realistic in flat terrain. Plus, it would be nice if you added Star Tower in.

[DCA_Chris]

Thanks, XYZ!

 

You're right about the terrain+forests making it look more unrealistic compared to the real thing. If I could find a good model of the Star Tower to use, I'd definitely make a version more resembling CGA as well.

 

I just can't help but wish they carved out some of the hills in the back of Gilroy Gardens and put this over there instead

[brockboehm]

Chris this looks awesome! I would ride this one in a heartbeat. Fantastic job! Love the terrain, foliage and the coverings.

[scbt]

I think it looks a lot better with the terrain and heavy foliage than how all the renderings show it at CGA. Really looking forward to seeing a pov of this!

[Angry_Gumball]

Looks great, though the terrain definitely throws off the ride's appearance.

 

To this day, I'm still tweaking my Gold Striker recreation which was uploaded in the exchange several months back.

[DCA_Chris]

Thanks, Gumball! I think what definitely changes the feel of it the most is the lack of those large sweeping support structures around all the turnarounds. Might go in and mess with the height of those hills to at least get the general feel of the structure back.

 

Also, you should upload some new shots of your GS. It was looking really good! Might steal your idea for sunset shots for my next round of pictures/pov

[Angry_Gumball]

I don't really want to threadjack this, so I'll refrain from actually posting the video here. I decided last night to record a quick lap around my modified GS recreation, which is uploading as I type this. You can hop on over to my Youtube channel if you want to check it out (Sorry, no fancy titles, music or sunsets...just raw POV)

 

Random note: I need to find a .3DS elephant to stick in there haha