Admittedly, it’s not the longest hyper in the world, but I’d personally say it plays to the strengths of being a shorter ride, and I’d hardly say it’s a short ride like Oblivion or Stealth. You’ll get a decent 5 or 6 elements out of it, and a decent 40 seconds of ride time (similar to Nemesis, which everyone raves about, and also not much shorter than some of the recent 200ft RMCs like Zadra and Iron Gwazi, which are also rides that everyone raves about) and the pacing and design style of it looks to be quite unrelenting and breathtaking. It appears a very unconventional hyper, with a more fast-paced, relentless layout style than something like a B&M Hyper, which I’d argue will play to the strengths of it not being as long as other hyper coasters; if it were a longer ride, you might not get the same type of effect. It appears a bit like Skyrush in that regard; that ride is also (apparently) short, but intense.
Would it have been my choice of ride? No; I was a very keen advocate of a B&M Hyper, as I personally rate a mix of thrill, fun and rerideability over out and out intensity, and I think a B&M Hyper would have filled a more discernible gap within both Thorpe and the wider UK industry. But I can see the rationale behind how Exodus was designed, and I think that Exodus as a layout appears to suit its length perfectly fine rather than appearing like a stunted version of a ride that should be loads longer (like a B&M Hyper of a similar length might possibly have been). I think it could be similar in style to something like Skyrush, or the Wodan of hyper coasters, in that it’s on the shorter side, but takes an unrelenting “bam, bam, bam” approach to its layout design.
Each to their own, of course, and if length is important to you, then fair enough, but I would say that it still looks excellent even if it’s not the longest hyper coaster on earth.
EDIT: Sorry, I forgot we were in the Project Horizon thread… mods, move this if you feel it’s necessary.
