TowersStreet Planet Coaster Speed Build Contest 2023/24: Winners Declared (contest ended 16th March)

[Matt N]

I’d just like to remind you all that we are now half way through Week 8.

I’ve had 2 responses to the Round 6 Voting Google Form so far, including my own. If you’d like to vote for your Round 6 favourites, here’s the form allowing you to do so: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSedZRBYT1kxBhzWE_zxAhFraA5CEMrlTw03tozj5mHUPFMMdA/viewform

I’ve had 2 responses to the Round 7 Voting Google Form so far, including my own. If you’d like to vote for your Round 7 favourites, here’s the form allowing you to do so: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdR2AGxfI-tq3rOn7janXiaeNUE0wNuv87HaJpkTroyAfl1uA/viewform

There have been 3 submissions for Round 8 so far, including my own. If you would like a deadline extension for Round 8, please notify me before the deadline and I would be happy to facilitate one for you. If you have any issues with uploading videos or anything at all, get in touch with me and I would be very happy to solve these issues for you. If you do not get into contact with me before the deadline, I will assume that you are happy forfeiting this round and move on.

The deadline for both Round 8 building and Round 6/Round 7 voting is Friday 9th February 2024 at 11:45pm. The Week 9 Weekly Digest will be posted on Saturday 10th February 2024 at 12am.

 

[Matt.GC]

I'm on holiday from Saturday for a week. Could I be a pain and have 24 hours extra Matt?

I don't want to hold it up more so if I'm not done by Saturday night then move on without me. Normally I'm good with Friday as I tend to have Thursdays off but I've booked a block off work to get uni assignments written which means I'm working right through to my first day hols.

 

[Matt N]

I'm on holiday from Saturday for a week. Could I be a pain and have 24 hours extra Matt?

I don't want to hold it up more so if I'm not done by Saturday night then move on without me. Normally I'm good with Friday as I tend to have Thursdays off but I've booked a block off work to get uni assignments written which means I'm working right through to my first day hols.

Of course; an extra 24 hours is fine. I’ll extend the Round 8 submission deadline to Saturday 10th February 2024 at 11:45pm.

That also goes for anyone else who thinks they might not be able to get a submission done by Friday.

 

[Deleted member 17985]

TEMPLAR - Launched B&M Surf Coaster



1 launch, 85ft maximum drop, 2923ft long, max height 59ft
Build in the template then landscaped in sandbox, because I finished it super early haha.



I never want this to end haha <3

 

[mo237]

I know it's the easy route, but I couldn't resist doing a Taronesque...


From: https://youtu.be/NcWDEn6MfVs


Track Length: 1391m
Top Speed: 63mph
Positive G Spike: +5.5g
Negative G Spike: -2.3g
Throughput: 1980+pph

 

[Matt N]

TEMPLAR - Launched B&M Surf Coaster



1 launch, 85ft maximum drop, 2923ft long, max height 59ft
Build in the template then landscaped in sandbox, because I finished it super early haha.



I never want this to end haha <3

Awesome submission @cloudburster! A Surf Coaster is a unique response to the brief, and your ride has some great airtime!

I know it's the easy route, but I couldn't resist doing a Taronesque...


From: https://youtu.be/NcWDEn6MfVs


Track Length: 1391m
Top Speed: 63mph
Positive G Spike: +5.5g
Negative G Spike: -2.3g
Throughput: 1980+pph

Excellent submission @mo237! Your ride is really long and twisty, and it has some great-looking airtime moments!

 

[Thameslink Rail]

Cedrinum

From: https://youtu.be/sJ44JpEuzBc

(In reality this would be in trenches but I chose to dig the whole site up to allow easier views of the track)

 

[tactic]

Won’t be able to do a submission for this week. Don’t have access to my pc unfortunately.

 

[MattyH]

Will get my submission done tomorrow.

 

[Matt N]

Cedrinum

From: https://youtu.be/sJ44JpEuzBc

(In reality this would be in trenches but I chose to dig the whole site up to allow easier views of the track)

Great submission @Thameslink Rail! Your ride has some fun turns and unique inversions!

 

[Matt N]

Week 9 Weekly Digest (10th-16th February 2024)
All right, folks! Week 8 is now over, so that means it's time for another Weekly Digest!

Let's start with the Round 6 and Round 7 results...
Round 6 and Round 7 Results
There were 7 responses to the Round 6 Voting Google Form in total, and the winners of Round 6 were as follows:

• Overall: @mo237 (24pts)
• Most Realistic: @Matt.GC (2pts)
• Most Original: @MattyH (3pts)

The complete leaderboard for Round 6 is as follows:

Ranking	Username	Overall	Realism	Originality
1	@mo237	24	0	0
2	@RicketyCricket	18	1	0
3	@Matt.GC	15	2	0
4	@Willt7	13	0	0
5	@Matt N	12	0	1
6	@cloudburster	10	0	1
7	@tactic	5	0	0
8	@MattyH	4	1	3
9	@Thameslink Rail	2	0	1
10	@Poisson	1	0	0
11	@The_bup	0	0	0
12	@Matt878787	0	0	0
13	@Connor98	0	0	0

Also, there were 7 responses to the Round 7 Voting Google Form in total, and the winners of Round 7 were as follows:

• Overall: @Willt7 and @Matt.GC (23pts)
• Most Realistic: @Willt7 (2pts)
• Most Original: @Thameslink Rail (2pts)

The complete leaderboard for Round 7 is as follows:

Ranking	Username	Overall	Realism	Originality
1	@Willt7	23	2	0
2	@Matt.GC	23	1	0
3	@Poisson	16	0	0
4	@Matt N	14	0	0
5	@tactic	9	1	0
6	@MattyH	8	0	1
7	@Thameslink Rail	6	0	2
8	@cloudburster	5	0	1
9	@RicketyCricket	1	0	0
10	@mo237	0	0	0
11	@The_bup	0	0	0
12	@Matt878787	0	0	0
13	@Connor98	0	0	0

As such, the leaderboard for the overall contest so far is:

Ranking	Username	Overall	Realism	Originality
1	@Matt.GC	96	9	0
2	@Willt7	79	4	0
3	@RicketyCricket	77	3	0
4	@Matt N	69	5	1
5	@cloudburster	61	4	2
6	@Poisson	57	2	12
7	@mo237	56	1	1
8	@MattyH	50	1	13
9	@Thameslink Rail	47	0	7
10	@Connor98	38	3	0
11	@tactic	37	1	0
12	@The_bup	22	1	1
13	@Matt878787	0	0	0

Great round, everybody!

Now I've covered the Round 6 and Round 7 results, I think it's about time we moved on... as Round 8 has been extended by 1 day due to an extension request, I cannot cover the Round 8 voting stage right now. As such, let's move onto the next round...
Round 9 Building
Seeing as we've now completed Round 8, I think we need a new round to sink our teeth into, so it's time for me to reveal the Round 9 brief! The Round 9 brief is... Icon Reloaded at Blackpool Pleasure Beach! The context for this round is as follows:

In 2018, Blackpool Pleasure Beach ended a 24-year coaster drought by building Icon, a ride that would be revered as a masterpiece and blow the UK coaster scene wide open. Or so they thought... after all the hype, the ride unfortunately has a rather lukewarm, underwhelming reputation 6 years on, and it's become a coaster people almost love to hate. "It's so slow!" they say. "I get more airtime falling out of bed!" they say. "The ride layout is so uninspired!" they say. As such, Blackpool Pleasure Beach have decided to remove the ride and build a new coaster in its place. The park wants to maintain Icon's existing ethos as a family thrill coaster, so they don't want you to build too big or fast, but they do still want a reasonably long ride. Not to mention that with Icon inhabiting an extremely confined site, you have to work around some... obstacles. So, what better coaster will you replace Icon with? Show us!

The constraints for the round are as follows:

• Must Fit Within Icon Area (Maximum Footprint 764ft*256ft/233m*78m With Various Obstacles)
• Maximum Height 100ft/30m
• Maximum Speed 50mph/80kph
• Minimum Length 3,500ft/1,067m

To put things into some perspective, here's the area of Blackpool Pleasure Beach we'll be working with (it's circled in black and labelled "ICON"):

There is some pre-assembly to this week's round in the form of placing some "obstacles" within the area to represent The Big One and Steeplechase, as well as a public footpath.

To help you do this, I have created a step-by-step guide to placing these obstacles in both Google Doc form and video form:

Blackpool Pleasure Beach Icon Plot Construction (A Step-by-Step Guide)

docs.google.com

To apply the footprint constraints, I would recommend using the Scenario Editor to make yourself a park template that allows you to enforce the constraints.

However, if you find yourself unable to impose footprint constraints and/or place the obstacles, I have created a Steam Workshop park template with the footprint constraints pre-imposed and the obstacles pre-placed, which you can download here (it should have also been made public on my profile, for anyone having Steam problems in the link itself): https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3153272617

For console users, I would recommend setting out the footprint constraints using wall pieces or path pieces to build yourself an "area" to work within. Path and wall pieces are typically 4m in length, for reference. For the placement of the obstacles, I would recommend that you follow along with one of the two tutorials I posted above. I know it's not ideal, but it's unfortunately the best I can recommend given that neither Scenario Editor nor Steam Workshop are available on console... sorry for the inconvenience, folks.

Please measure your coaster's height using Terrain Relative height markers in build mode (this is the setting labelled with a mountain).

To submit, please build your submission, film a POV and off-ride shots of it, and post the video(s) in this thread. You can briefly describe your ride if you wish. YouTube is the website I'd recommend for uploading videos to, as this would integrate best with the Google Form when it comes to voting, but if you want to upload your video(s) using a different method, then that's also fine. If you have any issues with recording or uploading your video(s), please don't hesitate to contact me. I will try my best to assist you.

May I once again emphasise that this is a coaster layout building contest. By all means add some light theming and landscaping if you wish, but the coaster layout should ideally be the focus. Quality of coaster layout is pretty much the be all and end all here; heavy theming won't gain you any points, and no theming won't lose you any points.

The submission deadline for Round 9 is Friday 16th February 2024 at 11:45pm. If you struggle for time and would like me to extend the deadline, please PM me or request an extension in this thread before the deadline. If you do not make contact with me and ask for an extension, I will assume that you simply do not want to compete in this round and move on after the posted deadline.

I think that's all I need to cover for Week 9. Good luck with Round 9, folks! If you have any questions or concerns about the round or about anything else, please don't hesitate to contact me. I am always more than happy to help.

Get building for Round 9, everybody! Due to the extension request, the Round 8 building deadline has been extended to Saturday 10th February 2024 at 11:45am. As such, Round 8 voting will begin exactly one day from today, on Sunday 11th February 2024 at 12am, and the Week 10 Weekly Digest will drop exactly one week from today, on Saturday 17th February 2024 at 12am.

 

[MattyH]

Introducing

DAVE King of Speed.

A multi launch, terrain hugging Gerstlauer Inifinity coaster.

Featuring 12 inversions, 4 airtime moments, including a launched airtime hill!

Total track length is 5339ft with a top speed of 60mph.

I could spend hours perfecting this entry but ultimatley it's a speed build!





From: https://youtu.be/pOztn1s9W4Q

 

[Matt N]

Introducing

DAVE King of Speed.

A multi launch, terrain hugging Gerstlauer Inifinity coaster.

Featuring 12 inversions, 4 airtime moments, including a launched airtime hill!

Total track length is 5339ft with a top speed of 60mph.

I could spend hours perfecting this entry but ultimatley it's a speed build!





From: https://youtu.be/pOztn1s9W4Q

Awesome submission @MattyH! Your ride has loads of awesome inversions and airtime moments, and the terrain usage is brilliant!

Am I correct in assuming that this is your Round 8 submission?

 

[MattyH]

Awesome submission @MattyH! Your ride has loads of awesome inversions and airtime moments, and the terrain usage is brilliant!

Am I correct in assuming that this is your Round 8 submission?

Yes this is the rita entry

 

[Matt.GC]

Sorry I'm last to submit.

Tina: Teen of Greed.

Runs 3 trains, typical Towers brand black track. No idea of a theme, maybe the usual Towers stuff of secret organisations and haunted trees, but with Teenagers!


From: https://youtu.be/dRVJbfpaX1U?si=91BgMymWKnRa_q64

 

[Matt N]

Sorry I'm last to submit.

Tina: Teen of Greed.

Runs 3 trains, typical Towers brand black track. No idea of a theme, maybe the usual Towers stuff of secret organisations and haunted trees, but with Teenagers!


From: https://youtu.be/dRVJbfpaX1U?si=91BgMymWKnRa_q64

Excellent submission @Matt.GC! Your ride has loads of awesome airtime moments, as well as a couple of really nice custom inversions!

Round 8 voting will be up before too long. It should be on in a second.

 

[Matt N]

OK, folks; Round 8 is finished and the submissions are in, so the voting stage can now begin!

Please vote for your Round 8 favourites via this Google Form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSelETFCB8AOSxRUVYlKjyvkiZRBaLjeb67Pzhc3_3MbMJ0ciQ/viewform

Let me just recap a few things about voting, if you need a reminder:

• If you're not clear on how I'd like you to vote; please pick your top 5 track layouts and rank them in order of preference from #1 to #5. Therefore, if you give a player a particular ranking, the points allocated are as follows; #1 ranking = 5pts, #2 ranking = 4pts, #3 ranking = 3pts, #4 ranking = 2pts, #5 ranking = 1pt.
• You will also receive the opportunity to nominate a submission for Most Realistic or Most Original if you wish. These nominations are not compulsory; you can award them if you would like to, but you do not have to nominate anyone for Most Realistic or Most Original. Each Most Realistic or Most Original nomination a player gets will grant them 1 Realism point or 1 Originality point, respectively.
• Please only fill out this form once. I have not mandated this within the form itself, but I'm trusting you all here.
• Please do not vote for yourself. I know that there is no way I can mandate this, but I trust you not to. Please can I request that you only nominate submissions that are not your own.
• The overall ranking spots from #1 to #5 are designed to be mutually exclusive; one submission cannot have more than one ranking spot. As an example; if you rank a submission as your #1, you cannot also rank it as your #2. Please only give each submission one ranking spot. The exception to this is nominations for Most Realistic and Most Original; in these instances, the same submission can be nominated for both categories, and submissions already nominated within your top 5 can also be nominated for one or both of these categories. Within the main #1-#5 ranking, though; please allocate only one ranking spot per submission.
• Please judge submissions on track layout only. This is a coaster layout building contest; theming is pretty much irrelevant here.
• I know that this form of voting is more anonymous than some may like. If you would like to add a slightly more personal touch, you can post a comment in this thread indicating your top 5 choices, as well as any Most Realistic and/or Most Original nominations. However, can I please request that the Google Form is your first port of call for voting; I will only count votes cast within the Google Form, as if you post in this thread, I wouldn't like to assume whether you've already voted in the Google Form or not. Post your choices in the thread by all means, but please make sure that you log your votes within the Google Form first, as the votes within the Google Form are the votes I'll be counting.

Here is a reminder of everyone's submissions so that you know what you're voting for:

• Rita's Reacharound, an Intamin LSM Launch Coaster by @RicketyCricket:
• Mortalis, an Intamin LSM Launch Coaster by @Matt N:
• Bootlegger Express, a Mack Rides Launch Coaster by @Poisson:
• Templar, a B&M Surf Coaster by @cloudburster:
• Ritaron, a Mack Rides Launch Coaster by @mo237:
• Cedrinum, an Intamin Impulse Coaster by @Thameslink Rail:
• DAVE: King of Speed, a Gerstlauer Infinity Coaster by @MattyH:
• Tina: Teen of Greed, a B&M launch coaster by @Matt.GC:

Voting for Round 8 closes on Friday 16th February 2024 at 11:45pm, and the results will be revealed as part of the Week 10 Weekly Digest.

 

[RicketyCricket]

Icon't Believe It
B&M Launched Wing Coaster




From: https://youtu.be/QzOIOKalU9k?si=t0zl-HoAGVEzOdMt

 

[Matt N]

Icon't Believe It
B&M Launched Wing Coaster




From: https://youtu.be/QzOIOKalU9k?si=t0zl-HoAGVEzOdMt

Great submission @RicketyCricket! Your ride has some fun inversions and awesome custom manoeuvres!

I also like that you included a couple of extra obstacles that I forgot to include in the template... I didn't put Big Dipper in myself because I didn't think it was reasonable to ask people to build a full extra roller coaster just for the template, but SkyForce was a very foolish omission on my part. Sorry about that...

 

[RicketyCricket]

Great submission @RicketyCricket! Your ride has some fun inversions and awesome custom manoeuvres!

I also like that you included a couple of extra obstacles that I forgot to include in the template... I didn't put Big Dipper in myself because I didn't think it was reasonable to ask people to build a full extra roller coaster just for the template, but SkyForce was a very foolish omission on my part. Sorry about that...

Not a problem, I like to do it on some of my builds as it helps me visualise the area better.