TEN SPEED - THE COHEED AND CAMBRIA COASTER II
NOTICE: Changing speed may cause music to become out of sync. Also, be aware that resetting the coaster in the sim seems to cause the onboard audio to stop working.
Intro:
Journey into the barren landscape of The Writer's world and face Ten Speed - a demonic bicycle created by his troubled mind. Experience an insane ride with a 55mph launch, airtime and high Gs. Brace yourselves for the unwritten end...
Context:
1 year ago, I discovered Coheed and Cambria. They became one of my all time favourite bands within the space of a few months - I loved their music, especially their 3rd album "Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume 1: From Fear Through The Eyes of Madness". 10 months ago I began to draw up the concept for a second Coheed and Cambria coaster, and today it is finally complete.
Backstory:
The backstory behind this ride stems around the Amory Wars comic books (written by Coheed's lead singer Claudio Sanchez) - in particular the Writer. After suffering heartbreak, The Writer (a Godlike figure in the comics, who controls the fictional universe in the story) regresses and begins to lose his sanity. He is haunted by delusions, including a possessed version of his stolen bike. This creature is Ten Speed (an embodiment of all The Writer's anger and vengeance). Ten Speed attempts to get The Writer to end the story for his own selfish reasons - who knows what effects this could have?
Coaster Inspiration:
The coaster itself itself is a classic 2005-era Vekoma Motorbike. Ten Speed was highly inspired by Velocity at Flamingoland, as well as Toverland's Booster Bike. I wanted to create a layout similar to Velocity (that was fast paced and low to the ground) but with more airtime and more excitement. The ride maxes out at 3.1G positive and -0.5G negative (well within the G limits for a motorbike coaster).
Offride Music:
Front Room/Entrance - "Keeping The Blade" and "Once Upon Your Dead Body"
Station - "The Suffering"
Shed/Gift Shop - "Mother May I"
Exit Corridor - "The Willing Well IV: The Final Cut"
All songs by (and property of) Coheed and Cambria, taken from the album "Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume 1: From Fear Through The Eyes of Madness".
Onride Music:
A unique feature of Ten Speed is the onboard audio. Ten Speed has 10 soundtracks ("Thrilling Wells") which can play whilst you are on the ride. Ride multiple times and see which soundtracks you get!
Please note, some Thrilling Wells continue to play as you enter the station - to enjoy these to the end, turn "Music" volume to 0 in NL2 settings (so the station music does not disrupt them).
Thrilling Well I - "One" and "Far"
Thrilling Well II - "Second Stage Turbine Blade" and "33"
Thrilling Well III - "The Ring In Return" and "Cuts Marked In The March Of Men"
Thrilling Well IV - "Keeping The Blade" and "Ten Speed (Of God's Blood and Burial)"
Thrilling Well V - "The Reaping" and "The Running Free"
Thrilling Well VI - "The Willing Well III: Apollo II: The Telling Truth" and "Apollo I: The Writing Writer"
Thrilling Well VII - "The Ring In Return" and "Three Evils (Embodied In Love and Shadow)"
Thrilling Well VIII - "Pretelethal" and "Gravity's Union"
Thrilling Well IX - "The Audience", "Island" and "Eraser"
Thrilling Well X - "The Willing Well I: Fuel For The Feeding End", "The Willing Well II: From Fear Through The Eyes of Madness" and "The Willing Well IV: The Final Cut"
All music used by (and property of) Coheed and Cambria, soundtracks edited by NemesisRider.
Credits:
Trees - Jakecallan
Environment - Original by Element 115, edited by NemesisRider
Foliage - nSeven
Rocks - TheCodeMaster
Additional rocks - Fluxtrance
Sound Spheres, V1 and V2 - bestdani
Onride Music Script - Phyter, adapted by NemesisRider
Generic Scenery - NL2 Devs
Animated Vignettes - Property of Coheed and Cambria
All custom theming - NemesisRider
Textures used from textures.com and the Sketchup Warehouse
A Huge Thank You To:
COASTERGUY264 - Testing, reviewing and Creative Input
DanSm1l3r - Testing, reviewing and Creative Input
Pear - Testing, reviewing and Creative Input
Liam W - Reviewing and Creative Input
Morgan - Creative input
Zampano - Intial Conceptualisation Help and Creative Input
The Coheed and Cambria Fan Community - Creative Input and fuelling my enthusiasm for all things Coheed
Burning Star V - Creative Input and Artwork
Corban Skillander - Voice Acting and Creative Input
NL2 Development Team - for making this excellent piece of software, and placing Ten Speed as 7th in Roundup 200
Afterword:
It's strange finally seeing this project end, but it's been totally worth it. Every trackwork question, every day spent custom supporting, every frustration 3D modelling - it's lead up to this. And I hope this project can give someone even half as much joy as it's given me.
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Great ride, super smooth how it has to be for a Vekoma Motorbike. Great Idea with the many tracks of music ... I rode and rode and rode and the Music didn´t stop changing from ride to ride. To get a 10 I would love to see more scenery and (or near-misses.
After seeing this on the roundup I figured id download it and give it a go. I was thoroughly impressed by the amount of detail and planning that went into this project and the overall theme and music fit the ride perfectly. With a motorbike coaster, it can be a bit difficult to not make the track too repetitive and although I wish it was a tad longer it seemed fitting for the theme. Tried to keep this short and sweet but overall I really enjoyed the coaster and can't wait to see what you do next!
-Blase Rhine
