MSTS Megacoaster Ride [2020 Remake]

A 2020 replica/remake of one of my favorite childhood Microsoft Train Simulator videos made by LT19C1SS featuring a modified Acela consist running on the megacoaster route, which has now since been deleted off from KZbin.
(Viewers who grew up watching MSTS crash compilation videos will know which video it was~)
Till this day, LT19C1SS's Megacoaster video is still one of my favorite montages, with it's choice of music, the scene cuts and as well as the warm, old, but familiar megacoaster route that I used to enjoy coasting around back then.
Fortunately, while cleaning my room one day, I found a VCD copy of it that I made back in around 2007 (If I recall correctly) when I was a kid who had just discovered the power of creating their own physical media, and decided to re-watch everything on that disc for nostalgia sake, and came across this video video as part of it's playlist. Unfortunately, because this video was written to and compressed to fit on a VCD Disc, the footage is barely watchable by today's standards.
So out of my free time during the lock-down, I decided to re-create the entire video, scene by scene with what little pixel remains from that VCD Extract, and also bringing it up to modern standards of 1080p 60FPS, corrected the end credits details, and as well as other quality of life changes such as timing the scenes so that the clips matches as much as possible to the apex of the music.
While not exactly a 1:1 as LT19C1SS used a custom consist for their video, and also the train spotter cam positions being RNG based, I'm actually pretty satisfied with what I could replicate out of an old super-compressed, low res footage.
Miscellaneous info (For the Curious):
Music: Further Seems Forever - Light Up Ahead
LT19C1SS's channel: / lt19c1ss
Original Version (Re-Uploaded from CD Extract): • MSTS megacoaster ride ...
Wide-Screen Direct3D patch:
digital-rails.com/wordpress/2...
MegaCoaster route by Michael Vone:
File name: mvmgcstr.zip
www.trainsim.com/forums/filel...
Transparent Driver Aids by Adam Wojcieszyk (Slight modifications made by me in this video):
File Name: drvraids.zip
www.trainsim.com/forums/filel...
Technical Specifications:
train.exe version: Microsoft Train Simulator v1.4 with MSTS Bin Patch 1.8.0521
Filmed with OBS Studio 64 Bit
Edited with Vegas Pro 14
Running on:
OS: Windows 10 Pro - 2004 build 19041.527
CPU: Intel i5 - 6600
GPU: Zotac GTX 1060 6GB AMP! Edition
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 32GB
#MSTS #Megacoaster #Acela #TrainSim #Rollercoaster #Microsoft #TrainSimulator

[@TrxieVTuber]

This literally made me tear up. I've been trying to find this for so many years. Thank you for restoring a part of my childhood. ❤

[@EZ-cz5en]

Basically the best route to ever exist in MSTS and to show how 2020 went lol Also imagine being a passenger in a 50 car long Acela Express

[@NekoCoaster]

It is a unique route in it's own sense for sure~ Kinda sad that this idea didn't really take off with the community, and even till 2021, this route still remains as the only available full-fledged roller-coaster route.

[@MaverickHunterDaniel]

Oh my goodness I remember watching that video way back in the day. It introduced me to that great song too! Loved messing around on the Megacoaster route back in the day.

[@christophersalgado4139]

I'm remembering this when I was little kid for looking and listening the music video to see MSTS Megacoaster Ride since 2007! You're the best videos in the whole wide world for an honor! My favorite music! I love it! That's the name is "Light Up Ahead" by Further Seems Forever! Thank you so much! Congratulations! Good luck! You are getting luck day for life!

[@joedaylighttrains]

im so happy not only a remake of this classic exists but the original also is saved! a huge burst a childhood nostalgia!

[@user-rj2os4pi4v]

the nostalgia...

[@MIGMobilidadeUltraNightBear]

Yep

[@guluturk]

I RANDOMLY THOUGHT OF THIS AND FOUND THIS VIDEO THANK YOU SO MUCH this was my childhood thank you genuinely :)

[@superjesse645]

Thank you to no end for this revival. This video is my youtube childhood.

[@WeenyBeanyHere]

Thank you so much for this! This HD version's basically what my childhood brain saw the original video as 😅

[@KCSM_1200]

thanks for this video 😢. I saw this video around 2011-2012, and it was one of the best there was

[@yarima9696]

Im proud on my childhood

[@nasanierulastname2997]

The memories of Windows XP on a Sony VAIO with 512MB of RAM, Internet Explorer, and a Flash Player install that was never updated and always crashed. To think its been over a decade since then…

[@merritttrainboy7716]

Quite impressive. I remember that other video well when ever I feel like it. But this sure brought me back to that day.

[@betaglassman3661]

Finallyyyy I've been trying to find this music and this video for so many years, I always think it out of nowhere what is this video called. Thank you for the remake

[@tannermallonee7371]

I think around the loops between 0:28 and 1:10 when I saw this as a kid I used to go "sling" when I saw it. It's where the camera was far away from the train.

[@BuckeyeNationRailroader]

FINALLY I FOUND IT!

[@NekoCoaster]

Welcome home~

[@christophersalgado4139]

Never gets old like old times!

[@nobby3265]

Thanks for the nostalgia trip

[@MaestranzaConcepcion]

Heritage video!!!! (Well, i find the music and now download the music :3)

[@Trainman16]

I remember watching this video back in 2008 during my freshman year in high school and the resolution was only 480p and 4:3 ratio. I'm so glad I get to see a remake of it in 1080p60 and 16:9 ratio! And the song is also awesome! Thank you for bringing back a great video! I'm wondering how long it took you to get every scene correct compared with the original

[@NekoCoaster]

For most of the scenes, I take 2-3 takes of the shots, then compare them and choose the ones that looked the best after recording each segments. The scenes that took me the most amount of re-takes (I think like, 5 or 7 times?) is the shot at 1:31, 1:32 and 1:35 (they're actually 3 separate clips edited together to make it look seamless). But by far, I would say 1:35 took the most amount of retakes, simply because I had to balance the speed of the Acela while it was going down the mega slope, so as to ensure that the scene from 1:40 on-wards wouldn't go by in a flash and that I would have time to switch to the external camera to capture 1:48. More or less, I would say this project took me about 3 days to complete~

[@Trainman16]

I see what you mean. In the original video when the train goes up the ramp the camera was shaking under it so I understand that at 1:32 you had to do multiple takes to get the one closest to the original. Above all you did awesome 👍👍

[@MIGMobilidadeUltraNightBear]

Super nostalgic!! :O

[@sanketsingh3185]

I've been searching for this video for many years and now I've finally found it! Damn, the nostalgia! Hey, could you let me watch "Original Version (Re-Uploaded from CD Extract)" because it's been put on private. Thank you!

[@NekoCoaster]

Oh right, KZbin's stupid "Security Update" kicked in and automatically set the unlisted video to private 🙄 You should be able to watch it again now. Thanks for letting me know~

[@NekoCoaster]

Welp, I realized I forgot to save the settings and for the past 3 days, it was still in private... (thanks youtube) I've finally unlisted that video and you should be able to see it now~

[@mikej141000]

I remember this I love the music.

[@caychaygaming3151]

I watched this when i was 7,now i'm 16 😢

[@EerierFish16]

What screen recorder are you using? I use OBS and the quality is isn’t the same as this video if I upscale it

[@NekoCoaster]

I'm using OBS as well. It's been awhile since I made this video, and I had since then added some significant upgrades to my rig. But here are my OBS Recording settings: puu.sh/IXNSA/c138c42eee.png

[@Snottygaming]

can i have a download link to megacoaster cause even when a i make an account on train sim it takes me to the home page

[@NekoCoaster]

Seems like trainsim.com had suffered a security breach recently and have disabled the search function temporarily, causing the link in the description to stop working. Try waiting for 24 hours, and if the links still don't work, I'll upload my copy else where and post it here

[@EerierFish16]

Hey I actually have a question, where did you find that specific clear gui for the track monitor?

[@EerierFish16]

Ok Nevermind I found it, sorry if I wasted your time

[@NekoCoaster]

@@EerierFish16 glad you found it~ Just keep in mind that while the clear GUI add on I linked in the description contains mostly what you see, the text colour was customized by myself, so it'll be slightly different from what you get.

[@EerierFish16]

@@NekoCoaster can you tell me how to modify it? Because I kinda like yours better. Btw your link doesn’t work anymore

[@NekoCoaster]

@@EerierFish16 ah... seems like TrainSim.com's recent upgrades broke the way direct linking to files work. I'll update the description as soon as I'm free. Thanks for letting me know! As for how to modify the track monitor text color, follow these instructions: 1. Go to your MSTS installation directory 2. Head on over to MSTS\GUI\DRIVERAIDS\ 4. Make a backup copy of monitor.dat (You can make a copy of the same file, and rename it to monitor.dat.bak for convinence) 3. Open monitor.dat with notepad (I recommend using Visual Studio Code as it provides line numbers) 4. You'll see 3 regions on line 24, 46 and 68. These 3 sections are the "settings" for telling MSTS how to style the track monitor. The parameter you'll want to focus on is TrGUI_Region_Font ( X XXX XXX XXX ) 5. To customize the font colour for your Track Monitor, simply adjust the last 3 numbers to your liking. These are denoted as RGB with range from 0 to 255. So using the example in my video, if I want my speed limit text to be magenta, I just need to make sure my line 31 and 41 looks like so: TrGUI_Region_Font ( 9 255 0 255 ) If I want my current speed text to be cyan, I just need to make sure my line 53 and 63 to look like: TrGUI_Region_Font ( 9 0 255 255 ) And lastly, for my projected speed to be yellow, I just need to make sure my line 75 and 85 to look like TrGUI_Region_Font ( 9 255 255 153 ) If you find that the colours are too dark or too bright, you can play around with the values to see which suits your taste the most. Hope this helps!

[@EerierFish16]

@@NekoCoaster yeah I wa starting to search for old files but it seems like they are lost media now, I once had them and I wanted to reinstall it, but I couldn’t find them. Anyway I’ll try it out, thanks for showing me.

[@D.S_Productions]

Do you have still the Mod!? 🥺

[@NekoCoaster]

Mod as in? If you're looking for the route file or wide-screen patch for MSTS, everything is detailed and linked in the description.

[@chandlerbranchrailfanprodu5928]

Nice job Neko. Can you send me the route?

[@NekoCoaster]

I can't link you directly to the download page due to how trainsim.com had recently changed the way their website works. but you can find information on such as the file name in the video description (which I'll update soon)

[@chandlerbranchrailfanprodu5928]

Nevermind I found it. I thought it got removed sorry

[@NekoCoaster]

@@chandlerbranchrailfanprodu5928 Glad to hear it worked out for ya~

[@pauwanstrainworld6885]

Game?

[@NekoCoaster]

Microsoft Train Simulator en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Train_Simulator

[@pauwanstrainworld6885]

@@NekoCoaster not the game the route

[@NekoCoaster]

@@pauwanstrainworld6885 Megacoaster. Everything is linked and documented in the description

[@TheFedeGamer99]

sadly i cant download the file map :(

[@NekoCoaster]

You'll need to register for an account on TrainSim.com before you can download any files.

[@TheFedeGamer99]

@@NekoCoaster i have it but it says that something was limited giving me the 503 error

[@NekoCoaster]

@@TheFedeGamer99 hmm, normally I don't like re-distributing files from website where you can download them for free, but I guess this is a 1 off issue so here: puu.sh/ITf8p/584b94f44f.zip