I have the airball protector and lane guide covers from pingraffix, and both make a huge difference. I have never had trouble making the ramps. The right ramp is steep and tight, so yeah.... A missed shot won't go all the way. I like it that way, not gonna cheat by "fixing" it to be less steep.
The cheap sdtm drains are annoying, but not enough for me to out the center post in. Hat just seems like too much to me. I still have some great games on it and when you get on a roll, the game really is a lot of fun.

Absolutely! People that play mine always comment on how smooth, and fun mine is to play over those they have played on location, and even some at homes.
Comparing of course to video, it will definitely be different, no matter what.....

Same here
Mine plays like butter, my IMVE next to it is the ass kicker, hahaha

I never found IM to be too bad, IM is a kitten compared to my TWD pro which has prison magnet and pop bumper drains and dangerous drops.

I was referring to ball times. Once I dialed in my GBLE it`s ball times have been a multitude of IMVEs.
Both games are now, at least to my liking, perfect.

On mine the ball will occasionally come out the left side of the pops and drain but not often. The jackpot ramp can be made from either flipper fairly easily. The right ramp is tight and steep so it is tougher. Air all protector was a must have.

real life pinball rarely plays the same as video game pinball

Ramp less steep on the pro. never have a problem with mine. I do get the odd occasion where it will skip the outlanes and drain. That's pinball I guess..

They make the video version play easier to appeal to a wider audience. Easy to make the ramps when they can adjust the software to line it up for you.

Can you backhand the left ramp on the premium/LE?

I can't do it consistently, but have done it.

Here is all I did

Airball protector
Pulled Mylar from right lane
Installed the "German" floating center post kit

Done, holds up to my ST, TWD, IMVE, MET and ACDC

Absolutely. Mine plays perfectly and all I did was modify the air ball protector a bit.

Video game pinball, especially Sterns Pinball Arcade, does not represent how real world pinball machines play. Ball movement in the Stern Pinball Arcade is among the worst I've seen in digital pinball, just terrible. Its also far easier to hit shots and ramps in digital versions compared to the real deal.

As above, yes, it can. I had to adjust my Slimer mech a little, added airball protector, center post/outlane kit, and adjusted gate a little at top of shooter lane.

AND,if you have been paying attention,if you put a shorter standoff post on the right ramp(PRE,LE) it is smooth as silk!!Before shorting the R ramp,I would make that shot 1 in 5 trys! Now,4 out of 5 go no problem!

Bought an LE-I spent a lot of time tweaking the game to make it right, carrot flippers, dropping right pke ramp down, air ball protector and a couple other things. I cannot make the large ramp from the left flipper as I have not adjusted up yet. It's my understanding now that the flippers on current production games are raised and stand up targets have been changed to remedy air balls. Also, with the flippers higher, yes you can make the left ramp from left flipper and pke ramp is more consistent-

I actually like that it does that.

Yes, forgot I did this also.

Drop down targets...I put on stronger springs which made them drop down too easily so I put on the originals but "shortened" the spring effectively and adjusted until there was a good balance between the drop actually dropping but still requiring a hit to do so.

This. Pinball Arcade can make some pins seem real smooth and easy when in real life they are clunky and tough. I've played more than a few different GB pins on location and they all seem a little different. Some seem to suffer cheap drains and hard shots a lot more than others. It can be a fun pin but don't really enjoy playing it anymore. You end up playing the same modes every game, hard to get to mb, clunky shots, and lots of drains. That's the nice thing about Pinball Arcade, you can enjoy a game like that without the quarters and all the headaches.

Now that I have spend countless days dialing mine in its is butter smooth and I can score big .

I can back hand the ramp on my premium just about every time.

My Premium arrives today. What did you adjust/change to dial it in??

Adjust/Change it to be a Metallica Premium, and you'll be very happy.

Can you give me a link to where you got that? You are talking about the PKE shot right? Mine can't make it up that ramp but maybe once every 10 times drives me NUTS!!

I've been playing with that adjustment too. If I remember the numbers correctly, set at about 30-35, the ball will eject SDTM. At about 20-25, it will just drop down lamely to the left flipper for an easy cradle. Putting it over 40, the ball will eject with enough force to hit the right flipper and start bouncing depending on how high you go.

Did you go up or down? I'm not a fan of the low drop setting. The higher settings make it much more interesting, as it adds an element of uncertainty.

I had the same problem on mine. I adjusted the metal ramp at the left inlane.

Loosen the nut that holds the ramp and left sling plastic down and pull the metal ramp down towards the front of the cab. Hold the ramp in place and tighten the nut. It fixed the jumping problem for me.

There are so many of these out on location and they all play differently. Tight shots and the games are all made by hand, so your mileage my vary. As long as Slimer registers and the gate on the right orbit gate is flipped down, it plays fair in my book. Well, yeah the scoop can screw you. And the brothers will probably brick an airball over the flippers sometimes. And the ball will pop out the inner inlane and go un-saveable outlane for no reason and you just want to throw the game into the wall every other ball. ... .... I guess pretend it's an EM with movie quotes and you'll enjoy it.

I must be in the minority. I mainly only changed the saucer and scoop power settings, and that was it. The game plays great.

How sensitive is slimer supposed to be? Mine (GB Prem) only registers a direct hit right in the teeth! Basically, he has to be over the "lightning bolt" insert on the Gozer shot and take a straight shot to register. If the arm is swung over to the left orbit side, no hit registers. It's not really frustrating, it just makes timing that much more important.

I only get an airball off of the left brother and only from the left flipper. It has to be a hard, flush hit, but the airball has never been bad enough to jump the flippers. What's funny is when it does get airborne, it hits the right ramp wireform coming across the playfield and rebounds into the Librarian scoop. It's pretty cool to nail extra balls that way!

It seems like if you care and own one you should be able to make it play great. It's a cool game. There happen to be an abundance of them out there that need some TLC though. Expecting it to play like the video game ain't gonna happen. We play pinball because it's not like playing a video game.

My local spot installed a newer version of slimer that is much more reliable than the first one. I don't really know but I'm pretty sure there are other threads about it. If you hit him, you should get credit.

"Can Ghostbusters be truly dialed in?"

No, Ghostbusters is a completely different game from Dialed In.

(Sorry, this terrible joke was screaming to be said.)

Not possible to get the ball to defy gravity in real life, no.

The video game version is really bad.

What did you do to your gate and why? What problem were you having?