Quoted from MrBellMan:This is starting to worry me. It was dead straight when I got the game. I wonder if there is enough room to install a few posts instead and just have rubber stretch between the two? Not sure if the newton shot would still work...
That sure is a very weird design choice by Stern.
That guide is positioned to take hits like e.g. the ball deflector/guide to the right side in front of the mode start hole on STTNG. It will take SERIOUS hits especially as players will use it as a bank to make indirect shots to the ghost target to reduce STDMs. Outlane guide thickness is the least they need to install there end even that will be critical over time.