Quoted from Shapeshifter:Serious question.
Why do JJP games play so much slower than Stern?
Is it that they target an older demographic?
Just curious, as Stern have gone for the faster option.
First and foremost, JJP needs to re-evaluate their factory flipper setup. It stinks; every location JJP I’ve played, leaves me turned off. But, having owned a JJP, I have different opinions on their flippers and strength.
Two things I’ve observed from owning GNR compared to my sterns.
TLDR: The car analogy difference of all this is a stern has 2 speeds, go and no go, where GNR/JJP is like a stick shift with manual speeds.
1 - rubbers, the way the ball moves:
Sterns tend to have a ‘dead bounce’ design to their games. anything the ball hits, can and will stop the momentum nearly on a dime and send the ball downwards towards the flippers. Pretty much because they use black rubber or posts. That design choice leads to longer lasting, less maintenance for location (and home) use.
GNR uses way different rubber that sends the ball side to side, up, down, and all around. I wouldn’t consider it more floaty because of this, but it is more bouncy which can make it pretty brutal at times honestly.
2 - Flippers and sling shots:
Sterns flippers are like stiff toothpicks. They whack the ball in a much more binary fashion and the ball travels in that one direction at an extremely quick velocity because of it. Their sling shots are like arrows, the ball just flies off them til hit hits a black rubber or post and dead bounces.
GNR is much more elegant. Their flippers are more analog like; they are definitely not as snappy, and require a bit more precise and accurate shooting whereas a stern forces the ball to go places. Their sling shots are more traditional and don’t rocket the ball as hard as it possibly can.
I think the sex analogy difference of all this would be a guy and girl pumping as hard and fast as they can til they’re done; i.e. Stern. Or making love down by the fireplace; i.e. JJP.