GNR is Not the GOAT, and If you think it is you’re kidding yourself. It definitely doesn’t play very well out of the box, and JJP really needs to focus some R&D on their flipper alignment, mechs, power, etc…

That said, droop the flippers (like sterns), adjust the flipper power, get a good pitch (6.9-7.1), adjust the booster mb difficulty +1each, dial in the shots, increase the powerchord timer, and you’ll find quite a gem inside GNR, a pretty amazing one at that. Fun and amazing shots, combos, fun upper looping shot, one of the coolest deadpol’esk whirly do shots (center spinner through the pops to lanes), one of the best mini pf’s in pinball, and a lot of different things to go for and try. The 2 biggest cons of the game is slash solo (cool mode but really needs to be stackable with other game modes), and the game really shines at the 20+ minute style games which is Keefers staple. But holy hell is it a risk/reward - Adrenalin seeker wet dream.

Not everyone’s cup of tea, but the ones that get it, get it.

Most mini pf’s are a gimmick. GNR is quick, not a grind, integrated very well. So Yes, one of the best, not the best, but one of them.

It’s not just GNR, it’s all JJP’s. My WOZ was the same way. Had friends and people telling me how horrible that game was, why buy, etc….I still took the chance and found out, It too is a freakin master piece - just needs love to get dialed in right. But yes, I agree that’s a problem and as I mentioned, something JJP really needs to focus their R&D attention to for future.

10+ mil power chord jackpots
25-100+ applause jackpots
Encores, frenzies, 4-stack multiballs
50+ Mil album completions
Loops, combos, tough to survive outlanes.
And of course, rock n roll!

GNR is an adrenaline junkie chasing type of game. If that’s a snooze fest, then I must be missing something.

The rush is real, despite popular belief.
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Nailed it.
To add to this - If you notice, most the software settings are on extra easy. Bump each booster multiball +1 difficulty, and increase the powerchord hold timer and the multiball might actually be less than most other recent modern pins.

Agree with a lot of what you’ve said with your past posts. I got GNR and JP Prem roughly around the same time period. And While everything about JP seems so cool (code, layout, toys, etc…), it just didn’t do it for me. There’s just something about GNR that gets my blood and Adrenalin flowing. All things said, that’s pinball - we all have different tastes and scratch our pinball itches in different ways. Some people can’t stand that others enjoy games they don’t like, it’s so addictively bad it’s almost worse than the hobby itself

Re: scoring imbalance and dependability of the applause jackpot:

By default, The game is set to extra easy almost everywhere in the settings which heavily favors songs and applause jackpot scoring. If you want a different experience and other strategies. Try these settings. Your song scoring will be substantially cut with even more room to decrease them if desired, with all the other modes increased scoring. The game definitely needs polish but playing the settings helps a lot for balance and opening up new strategies.

https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/the-official-jjp-gnr-thread/page/427#post-6895594

That said, I don’t know what it is about this game but I’ve had it 1 1/2 years and it always gets my blood flowing - just pure fun IMO that can have some typical pinball risk/reward frustrations.

My biggest complaint on the game is slash solo is an absolute stinker. Most worthless mode in all of pinball. Don’t get me wrong, it’s actually a really cool mode but the implementation is the worst *cough* Keefer *cough* time to make it stackable with the rest of the game (minus songs).

I’m not saying GNR doesn’t need a code update. But adjusting settings really balances the scoring and strategies - which unfortunately isn’t an option for location players. Hopefully tourny directors that use the game dial up the difficulty settings on individual songs while reducing album mode qualifying timer which increases album scoring, decreases song jackpots, and makes add a balls harder to get in a song. That simple adjustment goes a long way. Slash solo is still a stinker unfortunately, but even if can be adjusted to make harder to qualify.