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I don’t own a Gewehr 98 Myself but I own a Persian Mauser 98/29, which is basically the exact same thing besides just two changes that I can think of, such as the sights and the Slack Take-up sling swivel. other than that, I have the full experience with this rifle as you do your own. I absolutely love the Mauser 98 system and especially in its full length design because you better high velocity’s and better pin point accuracy with the sights. What I personally know about the Mauser 98 bolt system is that everything’s was insanely well thought out and it didn’t come without a motive. Men were getting seriously hurt or straight up dying over catastrophic failures that had nothing to do with the shooter but rather the design of their weapons or their ammunition but regardless, Paul Mauser innovated ways to protect the shooter from either problem by improving his own weapons. There are so many changed to the rifle than what you described and believe me, none of them are for decoration. The third locking lug in the back doesn’t support the locking system itself but what it does prevent the bolt from flying back at the shooters face in case the front lugs sheer and fail. there’s also gas ports in the bolt that direct the hot gases from the event of a casing failure. if you noticed between the Gewehr 98 and your Swedish Mauser, there’s a shield in front of the bolt sleeve (the part that holds the firing pin assembly) that directs hot gases straight upwards in case of a breach failure. Lastly, there’s the reinforced locking Collar where the bolt closes, nobody explained why Mauser reinforced the Collar even though the system is already strong enough but I believe I know why. they reinforced the Collar to ensure that if anything incredibly catastrophic happened like a over charged round or a squib accident, that the whole system would be able to do its job without having a standard Collar blow up or grenade on the shooter. The Mauser 98 system is beyond genius and it’s too bad that most of its safety features were forgotten because gun companies get over competent that their weapons won’t fail on their consumers. I’ve seen a couple shooters get hurt (Kentucky Ballistics is one of them) by weapons that didn’t have even half the safety systems that the Mauser has and it annoys me that we repeat history again.
Haha yep, all these years later it's still as good as ever.
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I think probably the most realistic depiction of the gewehr 98 and WW1 in general is Verdun. I’ve played that game a lot and I’m amazed at how close to history and accurate that game is. It even got the sights on the Gewehr 98 right unlike battlefield. It’s a shame it’s a very underrated game especially since it’s very well made.
Haha ironically this is a pretty terrible game when it comes to historical accuracy, but yeah it at least gives you the motivation to learn about the real thing. By chance I signed up for a History of WWI class the same year this game came out and no joke, the class and game together made me appreciate the subject a lot more.
@@geoechidna For sure, my interest in war history started with CoD World at War, then a few years later BF1 came out, even if they aren't accurate in gameplay or other areas, they sure are immersive and make people think about what these war were irl, and so people search info on them.
Man, I'm envious. I'd love a 1917. You probably have the better gun anyways. I really like the G98, but you may as well just get the later models like the Kar98b, Kar98k, or even the Czech Mausers if you plan on shooting it. The older these things get the more likely something will be broken, I've learned. You can't beat the G98 for the history, though.
@@geoechidna That's mainly why I want the Gewehr 98. I almost bought a Gew. 88 the last time I went to a pawn shop. Eventually I'll have both the Gew. 98 and the Kar98 so its just a matter of which comes first.
@@geoechidna I myself have a 1918 waffenfabrik mauser obendorf 1918 that's a turkish contract. Blueing shows it's age but still looks damn good. Stock looks ok but shows it's been through some stuff. Oddly the rifling looks fantastic. But love your video and keep it up!
The only thing I think you missed, is about two different bayonets of this rifle. One of them is a wide, but shorter one (butcher blade) which has a story behind it. Paul Baumer (Erich Maria Remarque) says if the allies were able to capture a german soldier with butcher blade bayonet, they were going to cut his nose and ears and blinding him with his own bayonet. And then, they fill his mouth and nose with mud, grass and etc, only for him to be choked and killed painfully😢😢😥😥😨😨
ive got a 1903 turk mauser that i put a side mounted scope on(looks almost like the g98 sniper in bf1). i love it to death, even if it is a 5ft, 30" barrel ,10+lb javelin.
Yeah it’s most likely rendered that way for a reason; the actual G98 sight picture is pretty jank and BF1’s irons are way easier to use. I would prefer if they were correct though tbh.
Nice job. But how are you doing that fast cycle in the game? A couple times it looked like it was doing a straight pull where your eyes stayed on the sights. Excellent analysis, I have shot one a few times and everything you said is spot on.
Thanks! The footage where the player character didn't remove his eyes from the sights was probably the clip at 1:30, where I was using the M.95 rifle rather than the G98. Yeah the 98 was pretty great, I still miss this one (I sold it to get that M1, so it was still a tradeoff I am mostly fine with).
@@geoechidna The M1 is a much better rifle but a handful. I traded one for an WW2 M1 carbine and a interwar SMLE, I don't regret it but they have gone up in price since. That makes since with the M.95.
This reminds me of when I was much younger and I had the perfect chance to get myself a Gewehr 98 Mauser while the getting was good! But I didn't; and I still am tempted to bash myself in the nose because of that!!
Lol I’m not THAT young, I played Allied Assault back in 2007. :P But the Gewehr 98 wasn’t in that game. You’re thinking of the Kar98k, basically the ‘30s carbine version of the G98 long rifle you see in this video.
The Gewehr 98 in this game is really a work of art. I have 8000 kills with the infantry variant and its really damn good, it just goes to show how much though DICE put for players in this game, and they ruined all of this in BFV with small ass and accurate renditions of iron sights, which is stupid, try to shoot with small iron sights that blend in with the background, its impossible. I deleted BFV yesterday because of how much nostalgia of better times the game was giving me. I dont know if BF2042 is going to be better, the matter with the specialists and cosmetic shit is so unbecoming of what Battlefield really is and I'm getting worried about that but maybe it is the Battlefield game fans have been waiting for, I don't know. What do you think, Echidna?
BFV was pretty much equally inaccurate regarding representation of iron sights tbh. I think what makes BFV's aiming harder is restricting your zoom with irons to like 1.5 or so; in BF1 you can have 2x zoom. Honestly I'm pretty stoked about BF 2042. BFV was pretty much 50/50 disappointing/awesome and I was never as hostile towards it as some people in the fanbase were despite its glaring issues. I'm not even a big "modern war" game guy but the trailer for 2042 looks totally sick. I have faith this one will be good. DICE had more time to work on it and its avoiding needless dumb controversies this time around. It's pretty much #1 on my most hyped-for games list.
@@geoechidna I'm kind of hyped for 2042, DICE ditching the semi serious feel of the last 2 games and embracing the Michael Bay antics is a fresh move and pairs well with the the Only In Battlefield moments the franchise known for. It will possibly be good and all, there are this things that sound really bad, like seasons and battle passes, which is just another excuse for them to not release substantial content like maps for long periods of time, like in BFV, and monetize a 60 dollar while exploiting the guys that buy it. The other thing that sounds weird to me is how they are taking out the class system and replacing it with specialist who have perks that make specific gadgets more viable, I dont know about that. We will see when the game releases.
Yeah I’m not too hot on the class system either, but maybe it’ll be fine. Either way if I have a PS5 by then it’s definitely a week 1 purchase. If it’s turns out to be absolutely awful that gives me a few buffer days to decide lol.
The Israelis have a K98k in 7.62 and the Spanish have converted M93s as well. Sadly neither are probably all that smooth, and the Israeli one is pretty expensive nowadays.
You can just fire pretty much any 7.62 NATO in those conversions, which is often much cheaper than commercial .308. 8mm is pretty expensive though, yeah.
I’m curious if you would prefer a more realistic kind of game. That is, one with crappy sights on a rifle like this, that gets caught up easily, recoils like a mule kick and can’t be shot with any sort of accuracy from a standing position. Part of my brain likes the idea but I can’t help but think it would be unbearable unless it was literally the next Soulsborne game.
Haha I might complain a lot but I already know I wouldn't enjoy a "realistic" game more than BF1. I've seen footage of Verdun and have played Hell Let Loose, and while I won't knock the quality of that game I personally find it to be infuriatingly fucking hard. I can only die so many times in 30 minutes before I leave the game in frustration. I personally really, REALLY like the semi-realistic mechanics in BF1. They're like the perfect mix of arcadey fun and realistic. Even BFV didn't get it quite right IMO.
Monotrematic Studios Yeah I suspect I would feel the same, even if I sometimes think I’d enjoy something very realistic. I think I like the concept more than I would any actual game
The roller coaster sight is good looking and unique for Gew 98 but a downside for the real combat use. The Verdun/Tannenberg Gew 98 is more realistic. I personally hate the rear sight of the Gew 98, Although it is really beautifully made. I have a Danzig Gew 98 in collection. It is one of my best looking and well made Mil Surplus. But If I have to pick up a bolt action to WW1 battlefield. My first choice would still be the SMLE, and then the Arisaka T38, after that would be Springfield. The Gew 98 would only be lying in front of the Mosin and Lebel.
Yeah the 98 pattern sights tend to be mediocre. Even a U-notch with post is a thousand times better than the V-notch and front blade. And yeah that’s a good list. If possible I’d prefer a Swedish m/94 carbine but any Mauser carbine would be fine for me.
Honestly I’m not an amazing shot and the rifle itself is like 6 MOA, so maybe I could break a bottle a 50 yards with a few tries? I can’t be mad, it was a century-old rifle.
As a gun nut ;) . 6:51 The animations are not that good and accurate. If you go to 6:51 slow the video at 0.25 speed. Crearly you can see when chycling the bolt he does not pull the bolt all the way backwards. Irl. if you do that empty caseing will not eject and new round cant be picked up. Even that you can see at the animation he pulls the bolt backwards but he doesn't pull it all the way and you can se the round not ejecting,and he rechambers that same not ejected round in the barrel. Thats for bolt cycle animation. For empty reload 7:07 animation he pulls the bolt all the way back thanks to god. But when entering the clip with 5 rounds you can see the 6th round poping out the magazine of the gun. And he puts a clip of 5 rounds over that 6rh round. Animation according to me is bad made i more like to use m1903 in the game becouse it haves better animations.
@@geoechidna I have not tried gun shows idk where any near me would be and I'm kinda iffy about using GunBroker the whole needing to see a paystub to confirm my address kinda give off the scam vibes bc why do they need to confirm that it has to go to an FFL anyway so there's no way I couldn't be who I say I am
@@frigglebiscuit7484 Gewehr 98 sights were set at 400 meters default. And couldn't go any lower. While the k98 sights were improved by getting rid of the roller coaster style and having default at 100 meters.
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That was pretty damn interesting Echidna. Specially the history behind it. Great work dude keep em coming.
Thanks man, I've got more planned for the future!
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The music from Medal of Honor makes this video even better.
Haha yeah it fits WWI/WWII content in general extremely well.
I don’t own a Gewehr 98 Myself but I own a Persian Mauser 98/29, which is basically the exact same thing besides just two changes that I can think of, such as the sights and the Slack Take-up sling swivel. other than that, I have the full experience with this rifle as you do your own. I absolutely love the Mauser 98 system and especially in its full length design because you better high velocity’s and better pin point accuracy with the sights.
What I personally know about the Mauser 98 bolt system is that everything’s was insanely well thought out and it didn’t come without a motive. Men were getting seriously hurt or straight up dying over catastrophic failures that had nothing to do with the shooter but rather the design of their weapons or their ammunition but regardless, Paul Mauser innovated ways to protect the shooter from either problem by improving his own weapons. There are so many changed to the rifle than what you described and believe me, none of them are for decoration.
The third locking lug in the back doesn’t support the locking system itself but what it does prevent the bolt from flying back at the shooters face in case the front lugs sheer and fail. there’s also gas ports in the bolt that direct the hot gases from the event of a casing failure. if you noticed between the Gewehr 98 and your Swedish Mauser, there’s a shield in front of the bolt sleeve (the part that holds the firing pin assembly) that directs hot gases straight upwards in case of a breach failure. Lastly, there’s the reinforced locking Collar where the bolt closes, nobody explained why Mauser reinforced the Collar even though the system is already strong enough but I believe I know why. they reinforced the Collar to ensure that if anything incredibly catastrophic happened like a over charged round or a squib accident, that the whole system would be able to do its job without having a standard Collar blow up or grenade on the shooter.
The Mauser 98 system is beyond genius and it’s too bad that most of its safety features were forgotten because gun companies get over competent that their weapons won’t fail on their consumers. I’ve seen a couple shooters get hurt (Kentucky Ballistics is one of them) by weapons that didn’t have even half the safety systems that the Mauser has and it annoys me that we repeat history again.
Ah the Gewehr, my favourite Bolt-action rifle.
This video was masterful. Well done.
Cheers!
Thanks! Yeah they’re great rifles, I miss this one.
AAAAAH that MOH Soundtrack, love it
Haha yep, all these years later it's still as good as ever.
I think probably the most realistic depiction of the gewehr 98 and WW1 in general is Verdun. I’ve played that game a lot and I’m amazed at how close to history and accurate that game is. It even got the sights on the Gewehr 98 right unlike battlefield. It’s a shame it’s a very underrated game especially since it’s very well made.
Yeah I still need to play Verdun. Do enough people play online to make it worth it these days?
The amount of valuable history I've learned thanks to BF1 making me gain interest in WW1 is massive, such a masterpiece
Haha ironically this is a pretty terrible game when it comes to historical accuracy, but yeah it at least gives you the motivation to learn about the real thing.
By chance I signed up for a History of WWI class the same year this game came out and no joke, the class and game together made me appreciate the subject a lot more.
@@geoechidna For sure, my interest in war history started with CoD World at War, then a few years later BF1 came out, even if they aren't accurate in gameplay or other areas, they sure are immersive and make people think about what these war were irl, and so people search info on them.
Yeah 100%. I’m definitely as interested in history as I am because of 2000s WWII games.
The music in the back ground instantly took me back to those PlayStation 1 days
Ayyyyyy
That was really well done. Thank you!
Thanks man, I'm glad you liked it!
I love this game, and its so much fun to do some work with these bolt-action rifles!
Yeah it’s a great game for bolt-actions. I really need to play it again before the PS servers go down.
Thank goodness I’ve found this channel.
Top Video. A lot of effort clearly went into it. Cheers
Haha thanks, yeah about 20 hours worth. :P
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I have a 1916 Amberg bring back. Really fantastic rifles. Aim low, can't miss.
God, this rifle is gorgeous
Yeah it was quite worn but still a beautiful piece!
My last rifle was a model 1917, definitely been considering a Gewehr 98.
Man, I'm envious. I'd love a 1917. You probably have the better gun anyways.
I really like the G98, but you may as well just get the later models like the Kar98b, Kar98k, or even the Czech Mausers if you plan on shooting it.
The older these things get the more likely something will be broken, I've learned.
You can't beat the G98 for the history, though.
@@geoechidna That's mainly why I want the Gewehr 98. I almost bought a Gew. 88 the last time I went to a pawn shop. Eventually I'll have both the Gew. 98 and the Kar98 so its just a matter of which comes first.
Haha I feel that. I keep telling myself "okay that's enough milsurps" but I know I'm just lying to myself.
@@geoechidna I myself have a 1918 waffenfabrik mauser obendorf 1918 that's a turkish contract. Blueing shows it's age but still looks damn good. Stock looks ok but shows it's been through some stuff. Oddly the rifling looks fantastic. But love your video and keep it up!
The only thing I think you missed, is about two different bayonets of this rifle.
One of them is a wide, but shorter one (butcher blade) which has a story behind it. Paul Baumer (Erich Maria Remarque) says if the allies were able to capture a german soldier with butcher blade bayonet, they were going to cut his nose and ears and blinding him with his own bayonet. And then, they fill his mouth and nose with mud, grass and etc, only for him to be choked and killed painfully😢😢😥😥😨😨
Didn’t forget, I couldn’t cover it if I didn’t have one 🤷♂️
ive got a 1903 turk mauser that i put a side mounted scope on(looks almost like the g98 sniper in bf1). i love it to death, even if it is a 5ft, 30" barrel ,10+lb javelin.
Yeah these old Mausers are a ton of fun. They kick like a mule on PCP and weigh about as much though.
Excellent vid despite the view count. You deserve a sub!
Thank you my friend, hopefully someday haha
Very nice video!
I'm glad you liked it, Agent Denton
Out of the very few games that have this rifle in it I've only seen I that got the sight correct
Yeah it’s most likely rendered that way for a reason; the actual G98 sight picture is pretty jank and BF1’s irons are way easier to use. I would prefer if they were correct though tbh.
@@geoechidna yeah I understand they do it for gameplay reasons, especially since the sight is so big in the first place.
Medal of honor bgm, nice!
Haha yup
Nice job. But how are you doing that fast cycle in the game? A couple times it looked like it was doing a straight pull where your eyes stayed on the sights. Excellent analysis, I have shot one a few times and everything you said is spot on.
Thanks! The footage where the player character didn't remove his eyes from the sights was probably the clip at 1:30, where I was using the M.95 rifle rather than the G98.
Yeah the 98 was pretty great, I still miss this one (I sold it to get that M1, so it was still a tradeoff I am mostly fine with).
@@geoechidna The M1 is a much better rifle but a handful. I traded one for an WW2 M1 carbine and a interwar SMLE, I don't regret it but they have gone up in price since. That makes since with the M.95.
Yeah I hear you, this hobby is getting to be WAY too expensive.
This reminds me of when I was much younger and I had the perfect chance to get
myself a Gewehr 98 Mauser while the getting was good! But I didn't; and I still am
tempted to bash myself in the nose because of that!!
it seems you are young, it was featured also long time before in Medal of Honor Allied Assault , nevertheless great video!
Lol I’m not THAT young, I played Allied Assault back in 2007. :P
But the Gewehr 98 wasn’t in that game. You’re thinking of the Kar98k, basically the ‘30s carbine version of the G98 long rifle you see in this video.
The Gewehr 98 in this game is really a work of art. I have 8000 kills with the infantry variant and its really damn good, it just goes to show how much though DICE put for players in this game, and they ruined all of this in BFV with small ass and accurate renditions of iron sights, which is stupid, try to shoot with small iron sights that blend in with the background, its impossible. I deleted BFV yesterday because of how much nostalgia of better times the game was giving me. I dont know if BF2042 is going to be better, the matter with the specialists and cosmetic shit is so unbecoming of what Battlefield really is and I'm getting worried about that but maybe it is the Battlefield game fans have been waiting for, I don't know. What do you think, Echidna?
BFV was pretty much equally inaccurate regarding representation of iron sights tbh. I think what makes BFV's aiming harder is restricting your zoom with irons to like 1.5 or so; in BF1 you can have 2x zoom.
Honestly I'm pretty stoked about BF 2042. BFV was pretty much 50/50 disappointing/awesome and I was never as hostile towards it as some people in the fanbase were despite its glaring issues. I'm not even a big "modern war" game guy but the trailer for 2042 looks totally sick.
I have faith this one will be good. DICE had more time to work on it and its avoiding needless dumb controversies this time around. It's pretty much #1 on my most hyped-for games list.
@@geoechidna I'm kind of hyped for 2042, DICE ditching the semi serious feel of the last 2 games and embracing the Michael Bay antics is a fresh move and pairs well with the the Only In Battlefield moments the franchise known for. It will possibly be good and all, there are this things that sound really bad, like seasons and battle passes, which is just another excuse for them to not release substantial content like maps for long periods of time, like in BFV, and monetize a 60 dollar while exploiting the guys that buy it. The other thing that sounds weird to me is how they are taking out the class system and replacing it with specialist who have perks that make specific gadgets more viable, I dont know about that. We will see when the game releases.
Yeah I’m not too hot on the class system either, but maybe it’ll be fine.
Either way if I have a PS5 by then it’s definitely a week 1 purchase. If it’s turns out to be absolutely awful that gives me a few buffer days to decide lol.
I love the imperial g98, it's as smooth as butter at times, if only there was a 308 rechamber
The Israelis have a K98k in 7.62 and the Spanish have converted M93s as well.
Sadly neither are probably all that smooth, and the Israeli one is pretty expensive nowadays.
@@geoechidna that sucks because 308 rounds are more affordable than those reproduction rounds
You can just fire pretty much any 7.62 NATO in those conversions, which is often much cheaper than commercial .308. 8mm is pretty expensive though, yeah.
Good video, I just got bf1 and I like this gun a lot.
I’m curious if you would prefer a more realistic kind of game. That is, one with crappy sights on a rifle like this, that gets caught up easily, recoils like a mule kick and can’t be shot with any sort of accuracy from a standing position.
Part of my brain likes the idea but I can’t help but think it would be unbearable unless it was literally the next Soulsborne game.
Haha I might complain a lot but I already know I wouldn't enjoy a "realistic" game more than BF1.
I've seen footage of Verdun and have played Hell Let Loose, and while I won't knock the quality of that game I personally find it to be infuriatingly fucking hard. I can only die so many times in 30 minutes before I leave the game in frustration.
I personally really, REALLY like the semi-realistic mechanics in BF1. They're like the perfect mix of arcadey fun and realistic. Even BFV didn't get it quite right IMO.
Monotrematic Studios Yeah I suspect I would feel the same, even if I sometimes think I’d enjoy something very realistic. I think I like the concept more than I would any actual game
Yeah that makes sense.
There are games out there kind of like that, such as Arma and Escape from Tarkov. And HLL is pretty good, if hard.
The roller coaster sight is good looking and unique for Gew 98 but a downside for the real combat use. The Verdun/Tannenberg Gew 98 is more realistic. I personally hate the rear sight of the Gew 98, Although it is really beautifully made.
I have a Danzig Gew 98 in collection. It is one of my best looking and well made Mil Surplus.
But If I have to pick up a bolt action to WW1 battlefield. My first choice would still be the SMLE, and then the Arisaka T38, after that would be Springfield. The Gew 98 would only be lying in front of the Mosin and Lebel.
Yeah the 98 pattern sights tend to be mediocre. Even a U-notch with post is a thousand times better than the V-notch and front blade.
And yeah that’s a good list. If possible I’d prefer a Swedish m/94 carbine but any Mauser carbine would be fine for me.
What’s the maximum distance you can hit a bottle or can or target that size with this rifle.
Honestly I’m not an amazing shot and the rifle itself is like 6 MOA, so maybe I could break a bottle a 50 yards with a few tries? I can’t be mad, it was a century-old rifle.
Thanks for responding
As a gun nut ;) . 6:51 The animations are not that good and accurate. If you go to 6:51 slow the video at 0.25 speed. Crearly you can see when chycling the bolt he does not pull the bolt all the way backwards. Irl. if you do that empty caseing will not eject and new round cant be picked up. Even that you can see at the animation he pulls the bolt backwards but he doesn't pull it all the way and you can se the round not ejecting,and he rechambers that same not ejected round in the barrel. Thats for bolt cycle animation. For empty reload 7:07 animation he pulls the bolt all the way back thanks to god. But when entering the clip with 5 rounds you can see the 6th round poping out the magazine of the gun. And he puts a clip of 5 rounds over that 6rh round. Animation according to me is bad made i more like to use m1903 in the game becouse it haves better animations.
I mean, if you have to play at the game at .25 speed to find flaws in the animation, it’s not that big of a deal.
3:27 True
Yeah it really was the Wild West of gun design
Nice
Glad you think so! :D
I have been hunting for one these rifles and I just can't find one to save my life just k98 from ww2
Have you tried gun shows? Gunbroker is also an option.
@@geoechidna I have not tried gun shows idk where any near me would be and I'm kinda iffy about using GunBroker the whole needing to see a paystub to confirm my address kinda give off the scam vibes bc why do they need to confirm that it has to go to an FFL anyway so there's no way I couldn't be who I say I am
The site GunBroker is not a scam itself, but you definitely need to be wary of sellers trying to rip you off.
Lee enfield vid please!
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lol I couldn’t resist including that
yeah i wish i could shoot a moving target yk what i mean
I know videos about German guns tend to attract weird people but please just don’t be cringe
Sorry kar 98 k fans but this wins the round.
The Kar98k might be a slightly better design but the quality control was pretty poor during the war. G98s are basically works of art.
Dude it’s the same gun.
The same action but the Kar98k is shorter and has improved iron sights.
The 98 is pretty long and unwieldy compared to the 98k.
@@geoechidna idk about the iron sights...they are pretty bad.
@@frigglebiscuit7484 Gewehr 98 sights were set at 400 meters default. And couldn't go any lower. While the k98 sights were improved by getting rid of the roller coaster style and having default at 100 meters.