Apparantly "The future" is a very relative term and I did reconsider the straight tunnel section, the most simple option actually did keep the intensity in check: add a hill. The intensity is now 9,98 while 10,00 is considered too high (9,90 before).
Again I am glad you pointed this out Wuis, since I think the coaster is definitely a tad nicer now, and I probably would have left the straight tunnel there if no one said something about it. Thanks!
Edit: The Improvement video is now online
Teaser: