Beginner's Coaster Building Guide | Planet Coaster Tutorial

[@Botis18]

I'm gonna be honest, your level of clarity and professionalism is great in this video. Frankly I was shocked when I looked down to see you've only 550 subscribers. Keep putting out content this good and you could have the makings of a very successful channel.

[@Geekism]

Thanks very much! Whilst the channel has been around for a while, I've only really starting working on it properly with Planet Coaster content. Glad you're enjoying it :)

[@amalija11]

1160 now! :)

[@alyshakhan5909]

4392 Woop

[@zaddasz5210]

Botis 10k

[@Mopsie]

It certainly grow the past 7 months, it's gone to 10.000 now!

[@tiantian329]

My tip (to add to everything in this video) is to use heat maps. They tell you which parts of the Coaster get the riders most excited, scared, nauseous, etc. If you find a part that doesn’t have good stats (example: too much fear), rip that part out and replace it with a better track layout (example: too much nausea on inversion, delete inversion and replace it with airtime hill or banked track). That is how you get a good rating.

[@dotdankory]

im never using the overbanked turn again, 9 fear on the freaking "drop"

[@Heathers_Crochet_Designs]

i wish the game explained it as well as you.

[@Geekism]

+Heather Gibbs Thanks Heather, glad you found it useful :)

[@jonahb2939]

So true

[@jonahb2939]

@@Geekism you are best youtuber

[@LABullDaddy]

I actually found this when I was looking for any tutorial on how to straighten out train tracks. I could find no explanations anywhere on how to use those four controls (Up/Down, Side-to-Side, Banking, and Stretch) for the tracks until I watched this. What's even better is your discussion on the simple mechanics of how a good coaster works. And now you've got me wanting to try my own hand at designing a custom coaster! Thanks for the great tutorial!

[@RogueNewbie]

Thank you so much! Just bought Planet Coaster on sale, and while I'm loving creating themes, I just couldn't get my "intensity" numbers down when building coasters. Here's trying again.

[@weirdguy_0514]

I didn't know how to use block sections,but now I do!😄

[@Geekism]

Woo!

[@weirdguy_0514]

Geekism so thanks! Love ur vids too😄

[@MikeWeiner]

Agreed...I saw them, didn't know what they were, so I didn't bother. But you explained them really well and the affect on your coaster was exactly what I, and I'm sure many others, really needed to know. Thanks again!

[@hughanthony2001]

This is one of the best guides I've seen. Nice one.

[@Geekism]

Wow thanks :D

[@apollofell3925]

Thank you for saying exactly what aspects of coaster design you go over within the first 60 seconds of this video. That small detail saves SO much fkin time for people watching tutorials.

[@computerkid1416]

I'm loving this game so far, as it reminds me a lot of RCT3 which I grew up with. However, it can be very complicated at times, which I guess isn't a bad thing. Thanks for this tutorial.

[@Geekism]

It's depth can be a little daunting to begin with... I'm glad this video has helped :)

[@Gogeta2501]

The logic of making rollercoaster makes no sense man reallly anoying

[@nisufilm243]

I just dicovered your channel today. allready love it! can't wait to get home and try a few of your tips out! :D

[@Geekism]

+Polt3rg3ist awesome! Welcome aboard :)

[@FoundationAfro]

I've been playing the genre since RollerCoaster Tycoon 1, and while I was never great at building coasters, the realisticness in Planet Coaster made me straight-up bad. This helped a lot, thank you.

[@fabrizio4190]

geek i wanna thank you for these videos and u right 6 years later and your tutorials are the best and only ones thank you my friend for helping explain this game

[@aerrye]

Thank you for this wonderful video! I was about to give up on building my own coasters because I was getting so frustrated.

[@Geekism]

You're very welcome, glad you found it useful, be sure to check out 'part 2' that covers heatmaps and g forces in more detail :)

[@jamesmorrison4797]

Thanks this really helped me build great coasters. Just one thing, why didn’t you ride it in first person? That would’ve been really nice as I love seeing POVs as well.

[@misty_lul]

I finally got hold of this game, and I can't even tell you how much I appreciate these kind of videos. I am going down your whole playlist and enjoying it so much. Your ability to explain things is just amazing. Although when you said this is a simple coaster, I thought, HUH, that would be the best thing I could ever build, haha. Thank you for the great content!

[@23ChickenWings]

Great Video! All of your videos help so much! I would also add that after testing you can look at heat-maps to troubleshoot problematic areas of your coaster. I just built my first real coaster, and all was good except for the fear rating being way too high. In the fear heat-map, I found that the area of my coaster that went underground was causing the problem. Sadly, I got rid of it, but all three ratings went into the green. There was a flock of seagulls... err, i mean people.... to my ride after that and I started rolling in cash. Edit: Just realized you have a separate video on heat-maps :) They should just pay you and put your videos up as the proper tutorial.

[@monikajaksik3708]

You’re gonna be a great help for me! I bought the game today and immediately search for some gameplay and tips and you were pretty much on the top of my search! So glad I found you ❤️

[@pens6564]

Fantastic! I was thinking that I was almost in a pro level, but again watching your vídeos I learn some more tips!

[@HelenDing]

I've been playing Planet Coaster since the day it was first released but had given up building my own coasters in favour of downloading from the Workshop. Thanks for the video, I'm glad I found it. Off to have another go at building my own and redoing the scenarios with my own creations!

[@Geekism]

Happy to help!

[@Magpiecheek]

This was FANTASTIC, thank you. I only started playing this game yesterday and I watched the publisher's tutorials and they are.... so incomplete. Thank you for giving this the time and care to help out us beginners! I'm excited to watch the other tutorials and I'm feeling much less dejected about being such a n00b.

[@joshuadworsky4225]

This was so helpful. Just got the game yesterday and was struggling with figuring out how to make a good coaster. Thank you!

[@stephenmartinez96]

barely found out about this game like a week ago, so i’m now playing it on a PS5 & this video was very helpful, thank you 🔥🙏🏻

[@jojorickful]

Amazing video! The first coaster I built after seeing this was amazing!

[@zakunknown9737]

One thing i like about these videos is that he only has 5k subs. he actually responds to comments with helpful advice. Sub + like. nice video

[@Geekism]

Thanks! I try and reply to every comment, although it's starting to get a bit busy around here! :D

[@brennawiley9298]

I watched this tutorial earlier today and I just created a coaster that isn't shit for the first time. Thank you for making this!!!!

[@benjamincaravella3470]

Thanks, this video made my experience 100% better. The way you explained the things was so easy to follow. I made a roller coaster with your tips and I got a 6.03 in excitement a 3.49 in fear and 1,36 in nausea. Well deserved like and subscribe from me

[@chronically_funnyemma4214]

I know this video is very old but oh my goodness, I was having so much trouble making coasters functional at all and it was so helpful!!!

[@DavesAdventures]

I have been looking at planet coaster videos and ive subscribed to your channel, ive not long got planet coaster on my laptop but you need a lot of patience but i find creating custom coasters that i get roll backs

[@burneduplikefire]

Can you test a roller coaster in Career mode/Challenge mode like you did, or will clients don't wanna ride because "it's too dangerous". I mean, how many trains had to fail?

[@TheWargod56]

fantastic video, it's so refreshing to see someone who actually knows what they are doing play a game!

[@Geekism]

+TheWargod56 Thanks very much! I'm very much still learning, but glad you found it useful!

[@althaz]

Thank-you so much for a really great video! This is the perfect place to start for a relatively newb person.

[@MauroC74]

As a beginner I found that nausea heatmap is a good indicator of bad tracks, I run a test ride and I can see where tracks need smoothing (or tweaking) because of line changing color from green to red in a second.

[@extremelylongwords]

I got this game a while ago just to make some roller coasters to fill the lockdown void but it was More Difficult Than I Expected It To Be and I was juuuuust about to give up until I found your video. Thanks!!!

[@martin9354]

this video helped me a lot to understand where i have been going wrong thank you so much :)

[@prolific6773]

7:08 Gotta love that *WOOOOOH* feeling.

[@BluJayMC]

About to get this game on my new PC tomorrow! Really enjoyed this tutorial to help me learn some of the basics before jumping in! Fantastic work! 👍🏻

[@lauramcnally3452]

This video was really helpful and easy compared to some of the others I've looked at. Thanks!!

[@Talewhipforge]

Apparently I have been using the smooth banking and smooth all tool wrong this whole time. I didn't realize you were supposed to keep clicking the button over and over. I just clicked it once and assumed that would do it. >_< No wonder all my coasters had terrible ratings.

[@Geekism]

It really is a bit unclear, glad I've been able to help though :D

[@Talewhipforge]

Yes this video was more helpful than I thought it was going to be. I also didn't know about the spacebar thing. So thanks :D

[@MikeWeiner]

Same here! I see how it benefits and why you'd want to keep clicking... NOW... but I always thought "Smoothing? Yeah, that sounds like a good thing." Click! And moved on...this is going to make a nice difference in my coasters.

[@MohanKarulkar]

same here!

[@wiborn22]

Great Guide Brother, thought I knew how to build a roller coaster until I watched your video.

[@Goblin_1105]

This is really helpful! I've been struggling with building coasters for a little bit. Thanks!

[@Geekism]

Glad you found it useful! Thanks for watching :)

[@carminemg]

Nice explanation on the block breaks! Thanks

[@Geekism]

+carminemg You're welcome! Thanks for watching :)

[@denthoss]

Dude your videos are great. I can't wait to try this on my KZbin park!!! The struggle is real with my custom coaster. Thank you so much!

[@Geekism]

Happy to help :)

[@Mopsie]

THIS IS SO GREAT! thanks man! It's a lot clearer now! I was struggling like an idiot building coasters. Subscribed!

[@Geekism]

+TimR1992 Awesome! Glad it helped, welcome aboard :)

[@Harryaars]

Great video watched it together with my girlfriend, we didnt have an idea of what we were doing but we got a quite good idea now of how we're gonna make our coaster now! Thanks!

[@Geekism]

Awesome! Thanks for watching :)

[@karlmanning2603]

I feel like there is WAY more freedom building roller coasters in this game compared to previous tycoon installments because you are not confined to grids. I can’t wait to try it out!

[@ryanashford3672]

Fantastic video! Super descriptive and helped my make my coasters more coaster-y!

[@sunburnedsoul1854]

Thanks so much for this guide. I've built some great coaster just haven't been able to get low nausea. But you showed where im having my issues. Keep up the great work.👍

[@Geekism]

Thank you! :)

[@cbfaith9155]

your videos have helped me so much and inspired me with awesome ideas love your videos

[@supahdave1987]

This is a great help for a beginner, thank you!

[@Robbbbb1011]

Very insightful, has helped me a tonne thank you very much

[@Geekism]

You're welcome! Glad it was useful :)

[@trippy_bri]

OMG THANKS! I wasn't smoothing the coaster and that was my issue.

[@jaystationconsolegaming1578]

Brilliant Jonti. Another great video. Your channel is amazing

[@brockcullen6671]

Your Channel Has Been Really Helpful With All The Tips! Thanks so much!

[@Geekism]

Glad you got something from them! Thanks for watching :)

[@kawazy9528]

Great video! Learned a lot from this!

[@IanEdmonds]

Thanks very much for that! I've just started playing the game and was having a lot of trouble getting good coasters that were getting good ratings. This has a lot of suggestions that are going to make that easier.

[@jakedonnellyvideography9546]

love your tutorials mate, cant believe youve only got 1700 subs! would of expected more, keep up the work

[@Geekism]

Thanks! Im pretty new, but growing quickly :)

[@MuhName]

Thanks! Keep up the good work

[@Geekism]

Thank you! Will do :)

[@chemicalmix]

Very helpful and very clear. Great video.

[@gdhyp3rsqu1d59]

Another tip. You can use the banking offset setting as a sort of headline system. It's really rough before you smooth it but once you do it just makes your banking very smooth. It can also make rolls smoother. I like to add zero g rolls and banking offset really helps

[@rustyspoonzzz]

Brilliant video, well detailed and not confusing at all... Cheers :D

[@Brizzer548]

Good video have watched twice now and have learnt a lot of good tips

[@Geekism]

Happy to help :)

[@player--zero]

my first couple were getting terrible numbers aswell because I was trying to build too big too soon. once I learned to use the smoothing and banking with less extreme drops turns n rolls. once you start to learn you will get better.

[@upnorthbreaks9682]

THANK YOU, I have had this game for over a year and have not played it because it was so confusing

[@NotTheBomb]

My favorite way to build it a coaster is to have the chain lift at the slowest speed possible. Then let’s say after you have filled a majority of your track with ‘green’ levels of excitement, then you speed it up just 1m/s and watch your overall excitement skyrocket. It turns the chain lift into an excitement gauge.

[@LDeeWalker]

Before watching this video, I couldn't create a coaster to save my life. My poor Sims would never have survived - according to the biased tester. Rumor has it his mother had a freak accident on a coaster so he's a bit of a coward. Or so they say. Anyway... after watching this, I am now a creating fool! My first one (that doesn't quite look like yours, but close) had almost the same ratings. Orange - 5.63, Orange 3.87, Green 1.33. However, thanks to your tutelage (this video), the second one was: Orange 5.60, Green 4.69, Green 2.92. The third one was: Green 8.06, orange 6.08, green 2.85... and... wait for it... The fourth one was: Green 6.27, Green 4.32, Green 2.40. My Sims (and I) owe it all to you!! Thank you! You rock!

[@harag9]

Very nice tutorial, would be nice to have some updated ones based on the info you've learned over the year. My tip is to use short sections - so rather than make long pieces, make then shorter and place several pieces instead, it's much better for fine tuning the banking, smoothing and tweaking a little.

[@TamzPlayz]

This video was really helpful, thank you for taking the time to create it 😁

[@Nyxocide]

This helped me sooo much? I was stuck on the coasters and them being too nauseating for so long 😂

[@saladbar3607]

I know I'm a bit late haha but this was an incredible video. Just stumbled upon your channel today, very informative and you present the information in a very nice and friendly way. You also explain in detail what you are doing. Hope you get more credit and grow in popularity! You earned a new sub today!

[@mcgti]

Great video! love the clarity and build up

[@danielb.5361]

Great tutorial! I just spent an hour blowing my budget on a low excitement, terrifying, vomit comet of a coaster before finding this video.

[@Geekism]

Glad it was useful... Happy New Year!

[@lightsaberz2772]

I had a test on physics and i used this as an example THANKS :D

[@BigDavos]

Geekism: I’m not an engineer Geekism: Proceeds to break down roller coaster mechanics

[@vladfokof]

Thanx for advices ! I didn't know how to use the smooth tool ! I used to click just once and didn't understand what changes it made.

[@Geekism]

Glad I could help :)

[@CityoFun]

please do more coaster building tutorials. but with more in depth analysis by turning on the heat maps and trying to bring a fearful zone to a safer one, for example... one of the challenges in the game asks to build a 8.0 min. excitement coaster. which i never been able to do. everytime i increase excitement i also increase fear and this reduces my overall score. can you provide with some tips on this matter? thank you in advance :)

[@Geekism]

Check out my 'Heatmaps and G-Forces' it might give you a good starting off point :)

[@hanbunz]

This was really helpful! Thank you

[@Geekism]

Thanks for watching!

[@z3nev3r]

Thanks for the tips! Awesome tutorial!

[@ianhandrigan1678]

Amazing tutorial very good job

[@Geekism]

+Yanchan Beats Thanks!

[@reformedrx]

hey man you seem like a great lad, i am from us but i wish i live in UK and wish i had your accent i know that is weird but ive noticed i get along with UK people alot better than i do US friends ive had or have do you still play planet coaster mate?

[@JoriDiculous]

Brilliant tutorial. Exactly what i needed :)

[@Geekism]

Glad it helped :)

[@JoriDiculous]

Just one smal important thing.. What is your camera settings? I notice your camera doesn't "snap" to everything when you select it?? It is so annoying :/And i cant figure out what setting turn it off..

[@bcket]

Hi, loved the video. Quick question for you are there different customers for different coasters? For example is a really high excitement always the best or is that too much for some people and they will actively look for a gentler one? Do some people like high fear? etc.

[@Geekism]

+bcket I'm still a working on the numbers, but it seems that the excitement is higher the better and guests have 'fear tolerance' you can see this if you click a guest. Teens seem to prefer higher fear thresholds. Nausea doesn't seem to affect ride section, just possibility of throwing up :)

[@bcket]

Geekism thanks very much, keep up the great videos

[@AKFortyKevin25]

Great vid, really enjoying the channel and content! I had no idea there even were smoothing and banking buttons...

[@Geekism]

Awesome! Glad you got something out of it :D

[@DjefluXz]

Awesome tutorial! This helped me so much! Keep it up!

[@Geekism]

Glad I could help :)

[@noelpuig]

Heatmaps are also helpful if you need to know where to smooth

[@antonellaguerrieri-kost3898]

thanks so much i was getting all red for my coasters

[@ginat2848]

Great Tutorial! Now I am ready to make one! Thank you :)

[@DiaborMagics]

i havent seen all of the video yet and will skim through it a bit, but i while i have already built 2 coasters in career, i wanted to make one from scratch in sandbox and add it to my blueprints. My problem is, I cannot cutomize the 'base' of the coaster. I want to change the name, color scheme, music, etc, but if I click in where you have the text: 'editing The American Arrow 4', I cant change the name, colors, nothing, while I believe that in career, there was a tab for that. I'm at a loss here. I just saw that at 13:38-13:39 you changed between those views/tabs. How did you do that? Nvm, just saw it in-game.... click Done before you can edit that stuff. Thats very strange to me. Its far from done if it hasnt been customized :P Also, I found some carts I really like, the prototype Wing in the custom section, but I dont want to have a cable lift, I want a Chain Lift. Is there a way for me to build a coaster with Chain Lift, but to have the cart design to look like those of the Prototype Wing? I just love their design.

[@MikeWeiner]

I already have down the basics of building a coaster, but you really opened my eyes on the finer points of making a GREAT coaster! There were so many tips, particularly in the second half of building, once you had it done (not to mentioning to start finishing the coaster by going backwards from the station), that I know my coasters will be a lot better for having watched you! I subscribed because I KNOW I'll be back to watch more of your videos...maybe someday I can make them as well as you do. :) Thank you for making these available. BTW, I'm curious...are you recording your video with OBS? Its extremely well done. :)

[@rekunta]

I just bought this game and am WAY over my head. I don't even know where to begin. The tutorial system is woefully inadequate. I appreciate this video, but are there others you can recommend that cover basic layout, how to use tools, hot key shortcuts, etc?

[@Geekism]

Check out the tutorial playlist on my channel, I have specific videos on building, pathing, triggers and other areas... and I'm working on a complete beginner's guide that will be hopefully up tomorrow :)

[@jacksoniavaroni4369]

Totally in the same boat as Kale P... I love the open nature of the game but feel the devs should have included a more in depth tutorial part.

[@rekunta]

Yea, 4 videos is absurd. I can learn the basics of the UI through experimentation, but the best of creations lie in utilizing the nuances and intricacies of that UI. If any game necessitates a proper tutorial, it is games such as these. It should be a priority for the devs, not an afterthought.

[@SherrifOfNottingham]

Best tip I can give you is to avoid using the premade sections, you can use them for reference sure, but I'd build them out yourself for two reasons, one you will improve your ability to manipulate the track if you work on replicating things, and second you'll have more freedom and not get hung up with sharp sections because the prebuilt sections don't want to be edited. MOST of the prebuilt sections are just miniature blueprints, some of them are unique pieces so don't be afraid to browse and see them (one track has a loop with a track piece that goes over the loop. Another tip is to keep in mind the block brake sections of the track, it can increase the throughput of a ride, keeping the track as packed with trains as is safe is usually a good bet. The ride shown here in a real theme park would run three trains, even though it would mean one train has to sit and wait to enter the station. (Most real coasters have two block brake sections behind the station so the middle of the track sections are just for emergencies) If you want to improve download some workshop rides, simple ones without scenery, then attempt to recreate them. And use the workshop for building shops and scenery installations too. Nothing is set in stone with those, you are free to edit them all you like so if you download. Getting good stats on a ride is a difficult thing to do, just remember the "perfect" ride, score wise, is actually really boring looking.

[@bendparker]

Very informative! Great video!

[@BeornsThunder]

Geeksim, this is a very helpful tutorial. Thanks for posting! I just started the game and built my first coaster falling your instructions. I have a question and maybe a critique. I understand the purpose of the video was just building a coaster, now that my coaster is complete as a test project, I see that the que area is on the back side of the platform and I'm having one heck of a time trying to figure out how to run a path up to this elevated platform. I've succeeded on raising the path, but it never aligns correctly from a height standpoint, and I can't start a path from the station out and down to an existing path. My guess it is something basic, but there are so many things in this game which are not that initiative. I've also tried to select the grid around this station, but that does not appear to work either. Any suggestions from anyone would be appreciated. Thanks! :)

[@Geekism]

+BeornsThunder you can rebuild the station with the entrance/exit on either side of the Coaster. Check the options on the station pieces :)

[@dragonachii]

Thank you for your help, it was really usefull and clear to me.

[@tobyy2418]

I just want to point out, if you want more excitement/intensity then add a hill that goes up to a side. On Hyper/Giga/Strata/Mega/arrow/Loony Turns or any coaster really. Even if you are going a high speed you can bank it. Try it and see ur results.

[@justpur33xposur35]

When I build a track though, when I go to make it go up or rotate, it gives me a set of numbers on the angles like 30,60 or 90. How do I free angle like you in the gameplay?

[@jakehopkins6989]

In the details panel on the bottom right, uncheck "snap angle"

[@naveenm9269]

thnku bro... that really helps me to build some awesome coasters

[@Geekism]

+nav ansh awesome :) thanks for watching :)

[@ytp6965]

4:40 Literally building a hypercoaster* *Then proceeds to kill the hypercoaster vibe

[@trackmaster152002]

Another piece of advice: the chain counts as a block too. So really, you never need a MCBR to run two trains. You can even get away with three trains if there's a chain with no MCBR if you're OK with a little stacking. I'm not sure if the ratings factor in pacing or not. In real life, mid course brakes take away from the ride slightly.

[@Silverowl193]

Great help. Appreciate it!

[@nathansmith6820]

wow this really helped thank you! great vid

[@DiaborMagics]

What is 'track limit exceeded'? I had a big coaster all built, but I wanted to add a block section. I found a place where I could add one, tore off the piece that was there and replaced it with a block section. When trying to attack the block section part to the rest of the Coaster, I got the 'Track Limit Exceeded' message. Is that 1 block section piece thats a couple meters max, really a piece that makes the coaster too long?

[@jesterday2222]

hey thanks a lot, I was wondering what those little diamond thingies were for, nice vid and nice voice :D