RCT Classic - How To Build Wooden Rollercoasters (For Beginners)

A small guide on building a beginning wooden rollercoaster
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[@mattburkey]

Building the entrance and exits on opposite sides of the platform seems to get guests on and off quicker. When they're on the same side, the guests have to get off the platform before it lets new guests on. With the opposite sides, they seems to get on and off at the same time which is good to maximise throughput. I also tend to put the entrance near the front of the train and the exit towards the rear. It's not a massive difference, but just a nice detail :)

[@SendyTheEndless]

Brakes are also good in my experience for taming wild intensity ratings. I think it also makes the ride more exciting, if the cars are slowing down and speeding up rather than barelling through the whole course.

[@Lilliaace]

Regular breaks can make a huge difference in intensity and excitement. I remember having a coaster with 9 intensity. I removed ONE piece of track and put a brake in its place, intensity fell to 7 🤷‍♀️

[@steelehaspel5505]

I avoid intensity ratings over 8.0 to attract more guests with lower intensity preferences to the ride. You can do so by simply adding flat sections in between the bottoms sections of a hill. Instead of leveling out and immediately climbing again, insert a flat track or two. You see this in the great pre-designed rides.

[@BigBrotherMateyka]

Correct. Intensity ratings of 8.0 seem to be a threshold for most guests. Employing a method of level tracks between hills will reduce jerk physics and minimize positive vertical G forces, which helps lower excessive intensity ratings.

[@MylesoftheMillers]

Steele Haspel Wouldn’t this increase the intensity rating because the guest would be riding at a high speed for a longer amount of time at the bottom of the hills? I’m not entirely sure how those three stats are calculated

[@awildfurret]

@@MylesoftheMillers Each coaster have its own requirments to fulfill the excitment rating

[@WaywardSpirited]

@@MylesoftheMillers Overall, the G's (lateral, then vertical) have more impact on a coaster's intensity rating than its speed... unless it's going stupid fast for the entire ride. If any of those stats are high enough to be potentially problematic, they will turn red in the test results menu shown in the video. P.S. I'm aware how old this comment is, but this info could be useful for anyone looking here.

[@sagichdirdochnicht4653]

​@@MylesoftheMillers You are currently moving with a couple thousand of Kilometers per Second. trough the Universe. Thankfully, you can not feel Speed whatsoever, if not being alive would be kinda impossible. The only thing more intense, that Speed will let you feel, is Wind. You can feel Wind on your Face. What you *feel* is Accelleration, *NOT* Speed. Speed changes yes, that's Acceleration, but not Speed. Therefore a Coaster with a few flat pieces on the Bottum *IS* slightly less Intense by Logic alone, because your Speed doesn't change as rapidly - therefore there is less Acceleration, that you could feel. To prove the Point: Have you ever been on say a Train, a Car or a Plane? If so, you most likely experiences higher Speeds then on any Coaster you have ever riden. I can at least say, that I haven't been on Coasters, that are riding significantly more then around 100km/h. But I've been frequently on high Speed Trains. They move with up to 280km/h. The fastest Coaster in the World reaches 240. If Speed was what made a Ride even remotely inense, then let me tell ya: A fucking Traintrip across Europe would be to intense for anyone to endure.

[@temellegames9317]

Love this game, but i always get nervous, because all my roller coasters I made were too scary for guests.

[@MetalSmasherGaming]

Same here. All my custom designs have 1 Excitement and 10+ Intensity. So I always just use pre-built designs.

[@xa0wnerx]

MetalSmasherGaming The intensity must be too high, on the data tab of the rid, look out for red lateral or vertical gs, it means your ride is going too fast around sharp corners or on inversions like a vertical loop. These high g forces translate to high intensity which destroys excitement

[@kevinceniceros3618]

Retro Games, just follow what I did in my game tutorial.

[@awildfurret]

Maybe you forgot to bank the corners? And try not to use corkscrew inversion on high speeds

[@LibbyOfDaneland]

I’ve killed people, so.. 😕

[@20PINKluvr]

Thank god for the toolkit so I dont have to waste money on a coaster that turns out to be crap. Also I can practice.

[@Lilliaace]

Thank you very much 🥰 I've made it to gold on rct classic but always struggled with the coasters with balancing intensity and excitement

[@reflectallbutwhite9839]

should definitely bank those lmao.

[@brogaming7393]

*fuck banking, non banking is better*

[@asidxo1605]

Can you make more videos w/ different types of wooden coasters?

[@ClassicTycoon]

Stay tuned

[@YuukoEnjoyer]

Am I mistaken or this RCT Classic game is basically RCT1 and 2 merged and modernized together?

[@ClassicTycoon]

That’s pretty much exactly what it is! Plus some new cool scenarios mixed in!

[@YuukoEnjoyer]

@@ClassicTycoon Oh crap now I gotta buy it

[@ClassicTycoon]

Do it! It’s great 👍🏼

[@kathryneversole4845]

Classic Tycoon I have classic on mobile but I’m confused I don’t have a creative /build area for a roller coasters where are you at ? And am I on the wrong app

[@haltinghall0]

@@kathryneversole4845 The toolkit he has is an expansion pack which you have to pay for. If you wanna buy it, go to the menu of the game and on the bottom right is a small '+' sign. Press that and you see 3 different expansion packs you can buy. You should really buy it because you can make your own scenarios, import custom rct2/rct2 content, and also share your own creations. Eg; custom tracks and custom scenarios

[@kevinceniceros3618]

It's pretty easy. I've also made a tutorial on how to build a wooden roller coaster.

[@awildfurret]

Same

[@angelabarton2551]

Hello,, I got rollercoaster tycoon classic and the tool box,, but I still have problems making a custom coaster myself, I'm sorta new to the game, what is the block brake after or before connecting, rails!!?,, and how do you add a que line , with path for the peeps to go strate to coaster,? Any help welcome, I think I'm gonna need it!!!🎢🎪🎠👍

[@ClassicTycoon]

Of course! Go to my videos and watch my video titled “Building Tips for Beginners” I think you will find it very helpful!

[@breannaallen308]

Built this. In full. Did a test run and it was going backwards. Spun the platforms around. Now it says the circuit is incomplete although it’s not. Messed around with it afterward for about an hour. So fed up I’m deleting the game :)

[@haltinghall0]

I think I know the problem. I think on the ascend right after the station, you didn't add a chainlift.

[@andrewcalcagno8272]

Are you playing this on mobile or computer?

[@ClassicTycoon]

iPhone

[@AlryFireBlade]

@@ClassicTycoon oh thats why you don't use OpenRCT2.

[@brogaming7393]

@@AlryFireBlade openrct2 but no one plays it

[@AlryFireBlade]

@@brogaming7393 what? You comment makes no sense xD

[@brogaming7393]

@@AlryFireBlade ikr xd

[@vitorfray]

Lateral Gs over 2 are too high for Rollercoasters with simple lap restrains, such as the wooden Rollercoaster. I usually try not to get lateral Gs over 1.8

[@bloopydoop2903]

What is the adjacent station?

[@ClassicTycoon]

Did I mention adjacent stations in this video?

[@stevenstice6683]

Probably noticed the "Synchronize with Adjacent Station" option. What that means is if you have two rides next to each other and you want them to race, select that option for both rides.

[@unrumble5428]

no offense, but that coaster gives me rct4 vibes. add some banked curves and its a decent coaster

[@ClassicTycoon]

This is a very basic coaster. Check out some other videos :)

[@brogaming7393]

@@ClassicTycoon what is the slowest coaster tho

[@jadeahn4288]

T-Express ?

[@natevart4156]

1:24 do you need the chain on the incline? If so nice job not explaining

[@ClassicTycoon]

Nah it’s just aesthetic

[@jessehuss1484]

Can you do the zippen pippen

[@al3x14]

Is this mobile? If it is do you have to buy the scenario editor or is it free for mobile? I just want a sandbox that I can have unlimited everything and do anything

[@ClassicTycoon]

The version I play is mobile! iOS on iPhone 6 Plus. The scenario editor does cost money, I can’t remember how much but I don’t think it was too overpriced. I know they recently released this game on steam as well.

[@captainrobots1]

I'm on android and it cost money

[@awildfurret]

@@captainrobots1 Neither for iPhone

[@brogaming7393]

@@awildfurret ok install a mod and you will regret

[@antonshkabara3090]

I started with woodglut plans.

[@awildfurret]

You forgot to bank!

[@ClassicTycoon]

This coaster is slow enough that it doesn’t require it. But you should bank on larger, faster coasters!

[@brogaming7393]

@@ClassicTycoon make a kingda ka tutorial (lim launch)

[@andrewhanson1180]

Standard standard standard

[@thomas2cv]

Can you do go karts once, too? I cant get the excitement Rate high enough on them!

[@Colintabulous]

You just need to make them longer

[@islamboy3833]

@@Colintabulous and the laps

[@Lilliaace]

Longer track, 2-3 laps, have it interweave on itself as many times as you can. It really helps :)