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A '''Ride Breakdownbreakdown''' occurs with most rides in ''[[RollerCoaster Tycoon]]'', ''[[RollerCoaster Tycoon 2]]'' and ''[[RollerCoaster Tycoon 3]]''. Breakdowns have a number of causes and a number of effects depending on the ride type and other factors. Breakdowns generally increase in frequency as the ride ages and as the reliability of the ride decreases. Having a higher running cost also increases the chances of breakdowns occurring; furthermore, some ride types like the [[Flying Saucers]] and [[Compact Inverted Coaster]] are even more susceptible to losing reliability even with a low running cost. Adjusting the inspection time for [[Mechanic]]s can help delay this. Certain rides never break down, and thus, never require inspection. A complete list of rides that never break down can be found [[List of unbreakable rides|here]].

This is the most common breakdown and affects most rides. The details of the breakdown are not explained, but it has a number of effects. If the ride consists of trains or carsvehicles that are powered by the track, such as a [[Monorail]] or [[Car Ride]], those vehicles will stop moving. If the ride ishas a roller coaster that consists of achain lift hill, trainsvehicles being pulled up the chain lift hill will stop once a breakdown occurs. In all cases, trainsvehicles waiting to exit the station will not be allowed to depart until the breakdown is addressed, even if they have exceeded their maximum wait time. This breakdown can result in a crash if a roller coaster has a part where a train is moving really fast, but then goes up a chain lift hill. It could get stuck on the hill while another train collides into it. The term "Safety Cut-out" is used in ''RollerCoaster Tycoon'' and ''RollerCoaster Tycoon 2'', while the term "Emergency Stop" is used in ''RollerCoaster Tycoon 3''.

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Known as "Station Brakes Failure" in RCT1, this is usually a severe breakdown, where the brakes on a ride, specifically the regular brakes on the track, as well as the brakes in the ride's station platforms, fail to function. This breakdown can result in a ride [[crash]] if a trainvehicle enters a station at too high a speed and collides with another trainvehicle waiting at the station, which is stuck there due to the brakes failing.

The chances of this breakdown occurring can be reduced by building regular brakes on the ride, if possible, and the possibility of a crash at the station can be negated by having only a single vehicle operating on the ride or by reducing the speed of the ride's vehicles before they enter the station, such as through a long hill or, ascending helix, or a water section (possible only on the Wooden and Water Coasters). Rides that have a single vehicle will not crash as a result of the breakdown, as the vehicle will pass through the station without stopping. However, rides whose vehicles are not attached to the track, such as the [[bobsleighBobsleigh Coaster]], may still crash if a sharp, unbanked corner or small hill is placed right after the station as the vehicle would pass through the station without incident but fly off the unbanked turn or hill. RidesSimilar to a collision due to a Safety Cut-out, rides with two or more vehicles will not crash as a result of this breakdown if the vehicles collide at a ''combined'' speed of less than 30mph/48kmh^-1. Brakes failures are especially more likely to happen during rain.

When thisa breakdownbrakes failure occurs on [[Powered Launch]] rides, such as the [[SteelLooping Roller Coaster]]'s Shuttle Loop, the roller coastervehicle will enter and pass through the station backwards, but the last car of the roller coastervehicle will stop just before completely leaving the backendback end of the station. beforeThe thevehicle rollerwill coasterthen isbe launched forwards and out of the station again, as though a new ride was starting. This will repeat itself until the breakdown is fixed.

In RCT2, this breakdown is known as "Brakes Failure".  Reverse-incline launched coasters, as well as most powered launch  coasters,  are now affected by this breakdown in a similar manner to single-train rides, as the station brakes no longer stop trains moving backwards. BlockOn the other hand, reverse-incline launched shuttle coasters cannot actually crash from brakes failure as they will continue doing extra circuits for as long as they are broken down, but they will never gain enough speed to fly off the track. Rides running in "Continuous circuit block-sectioned mode" with one or more block brake track pieces (including the crests of lift hills or a cable lift hill) are also unaffected by this breakdown. Additionally, block brake track pieces are completely immune to this breakdown; as such, it is possible to use them to slow down trains to safe speeds before entering the station when regular continuous circuit mode is used. Furthermore, the Mine Ride, [[Inverted Impulse Coaster]], [[Heartline Twister Coaster]], [[Air Powered Vertical Coaster]], [[Reverse Freefall Coaster]], and [[Alpine Coaster]] (in OpenRCT2 only) also cannot experience this breakdown. In all other respects, it is the same as its RCT1 iteration with the exception that it now normally occurs on rides that have less than 50% reliability and are at least two years old, thus making it rarer in occurrence than before.

In RCT3, the severity of this breakdown becomes a non-issue on continuous circuit rides as vehicles never crash and explode regardless of how hard they impact another vehicle in front of them.

Although thisbrakes breakdownfailures primarily affectsaffect roller coasters, there are three water rides that may experience brakes failures: the [[Log Flume]], the [[River Rapids]], and the [[RiverSplash RideBoats]]. In the case of the aforementioned water rides,; however, the vehicles are typically not travelling at a sufficient speed to crash, and so will instead just flow through the station and repeat the course or stop upon colliding with another vehicle stopped at the station. This does not happen in RCT2.

This breakdown involves a problem with a ride vehicle when it is about to leave the station platform. It has no specific effects except on the [[Go-Kart Karts]]s, where a random vehicle will not move and other karts in the same lane will get trapped behind it.

In RCT1 and RCT2, this breakdown affects onlymainly the [[Merry-Go-Round]] and [[Double Deck Carousel]], causing them to spin faster than normal and their music to play faster. If the ride in question is thea Merry-Go-Round and music is enabled, it will also start "hopping" if it is not fixed for an extended period of time. It can also affect the Log Flume, River Rapids, and Splash Boats, but it only prevents boats from leaving the station or passengers from boarding. Apart from these aesthetic effects, the control failure does nothing.

In RCT3, this breakdown affects all flat rides with a control box, causing them to animate faster than usual. The breakdown also messes up the ride's normal ratings, usually causing its nausea rating to spike to "Uber-extremeExtreme" until it is fixed, whereupon its ratings revert to normal. Peeps who were on the ride during the breakdown period will usually stumble out of the ride exit, with a number of them throwing up immediately upon leaving the ride. Mechanics fix these breakdowns by fiddling with the ride's control box, a small grey box with a "High Voltage" sign on it located somewhere on the ride's structure.

*In RCT3, when a ride breaks down, itthe accompanying message will explicitly tellstate the cause toof athe ride's breakdownbreaking down, whereas in RCT1 and RCT2, itthe willmessage justonly saymentions that the ride brokehas broken down.

*During a breakdown of a flat ride in RCT3, it will usuallyintermittently emit a large puffpuffs of black smoke and willloud alterclanging/hissing noises, while the ride boundaries and queue line edgesrailing will be replaced with whatwooden looksscaffoldings likethat appear to be wrapped with police cross tape. 

*In all games, the ride sign will say "Broken Down" or "Closed" when the ride breaks down. In RCT3, the signs will sometimes become blank, although this may be just a bug. {{Stub}}