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The LIM Launched Coaster is a steel roller coaster only capable of a powered launch. It can be built to a shuttle or circuit design, and its design can include many inversions not possible with standard Looping Roller Coasters.

Special Track Elements

Banked Curves
Banked Helix
Banked Swoop Track
Quarter Loop
Half Corkscrew
Vertical Loop
Half Inline Twist
Steep Twist
Vertical Twist
On-Ride Photo Section

Constraints

Banked Curves - 50 degrees
Maximum Track Slope - 90°
No lift hill; powered launch only.

Vehicles

LIM Launched Coaster Train
Gangster Car Coaster
TGV Train Roller Coaster

Appears in

Pre-built designs

RollerCoaster Tycoon 2

Build menu only

Drive-by
Lava Launch
Quantum Thruster

Scenarios

TGV Train Twister (European Cultural Festival)

In Real Life

The LIM (Linear Induction Motor) Coaster is manufactured in real life by Premier Rides. No LIM coasters were in RCT2's Six Flags parks, even though they are present in the real-life versions of these parks (two in Six Flags Great Adventure, one in Six Flags Over Texas). At Great Adventures it was called Batman and Robin: The Chiller, and at Over Texas it was called Mr. Freeze Blast Coaster. Great Adventure removed their two coasters in 2007 after a variety of issues forced them to close the rides indefinitely. They were located just south of where Nitro is in the park. The LIM coaster was infamous for having a rough ride and the fact that the magnets used to launch and stop the train required frequent maintainence and often didn't even work (sometimes causing the trains to valley, especially with Great Adventure's coasters). The trains on the LIM coasters featured over-the-shoulder restraints, which were quickly replaced by simple lap bars and ankle braces in 2001-2002 due to comfort issues.

A detailed history of the two LIM coasters in Great Adventure can be found here.

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 *TGV Train Twister ([[European Cultural Festival]])
 ===In Real Life===
-The LIM (Linear Induction Motor) Coaster is manufactured in real life by Premier Rides. No LIM coasters were in RCT2's Six Flags parks, even though they are present in the real-life versions of these parks (two in Six Flags Great Adventure, one in Six Flags Over Texas). Great Adventure removed their two coasters in 2007 after a variety of issues forced them to close the rides indefinitely. They were located just south of where Nitro is in the park. The LIM coaster was infamous for having a rough ride and the fact that the magnets used to launch and stop the train required frequent maintainence and often didn't even work (sometimes causing the trains to valley, especially with Great Adventure's coasters). The trains on the LIM coasters featured over-the-shoulder restraints, which were quickly replaced by simple lap bars and ankle braces in 2001-2002 due to comfort issues.
+The LIM (Linear Induction Motor) Coaster is manufactured in real life by Premier Rides. No LIM coasters were in RCT2's Six Flags parks, even though they are present in the real-life versions of these parks (two in Six Flags Great Adventure, one in Six Flags Over Texas). At Great Adventures it was called Batman and Robin: The Chiller, and at Over Texas it was called Mr. Freeze Blast Coaster. Great Adventure removed their two coasters in 2007 after a variety of issues forced them to close the rides indefinitely. They were located just south of where Nitro is in the park. The LIM coaster was infamous for having a rough ride and the fact that the magnets used to launch and stop the train required frequent maintainence and often didn't even work (sometimes causing the trains to valley, especially with Great Adventure's coasters). The trains on the LIM coasters featured over-the-shoulder restraints, which were quickly replaced by simple lap bars and ankle braces in 2001-2002 due to comfort issues.
 A detailed history of the two LIM coasters in Great Adventure can be found [http://greatadventurehistory.com/BandRTheChiller.htm here].