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Track has a tubular steel spine, connected to the inside edges of tubular steel running rails. Supports are large tubular steel posts. Trains are held on the track by wheels above, below, and outside the running rails.
=== Special Track Elements ===
[[File:Looping Roller Coaster RCT3.png|thumb|300px|A Looping Roller Coaster in ''RollerCoaster Tycoon 3'']]
* Banked Curves
* Vertical Loop
* Steep Twist
* Banked Helix
* On-Ride-Photo
* [[Booster]] (RCT1 and OpenRCT2 v0.4.0 onwards)
* Half Corkscrew (RCT3 and OpenRCT2 v0.4.0 onwards)
* Large Half Corkscrew (RCT3 only)
* Small Half Loop (RCT3 only)
* Quarter Loop (RCT3 and OpenRCT2 v0.4.0 onwards)
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* Banked curves - 50° banking (90° in RCT3)
* Maximum track slope - 60° (90° in RCT3 and OpenRCT2 since v0.4.0)
* Lift hill maximum slope - 25° (60° in RCT3)
* Maximum height above ground - 150 ft
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<div class="ridebox-list">
{{Ridebox2D|Looping Roller Coaster|RCT2}}
{{Ridebox2D|Looping Roller Coaster (reversed)|Custom}}
{{Ridebox2D|Police Chase Coaster|RCT2}}
</div>
=== Operating Modes ===
* Continuous circuit mode
* Powered launch
* Reversed-Incline launched shuttle mode
=== Pre-built designs ===
==== RollerCoaster Tycoon ====
===== Build menu only =====
* Exterminator
* Fizzly
* Shuttle Loop
===== Scenarios =====
* Agoraphobia ([[Diamond Heights]])
* Claustrophobia ([[Diamond Heights]])
* Hear No Evil ([[Three Monkeys Park]])
* See No Evil ([[Three Monkeys Park]])
* Speak No Evil ([[Three Monkeys Park]])
* Roller Coaster 1 ([[Volcania]])
* Roller Coaster 3 ([[Dragon's Cove]])
* Thunderlooper ([[Megaworld Park]])
==== RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 ====
===== Build menu only =====
* Black Panther
* Bumblebee
* Deep Freeze
* Exterminator
* Fizzly
* Getaway
* Glow-Worm
* Hedgehog
* Jellyfish
* Rattlesnake
* Shockwave
* Stingray
* Turbine
===== Scenarios =====
* Turbine ([[Six Flags Belgium]])
* Revolution ([[Six Flags Magic Mountain]]) (can't be saved as pre-built ride in RCT2 vanilla)
* Runaway Mountain ([[Six Flags Over Texas]])
* Shockwave ([[Six Flags Over Texas]])
=== Other Information ===
* Gives a very smooth ride, and allows the design of long, fast, and twisted track layouts.
* The difference between the
** In OpenRCT2, both coaster types can be made to either pass through the station or not pass through the station.
* This ride is called '''Steel Roller Coaster''' in the original [[RollerCoaster Tycoon]].
* The first and second games have different roller coaster train designs.
** In OpenRCT2, since the 0.4.2 release, the RCT1 Steel Roller Coaster's trains are available for use, most commonly being found in RCT1 scenarios. If these trains are added onto a scenario along with the RCT2 trains, the RCT1 trains will take priority on the build menu when grouping by ride types.
== In Real Life ==
The Looping Coaster closely resembles the coasters designed by Schwarzkopf and Hopkins. This track type is also useful for making shuttle [[roller coaster]]s like the popular Shuttle Loop model manufactured by Schwarzkopf.
== Gallery ==
<gallery captionalign="left">
SteelRC1.png
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== External Links ==
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steel_roller_coaster Steel Roller Coaster (Wikipedia)]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFLVVnh6ZO0 5 useful designs for scenario play (Marcel Vos YouTube video)]
** [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=
{{RollerCoaster Tycoon Rides & Attractions 2D}}
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