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{{Infobox Ride
{{Infobox Ride
|RCT1=Steel Roller Coaster
|RCT1=Looping Roller Coaster
|RCT2=Roller Coaster Trains
|RCT2=Looping Roller Coaster
|type=Roller Coaster
|type=Roller Coaster
|descr=A smooth and fast roller coaster, can be used for <br> conventional designs or "shuttle" designs.
|descr=A smooth and fast roller coaster, can be used for <br> conventional designs or "shuttle" designs.
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|game=''[[RollerCoaster Tycoon]]'', ''[[RollerCoaster Tycoon 2]]'', <br> ''[[RollerCoaster Tycoon 3]]''
|game=''[[RollerCoaster Tycoon]]'', ''[[RollerCoaster Tycoon 2]]'', <br> ''[[RollerCoaster Tycoon 3]]''
}}
}}
===Construction===
== Construction ==
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.
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|The Looping Roller Coaster from RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 (successor to the Steel Roller Coaster)]]


=== Special Track Elements ===
*Banked Curves
[[File:Looping Roller Coaster RCT3.png|thumb|300px|A Looping Roller Coaster in ''RollerCoaster Tycoon 3'']]
*Vertical Loop
* Banked Curves
*Steep Twist
* Vertical Loop
*Banked Helix
* Steep Twist
*On-Ride-Photo
* Banked Helix
*Booster (''RCT1'' only)
* On-Ride-Photo
*Corkscrew (''RCT3'' only)
* [[Booster]] (RCT1 and OpenRCT2 v0.4.0 onwards)
*Large Corkscrew (''RCT3'' only)
*Half Loop (''RCT3'' only)
* Half Corkscrew (RCT3 and OpenRCT2 v0.4.0 onwards)
*Quarter Loop (''RCT3'' only)
* Large Half Corkscrew (RCT3 only)
* Small Half Loop (RCT3 only)
* Quarter Loop (RCT3 and OpenRCT2 v0.4.0 onwards)


===Constraints===
=== Constraints ===
*Banked curves - 50° banking (90° in RCT3)
* Banked curves - 50° banking (90° in RCT3)
*Maximum track slope - 60° (90° in RCT3)
* Maximum track slope - 60° (90° in RCT3 and OpenRCT2 since v0.4.0)
*Lift hill maximum slope - 25° (60° in RCT3)
* Lift hill maximum slope - 25° (60° in RCT3)
*Maximum height above ground - 150 ft
* Maximum height above ground - 150 ft
===Vehicles===
*Roller Coaster Train
*Roller Coaster Train (facing backwards) (''[[RCT1]]'' only)
*Police Chase Coaster (''[[RCT2]]'' only; requires ''[[Time Twister]]'')
===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====
=== Vehicles ===
<div class="ridebox-list">
=====Build menu only=====
{{Ridebox2D|Looping Roller Coaster|RCT2}}
*Black Panther
{{Ridebox2D|Looping Roller Coaster (reversed)|Custom}}
*Bumblebee
{{Ridebox2D|Police Chase Coaster|RCT2}}
*Deep Freeze
</div>
*Exterminator
*Fizzly
*Getaway
*Glow-Worm
*Hedgehog
*Jellyfish
*Rattlesnake
*Shockwave
*Stingray
*Turbine
=====Scenarios=====
*Turbine ([[Six Flags Belgium]])
*Revolution ([[Six Flags Magic Mountain]])
*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.


=== Operating Modes ===
The difference between the Steel Roller Coaster's powered launch and the [[LIM Launched Roller Coaster]]'s launch is that the train will pass through the station for the Steel Roller Coaster, which is not true of the LIM Launched Coaster's train. Another difference is that Steel Coasters can have a&nbsp;lift hill with chain lift later in the ride&nbsp;while LIM can not have chain lift at all.
* Continuous circuit mode
* Powered launch
* Reversed-Incline launched shuttle mode


=== Pre-built designs ===
*This ride is called '''Steel Roller Coaster''' in the original [[RollerCoaster Tycoon]]
===In Real Life===
==== RollerCoaster Tycoon ====
===== Build menu only =====
The Looping Coaster closely resembles the coasters designed by Schwarzkopf and Hopkins. This track type is also useful for making [[Shuttle Mode|shuttle]] [[roller coaster]]s like the popular Shuttle Loop model manufactured by Schwarkopf.
* Exterminator
===Gallery===
* 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 Looping Roller Coaster's powered launch and the [[LIM Launched Roller Coaster]]'s launch is that the train will pass through the station for the Looping Roller Coaster allowing for multiple circuits, which is not true for the LIM Launched Roller Coaster. Another difference is that Steel Coasters can have a lift hill with chain lift later in the ride while the LIM normally cannot have chain lifts.
** 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">
<gallery captionalign="left">
SteelRC1.png
SteelRC1.png
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Steel (Extreme).jpg|Steel Roller Coaster with Extreme [[Excitement]].
Steel (Extreme).jpg|Steel Roller Coaster with Extreme [[Excitement]].
</gallery>
</gallery>

{{RollerCoaster Tycoon Rides & Attractions}}
==External Links==
== External Links ==
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steel_roller_coaster Steel Roller Coaster]
* [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=lwAOc4l5PIM Update to the previous video]

{{RollerCoaster Tycoon Rides & Attractions 2D}}
[[Category:Roller Coasters]]
[[Category:Roller Coasters]]
[[Category:Roller coasters in RCT2]]
[[Category:Roller coasters in RCT2]]

Latest revision as of 17:15, 6 April 2023

Construction

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

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)

Constraints

  • 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

Vehicles

RCT2 Icon


Looping Roller Coaster
(Looping Roller Coaster)
RollerCoaster Tycoon 1

Custom Icon


Roller Coaster Train (backwards)
(Looping Roller Coaster)
RollerCoaster Tycoon 1

RCT2 Icon


Police Chase Coaster
(Looping Roller Coaster)
Time Twister

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

RollerCoaster Tycoon 2

Build menu only
  • Black Panther
  • Bumblebee
  • Deep Freeze
  • Exterminator
  • Fizzly
  • Getaway
  • Glow-Worm
  • Hedgehog
  • Jellyfish
  • Rattlesnake
  • Shockwave
  • Stingray
  • Turbine
Scenarios

Other Information

  • Gives a very smooth ride, and allows the design of long, fast, and twisted track layouts.
  • The difference between the Looping Roller Coaster's powered launch and the LIM Launched Roller Coaster's launch is that the train will pass through the station for the Looping Roller Coaster allowing for multiple circuits, which is not true for the LIM Launched Roller Coaster. Another difference is that Steel Coasters can have a lift hill with chain lift later in the ride while the LIM normally cannot have chain lifts.
    • 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 coasters like the popular Shuttle Loop model manufactured by Schwarzkopf.

Gallery

External Links

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