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In all three RollerCoaster Tycoon games, there are behind-the-scenes setting (handicaps) that are enabled on scenarios, making it harder for the player to complete the goal.

RollerCoaster Tycoon

There are several special settings for scenarios and while some of them are given in the description or obvious, others are hidden. There are two settings for increased difficulty, which you can find out by opening a saved game of the according park with the scenario editor of Roller Coaster Tycoon 2.

Park rating higher difficulty level

This handycap makes it harder to please your guests. You can counter it by making your park even better, so watch your guests' moods and their according thoughts. That means more shops and stalls, more bathrooms, clean paths, better and cheaper rides, ... Eventually your park will also reach a rating of 999.

Guest Generation higher difficulty level

This setting will prevent you from attracting significantly more than 1000 guests without building large coasters. In order to attract more than 1000 guests with this setting enabled, you must build coasters with an excitement rating of at least 6 and a length of at least 600 meters (1,969 feet). In exchange for this, large coasters attract three times as many guests as they would with this setting disabled.

This setting can cause a park to stall for no obvious reason, this happens usually when the first batch of guests are broke and can't afford your rides and shops anymore. If you are playing a scenario with this setting enabled, you may need to sell smaller rides and use them to build a large coaster to attract guests. Once you have hit the 1,000 guest cap, there is no more reason to build flat rides and smaller coasters.

RollerCoaster Tycoon

not used.

Added Attractions

not used.

Loopy Landscapes

Scenario Park rating higher difficulty level Guest Generation higher difficulty level
Grand Glacier yes
Frightmare Hills yes yes
Thunder Rocks yes
Pleasure Island yes
Southern Sands yes

yes

Nevermore Park yes
Urban Jungle yes
Venus Ponds yes yes

Real Parks

not used.

Competitions

not tested yet.

Scenario Park rating higher difficulty level Guest Generation higher difficulty level
Steel Twister Roller Coaster Competition
Go Karts Competition
Steel Corkscrew Roller Coaster Competition
Mine Train Roller Coaster Competition
Steel Roller Coaster Competition
Bobsled Roller Coaster Competition
Inverted Roller Coaster Competition
Suspended Roller Coaster Competition
Stand-Up Steel Roller Coaster Competition
Wooden Roller Coaster Competition
Steel Mini Roller Coaster Competition

Extras

not used.

Roller Coaster Tycoon 2

Scenario Park rating higher difficulty level Guest Generation higher difficulty level
Alpine Adventures yes


Wacky Worlds

Scenario Park rating higher difficulty level Guest Generation higher difficulty level
Inca Lost City yes
Renovation yes


Time Twister

Scenario Park rating higher difficulty level Guest Generation higher difficulty level
Stone Age yes

See also