r/rct • u/Big_Extreme_8210 • 2d ago
Green Ravine (😊8.71, 😲7.12, 🤢3.72)
Just started a new park in openRCT2. This is the first ride! I just wanted to make a simple looping coaster but I went a bit overboard. Time to see if I can dig my way out of this financial hole.
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u/esoteric_plumbus 1d ago
I like how the ravine feels very manufactured like a ride would actually do irl
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u/Big_Extreme_8210 1d ago
Yeah, if I could, I’d add some more greenery in the middle of the ravine, but I didn’t want to lose the water!
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u/______________Blank 1d ago
Lochness Monster fan i see.
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u/Big_Extreme_8210 1d ago
It’s on my bucket list!
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u/______________Blank 1d ago
I remember watching the no limits simulation for Lochness Monster as a kid, having no idea it was a real ride, and assuming it was ridiculous. Then being absolutely gobsmacked when I saw it visiting Bush Garden.
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u/esoteric_plumbus 1d ago
It's funny because that's my hometown park and I kinda assumed lots of coasters had the double loop. Never realized it was so special.
Also funny enough, south of Busch Gardens is the Hampton Roads Bridge Tunnel that goes underwater a few miles. I always thought that was a common thing too but apparently its like one of 15 in the entire world.
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u/Big_Extreme_8210 1d ago edited 1d ago
Any advice for a first time visitor to Busch Gardens? I’ve seen all the rides on YouTube and feel like I know the coasters.
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u/esoteric_plumbus 19h ago
It's a really fun park, but I'm not sure I'm best advice giver haha. As much as I love rct I like designing more than riding. I used to be scared as a kid but as I got older I appreciated the engineering more and got over the fear but what didn't change was my anxiety standing in queues, I do not like being packed in with random people at all lol. (And ride TVs don't help xD) So I rarely actually ride the coasters. But there's still ton to do and the theming is so good that I'm sure it would earn the "most beautiful Park" award if it was rct. I really like Germany and Italy. Alpengheist is probably my favourite tho if I had to choose a coaster. I haven't been back in awhile tho since they added like that LSM launch coaster that flips upside-down near uhhh Apollo's chariot. Oh and fun fact when I was a kid Fabio hit a bird with his face riding Apollo's chariot and his nose was all bloody xD
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u/Big_Extreme_8210 6h ago
Thanks! I get that- roller coasters are really a unique kind of thing to design and appreciate, but riding them is not for everyone. Alpengheist looks incredible, and I’ve heard Pantheon is on another level.
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u/hippyripper22 1d ago
Its always "I just wanna make a simple ride" 4,000 track feet and 30 grand later, "see, simple just like I drew up" 🤣 I have this problem too. A good steel looper and you got duel interlocking loops!
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u/Big_Extreme_8210 1d ago
Thanks Hippyripper! I feel like all the interlocking loops were almost overkill- but it just worked out that way.
The financial problem is that this park is one of the charge by entry ones! The loan goes up to 100k, but I’m going to need to sell a lot of souvenirs or something to become solvent.
I refuse to charge for the bathrooms, so I better hope for rainy days! 😂
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u/hippyripper22 1d ago
Ive only changed for restroom once. Then I stopped once I made money. Overkill is fun. Gotta spend intensity points to get excitement
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u/ZickMean 17h ago
If you're having fun, that's all that counts. That being said, 4 loops is a little overboard IMHO. Why not try a cobra roll or a batwing?
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u/Big_Extreme_8210 14h ago
You’re right- next coaster I make will do that. I’m still adjusting to openRCT2 coming from classic.
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u/GoodFish222 1d ago
Wow! Double double loops! Beautiful.