Roller Coaster Tycoon 2 FAQ/Hints and tips version 1.1
by Vlada Peric (Gallavant)
Contents:
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1. Copyright
2. Contact
3. Introduction
4. Version History And Date
5. Tips
6. Pricing
7. Bugs
8. Cheats and Easter Eggs
9. Park Awards
10. Credits
1. Copyright
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This FAQ is copyright (c) 2002-04 Vlada Peric (Gallavant). It's for personal
and private use only. It may not be reprinted in part or in whole, or
reproduced in any way or in any form (written or otherwise). This document
is free, and thus cannot be used in any commercial transaction. You must get
my express written consent to reference, alter or post FAQ.
This FAQ can be found at:
- www.gamefaqs.com
- www.neoseeker.com
If you find it anywhere else please tell me.
2. Contact
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If you have any contributions and suggestions for this FAQ you may contact
me at vlada.peric@gmail.com. Make sure to put "RCT 2"or something similar in
the subject or the e-mail might be ignored because of my spam filters. I'm no
longer playing the game, so I can't answer any questions you might send me.
3. Version History
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1.0    16.11.2002.
- First release.
1.1    23.06.2004.
- Major re-format of the guide
4. Introduction
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This FAQ will contain tips about roller coaster building and pricing.
Currently it is small but I just wanted to get it up before other FAQs.
Although there are a lot of FAQs in the works none has been posted yet.
Since the introduction of hit counters on GameFAQs, I have seen that this FAQ
is still viewed a lot, even though its old, so I decided to re-format it.
Note that I am no longer playing the game, so I probably wont be able to
answer any questions you might have.
Model of a tip:
tip. name of the contributor (if none than I myself have contributed)
5. Tips
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The following are the tips I have collected (and written) in no particular
order.
- When your coasters have more than 10 intensity the excitement rating will
decrease much.
- Some coasters (inverted, stand-up...) will have higher intensity due to
their nature.
- Before the final turn or right after make some brakes to decrease
intensity. Don't use strong brakes or you will get an opposite effect.
- Drops make "air time" when taken fast enough and thus increase
excitement. Too many drops and you will have a high negative vertical G
rating and increase intensity instead of excitement.
- If you have a long and fast coaster you will need to have a few slow
sections to let the guests gain their breath.
- Tunnels and much scenery increase excitement. Dayains
- In tunnels guests tend to be sicker.
- Banked and gentler corners at slower speeds help decrease nausea and
intensity. Dayains
- Coasters with a lot of turns tend to be more nauseating especially
repeated helixes at high speeds. Dayains
- I try to keep the average speed of the ride around 30 mph. Of Course
certain rides, such as LIM and Air Power Launches and going to have to be
constantly moving faster than 30 mph. silentdeath
- Certain scenarios or User-created scenario's have an option that allows
the majority of your park guest to have a need for ride intensity that is
over 9. If this is enabled, you will have an easier time making roller
coasters. silentdeath
- I find when making a wooden rollercoaster with a lot of dips to go some
thing like 100ft 80ft 80ft 60ft 40ft 40ft will create large amounts of
air time with out creating large nausea ratings, this keeps the speed at
about 10-20 at the peaks of the hills. andyyoung999
- You should try to avoid more than 2 chain lifts, because that lowers your
average speed, takes more time, and loses you money. Legoman8
- Try to keep lower speeds, less than the average if possible, when turning
quickly or suddenly dropping or rising. Legoman8
- Roller Coasters tend to brake down a lot so make sure to put the
inspection time on 10 min.
- Only scenery that is within 4 "fields" of the ride counts in the ride's
scenery.
- Don't forget to change the entrance and exit looks for better scenery.
- Always try to make ride tracks go trough loops to increase excitement.
- Several guests in a hundred will actually ride your high (10