Zero G-Rolls, Medium Loops, & Large Corkscrews in RollerCoaster Tycoon 2

Roller Coaster Tycoon 2 has remained popular for so long that it's essentially in development again, only with hobbyists instead of paid programmers. I can't think of a bigger compliment to the original team than fans picking up the torch all these years later to continue their work.

I cannot tell you how nice it is to see new coaster/ride-types being added to RollerCoaster Tycoon that actually LOOK like they belong in the game to begin with and are graphically integrated properly. While I understand perfectly replicating the utterly flawless pixel-art of MicroProse is somewhat of a tall order, it seems like nearly every time a modder introduces a new coaster or ride-type they don't even try, and you end up; graphically at least; with an ugly hodge-podge of reused graphical assets that you just kind of have to pretend looks like what it's supposed to represent. By contrast, these custom and modded Coaster-types look like they could have been in the game since its original release and fit right in with the rest of the fantastic graphical work MicroProse did. Here's hoping that in the future this same approach is taken, and talented modders can help add to the game; with faithful visuals; other things that weren't in the original RCT releases but fans always wanted and always would have loved.

I'm so excited to see X7 add the intamin track eventually with its own zero G rolls. It'll open up so many possibilities for building modern coasters.

At this point, OpenRCT2 is turning into a whole new expansion pack.

It's amazing that a 20 year old game still has such an active community, and that it's now open source

Between this and the rumblings that Chris Sawyer might get the rights back in the next year or so, the future is brighter than ever for RCT!

These new Open RCT2 developments are so exciting! I’m hoping that someday we will see new things like banked curved drops on the Arrow/Vekoma track, steep-to-level on wooden track, and additional inversion sprites for train types that can’t normally invert.

The artists did a phenomenal job with this. Been wanting to build some of my favorite coasters for a while now but they were always hybrids. Great job, ORCT2!

You know Marcel's so excited when he talks this fast 😍

its stunning how well these new ride types fit in with the existing coaster types!! massive props to the designers

It's so cool that we have RMC's I-Box and Raptor models in the game. I only wish one of the new elements was the Zero-G-Stall, one of RMC's signature elements. It's also cool that the launched lift hill for the I-Box has LSMs.

This is just amazing. I’m so glad this game is still thriving. OpenRCT is the real RCT3 for me lol. I hope one day we can see the wing coasters and flying coasters with large loops and some flat rides being implemented in the game.

This is FANTASTIC. That was always one of my biggest gripes with RCT2, that there was very little expansion of the track elements from RCT1. Things like medium loops and larger corkscrews are exactly was RCT2 was missing. Also, the barrel rolls with the ability to enter them from slopes, looks soooo much better rather than having to flatten out and then enter the barrel roll, like you have to do in the original game. Would love to see these elements on all the existing track types as well. Also, would love to see the ability to enter a corkscrew from a banked or sloped tack piece as well.

I hope the launched lift hill breaks down as much as Lightning Rod does 😂. That would make it real to life.

Video idea: How nausea works. By that I mean how it goes up and down as well as how it effects prices for first aid stalls.

I'd love to see the corxcrew coaster and such get banked, sloping turns.

I'd love to see the Heartline coaser being rebalanced and also getting some new elements it can have in the real world like the 90° tilting chain lift and thehalf loop direction change

The Hybrid Coaster looks amazing!

So good!! Rocky Mountain Construction manufactures coasters like these in real life. They are some of my favorites.

Excited to try these out!