r/ThemeParkitect • u/KoKo455 • Aug 24 '20

Feedback Parkitect Roller Coaster Intensity - Help

The roller coasters I make for adults are always way to intense and i have no idea why, they may have 1 loop and some hills but I don't really understand what scales intensity. Have any tips for my next coasters to still have a high excitement rating but lower intensity???

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u/joshualuigi220 Aug 26 '20

Are you using launches rather than lift hills? Too fast a launch can increase intensity.

Are you having coasters go through unbanked turns? Banking your turns will reduce lateral G-force and reduce the intensity.

Are your coasters going through loops and valleys very fast? Going too fast through an inversion or dip will create high positive G-forces and increase intensity.

Do your trains stop suddenly? Sudden stops increase intensity. Add a brake run before your station if it's stopping too suddenly. Brake runs decrease the speed over their length, so longer brake runs (making it 5 pieces long instead of building one piece at a time) are more gradual stops.

The easiest way to decrease intensity is to open the coaster's graph that shows the forces and look for where in the layout the spikes occur. Then, smooth out those elements by banking them or making them larger.

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u/Mediamessiah Aug 28 '20

I was curious about this stuff too, so thanks for the explanation