Any Railroad Tycoon fans here?

[LynneSin]

I love Railroad Tycoon II and about once a week I'll sit down and play the game (it's a great stress reliever). I've never tried RT3 because my computer was out of spec.

Well, I setup my new computer and downloaded the demo. I hated RT3!!! The 3D graphics were just horrible but they did have some nice features where you could build your own industries in an area instead of trying to setup industries based on where you can find them.

Anyone else a Railroad Tycoon fan?

[Mr.Green93]

1. Roller Coaster Tycoon here

[LynneSin]

2. I have that game too

I can never get my coasters to work right - usually they cause a firey death to whomever rides them!!

[Kellanved]

3. I'm addicted to Transport Tycoon

The improvements made by the Fan Community really are great. A shame that there is no sequel in sight (Transport Giant doesn't count).

[SideshowScott]

4. Railroad Tycoon AND Rollercoaster Tycoon HARDCORE player here!

Hiya Lynne,
Well id like to address both games differently and hope I can help you with your Coaster Building skills in RTC:)
RAILROAD TYCOON
I remember getting the first one way way back and fell in love with it. Yes its a great stress reliever. Except when you watch your money train come back with Nada when you got a hostile takeover cooking! RT2 was another great game that i spent hours and hours on. Getting your San Fran to Fresno line going while trying to squeeze out the other guys was great fun. I kinda liked RT3. The full game has much more and you can still pan out and get that old school goodness. I'm not sure about your system but mine ran just fine and the trains looked pretty cool as they were going down the track. I liked that you can buy your own factory's and get the most out your towns to build them up to mega city's. The scenarios were tough and challenging with a nice sandbox and Internet play modes. I liked it. Witch brings me to..
ROLLERCOASTER TYCOON
OMG as a guy who loves amusement parks this game was pure computer crack. A game where id look at the clock and realize that id have to be at work in 4 hours not knowing where the time has gone and STILL trying to lie to myself that i can make it on 3 hours sleep. I consider myself a very non obsessive guy and this game made me rethink that. They are coming out with RCT3D and it looks fantastic with such things and make your own fireworks display with your own music. Check it out and when you come back ill give you tips on how to make the perfect coasters...
http://www.atari.com/rollercoastertycoon/
Pretty cool huh? Thats a must get game for me..Ok how to make a great coaster. Ok as you know what goes up must come down try not to make hills bigger than the hill before it unless the train is going very fast ( Testing click on the test icon then with clicking on the camera position will zero in on your car and how fast its going..ONLY test with one car on the track to keep it from blowing up ) Just take away 10..If the hill is 90 feet try making the other 80..OR when you got the smaller hills at say the first one is 90 and the second one is 70 you can get away with another 70 if the train is going fast enough ) and just work your way down to the end of the ride. Try to keep the cars at the top of the hills from not going too fast ESP if you got a curved drop dont have too many curved uphills it will make the ride more intense. And to keep your little peeps from puking all over your park and keep the intensity down my rule of thumb is this. Curves not higher than 38 MPH and loops not higher than 25 MPH. Bank your curves if going over 20MPH. Longer curves the cars can go faster than the tighter curves. Coasters are very different they way the handle. Try not to let your Intensity go over 8 ( 7 to 8 is perfect 9 is pushing it )and the nausea don't let go over 6. Brakes help but it take away from excitement so try not to have too many brakes if you can help it..Think SMOOTH ride. And to help create more excitement for your ride getting the tracks as close as you can always bumps up the excitement. Scenery and trees help too. You have a good coaster that the peeps love and the battle for making a great park. Can you tell Ive played this game a bit LOL
Have a great day
Scott

[LynneSin]

5. I've never played Railroad Tycoon online with someone else

but I would love to try. I think I could kick some serious ass with that game!

[Beware the Beast Man]

6. As far as sim games

Sim City 4 and the Sims here. I do have Zoo Tycoon, but I've only played it a few times.

[LynneSin]

7. I have most of "The Sims" games

but got bored playing them. I enjoyed building these magnificent houses but hated playing the interaction part of the game.

I'm thinking of selling all my "The Sims" games. I have the whole series but 'Making Magic'

I didn't like Sim City4 but then again it was the same complaints as RRT3 - too much fancy graphics that took away from the game playing. I had problems building any kind of signficant cities!

[Beware the Beast Man]

8. I had the Same problem with SC4

Once my city got to about 100,000, it took close to 3 minutes to load and save. The game was a resource sucker.

[mrboba1]

9. RR Tycoon 2 and SimCity 2000

player here! Although I haven't played them for some time, I spent hours upon hours with those games!

Then I switched over to Civilization 2 and 3...

[CrownPrinceBandar]

10. Played the demo..............

It was pretty cool. I don't think it would have long term staying power with me, though; I'm just too fickle and flighty when it comes to video games.

[Fenris]

11. Yep. And I hated RT3

:grr:

3D BAD! 3D BAD!

[LynneSin]

13. If they could merge the new features of RRT3 with...

the graphic play of RRT2, I'd be in railroad HEAVEN!!!

Nothing is more frustring when building an industry then to find that the resources you need are on the other side of the map. I was playing the Heartland map yesterday and if I start the map and there are no Cattle/Meat Packaging industries nearby Chicago I restart the map. That's one of the biggest frustrations with the Germany Map - the resources are usually on the other side of the mountains from the industries.

I would think in a real Railroad Tycoon world, if I knew I was in Cattle land then maybe I'd just build my own meatpacking industry (or Cotton Mill if I'm near sheep/cotton.

One can only wish.

If I see RRT3 on sail I'll probably buy it. My computer can handle the graphics but since I wasn't overly thrilled over the demo I doubt I would want to pay more than $20 for the game.

[WillParkinson]

12. I liked the ORIGINAL RR Tycoon...

#2 left me kind of cold.