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Planet Coaster: new Frontier game

I've just brought the Adventure and Studios pack. Looking forward to giving them a go. Unfortunately won't get chance until next week.
 
Sorry to bump this thread, but is it only me who feels like this game sucks you in while doing the most mundane of things? For example, the other night, I started playing Planet Coaster at about 7pm and started to add theming to a B&M hyper I made in the game. After I'd added a few theming elements, I thought to myself "I'll just add a couple more and then I'll come off". Let's just say that I then moved on to the station building and tree placement and after saying that a couple more times, I looked at my watch after I had completed my ride with theming... and it was 12:30am. Time really flies in this game! Does anyone else who has played Planet Coaster or any other coaster game feel this, or is it just me? Planet Coaster is a fantastic game, though. I've been playing it since July 2017, and I'd recommend it to anyone with the necessary specifications. My laptop (which I bought specifically for this game) is a Dell laptop, with an Intel i7 CPU, an NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti GPU and 16GB of RAM, and the game runs virtually flawlessly on my laptop, even when the park gets very big and detailed! This game is definitely worth the £1,000 I spent on the laptop!
 
Is there a good career mode in this game? There's only so long I can spend decorating things.

I guess that's why I liked RCT1 and 2 so much - it's fairly easy to make something that looks nice. Planet Coaster always looked kind of "empty" to me, even compared to RCT3.
 
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Sorry to bump this thread, but is it only me who feels like this game sucks you in while doing the most mundane of things? For example, the other night, I started playing Planet Coaster at about 7pm and started to add theming to a B&M hyper I made in the game. After I'd added a few theming elements, I thought to myself "I'll just add a couple more and then I'll come off". Let's just say that I then moved on to the station building and tree placement and after saying that a couple more times, I looked at my watch after I had completed my ride with theming... and it was 12:30am. Time really flies in this game! Does anyone else who has played Planet Coaster or any other coaster game feel this, or is it just me? Planet Coaster is a fantastic game, though. I've been playing it since July 2017, and I'd recommend it to anyone with the necessary specifications. My laptop (which I bought specifically for this game) is a Dell laptop, with an Intel i7 CPU, an NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti GPU and 16GB of RAM, and the game runs virtually flawlessly on my laptop, even when the park gets very big and detailed! This game is definitely worth the £1,000 I spent on the laptop!
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I agree. I think it’s the nature of the game, due to the amount of detail you can add the game takes a while to make something suffice t. Therefore from this, you don’t feel like you’ve done enough for one session and it’s addictive, so you carry on until you realise the time!
 
I would expect to hear about a new update / DLC for this within the next couple of weeks. The Steam dev branches are getting regular activity again. As they ALWAYS do before a new update and or DLC.

As someone who has played since launch. We got SO much free content last year via free updates. I dont mind paying for the DLC now. I own it all and plan to buy whatever else comes out.

My i7 and GTX 1060 laptop seems to handle the game very nice on Ultra. Hopefully going to upgrade later this year. Waiting on the long time speculated new Nvidia 11 series cards before I part with my cash though.
 
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So whilst peroozing You tube (as you do) stumbled across this gem.
Ok this isn’t Planet Coaster but it’s a project that some devs are doing to try to re create Alton Towers.

This looks incredible.

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I really want to download that but my computer doesn't have enough space. :(
 
Error said:
So whilst peroozing You tube (as you do) stumbled across this gem.
Ok this isn’t Planet Coaster but it’s a project that some devs are doing to try to re create Alton Towers.

This looks incredible.

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It is amazing, and I have the Hex simulation they released a few months ago. In that you can walk through and experience the entire ride from queue line entrance to ride exit. I still have the download file so if anyone wants it PM me!

And it makes you feel good that even though things aren't the best at Alton at the moment, there are still people out there who love the park so much that they do this...and all in their spare time.

Here's their YouTube and Facebook pages:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmQStrANk__GCM6fnA1jORQ
https://www.facebook.com/VirtualTowersOnline/
 


Info on the vintage pack DLC that released a few weeks ago, surprised no one mentioned it.

Are you longing to revisit traditional fairgrounds or old-school theme parks? Do you enjoy a more classic look in your parks, combined with the smell of popcorn and gumballs?

Take your guests on a nostalgic journey with the brand new Vintage Pack, coming to you on July 10, 2018! The latest paid content pack is filled to the brim with Victorian touches and a timeless charm.

We're welcoming two wooden coasters to the family: the Zephyrus, a high-speed wooden coaster with a tarnished charm; and the Aces Sky, which negotiates a large wooden pipe with biplane styled cars moving sideways through it. We've also got five new rides for you to expand your parks with! Round The World, combining gentle and spinning motions of a ferris wheel with the insanity of spinning, inverting gondolas; Loop Da Loop, a twin cabin inverting swinger from the 1930s; Test Flight, an inverting plane ride which the guests can control; Hurricane, twisting and turning action as a fairground staple; and Centrum, classic carnival ride which spins at high speeds at a thrilling 50 degrees!

We've got four new Vintage machines your guests can have a play with. The Gumball and Popcorn stands bring a true vintage flair to your parks, with guests being able to purchase these treats directly. The Vintage Crane machine is a new way of getting your guests trying their luck to get some lovely park merchandise, and the famous Zoltan will predict your future. You are in charge of the probability of these machines, like how likely it is to win a prize or how positive the guests' fortunes are...

Then there's a whole new set of vintage-themed scenery and wall sets, Victorian pillars, decorative trimmings and lightbox lettering, and animal statues. For the ultimate fairground flair, you can add a barbershop quartet or some highly skilled trapeze artists!

Again, all of this is part of the new Vintage Pack - but don't forget this release will be paired with the free updatecontaining in-game branded vending machines, recolourable staff members, scenery grouping, and filters. We're also adding a free wooden coaster - the Mouse Hunt, a historic wooden mouse coaster preserved forever in the game - and a planter set with new plants to decorate your parks!

The Planet Coaster Vintage Pack is completely optional for you to purchase - you can get it from Steam of the Frontier Store for £7.99 ($10.99, €10.99). Please note that you need to have the Planet Coaster base game in order to download and play this extra content.
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Have not had the time to use this yet, my theme park needs a new grand entrance to replace the brutalist concrete one that looks like a shopping center entrance from 1972, rather than the entrance to a theme park. I figured it could not be done on the cheap, so got one of the staff members to return all the duck tape and wooden beams back to B&Q. I think this pack might be perfect for the complete and grand re design of my park entrance.
 
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Sorry for the double post, inspired by the wild mouse and removal of it from Pleasure Beach in Blackpool. The Planet Coaster team decided to preserve it in their own way by adding it to the game for free for every user. This was a month or so ago, so everyone should have this in their ever growing coaster arsenal right now, aslong as Steam has been online so the game has updated.

A short video with more information can be found here.
 
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Can anyone recommend a decent non-custom laptop that is capable of running Planet Coaster without being put on the lowest settings? I’ve had a MacBook Pro for years, and it’s been great, but it’s not even capable of running RCT3 now, and I’m getting annoyed with the amount of stuff I can’t do on it because it’s not supported on Mac. Price isn’t really an issue, but something under £1000 would be ideal, certainly! :sweatsmile:
 
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