Planet Coaster College - Hybrid Coaster Tutorial

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Published 2016-11-24
In this Planet Coaster College tutorial I'm taking you through the process of making a realistic hybrid coaster (often referred to as 'RMC's, by the name of the company Rocky Mountain Construction that invented them). They're similar to traditional wooden roller coasters but with steel topper track or completely steel rails, allowing for tighter twists and turns, inversions, and a smooth ride experience. The catwalk-less woodie lookalikes have been used to revamp many older wooden coasters across the US, and revolutionized the wooden coaster industry with new elements and inversions that were never possible before.

This video barely scratches the surface of what these things can do, though. If you're really interested in them, I'd recommend watching some POV's - many hybrids have unique, weird elements with equally ridiculous names. You could add tip-out corners, wave-breaking turns, trick-track hills or outward banked tophats.

Planet Coaster College is a series in which I'll be explaining the ins and outs of making parks and rides in Planet Coaster - we'll delve into coaster building, creating scenery, making buildings, laying out parks, and using various tools in the game. These videos are not so much step-by-step documentations for absolute beginners on how to build stuff, but more of a look into the building process, giving some guidelines and ideas to build your own parks.

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About Planet Coaster College: PCC is a series of video guides in which I cover many aspects of making realistic and creative parks in Planet Coaster. One of my goals with the series is to make a video explaining each of the coaster types avaliable and show you how to build them, but there will also be some videos about elements of theme parks and the game in general, such as buildings and scenery. Overall, the series is directed toward already seasoned players of the games, though I do sprinkle tips that may be useful for beginners too.

All Comments (21)
  • @dylanloomis6197
    RMC's also do a bit of outward banked turns. And Outlaw Run kills the end momentum with a slight uphill corkscrew.
  • @TheRazarator
    I really like the idea of the series. There are far too many people who think high and fast coasters with sharp turns are good and funny. You have the ability to build high quality coasters and give tips to the community. I like the way you are thinking because you take those real coasters for example and you know more than the average themeparkvisitor. Really appreciate your work and I can't wait to Play this game for myself.
  • @redsoda9067
    The Iron Rattler (Six Flags Fiesta Texas, San Antonio, Texas) is likely one of the wodden/hybrid coasters that was full wooden, and now is metal. It's such a fun ride too!
  • @MV95DXB
    I like how you forgot to turn the catwalk off for a large part of the video, haha
  • @klebrigeklette
    I really liked how you had the whole rollercoaster in one shot before you started building it in the last video. The cinematic is also cool, but I would also like to see the final result before you start. I really enjoy this series, just some feedback.
  • @vincentd.1424
    There is an RMC called Untamed, wich is currently under construction, that had an Outer-banked turn as a pre-drop section.
  • @dgames1765
    I wish there were more Coaster Colleges. I love this style of tutorial
  • @6turmovak
    What I love about your channel is that your love for coasters doesn't simply stop with building a nice coaster but also extends to the design, physics, technology, and history of coasters. Thank you for these videos!
  • @Foxsterdota
    Any chance you can actually show the test results of the coasters you make? Not that you are necessarily trying super hard to make the 'perfect' coaster but thought it could be cool to know nevertheless.
  • @malicei1580
    "...has mostly rails that are made out of lemonaded wood" I love drinking my lemondaded wood. :D Are you going to put this coaster on the workshop?
  • @Gameplayer529
    I bought this game a few days ago. Awesome videos. Learning a thing or two on how not only to play the game, but just general knowledge. I was trying to clone Kingda Ka, but I couldn't get that downward twist down, that banking offset is just what I needed. Also learned a bit more about how smoothing works. Really appreciate it!
  • @windwest4D
    Thank you so much Silvarret for making these tutorials. It will be a great help to me and the community for those of us who wish to build our own buildings and coasters. You are a precious gem to this community and I hope to see more of these wonderful videos from you!
  • @HaulMail
    Thanks for the tutorial Silv. You are a natural instructor, easy to understand and follow. I'm looking forward to more PC college.
  • @CaptainPeanut
    Been playing Planet Coaster since Alpha 1 and didn't know you could do banking offset... Thanks man! I always wondered how your inversions turned out to smooth :)
  • @DarkRider2k3
    I love these tutorials. You should do a tutorial on giga/hyper coasters (like the millenium force). I always find that while they may look simple, they really aren't.. especially when considering layouts and how you want them to "mold" into your park. The easier ones for me are ones like the inverted coasters/flying coasters, and woody/RMC ones like this.
  • @WIMP
    Great video! Keep the Planet Coaster College videos coming, especially focusing on coasters and their "signatures" like this one. So interesting! Thanks, +Silvarret!
  • @Pulse589
    I am so glad I found your channel..after years of playing rct my creativity has gotten a bit stale..you have reinvigorated my creativity! Cheers mate all the way from Wisconsin
  • @stuarts7188
    I had no idea about these options until watching this, nor the history. The banking offset is a brilliant concept.
  • I am a huge fan of RMC. Just genius idea and execution of that idea. I hope they continue building great coasters.