RCT2 - Ride overview - Transport rides

How good are transport rides actually? Today we explore all aspects of transport rides to see how and where you should use them. Open the description for links.

[MarcelVos]

It looks like I've missed the monorail cycles and river rafts as transport rides. This is because in OpenRCT2 they only appear in gentle and water rides respectively whereas in Classic and I assume also vanilla they appear in both categories. I myself have never considered them transport rides which is why I completely forgot about them. To give some quick advice for both of them: don't use them, they're terrible. They can look cool, especially the river rafts, but they're incredibly slow and have a low throughput, especially the monorail cycles.

[Razerblue]

I hope that the OpenRCT2 devs ever add pathfinding logic for transport rides so they see it as *actual* transport rides.

[Explosivebarrelsman]

Technically, a steam train is capable of running backwards in real life, pushing its cars back along the track. It does look silly, but it's accurate behavior.

[elwellstreet]

Comment section:
High excitement
Medium intensity
Low nausea

[CEOable]

I always loved seeing those transport rides in action when I was a kid.

[mrflovi]

I used to make huge parks not because huge parks are fun to build, but because afterwards I can make a complicated transport system with all sorts of lines, tram, train, metro, monorail etc.

[TakeshiTao]

Transport rides would be so much better if the guests used them for pathfinding :/

Well, at least they look pretty.

[ruediix]

Speed isn't everything.

Remember one of the best uses for transport rides: Giving guests a rest while getting them off the walkways. If your ride has covered cars it's a bonus because they will enjoy it during the rain.

[Codraroll]

Aha, so there IS nothing on Earth like a genuine, bona fide, electrified six-car monorail!

[BerndVonTrollhausen]

I really love the little feature that you can simply build railway crossings over footpaths with the miniature trains.

[aaronroffman]

It's worth mentioning that in OpenRCT2 the miniature railway can have straight sections built on paths, allowing for grade-level crossings without needing to go over or under. This is useful when adding a transport ride to an already-developed park since you don't need to worry about rerouting paths. Thankfully the guests will automatically stop if a train is passing in front of them, so there's no need to worry about them getting run over!

[Xtv]

I will never get tired of hearing Marcel Vos say "thrupoot"

[scottthewaterwarrior]

Another thing about the chairlift: The faster the speed the lower the excitement rating.

[Game_InSky]

Shoutouts to streamlined monorail cars being some of the coolest looking vehicules in the game.

Transport rides are quite good for guest evacuation, I like to put the entrance to a monorail opposite to the exit of a popular coaster, it helps thin out the crowd.

[rheumakai]

Well, sir, there's nothing on earth
Like a genuine, bona fide
Electrified, six-car monorail

[Lucatin]

14:35 Steam trains commonly did that in real life. With a lower top speed as it's less stable.

[forunaminora]

Can you make a video explaining why/how guests get lost and what to do to prevent it?

[commodex]

"I rarely see any kind of hostility in my comments sections"
OH YEAH?!?!
...

Yeah.
These videos are extremely high quality. Keep up the good work!

[AdnandPrakashFinance]

You really are one of my favorite Youtubers!

[matthewsuomi]

Another advantage of the miniature railroad is that (at least in OpenRCT2) you can have a level crossing with a footpath.