Why Your Coaster's Stats Suck - Stat Requirements Explained

Have you ever built a coaster that has low stats for seemingly no reason? In this video we find out why this happens and how to prevent it.

[tabofantasynerdking]

We at the University of Stuttgart in Germany checked your math multiple times and can confirm. 7 Meters really is less than 9 Meters. Your math is correct.

[spacemonkeys]

'The chairlift with 1 station intrigued me. I didn't think it would be any different to, say, a merry-go-round. How I was so naïve back then... I was about half way round until my soul was ripped out of my body. I saw it flee in despair while my vision turned to black and my brain was crushed under the paradox that something could be so unexciting. This is my final plea to the world. A warning for those who are more lucky than me.' - Bill M. on Tripadvisor.

[totallylemon]

Me who doesn't even play rct2: yes, this knowledge is vital for my survival.

[aisle]

"A chairlift with only one station is so boring that it is impossible to derive any joy from riding it."

Guy at 17:05: "Soulsucking Chairlift 1 was great!"

[OriginalFluffy]

I love how even the mini-golf has a nausea rating! Using real-life logic, that means that someone playing a mini-golf course without holes is less likely to throw up after playing it!

[LockeDemosthenes]

It never ceases to blow my mind how a game that is 20+ years old has such limitless potential for content.

[damienm.]

I don’t even play RCT2, but I watch your videos because your accent, voice, and the technical way you explain things are all very enjoyable to listen to.

[JustinKoenigSilica]

I wish this was explained in-game or something. openRCT2 needs like an in-game display of minimum requirements...

[VictorPenteado]

Stat requirements for Marcel Vos videos:

At least 1 harassment to the heartline coaster
At least 1 guest drowned
Minimal video lenght

[dylantowers]

The single station chairlift may have an excitement of 0, but guests still jumped for joy when they got off it...

Maybe they were jumping for joy *because* they got off something so utterly boring. "Hurray! I've finally got off of Mr Bones' Mild Ride!"

[zndjrisudoqz]

It's not a Marcel vid unless he trash talks the heartline coaster within 60 seconds xD

[TheLomdr]

Having ridden go karts twice before this game's release...yeah...there's a good reason why you don't want to cover too much of the track of the go karts. It's a ride with a LOT of fumes if they are not allowed to air out and not a lot of people want to smell the fumes from the gasoline. Modern go karts might be different, but that was the state of go karts in the 90s

[nicksteele]

I can't believe *you* coined the term for stat requirements, I'm so used to it being a standard term for the game that it didn't even occur to me it was unofficial, let alone thanks to you!

[darentat]

A chairlift with only one station is just an elongated chairswing ride

[redpillthinking]

So many nuances and detail went into this game. To think Chris Sawyer created and programmed it himself is mind boggling...he's a damn wizard.

[Jermeister]

Im actually suprised that the minigolfs excitement isnt set to 0 with no holes like the chairlift with one station... Ngl id rather ride a chairlift with one station than a minigolf course with 0 holes

[drewvowell]

It's great to see that one of my favorite childhood games still has a large and great community following even almost 20 years later. Amazing videos Marcel

[gloweye]

I always make my golf courses without hole to suppress their natural high nausea rating.

[TubeCody]

LMAO “please stop bullying me”

Great video man! They keep getting better and better honestly

[stellacollector]

Hey, Marcel Vos is back! Superb analyses and explanation as always!
These 'stat requirements' were things that bugged me not when I was a total beginner, but when I became sort-of intermediate-level player. Back then, I wondered why my go karts had such low stats despite my improvement on underground building skills (because the ride had too much underground sections), or my compactly-built reverser coaster resulted in very low excitement ratings (because it had no reverser track pieces).