NieSch
12-18-2014, 11:41 AM
Rag-time Reverser
The reverser rollercoaster is a type of coaster that actually did exist. In his book "The Incredible Scream Machine: A History of the Roller Coaster" Robert Cartmell writes the following about Frank F. Hoover's Reverser in Saltair: "It was a straightforward legitimate roller coaster until the rear wheels swiveled out and around on tracks of their own. Passengers then rode sections backward until the next spin-about. Riders were never sure which way they would face during the run since there were several turning points."
http://www.jumpjet.info/Classic-Games/Windows/RCT/Facilities/Coasters/Reverser/reverser.jpg
Saltair's Reverser operated from 1915 untill 1925. The musical style ragtime (also available as a musical style in RCT) was popular in those years. That's what inspired me to make this "Rag-time Reverser". Ragtime's main characteristic trait is its syncopated, or "ragged" rhythm. Syncopation is a general term for "a disturbance or interruption of the regular flow". This is also exactly what the reverser-elements do; they interrupt the flow of the cars.
http://widm2012.nl/rct/png/sepia.png
Rag-time Reverser is fast, wild and intense. Just as you would expect of a ride from the roaring twenties, the first golden age in the history of rollercoasters!
http://widm2012.nl/rct/png/statsrtr.png
http://widm2012.nl/rct/png/RTR.PNG (http://widm2012.nl/rct/png/RTRMEGA.png)
(Click to enlarge.)
http://youtu.be/r1yVVrfHddg
>>Download.<< (http://rctgo.com/downloads/download/8016)
The reverser rollercoaster is a type of coaster that actually did exist. In his book "The Incredible Scream Machine: A History of the Roller Coaster" Robert Cartmell writes the following about Frank F. Hoover's Reverser in Saltair: "It was a straightforward legitimate roller coaster until the rear wheels swiveled out and around on tracks of their own. Passengers then rode sections backward until the next spin-about. Riders were never sure which way they would face during the run since there were several turning points."
http://www.jumpjet.info/Classic-Games/Windows/RCT/Facilities/Coasters/Reverser/reverser.jpg
Saltair's Reverser operated from 1915 untill 1925. The musical style ragtime (also available as a musical style in RCT) was popular in those years. That's what inspired me to make this "Rag-time Reverser". Ragtime's main characteristic trait is its syncopated, or "ragged" rhythm. Syncopation is a general term for "a disturbance or interruption of the regular flow". This is also exactly what the reverser-elements do; they interrupt the flow of the cars.
http://widm2012.nl/rct/png/sepia.png
Rag-time Reverser is fast, wild and intense. Just as you would expect of a ride from the roaring twenties, the first golden age in the history of rollercoasters!
http://widm2012.nl/rct/png/statsrtr.png
http://widm2012.nl/rct/png/RTR.PNG (http://widm2012.nl/rct/png/RTRMEGA.png)
(Click to enlarge.)
http://youtu.be/r1yVVrfHddg
>>Download.<< (http://rctgo.com/downloads/download/8016)