Flipper Posted January 28, 2012 Report Share Posted January 28, 2012 Hi guys!Haven't seen anyone talking about it so I'll throw it up!RideSims.com got launched at the beginning of 2012. It's a site ran by TowersNerd, and features numerous ride simulations from around the UK and worldwide.It includes three Thorpe Park classics: - X:/ No Way Out - Rush - SAW: The RideAs well as some other popular rides including: - Steeplechase, Pleasure Beach Blackpool - RITA, Alton Towers - Sonic Spinball, Alton Towers - Tower of Terror, Disney - Test Track, Ferarri World?Just to name a few!It's well worth going over, signing up and playing. They're forever adding Sims to the line-up, and with three Thorpe rides; we'd be silly not to.www.ridesims.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheepie Posted January 28, 2012 Report Share Posted January 28, 2012 Having visited the site and played the sims myself, I can confirm that it's a top class site. Really enjoyable and a lot of thought and creativity has gone into the sims on there.I love the Revenge of the Mummy one. I think that's my favourite actually. Flipper 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benin Posted January 28, 2012 Report Share Posted January 28, 2012 It is quite good, see that a fair bit of effort was put into it...Although some are just overally complicated, how some people play the games for so long to get such high scores baffles me... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicky Posted January 28, 2012 Report Share Posted January 28, 2012 The Jaws one is the worst. So complicated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benin Posted January 28, 2012 Report Share Posted January 28, 2012 The Jaws one is the worst. So complicated.Jaws is FAB, silly Nicky... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jom222 Posted January 29, 2012 Report Share Posted January 29, 2012 is there a way were you can just see the station so its like your in the control box? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flipper Posted January 29, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 29, 2012 is there a way were you can just see the station so its like your in the control box?As far as I'm aware there isn't at the moment, on certain rides however (RITA, X and Sonic Spinball come to mind) you can zoom in to the overview of the station by clicking a little 'plus' in the bottom right corner, so you only see the overview of the station rather than the whole ride.On SAW, Jaws, Rush etc. you can't at present.In regards to Benin and Nicky's comments, yes some of them are quite complex (designed to reflect the complexity of the ride), hence why they are rated Easy, Medium, and Hard. I don't play Jaws myself as I find it too complicated, and I also agree I fail to understand some people's patience to get the high scores. They're fun for fifteen minute blows in my view, but I couldn't get addicted for hours on end.TP1979, don't forget there is forums set up on Towers Nerd at present for Ride Sims feedback, which your Ride Sims log-in is useable for, so if you'd like to see Control Box view then put it on there; you're not the only person who's been asking! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamY Posted January 29, 2012 Report Share Posted January 29, 2012 Wow, this is a great website! I used to sometimes play the ones on TTF or ATA or wherever it was of Nemesis and Air, but the quality always varied and there wasn't a great selection so it's great to see this site with attractions from other places and all made to a very high standard. I too love the ROTM one Sheeps - I got to 50,000 last night and put myself second on the leaderboard for the day I seemed to have found a weird way of getting the best efficiency though - I was despatching one train to the hold as another arrived from offload, so might try it with despatching both at once as in real life and see how that goes. I was using manual track switches though, and in the correct way. God what a neek Think I'll try the Jaws one in a minute, I haven't played that yet! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flipper Posted January 29, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 29, 2012 Wow, this is a great website! I used to sometimes play the ones on TTF or ATA or wherever it was of Nemesis and AirGlad your liking it! It may have been TTF you we're playing it on, but don't forget that (sticking more site advertising in here) you have more Sims, that are slightly older still on TowersNerd.. http://towersnerd.com/features/games/The current old list is: Rita - Queen of Speed (Old style, pre-Dark Forest) Runaway Mine Train Duel Duel Live (So, like it was at Scarefest) Oblivion Air Spinball Whizzer (Before the Sonic theme) The Field of 1000 Screams (The past Scarefest maze) Thirteen Ultimate Fireworks Nemesis They are all made to the same standard as RideSims too, and you can still points-score on them. I believe he's redoing some or all of those sims to a new standard and with the new points system slowly, for RideSims but I may be wrong. Just adds to your line up, but note all the ones on TowersNerd are Towers ones Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Posted January 29, 2012 Report Share Posted January 29, 2012 Clearly someone has worked very hard however the controls are very hard to manipulate, and actually operating the ride is a lot different to the simulator.I mean - where is the adult screaming at the platformer because his kid is too small to go on SAW, when the main gate staff member said he was tall enough?! Benin, Tom and Flipper 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred Posted January 29, 2012 Report Share Posted January 29, 2012 Wish I could just press the space bar to dispatch nemesis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holtjammy16 Posted January 29, 2012 Report Share Posted January 29, 2012 Thanks for posting, I love playing the towersnerd sims I never realised this site was about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holtjammy16 Posted January 31, 2012 Report Share Posted January 31, 2012 Anyone know what the breaktimers are for on X no way out? I don't get it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricky Posted January 31, 2012 Report Share Posted January 31, 2012 The creators obviously thought XNWO operators can change if they get bored! Chief Ranger 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamY Posted January 31, 2012 Report Share Posted January 31, 2012 Just noticed that JP Rapids Adventure from Universal Singapore has been added! *Goes to play* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flipper Posted February 1, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 1, 2012 Anyone know what the breaktimers are for on X no way out? I don't get it.Its basically as Ricky said, adjustable so trains sit for longer or shorter on the brakes. I think the idea of it is so that you can slow down the ride as an overall factor because you lose points if trains sit for too long on the brake runs; so by giving them a longer brake timer, if you're a slow operator, you don't lose points if you follow what I mean.Glad you're all enjoying the site! Credit to John Burton from TowersNerd for creating the site! Olistjj 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holtjammy16 Posted February 2, 2012 Report Share Posted February 2, 2012 Its basically as Ricky said, adjustable so trains sit for longer or shorter on the brakes. I think the idea of it is so that you can slow down the ride as an overall factor because you lose points if trains sit for too long on the brake runs; so by giving them a longer brake timer, if you're a slow operator, you don't lose points if you follow what I mean.Glad you're all enjoying the site! Credit to John Burton from TowersNerd for creating the site! Ah okay, thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liam T Posted February 22, 2012 Report Share Posted February 22, 2012 The new poll this month is What new 2012 ride development would you most like made into a sim?And I can't choose one! Their all too good to choose one THE SWARMNemesis: Sub-TerraRadiator Springs RacersWild EagleWodanOtherWhat to choose? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holtjammy16 Posted February 22, 2012 Report Share Posted February 22, 2012 The Swarm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricky Posted February 22, 2012 Report Share Posted February 22, 2012 That came out ages ago o.o I voted for swarm like 3 weeks ago lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomathy Posted February 22, 2012 Report Share Posted February 22, 2012 I think Sub-Terra would provide more enjoyment due to its possible complexity compared to the simplicity of dispatching The Swarm. Sheepie 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricky Posted February 22, 2012 Report Share Posted February 22, 2012 thing is no-one gives a damn about Sub-Terrable :') Luke_A 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benin Posted February 22, 2012 Report Share Posted February 22, 2012 Bit of a generalisation there, are we comparing that to Swarm? In which case of course Swarm will be deemed more interesting, cos we can see what's happening...I sense Sub Terra might be a surprise this year... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liam T Posted February 22, 2012 Report Share Posted February 22, 2012 Sub-terra would be hard with the loading of the pre-shows ect.And strange that Ricky, people do care about sub-terra, just because its not a £20 million rollercoaster doesn't mean it should be at an disadvantage to become one, if not, the best Uk addition this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshC. Posted February 22, 2012 Report Share Posted February 22, 2012 I sense Sub Terra might be a surprise this year...Agreed. Sub Terra could be seen as a 'dark horse', mainly because of what everyone thinks they're gonna get from it. In a way, expectations aren't particularly high. Swarm's got a harder job, as people are seeing what's going on, and it's got a LOT of expectation to live up to; if it doesn't meet that high bar, then people will be disappointed. Anyways, RideSims.com... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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