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Frontier are releasing the Alpha version of the game this month for customers who have purchased the early bird edition of the game, this will get continus updates until the final game is released in Q4. However you do pay more for the early bird edition- in the uk the preorder for the finished game is £19.99 and if you want the early bird version it's £49.99, so basically £30 to get access 6-7 months early. There is another live stream this Wednesday, this time with the guy who is in charge of the development of all the rides and coasters that will be in the game so will be defiantly worth watching.

Frontier have held a number of Q&A's with the coaster head club over the past few months on the official forums and have confirmed a number of things- -in the last Dev Diary where multiple coaster cars where seen on Vekoma track this is just part of their development build, in the final game coasters will have their own track as in the real world. -All rides are based on real world designs, and will inc some older classic style rides/coasters. If it isn't possible in the real world it wont be featured in the game. Also they are doing extensive research on rides, the guy in charge of the rides/attractions has being doing his research and for example produced an 8 page document on one coaster track and support system for the art team to ensure accurate. -There will be massive amount of rides and coasters in the game, as of the start of Feb they stated that they had 40 completed rides and coasters with many more planned for the final release in Q4 of this year. -Coasters will feature accurate track types and supports, so each coaster type will feature different supports based on the real ride designs. They also confirmed hybrid coasters (ie RMC) will feature in the game.