Genx24 Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 Steel Force Hydra Nitro (but not this year) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BugEyed Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 Griffon is so ridiculously smooth I actually hoped it'd "roughen up" a bit. Â It didn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mater Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 Almost 14 years later and it's still Goliath @ SFMM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScreaminNewEngland Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 Steel force hands down Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rcjp Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 Griffon is so ridiculously smooth I actually hoped it'd "roughen up" a bit. Â It didn't. Haha! I actually wonder how some rather rough coasters would be if they were smooth. And when I think of furius baco I get the impression it wouldn't be quite as exiting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KC_Engineer Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 Cheetah Hunt at BGT. Of course, it was only about 8 or 9 months old when I rode it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nannerdw Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 Dare Devil Dive at SFoG was "science fiction smooth" when I last rode it. +1  Surprised no one has mentioned the RMC conversions (probably because of all the bolts they hit). RMC Goliath was one of the smoothest coasters I've ridden, wooden or steel.  Also, Lightning Run  Hydra Really? Definitely not in the back seat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJLehto Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 Can't pick one because there are many that are pretty much perfectly smooth. I know even after all these years MForce is pretty much glass smooth still. Â Irony of course is I sometimes, sometimes, hate when a ride is soooo smooth it feels like nothing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genx24 Posted August 22, 2014 Share Posted August 22, 2014 ^^Well I sat in the front for Hydra and it felt like I was gliding on ice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BugEyed Posted August 22, 2014 Share Posted August 22, 2014 Irony of course is I sometimes, sometimes, hate when a ride is soooo smooth it feels like nothing! I totally get that. Sometimes roughness and intensity make a fantastic partnership. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Stratosphere Posted August 22, 2014 Share Posted August 22, 2014 I'd have to add California Screamin' to this list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midgetman82 Posted August 22, 2014 Share Posted August 22, 2014 Having come from the park recently, I'd have to say both Cheetah Hunt and Sheikra. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nrthwnd Posted August 22, 2014 Share Posted August 22, 2014 (edited) Since most of my coaster credits are all overseas, this is my current smooth fave... Â Raging Spirits in Tokyo Disney Sea. The truth is, I think a lot of people on the 2013 TPR Japan Tour were totally surprised at how well the re-fitting and renovations worked on the coaster. For myself, it actually felt smooth as glass, the tracks did! I was shocked. And my partner David was so taken with it, he rode solo on one of it's turns! Smooth as a Japanese baby's bottom - take that, Kumali! (o; Edited June 20, 2016 by Nrthwnd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coasterlvr Posted August 23, 2014 Share Posted August 23, 2014 out of my recent adventures, SFGM, SFMM, Knott's, Cedar Point and Kings Island...  Silver Bullet really stands out. I hadn't ridden in a couple years or so, and rode Banshee a couple weeks before. Silver Bullet was amazingly smooth. I always new so, but after riding Raptor and Banshee, SB is way smoother than both.  other notables, are YOLO minus the first launch. not much track for it to feel not smooth tho. lol  RMC SFGA Goliath is really smooth too.  SFMM Goliath is smooth as others have mentioned but the mid course brakes are a joke now. Sometimes completely stopping the train. Other than that, it's smooth. It is better than when it first opened and the chunky wheels tho. lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheHalonSystem Posted August 23, 2014 Share Posted August 23, 2014 Some of the smoothest I've been on: milennium Force (front)Steel Force Talon Nitro Maverick (it has snappy transitions, but when you think about the actual ride experience, I think it is one of the smoothest coasters I've been on.) Well I know that shorter people do get some head banging from It. It's bouncy but I think it's supposed to be that way. Â Smoothest for me I'd have to say Corkscrew..........JK! That thing is just AWFUL! Â But the smoothest I've ridden is in the same park! Gatekeeper! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ytterbiumanalyst Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 I thought this was an interesting thread and worth reviving. Â The absolute smoothest coaster I've been on us Goliath at Six Flags Great America. The poly wheels on the steel track make it the smoothest ride of any sort, wooden or steel. Â The smoothest older ride out there is Batman. 20+ years now, and they still seem new. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A.J. Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 Both Talon and Hydra at Dorney Park are incredibly smooth. They're both like gliding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnlloyd Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 I would have to say Talon at Dorney park and Leviathan at Canada's Wonderland are the smoothest coasters I've been on so far! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mighty_Thor Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 I second Batman, which I rode at the largest Six Flags theme park in the World - Six Flags Worlds of Adventure back around 2002. I think I recall that it was built in Switzerland, so I'm not surprised. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShaneH Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 MF, Diamondback, and Thunderbird Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VF15 Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 X-Flight at Six Flags Great America. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superbatboy Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 Tempesto Yolo Throttle Goliath (SFMM) Laff Trakk Twisted Colossus Silver Bullet Dare Devil's Dive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sonoma15 Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 Any new B&M's   Particularly Wild Eagle is very smooth, feels like your riding on glass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milst1 Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 This one is going to sound ridiculous, but it's more of a shout out for "improved relative smoothness". Â I've been riding the Cyclone at Coney Island in Brooklyn for a long time, and it's been a bone crusher for much of that time. Â But it's been recently retracked over a number of seasons, and I have to say that I was shocked at how smooth it was when we visited in August. I even said to myself, "smooth as butter", but of course it was relative to the other rides I've had on it. Â So check it out. It's actually fun, not bracing yourself for an anticipated backbreaking injury. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Invertalon Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 Leviathan... There was something eerily smooth about that, even compared to other B&M's of similar type, when I rode it opening year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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