Force or Speed

[Henry M]

This is simple, do you prefer speed or force on a rollercoaster? For me it is speed, because it gets my adrenalin running!

 

I have looked, and I hope this topic has not come up already.

[DoinItForTheFame]

I mean, they kind of go hand in hand. You're typically not going to have a super fast roller coaster that is forceless, and you're not going to have a really slow roller coaster that's really forceful.

[boldikus]

I mean, they kind of go hand in hand. You're typically not going to have a super fast roller coaster that is forceless, and you're not going to have a really slow roller coaster that's really forceful.

 

Not necessarily. Steel Force is completely forceless but it does what 75mph? Compare that to the Batman clones that do 50mph but are some of the most batsh!t insane rides in existence.

[DoinItForTheFame]

Not necessarily. Steel Force is completely forceless but it does what 75mph? Compare that to the Batman clones that do 50mph but are some of the most batsh!t insane rides in existence.

 

...typically...

[SFOG1991]

I prefer force, but ideally I like fast and forceful of course.

 

Skyrush > Fury

 

Really tall/fast coasters that are tame really bum me out.

[Password121]

I don't really "get" topics like this. It depends on the ride entirely.

 

El Toro is my favorite coaster and it's a faster ride than Maverick (which does 70mph for like .8 seconds) but not because of its speed. El Toro spends a lot of time doing 35mph, but it's the most extreme, intense ejector airtime at 35mph imaginable.

 

I love I-305 for the force/intensity of its elements. I like prefer Maverick to I-305 for doing a lot of the same things, just better and more varied... but it's technically slower.

 

Personally I think speed itself or force itself isn't what makes a coaster great. The speed is dependent on its pacing (how quickly the ride takes its elements) which is a downfall for the massive 80mph B&M hypers, and force is dependent on how the forced vary and what they actually do. That's why some dislike BTR clones--they're all positives. El Toro has a mix of everything which makes the forces so special.

[Henry M]

I don't really "get" topics like this. It depends on the ride entirely.

 

 

Don't get me wrong, I liked your response in the end, just why did you have the first sentence in your answer? If you don't "get" these topics, don't write on them.

[DoinItForTheFame]

If you don't "get" these topics, don't write on them.

 

[Password121]

^^Yeah... I think I explained why quite thoroughly in my response. As I said, it depends entirely on the the ride itself so there's no definitive way to determine what you prefer because every coaster is different.

 

Saying I don't think the topic is perfect isn't a personal thing at all. Don't take criticism so seriously, especially on the Internet.

[thrillseeker4552]

Speed. You can call Millennium Force the most forceless coaster on the planet, but you can't argue that it hauls butt through its course. It never lets up and I love that.

[larrygator]

I don't really "get" topics like this. It depends on the ride entirely.

 

 

Don't get me wrong, I liked your response in the end, just why did you have the first sentence in your answer? If you don't "get" these topics, don't write on them.

 

If you don't "get" someone's criticism don't respond to it.

[DoinItForTheFame]

Back to the original question...

 

This is simple, do you prefer speed or force on a rollercoaster?

 

If I had to pick one, I'd go with speed. The main reason Top Thrill Dragster is my favorite coaster is the sheer speed of the launch. 120mph is really freaking fast, and it is by far the best part of the coaster! I'll take speed over forces any day. Especially if it has been a long hot day at a park. On really long hot days it seems like the more forceful the coaster is the less I can enjoy it... mainly because my body is already drained from dealing with the heat all day long.

[canadianparkfan]

I don't really "get" topics like this. It depends on the ride entirely.

 

El Toro is my favorite coaster and it's a faster ride than Maverick (which does 70mph for like .8 seconds) but not because of its speed. El Toro spends a lot of time doing 35mph, but it's the most extreme, intense ejector airtime at 35mph imaginable.

 

I love I-305 for the force/intensity of its elements. I like prefer Maverick to I-305 for doing a lot of the same things, just better and more varied... but it's technically slower.

 

Personally I think speed itself or force itself isn't what makes a coaster great. The speed is dependent on its pacing (how quickly the ride takes its elements) which is a downfall for the massive 80mph B&M hypers, and force is dependent on how the forced vary and what they actually do. That's why some dislike BTR clones--they're all positives. El Toro has a mix of everything which makes the forces so special.

I'd have to disagree with the BTR clone statement somewhat. While they mostly provide positives, the Zero G roll gives some good airtime, and the corkscrews provide great laterals. Not perfect, but definitely a good mix of everything IMO.

[gerstlaueringvar]

Doesn't really matter to me, Space Mountain has neither and that doesn't stop me from loving it.

[DoinItForTheFame]

Doesn't really matter to me, Space Mountain has neither and that doesn't stop me from loving it.

 

[DirkFunk]

Rides have to have some degree of comfort to me, and there's often a correlation between "forceful rides" and insane amounts of restraints or super tight/close lap bars that I don't enjoy. I'm not that old, but I am old enough to remember the dying days of *really* intense old school wood coasters when they were still good (like Riverside Cyclone), and the new reality of pinning me down and then trying to launch me doesn't have a lot of appeal as a result. I suppose if this is all you've ever known, it might be different. I can't speak to that.

 

Speed doesn't necessitate that and rides near or over 100MPH will thrill me, possibly more than parabolic hills that feel very much the same as parabolic hills designed and fabricated by the exact same people many times over across the globe. They're also rarer as a result of the expense related in building them. So I guess I prefer speed? And if I want something more exciting forcewise, I'll go do something actually thrilling like bungee jumping/skycoaster/SCAD/skydiving/et al.