NoLimits 2 - Also known as : The Crysis of the Rollercoaster sim industry - Games

So you probably saw a thread a while back about No Limits - A very simple yet very rewarding Rollercoaster Sim. [img]http://www.nolimitscoaster.com/NoLimits_logo_transparent.gif[/img] [quote=Website] Thrill-Filled Roller Coaster Simulator NoLimits is the ultimate roller coasters simulation game that let´s you experience authentic roller coaster thrills. Focusing on realism and speed, NoLimits lets you ride real existing coasters, or build rollercoasters to your own specifications - with 27 different track styles, including inverted, hyper-coasters, wooden and shuttle coasters. Top Features: - Ride ultra-realistic roller coasters - Choose between more than 70 great premade tracks - Build your own rollercoaster with the Track Editor - Screensaver Mode - AVI Export - Create mountains and lakes with the Terraformer - Choose between 27 different track-styles - Play the ride operator and dispatch the trains - Different camera perspectives - Choose your seat, car, and train "on the fly" - Choose different environments (fog, sunset, etc...) - Include 3DS scenery objects in your coaster tracks - Realistic coaster physics - More than one train simultaneously - Synchronized block-safety-device - 2-point-controlled brakes - Station wait-time simulation - Paint your coaster different colors - 3D sound with Doppler effect - Save screenshots at your favourite views There are no limits in creating your own roller coasters with this great simulator! "As a professional coaster designer ([url]www.john-wardley.demon.co.uk[/url]) I want to congratulate you on a superb piece of software development." John Wardley - Coaster Designer (created Nemesis and Air) "I'm the developer behind Disney's original Coaster game, that came out ten years ago. I just wanted to say, its about time somebody made a good sequel for the designers in all of us, that don't care about park admissions, or lines. Great Job guys!" Dan Duncalf - CEO Pipeworks Software, Inc. "The best 3D replication of roller coasters I have seen to date." Bob Mandel - Senior Editor AVault "The best 3-D roller coaster simulator on the market" James Allen - Editor GameGenie "The most realistic coaster simulation game I've ever seen." Jeremy Cardon - Webmaster ATTRACTIONLAND.COM "Very realistic roller coaster simulation!" Tucows [/quote] A few rollercoasters [img]http://www.nolimitscoaster.com/GeForce02_640.jpg[/img] [img]http://coasters2k.com/exchange/exchange_files/No%20Limits%20Boy-Forest%20Escape.bmp[/img] [img_thumb]http://a.imageshack.us/img180/5715/trainsa.png[/img_thumb] [img]http://meta.filesmelt.com/downloader.php?file=herp_de.JPG[/img] Recently however , the creator and his team have been working on NoLimits 2. This , already , looks like sex on a plate. [quote=Website]I am proud to show new screenshots from NoLimits2. The underground tunnels are done and working nicely. One will be able to create tunnels through terrain and even below water. It is even possible to create tunnels right through the water. Also the Dive-Machine is done. The Dive-Machine will be one of the new coaster-styles that will be introduced in NL2. We recreated the ten-seats across floorless version. Tom and Kevin did a great job in recreating the trains, while I was working in parallel on the engine to support the new train features. First of all the train bogeys will now work like the real thing. I implemented a true A-steering (German: Achsschenkellenkung) bogey simulation. That means the left and right parts of the bogey will perfectly follow the track and will rotate independently in all axes. This can be seen on the first screenshot. The true A-steering simulation will make NoLimits2 move ahead into realism and leave the status of a game behind. Please notice how the track gets darker, the further it goes down into the tunnel. The screenshots also show the new rails in action. Both the trains and rails use multiple textures to create the final image. Diffuse maps, bump maps, specular maps and reflection maps are used to recreate a realistic looking track. We hope you like that. We are working hard on finishing the product. Even when you won't hear much from us, you can bet that we are busy working on NoLimits2. Obviously there is still a lot of work left to do. Everyone who has ever worked on a large project can probably confirm how the complexity increases dramatically with the size of the project. I had to learn that the hard way. [ol][/quote] Now look at this. Brand new ( High Quality) Dive Machine cars , as well as what appears to be a new rendering engine + shaders. Higher quality track as well. [img]http://www.nolimitscoaster.de/images/nl2_5_2.jpg[/img] [img]http://www.nolimitscoaster.de/images/nl2_5_1.jpg[/img] Oh , and did I mention , he added Tunnels which not only look nice but can go through terrain and [b] under water [/b]. [img]http://www.nolimitscoaster.de/images/nl2_5_4.jpg[/img] [img]http://www.nolimitscoaster.de/images/nl2_5_3.jpg[/img] [img]http://www.nolimitscoaster.de/images/nl2_5_5.jpg[/img] This is going to be amazing , however we still have to wait for any sign of a release date. Post your Tracks + Tips here!

This looks like it'd be amazing with that AMBX system thing.

Brb, reinstalling Roller Coaster Tycoon 2.

It looks like it has ambient occlusion , but judging by what else the guy has said , there's going to be more room for compatibility , I think there will be room for modding , coaster & engine wise.

Holy shit the new one looks awesome, I always thought this game died.

Odd textures but woah.

Looks nice, but I prefer RCT3 over NoLimits.

I played the original, I might pick this one up.

I LOVED No Limits, an actual realistic Roller Coaster sim, I played for months non-stop creating bigger and better tracks.

There's only one emote that can accurately describe this. :byodood:

Roller Coaster Tycoon 3 was one of my favorite PC games growing up. Heck, I believe it was the first computer game I owned.

RCT1's theme song.. Nostalgia.

[QUOTE=General J;25908783]Roller Coaster Tycoon 3 was one of my favorite PC games growing up. Heck, I believe it was the first computer game I owned.[/QUOTE] Well, uh, it was released in 2004. So you're pretty young, used the wrong game as an example, or got your first computer when you were over 10.

[QUOTE=Frozen;25909637]RCT1's theme song.. Nostalgia.[/QUOTE] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KT45kiI5FYw&feature=related[/media]

Jesus fucking christ, NoLimits was a big part of my childhood! :dance:

[QUOTE=pedroion;25908986]How old are you, dude? We grew up with RCT1.[/QUOTE] Who the hell is "we"? I didn't get into computer gaming until about the time Half-Life 2 came around and I'm almost 20. It's not my fault I didn't have an interest in PC games until then. Anyway, I always wanted to get the original NoLimits, but it never seemed to be a "game" enough to justify the purpose. I mean, it's really fun building coasters over and over, but it gets stale really fast if there's no big objective or anything.

The thing with this game is I find it almost has too much freedom, like you don't know what to do really, whereas rollercoaster tycoon is much more guided and intuitive which makes it easier to get into and in a way more fun.

[QUOTE=SgtTupelo;25912575]or got your first computer when you were over 10.[/QUOTE] This mostly. Six years seems like ages ago. When I said growing up, I didn't really mean how young or mature I was. Just a lot of important stuff that made me who I am today happened at the same time.

And I've lost my RCT 2 :saddowns: