Designing Coasters

Building coasters with and without mods

The Parkitect coaster builder provides a powerful tool for players to shape their rollercoasters. Building rollercoasters is easy to learn, but hard to master. 

In Parkitect, coasters look great when you first lay them down, but there's so much more you can do to make your coasters look amazing - both in terms of construction and decorating. Follow the guides below to discover so many great building tips.

Thank you to Silvarret, CoasterB & AstroTron for making the tutorials.

Video Tutorials

Complete rollercoaster tutorial

Created by: Silvarret

Learn how to create realistic coasters in Parkitect! Includes tips, tricks, do's and don'ts for all generic rollercoasters!

Building Triple Launch Coasters

Created by: CoasterB

The triple launch coaster is a special type of coaster. Learn how to create one here. Need more challenge? Try creating one with save file editing! (Tutorial found on this page)

Building Boomerang Coasters

Created by: CoasterB

Learn how to create boomerang coasters in Parkitect.

Custom supporting roller coasters

Created by: CoasterB

Learn how to create realistic supports for your rollercoasters.

Custom lifthill for roller coasters

Created by: CoasterB

This tutorial explains how to create realistic lifthills using mods.

Overview of of common roller coaster elements

Created by: AstroTron

Overview of rollercoaster elements commonly found in real life.

Building fake transfer tracks

Created by: AstroTron

Learn how to create (fake) transfer tracks for your coasters.

Building custom rollercoaster stations

Created by: AstroTron

Scenery tutorial for coaster stations.

Building roller coasters with Track Edit 2

Created by: Wauwter

Learn how to create precise coasters with Track Edit 2. The Track Edit 2 mod enables players to use a spine editor in Parkitect, but does come with its quirks. 

Track_Edit_Tutorial_Nov_22.pdf

Creating coasters using Save File Editing (SFE)

Created by: KongCakes

Learn how to create switchtracks, turntables and other shenenigans usings Safe File Editing. SFE is a special technique only recommended to use by advanced players. No mods needed!

Swing Launch Tutorial