RollerCoaster Tycoon 2

RollerCoaster Tycoon
RollerCoaster Tycoon	1999
RollerCoaster Tycoon 2	2002
RollerCoaster Tycoon 3	2004
RollerCoaster Tycoon World	2016
RollerCoaster Tycoon Classic	2017
RollerCoaster Tycoon Adventures	2019

Key points

The game has low system requirements and will run on most computers.

The game runs on a slightly improved RollerCoaster Tycoon engine. It features a scenario editor, new rides and an improved UI to build underground rides of any kind.

OpenRCT2 is working on fixing the dated engine shortcomings.

General information

RollerCoaster Tycoon Wiki - A wiki dedicated to everything RollerCoaster Tycoon related

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability[edit]

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		SecuROM DRM disc check.
Amazon.com		Triple Thrill Pack.
GOG.com		Triple Thrill Pack.
Green Man Gaming		Triple Thrill Pack.
Humble Store		Triple Thrill Pack.
Steam		Triple Thrill Pack.

DLC and expansion packs

Name	Notes
Time Twister
Wacky Worlds

Version differences[edit]

Triple Thrill Pack is a complete edition with both expansions released in 2003.

Game data[edit]

Configuration file(s) location[edit]

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\Data^{[Note 1]}
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/285330/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game data location[edit]

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\Saved Games^{[Note 1]}
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/285330/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game cloud syncing[edit]

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video settings[edit]

In-game options menu.

Graphics feature	State	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed		Use the RCT2 windowed mode hack.^[1]
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS		FPS locked to 40, although this lock can be removed with OpenRCT2.

Input settings[edit]

In-game key map settings.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.

Audio settings[edit]

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
Dutch				Unavailable in digital releases
English				The UK and US English releases differ slightly in certain names and terms. The digital releases have US English.
French
German
Italian
Polish				Unavailable in digital releases
Russian
Spanish
Swedish				Unavailable in digital releases

Other information[edit]

API[edit]

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	8

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

System requirements[edit]

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	98	ME, 2000, XP
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium II 300 MHz
System memory (RAM)	64 MB	128 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	800 MB	850 MB
Video card (GPU)	8 MB of VRAM DirectX 8.1 compatible

Notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 When running this game without Administrator elevation, activity in %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMFILES(X86)%, and %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore\ (more details).
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/285330/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (285330) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

↑ HACK: Run RCT2 in windowed mode, page 1 - Forum - GOG.com

[gamedir-1] 1.0 ^1.1 When running this game without Administrator elevation, activity in %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMFILES(X86)%, and %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore\ (more details).

[Proton_path_note-2] 2.0 ^2.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/285330/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (285330) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

[3] HACK: Run RCT2 in windowed mode, page 1 - Forum - GOG.com

[Note 1]

[Note 2]

[1]

Developers

	Chris Sawyer
Expansions	Frontier Developments
Publishers
	Infogrames
Release dates
Windows	October 15, 2002