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Just wonderful. The most recent picture is incredible, it feels so real! I'm speechless. Also lots of respect for your Himalaya in the background! Looking forward for more :)

Gosh, I missed a lot of updates! First of all, congratulations on Gondlheim. What an amazing place! Of course, the inspiration from Phantasialand is obvious, but you made your own amazing thing out of it. The details are incredible. I especially loved the Trevakr station interior, and the 4th picture in the Ymirs Wrath segment. And yep, the new main street has the right vibe for the park, well done! Your work is top notch. And I totally understand your feelings regarding Planet Coaster 2. I'm just trying to build my first park with it, and everything is so much more complicated than with Planco 1. I keep questioning whether I should commit to PC2 with all its shortcomings, or move back to PC1. Will be happy to see more soon, but first, from musician to musician: Good luck with your studio :)

Thanks Wagi :) I’m so glad you’re highlighting the wheels. Originally I’ve had this idea for an RCT3 park that I had on my mind about ten years ago, but which never turned into „reality“. But some ideas for that park made it to Explorica, the spiritual successor so to say. Thank you shyguy, this means a lot to me :) The Everest Inn is actually my own favourite thing in the whole park. Thanks JB, I’m glad to hear you liked it :) _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Re: Explorica Post #10 - 04-06-2008 We’ve now covered all areas of the park, but still we haven’t seen everything yet! Time for a nighttime walk through Discoverytown. The crowd was gathering near Balloon Plaza, but a few people were still in Everest Inn, so we had to wait for them. In the meantime, I’ve approached that building to the left, which houses „The Plaza“, the most expensive restaurant in the park. This is also when I found out that they made a mistake on the park map, which says that „11“ is „Captain’s Happy Place“, but Captain’s Happy Place is actually the more affordable self service restaurant in the orange building. So, I took a look through the window, inside The Plaza: Not a capacity monster, but certainly a class on its own. A few moments later, the group was complete again, so we walked back in the direction of the park entrance. These hanseatic / scandinavian inspired buildings are home to Captain Clutter’s Tavern and the Harbor Bakery. Behind the railroad bridge, we’ve moved over to the other side of the canal, looking over to the side we came from: That side of the canal is a really weird mix of all kinds of styles, but personally I like the white Explorica Store building to the right. But where do we go? Somehow we ended up on the railroad bridge again (see my 3rd post in this thread), which is part of the „Scenic Walkway“. You don’t only get a look over Discoverytown, but after a short walk, you can also get a view on Shangri-La: Eventually, we’ve ended up in front of the „Expo“ structure, which is basically the gate towards the Explorica Theater. It was already quite late, but apparently the media event wasn’t over yet... What next? I’ll tell you some other time. :)

I didn't get the pack yet, but I've seen videos. While it isn't the turning point for me, it's certainly a rather good sign. Lots of useful objects there. But seriously... rides. This game badly needs a lot more common flat and gentle rides, vintage steel coasters, powered coaster, water rides and non-ride attractions. I wish the variety and "fidelity to the original" (hope this term works, I'm no native English speaker) that they apply to the coasters section would also be applied to the flat rides portfolio. Instead we get countless awkward rides that are seen in hardly any real life park. At least, the hope isn't all dead yet, and the very welcome Flying Theatre is hopefully a proof.

Wow, this is really well done... I haven't yet seen Planet Coaster 2 looking this good! The layout of the park, and every corner of it, is so well thought-through, with all the perfectly arranged visual axes. The new land already looks wonderful, can't wait to see more of it. Great project. Btw, I wish Planet Coaster 2 had a reshade feature built into it. You really made it appear more realistic.

Oh thank you! It's greyed out in my settings, because my graphics card doesn't support raytracing. Good to know, I completely missed that. My mistake..

My biggest issues with PC2 remain the lack of (mostly flat / gentle / common) rides, and the way everything looks, as if it doesn't exist. Coaster supports look like plastic straws, if you know what I mean. It would be nice to get an option for more realistic looking graphics, like we had in PC1. And still, it would be nice to get darkness in caves. This pack looks nice, but it's nothing that will bring me back to the game. Give me a powered coaster, rowing boats and a Huss Condor (and so many others), and I'm giving it another chance.

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Wow, what a cool project! The details are incredible. I love how you included some Europa-Park and Phantasialand inspired elements into this project. Personally, I haven't been to Phantasialand since before Klugheim opened, but with Gondlheim, you really nailed Klugheim's vibe that I only know from photos and videos. Another favourite of mine is the Poseidon style water coaster passage between the Greek facades. In some images, I really felt like I'm actually in Europa-Park (especially that view on your water coaster with the Eurosat dome in the background), but you really made your own thing out of it, and it's so good. Can't wait to see more! Of course I am torn between Gondlheim and Apollonia, but my vote is on Gondlheim :)

I'd love to see DLCs based on decades, with classic rides from the 1960s, 70s, 80s and so on. A 1990s DLC could then also include dinosaur animatronics, because of the dino hype after Jurassic Park. And I agree, any animatronics should look and move like real animatronics, not like real dinosaurs.

Wow, great project, Wagi! Loving the idea of turning this old park concept into "reality". Storyville is fantastic. I'd never have the patience to build a main street style area of this scale, great job. And here's another fan of the Whacky Shack.

I also noticed the international languages subforums still have Planet Coaster 2 sections. For example, the Planet Coaster 2 thread in the German subforum is still open. It is weird.

It’s been a while! Thank you, JB! And yep, golden hour is so beautifully done in Planet Coaster 1, wonderful vibes. Thanks, Wagi! The first ideas for The Lotus were quite different to the „real“ thing, the final version somehow evolved while playing around, and I’m very happy that it did! Probably my favourite structure in the whole park. :) _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Re: Explorica Post #9 - 28-05-2008 Around sunset, our guided tour ahead of tomorrow’s soft opening came to one of its highlights: The Exclusive Ride Time on Karma - followed by our dinner in Everest Inn. We from the press were among the first people ever to ride this gem of a coaster. Right behind the entrance gate, the queue path takes us to the heights of the Himalaya: Eventually, we reached the very atmospheric station of the coaster. The interiors are inspired by monasteries of the region. Unfortunately, it’s forbidden to film on the coaster, but the park provided us with three shots taken on Karma. The launch… Himalaya realness.. …and oh, another launch! There’s the enclosed second launch section with the spinning prayer wheels - this is a truly surprising and memorable part of the ride. Karma is such a fun launched coaster, runs super smooth and the views from it are spectacular. Back to my own photos now! Leaving the station building: Some of us couldn’t get enough of Karma. Meanwhile, I decided to walk around the empty Shangri-La area a bit, and enjoyed the calm atmosphere here. Approaching the Everest Inn, the location for our group dinner. Everest Inn is a two-story restaurant and a sight on its own. Shortly before six o clock, all the event attendants gathered in this truly magic corner of Explorica and waited to be let into the restaurant for the much anticipated dinner. The most curious ones (like me) were getting a sneak peek through the windows… …and finally, the doors were opened to this most beautiful restaurant of Explorica. The weather was so good that we could sit in the outside areas of the upper floor, enjoying our dinner with wonderful views upon Shangri-La. Karma did some more test runs before tomorrow’s big day. Almost an hour later, the park showed its nighttime magic. It was time to head back to the central hub of Explorica. That’s all of Explorica’s themed areas covered, but Discoverytown by night was a special treat. But that’s something for another time!

So nice to see some new and some familiar names here, so: Welcome and welcome back to ParkCrafters. 🥳 The frustrating state of PC2 and the whole genre actually inspires me to push myself into creation, and to contribute more to the forum again. As much as life allows it. Though, with the roller coaster that 2025 has been here in real life, who knows what's behind the next curve 🤪

Welcome to ParkCrafters! Looking great. The monochrome interior pics are kinda magic!