Are Theme Park Simulators getting good enough?

[ChrisFL]

I've been watching recent Planet Coaster videos lately and started to wonder if they're becoming good enough to be used as an early pre-visualization tool for actual theme park designers.

I'm talking like early brainstorming phases. I don't think Rollercoaster Tycoon 3 was really good enough, but the kind of things they're doing in Planet Coaster are quite impressive.

Thoughts?

 

[ChrisFL]

As a follow up, I decided to ask a few Imagineers via Twitter and one of them replied that yes, they are able to get advanced enough for that purpose in certain situations which is awesome

 

[spacemt354]

I've been watching recent Planet Coaster videos lately and started to wonder if they're becoming good enough to be used as an early pre-visualization tool for actual theme park designers.

I'm talking like early brainstorming phases. I don't think Rollercoaster Tycoon 3 was really good enough, but the kind of things they're doing in Planet Coaster are quite impressive.

Thoughts?

Planet Coaster is pretty impressive -- I could see it used in the early stages or for certain attractions. Interior mock-ups probably need to be a bit more specific, but to get a general overview of exteriors or roller coaster tracks, it does a really good job

I mean that looks like the Haunted Mansion