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September 2015 Update:
As of September 2015, we have modified the rating system a bit. The current system will stay in place, but in addition to that, we are offering a new way to rate. The current numbers system doesn't add up to this new way, but we trust that the users will be able to set the numbers in a way that they will be able to award numbers to the uploader that they think the uploader deserves!
Anyway here's how the secondary rating system works. It needs to be 3-4 sentences long and include the following...
- Something you like or don't like
- A comment giving advice or ideas
- An additional comment about the track or creator
On the site we have 4 rating categories:
- Realistic
- Fantasy
- Recreation
- Park
Here we go,
Realistic:
- Realism- How real does the track feel to be. How believable is it that this track can be built in
real life. - Technique- Did the designer use good building and creative technique when designing the
track? - Adrenaline- Was it fun? Did it get your heart pumping as it was intended? Did it provide with
you thrills? - Uniqueness- In comparison to other realistic tracks, how unique is it? If it felt like you had
ridden something like this before, then perhaps it wasn't unique enough. If it had a lot of "stuff"
you didn't expect, then it most likely was quite unique. - Rider Value- Do you think this track provides good value to you, the person riding it? If it was a
real ride, would you have been satisfied to have paid to ride it? Consider the fee to enter your
local theme park, would you go to your local theme park to ride it?
The math for Realistic. When calculation the Average rating, this is the math:
(Realism + Technique + Adrenaline + Uniqueness + Rider Value) / 5 = Average Rating
We use a 5 because they rated it on 5 rating criteria.
Fantasy:
- Technique- Self Explanatory
- Adrenaline- Self Explanatory
- Originality- Does it feel like all the other fantasy tracks? Was there something in it that made it
stand out?
The math for Fantasy. When calculation the Average rating, this is the math:
(Technique + Adrenaline + Originality) / 3 = Average Rating
We use a 3 because they rated it on 3 rating criteria.
Recreation:
- Trackwork Accuracy Was the trackwork exactly as it is in real life?
- Pacing Accuracy Did it feel like the real ride would feel? Does the ride look as if it is going much
faster/slower than in a video you've watched of it? - Scenery Accuracy Is the terrain editing accurate? Is the car texture accurate? Is the placement
of objects accurate? - Attention To Detail Was there enough attention paid to the smaller details such as catwalks,
walkways, queue line setup, etc. - Degree of Difficulty Here we let the person rating the track decide for themselves how difficult
it would have been for them to recreate this track. This category will for as a multipler where a
score of 10 is a multiplier of 1 and a score of 1 is a multiple or .1
The math for Recreations. When calculation the Average rating, this is the math:
((Trackwork Acc. + Pacing Acc. + Scenerey Acc. + Attention to Detail) / 4) * Degree of Difficulty = Average
Rating
We use a 4 because they rated it on 4 rating criteria and we multiply that result with the Degree of
Difficulty multiplier. That way if someone decides to recreate a roller coaster that is super easy to
recreate with no scenery and it is a perfect recreation and the ratings are 10-10-10 they don't up beating
out a track that is immensely more difficult to recreate but scored lower, even though it was a lot more
work to recreate. This should create some sort of balance between easy and hard recreations.
Park:
- Attraction Placement How well are the rides placed with one another? Is one section of the
park overcrowded with 10 rides while another section is rather abandoned with only 1 ride?
- Overall Quality of Rides Is the quality of rides in the park good?
- Theme Is there a good theme throughout the park? Was the use of 3d objects use well enough
to enhance the experience in the theme park or were they redundant and didn't add much
value? Is there good terrain editing to enhance the experience? Is there good sectioning of the
various themes in the park.
- Accessibility Was there well planning when playing the tracks around the park. Did the
designer think about getting from the exit of Track A to the entrance of Track B? Are the
walkways well planned out? - Use of Space Given the amount of space used for the park, did they use that space widely or
could they have done better? This doesn't mean putting the most amount of coasters in the
smallest footprint but rather it means did the designer, given the space used, make the most of
it?
The math for Park. When calculation the Average rating, this is the math:
(Attraction Placement + Overall Quality of Rides + Theme + Accessibility + Use of Space) / 5 = Average
Rating
We use a 5 because they rated it on 5 rating criteria.
Important Information!
Rates must be at least 50 characters in length or else the rate will not be accepted.
Rates that only say "good job man, I liked it a lot" and provide a numerical rate will be deleted or numbers will be removed as there is no explanation why you gave the scores you gave.
If you would like to write a rate that helps the builder out the most, we would recommend 2+ sentences per category of rate. To be more specific, for a Fantasy Park, you would have 2+ sentences on Technique, 2+ sentences on Adrenaline, and 2+ sentences on Technique. This would be the most ideal rate and would get you the most thumbs up!
This rating criteria format was designed and agreed upon, by a majority, by the members of the website. So don't go knocking down Admins or Moderators because of it.
