$6.24 (−75%)Virtual Rides 3 - Funfair Simulator Run the Fairground Yourself
Take the controls of over 15 fairground rides, tune the lights, fog and music to your taste, and then climb in for the ride.
Is Virtual Rides 3 - Funfair Simulator worth it?
Virtual Rides 3 - Funfair Simulator is worth it if…
- you love fairs and always wanted to know what the operator sees
- you enjoy tinkering: colors, lights, fog and decoration, one detail at a time
- you want a relaxed sandbox with no timers, goals or failure
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Working the control booth
You are the operator. Take your place in the booth, watch the staff collect tickets and close the safety bars, then fire up the motors and hydraulics on the 3D panel. Some rides let you simply spin one way or the other. Others, like the top spin or the booster, ask more of you: swing the arm back and forth, feeding it momentum until it carries the gondola over the top into a full loop. Physics decides whether your passengers end up upside down or just queasy. When the queue empties, you decide when to slow it down and let them off.
Making each ride your own
Every attraction is a canvas. Change the colors of the components, swap the components themselves, add decoration, and stage the whole thing with lighting, effect equipment, fog machines and stroboscopes. The fairground really comes into its own after dark, and since you can change the time and even the weather, you can flip to sunset whenever you like: lasers, color changes and a full lighting show across twelve acres. Happy riders earn you points, which you can spend on more effect gear for the next show. There is also a microphone, so you can record your own calls and hype the crowd yourself.
What else should you know?
Can you ride your own attractions?
Yes. Any ride has a first person on-ride camera, so once the passengers are strapped in you can climb aboard and take the loop yourself. There is also VR support for an even more stomach-churning version of the same idea.
Is there a goal or campaign?
No, it is a pure sandbox. You run rides, earn points for satisfied guests and unlock new objects and effect gear, but there is no management layer and no win condition. People who want objectives run out of things to chase; people who like endless tinkering lose whole evenings to it.
How big is the fairground?
Twelve acres, with more than 15 rides and over 100 stands, filled by a large crowd that wanders, queues and reacts to what is going on around it. Rides you are not currently running sit idle, so the grounds can feel quiet away from your main attraction.
