TRACE · ROUND 4

A benchmark in which language models design roller coasters that RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 builds, tests, and rates.

openrouter_deepseek_deepseek-v4.1-flash · 20260910-deepseek-v41-flash-design · round 4 back to model →
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150
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66
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8:13
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  11. 1:29

    Now I have the geometry. Let me plan and start building the outbound section (station, lift, big drop, airtime hills).

  12. 1:29
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  13. 1:38
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  14. 1:38

    Outbound built. Now the far turn and return leg with a vertical-loop field.

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  16. 1:40

    Circuit closed. Let me test it and bank a score.

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  20. 2:09

    Banked 7.01 (ride time was short — only 64s). Let me rebuild with a long slow top section and more content to raise excitement.

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  25. 2:26

    Height misalignment — I'll rebuild with an exactly-counted lift.

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  33. 2:53

    Off by 8 x due to a loop miscount. Undo the final turn and insert two loops.

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  36. 2:55
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  37. 2:57

    Closed. Testing v2.

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  41. 3:20

    v2 intensity hit 10.5 — that tanks the score. Reverting to the 240-height profile with more length.

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  49. 4:03
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  50. 4:03

    v3 scored 7.21 — intensity at the 10 cap. Let me try a taller drop with a softened (25°) runout to keep g-forces down.

  51. 4:03
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  52. 4:06
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  53. 4:06
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  54. 4:19
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  55. 4:19

    Lift count slipped again. Rebuilding with an exact 18-piece lift and verifying.

  56. 4:19
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  58. 4:23
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  59. 4:26
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  60. 4:26
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  61. 4:29
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  62. 4:29
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  63. 4:31
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  65. 4:57
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  66. 4:57

    Tall drops push intensity over the cliff. Let me test whether a long slow top-flat run (as in the 7.38 design) raises ride time and excitement.

  67. 4:57
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  68. 5:01
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  69. 5:01
    $0.0006
  70. 5:04
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  71. 5:04
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  72. 5:06
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  73. 5:06
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  74. 5:15
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  75. 5:15

    v5 = 7.21 at safer intensity 9.56. The 7.38 design had a ~33-unit drop. Let me try a 272-height drop (16 lift pieces) plus long top flats.

  76. 5:15
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  77. 5:17
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  78. 5:17
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  79. 5:28
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  80. 5:28

    Lift landed at 15 pieces (H=256) — still a bigger drop. Adapting the descent to the actual height.

  81. 5:28
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  82. 5:30
    finish_and_test120 ms
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  83. 5:30
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  84. 5:40
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  85. 5:40

    Same 7.2. The 7.38 design used boosters — let me test whether boosters add excitement.

  86. 5:40
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  87. 5:42
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  88. 5:42
    $0.0006
  89. 5:47
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  90. 5:47
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  91. 5:50
    finish_and_test801 ms
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  92. 5:50
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  93. 6:20
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  94. 6:21

    Boosters added a little (7.24). Let me try a tall drop with a mid-course brake to keep intensity under 10.

  95. 6:21
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  96. 6:24
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  107. 6:51

    The brake caused a valley/runaway — no score. Let me carefully build an H=272 version, verifying the lift count in two steps.

  108. 6:51
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  114. 7:01

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  115. 7:01
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  117. 7:07
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  121. 7:23

    New best: 7.26. Let me push further — more top flats and 10 inversions.

  122. 7:23
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  123. 7:25
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  124. 7:25
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  125. 7:27
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  126. 7:28
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  130. 7:34
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  131. 7:37
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  132. 7:37
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  134. 7:48

    7.32 now. Let me push the slow top run further with 24 flats.

  135. 7:48
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  136. 7:50
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  137. 7:51
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  143. 7:59
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  147. 8:10

    Best so far: 7.33. Let me confirm the banked result.

  148. 8:10
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  149. 8:13

    Banked: **steel twister, excitement 7.33** (intensity 9.74, 10 inversions, 1042 length, similarity 0.36) — a 272-high chain lift drops into a 33-unit plunge, sweeping hills, a far U-turn, and a 10-loop inversion field with boosters.

  150. 8:13
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