Launch Comparison

This page allows you to compare the acceleration profiles of different roller coasters' launches. You may select the desired coasters from the list below, or choose "Select Random" to randomly select four coasters.

The data for this page is taken from the .forces files uploaded to this site. For coasters where multiple recordings are available, the average g-force among all of the recordings is used.

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Peak Force	Name	Park	# Rec
2.334g	Maxx Force	Six Flags Great America	2022-07-06 2022-07-06 2023-05-12 2023-05-12 2023-05-12 2023-05-12 2023-05-19 2023-05-20 2023-07-20 2023-07-20 2024-05-29 2024-06-03 2024-06-04 2024-06-04 2024-07-24 2024-07-24 2024-07-25 2024-08-12 2024-08-13
2.030g	Xcelerator	Knott's Berry Farm	2021-10-17 2024-04-21 2024-04-21 2024-04-21 2024-04-21 2024-04-21 2024-04-21 2024-09-28
1.021g	Top Thrill 2 (First launch)	Cedar Point	2024-04-28 2024-05-04 2024-05-04
0.769g	Big Bear Mountain	Dollywood	2024-05-19 2024-05-19 2024-05-20 2024-05-20 2024-05-20 2024-05-20
1.843g	Stealth	Thorpe Park	2023-07-18 2024-04-18 2024-06-01 2024-06-01 2024-06-05 2024-07-11 2024-07-12 2024-07-12 2024-08-11
1.148g	Thunderbird	Holiday World	2022-06-15 2022-06-15 2023-06-02 2023-06-02 2023-06-03 2023-06-03 2023-06-03 2023-06-03 2024-05-31 2024-06-01 2024-06-01 2024-06-01 2024-06-01 2024-06-01 2024-06-01 2024-06-01 2024-06-01 2024-06-02 2024-06-02 2024-06-02 2024-06-02 2024-09-01
1.175g	Flash: Vertical Velocity	Six Flags Great America	2022-07-06 2023-05-12 2023-05-12 2024-07-24 2024-08-12
0.945g	Flight of Fear	Kings Island	2022-08-12 2023-12-21
2.673g	Kingda Ka Defunct	Six Flags Great Adventure	2022-04-10 2022-06-13 2022-06-15 2022-06-15
1.599g	Powder Keg	Silver Dollar City	2023-12-02 2024-07-06 2024-10-11 2024-10-11 2024-10-12
1.943g	Rita	Alton Towers	2024-05-29 2024-08-21
2.061g	Storm Runner	Hersheypark	2024-03-31 2024-07-07 2024-07-07 2024-07-07 2024-07-08 2024-07-11 2024-08-20 2024-10-12 2024-10-28
2.478g	Top Thrill Dragster Defunct	Cedar Point	2019-09-08 2019-10-06 2019-10-20 2019-10-20 2020-07-24
0.765g	Backlot Stunt Coaster	Kings Island	2022-08-12
0.705g	Copperhead Strike	Carowinds	2021-07-25 2023-11-04 2023-11-04
1.121g	Mr Freeze	Six Flags St. Louis	2024-07-04 2024-07-04 2024-07-04
0.813g	West Coast Racers	Six Flags Magic Mountain	2021-10-16 2021-10-16 2023-08-26 2023-08-26
0.886g	Firechaser Express	Dollywood	2024-05-19 2024-05-20 2024-05-20
1.142g	Wicked Twister	Cedar Point	2021-08-29
1.136g	Lightning Rod (Launch)	Dollywood	2023-09-25
1.148g	Taron	Phantasialand	2023-10-04 2023-10-04 2023-10-04 2023-10-30 2024-09-27
1.210g	SUPERMAN: Escape From Krypton	Six Flags Magic Mountain	2021-10-16
1.351g	Full Throttle (First launch)	Six Flags Magic Mountain	2021-12-05
1.065g	Velocicoaster (First launch)	Universal Studios Islands of Adventure	2022-06-16 2024-06-02
0.834g	Booster Bike	Toverland	2024-09-25
1.269g	Maverick (70mph launch)	Cedar Point	2022-08-19 2022-08-26 2022-08-26 2022-08-26 2022-08-26 2022-08-26 2024-10-27
1.049g	Poltergeist	Six Flags Fiesta Texas	2023-11-20
0.706g	Top Thrill 2 (Third launch)	Cedar Point	2024-04-28 2024-05-04 2024-05-04
0.960g	Firechaser Express (Backwards launch)	Dollywood	2024-05-19 2024-05-20 2024-05-20
0.582g	Tigris (First launch)	Busch Gardens Tampa	2022-02-25
0.695g	Full Throttle (Backwards launch)	Six Flags Magic Mountain	2021-12-05
1.237g	Voltron Nevera (First launch)	Europa Park	2024-04-29 2024-04-29
0.994g	Voltron Nevera (Backwards launch)	Europa Park	2024-04-29 2024-04-29
1.232g	Steel Venom	Valleyfair	2023-08-06 2023-08-06 2023-08-06 2023-08-06
0.788g	ICON (launch 1)	Blackpool Pleasure Beach	2024-04-27
0.482g	Mandrill Mayhem	Chessington World of Adventures	2024-08-17 2024-08-17 2024-08-17 2024-08-20 2024-08-25
0.528g	Electric Eel	Seaworld San Diego	2023-05-20
1.402g	Incredible Hulk	Islands of Adventure	2023-05-22
0.587g	Phobia Phear Coaster	Lake Compounce	2024-05-11 2024-07-06 2024-08-25
0.539g	Arctic Rescue (launch 1)	Seaworld San Diego	2023-12-19
0.502g	Arctic Rescue (launch 2)	Seaworld San Diego	2023-12-19
1.857g	Desert Race	Heide Park Resort	2022-09-13
1.281g	Batman Gotham City Escape	Parque Warner Madrid	2024-11-16
3.764g	Dodonpa SYNTHETIC* Defunct	Fuji-Q Highland	See Maxx Force recordings

*Dodonpa Synthetic is simply a restretching of Maxx Force's data to align with Dodonpa's acceleration statistics. A recording of Dodonpa's actual launch would be much appreciated.