OpenRCT2, the open-source reimplementation of RollerCoaster Tycoon 2, has been released in version v0.5.3 “Well, I didn’t vote for you!”.

This update adds new track pieces for inverted roller coasters and a cheat to disable grass growth, plus numerous fixes for sprites, multiplayer desyncs, and water colors.

0.5.3 (2026-07-05)

Features:

• Add all new track pieces to the inverted roller coaster. [#26308]
• Add cheat to disable grass growing. [#26442]

Improvements:

• On Linux, RCT2 and RCT1 installs in Wine are now automatically detected. [#7921]
• Changing the train type, length, or direction no longer resets the number of laps if there is just one train. [#26325]
• Re-order St. Basil’s Cathedral pieces to be more consistent. [objects#437]

Changes:

• A clear scenario editor can now be opened directly from the command line. [#26689]
• Drop numbers from Wacky Worlds scenery descriptions. [objects#439]

Fixes:

• Incorrect sprites drawn for path elements without a valid object. [#24613]
• Ride stats do not reset when changing the number of trains changes the number of laps. [#26323]
• The limits for where walls on the path side of the first tile block the view of rides/scenery are wrong (original bug). [#26494]
• The boosts/penalties to excitement and nausea that air time provides are calculated wrong. [#26504]
• Game crashes when plugin API function generateGuest fails to generate a guest. [#26545]
• Crash when drawing path elements without a valid object. [#26578]
• Desync when placing a track design in multiplayer. [#26605]
• Fix Alton Towers stall and Rock’n’Roll Revival toilet being closed on scenario start. [#26654]
• Missing construction rights owned on UCES Sand Dune scenario. [#26722]
• Some colours in green, acid green, pink and red water are inconsistent with natural water. [objects#411]
• St. Basil’s Cathedral building pieces are incorrectly labelled as “Kremlin” pieces. [objects#436]
• Some walls are not marked as see-through while they don’t fully block the view. [objects#438]
• Inconsistencies in scenario/park name capitalisation. [objects#440]

Source: GitHub