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The Best Virtual Roller Coaster Rides, Vol. 1

Roller coaster POV videos have become an at-home craze during the pandemic. Use this ranking to tour the world’s best virtual roller coaster rides. Screw your courage to the sticking place!

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Seth Abramson
Sep 08, 2022
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ABOVE: Tron Lightcycle Power Run in Shanghai, China.

Introduction

As a child, I was fascinated by roller coasters. And I also loathed the sight of them.

Due to issues with motion-sickness and vertigo I’ve had as long as I can remember, I’ve only ever ridden two roller coasters: the Yankee Cannonball, a now 92-year-old wooden coaster at Canobie Lake Park i…

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