New Texas Giant vs Storm Chaser
card comparison
| Stat | New Texas Giant | Storm Chaser | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Height | 153 ft | 100 ft | |
| Speed | 65 mph | 52 mph | |
| Inversions | 0 | 3 | |
| Throughputest. | 1400 rph | 950 rph | |
| Build Costest. | 10 $m | 10 $m | |
| Vintage | 2011 | 2016 |
Vintage is the reversed stat — the older ride wins. Every number here is the same one printed on the card; see /methodology for how Build Cost and Throughput are sourced.
The verdict
New Texas Giant takes it 4–1, and the 1 Storm Chaser does win is the whole of its case.
New Texas Giant is a hybrid IBox Track (Texas Giant conversion) coaster at Six Flags Over Texas, US, built by Rocky Mountain Construction. Storm Chaser is a hybrid IBox Track (Twisted Twins conversion) coaster at Kentucky Kingdom, US, built by Rocky Mountain Construction.
Both are in US, which puts them in the same conversation for anyone planning a trip there.
They come from the same drawing office: Rocky Mountain Construction. That makes the gaps below a question of brief and budget rather than engineering house style.
Both are hybrid-track, so nothing here is the usual steel-versus-wood argument in disguise.
They are near-contemporaries — 2011 and 2016 — so they were competing for the same riders when they opened.
Stat by stat
- Height goes to New Texas Giant at 153 ft against 100 ft — a long way clear.
- Speed goes to New Texas Giant at 65 mph against 52 mph — well clear.
- Storm Chaser inverts 3 times against nothing at all from New Texas Giant — the widest kind of gap there is on this stat.
- Throughput goes to New Texas Giant at 1,400 rph against 950 rph — a long way clear.
- Build Cost splits them not at all: both read 10 $m.
- Vintage is reversed, so New Texas Giant's 2011 takes it from Storm Chaser's 2016 — 5 years in it.