Yep , i ' ve pretty much had the same experience . Not to mention how sporadic income can be . I ' ve found that the time of year also effects park population and ride popularity , which is kind of assinine since there is really no difference or indication between the seasons . Couple that with such frequent breakdowns and whether or not you can actually make money boils down to RNG . I thought maybe if I have more rides the income will be easier to manage , but that just ends with CONSTANT break downs . 2 American arrows with 6 . 0 excitement and green nauseafear and 4 or 5 of the other first non coaster rides still netted me negative cash flow AFTER loans were repaid well into the 8 th year , after simming on max speed while playing another game in the background a ' la cities skylines . Granted I didn ' t have any scenery in some of them but that hardly made a difference . Maybe a tutorial or better explanation of game mechanics would help , but I was just left with this feeling like they spent five minutes adjusting some sliders and called it a day . So after release and through patch # 1 I ' ve pretty much gone from to to .