Hyperia Off Ride | Thorpe Park Resort in 4K 60fps

As the UK's new tallest and fastest roller coaster, this jaw-dropping Mack hyper coaster is the country's most anticipated new ride in two decades. Does it live up to the hype? In my opinion, absolutely.

Although it's one of the shorter hyper coasters on the planet, Hyperia packs so much into its compact layout, including a twisted beyond vertical drop, three giant inversions and relentless ejector airtime throughout. Reaching speeds of 80 mph from a 236 ft tall lift hill, the ride towers over the rest of the park's coaster collection, combining elements from all of them to make the UK's biggest and best roller coaster (there, I said it!). Particular highlights include the gut wrenching first drop which is best enjoyed in the back, the sustained airtime off the immelman, the hangtime on stalled dive loop and the ride's most iconic element, an outward banked airtime hill that throws you into a barrel roll downdrop. Stealth, Saw, Nemesis Inferno and Swarm are all excellent coasters, but none of them can quite match Hyperia's raw intensity, which is certainly a step up from the Mack LSM launched coasters such as Icon, Blue Fire, Helix and Copperhead Strike.