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Meet the latest contender for best new roller coaster of 2016

Six Flags Discovery Kingdom plans to transform the existing Roar wooden coaster into a taller, faster and steeper wood-steel hybrid coaster dubbed The Joker that looks like a contender for best new ride of 2016.

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Set to debut in the Spring, the renovated coaster at the Vallejo amusement park will feature 15 airtime hills and three inversions, including a zero-G barrel roll.

The Joker will also include a world's first element called a “step-up under-flip inverted roll” that twists riders upside down as they head uphill before emptying them into a 270-degree hairpin turn.