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Imagine riding this vehicle.
Between each of the hoops, they're in freefall. Which means that passing the hoop needs to arrest the fall and impart enough upwards velocity to make it to the next hoop (maybe half a second away?)
The effect on the passengers would be a quickly alternating weightlessness followed by a strong kick in the ass. Imagine driving full speed on a bumpy as fuck dirt road.
Even if this design was practical to construct (it's not) and cheaper to operate (it wouldn't be), nobody would want to ride it.
Easy, we accelerate it to a bit under 8km/s and all points with exception of the last fall apart.
I see no problems with that 😐