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I haven't picked it up yet, but do want.

I've never been one to play city builder games but picked this up on Saturday and went to sleep at 5AM that night.

Traffic at the highway is something I need to YouTube to see how to fix it. I'm on my second city with each having different problems and just trying to figure out how everything works. My city is around 15k population and traffic really starts to be an issue now.

What I had seen before getting the game is to use a lot of 1 way streets to control the traffic but the services (fire/police/medical) don't show their sphere of influence far down the 1 ways so I'm not sure if that's a bug or if they can't get there at all.

Traffic Guide

This helps. A lot. You can get highway interchanges from the steam workshop that will save you a lot of time in terms of creating your own. Just be aware that a number of them sacrifice utility for aesthetics. You also may want to take a look at the Traffic Report Tool 1.2 mod, which has helped me identify problems.


I've tried to avoid the cliches (every intersection a roundabout, or an entirely perfect grid, or just using modular "stamps" someone uploaded to the workshop to lay down roadway) and let my city grow organically. Pedestrian walkways are your friend though, they can really cut down on traffic if done right. I have 2 districts that have virtually no traffic due to their walkability despite them being entirely high density residential/commercial/offices.

My biggest weakness right now is maximizing the utility of public transit. That's going to require a major overhaul tonight.

I think I added the traffic report tool but didn't look to see how it worked. I did create a ton of metro lines and will have to check if that makes a big difference.

I have added some walkways but the slopes never seem to work out right and the walkway looks weird. Guess I need to research that as well.

The problem I have with the traffic in the game is how there can be a completely viable 2nd way to get somewhere and no one takes it because the clogged up route is the shortest. They should let us have a traffic helicopter flying around giving news reports so people can travel alternate routes as well.

My citizens need to learn how to check the traffic map before getting on the road.

Absolutely love this game. I tend to try and make my city as realistic as possible with certain districts and mass transit for the workers.

It still amazes me that the creators of SimCity 5 just didn't simply give the user base what they wanted.

I downloaded Blender because I thought it'd be fun to make my own buildings and add them to the game. Then I quickly realized that I have absolutely no idea how to work the program.

You guys should check out the forums on simtropolis. great threads and tips, and especially check out the city journals. lots of cool cities being built and you can learn a lot of tips by seeing how others are doing it.

I don't have high hopes that a real "Sim CIty" will ever be made again now that Maxis has been dissolved by EA.

The auto bulldoze mod is fantastic. It bulldozes abandoned and burnt buildings

I agree, that mod is great.

Apparently Texas roadways are unique enough that there's tons of intersections on the workshop and even roads specifically labeled as Texas highway with frontage road. Do other states not have these things?

There are states that don't. Travelled to Charlotte and Hartford and they're pretty much strictly on/off and no streets running parallel to the freeway.

At what point do you think your city isn't worth redevelopment and start over? My first one I started anew at 10k because I didn't know what I was doing.

I'm at 25k on the new one and I'd have to tear up a lot of area to rebuild roads to fix traffic and I'm wondering if it's just time to use another strategy.

Remember to use a road hierarchy to help distribute your global traffic. It's not so much one way roads (although these are helpful), but understanding how the ai values a path. In general, think Highway (tier 1) -> 6/4 lane to distribute off highway and major areas (tier 2) -> 2 lane roads.

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I agree, that mod is great.

Apparently Texas roadways are unique enough that there's tons of intersections on the workshop and even roads specifically labeled as Texas highway with frontage road. Do other states not have these things?

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It is actually fairly unique. Don't miss your exit in rural Pennsylvania is all I've got to say...

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At what point do you think your city isn't worth redevelopment and start over? My first one I started anew at 10k because I didn't know what I was doing.

I'm at 25k on the new one and I'd have to tear up a lot of area to rebuild roads to fix traffic and I'm wondering if it's just time to use another strategy.

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I'd either restart, or expand to a new area of the map. That way you can make the new area ideal, and it will bring in revenue so that when you destroy the old portion for renovations, you won't run out of cash-flow. The problem with completely starting over is it means limited funds, no income, and you've got to unlock everything again.

Best mods (imo, I run with these as my base setup):
Automatic Bulldoze
Traffic Report Tool 1.2
City Statistics Easy Access
Extended Public Transport UI
All 25 areas purchasable
ChirpFilter
Mod Achievement Enabler

there are some good mods for graphical improvements as well, but I haven't really used them as I'm not playing on exactly a powerhouse gaming rig.

I'm tempted to test some graphical mods but comments about them suggest a lot of bugs still. Stuff like ambient occlusion disabling saving assets and such.

My city is having a lot of issues of industrial locations closing due to lack of natural resources. How do I fix that?

If it is ore or oil, once it is gone, it is gone.

I think you can import more raw materials from neighboring areas and turn it into a processing facility instead of a mining area.

Forest & Agricultural industries renewable though.

Trains or shipping might get more resources to your industry. Also having a direct highway line to your industry area might be helpful getting trucks there.

What baffles me about that trailer, is how that segmented ring logo actually reads as a "C" and an "S" somehow even though there definitely is actually no coherent S shape at all.

So in for this!!!!! I've dumped close to 100 hours in this game

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Looks fantastic. Looks like we are getting a ton of improvements in the vanilla game from a lot of the functionality we used get from mods, some stuff that previously came from DLCs, and some things that pull from the small amount of good ideas that were in the ****ty Sim City 2013.

I like how in a lot of ways its basically the same game, but it looks like much of the cartoony veneer has been peeled away in favor of more realism.

Not near enough forum participation on this game. I cannot wait. Unfortunately, I will only be a month into Starfield, so I will have to wait on jumping into CS2. However, this will become my new goto for kicking back and relaxing in the evenings.

Everything looks great, so far.

My PC died and I've been trying to fix it for a month now. I don't have time to play much these days but now it's guaranteed I'm going to waste a bunch of time in this and the sequel.

My favorite part was expanding the map and having "old town" where it's more of a mix of types and you were limited by funds and space. You get attached to interesting areas and I love trying new ideas for traffic, zoning, public transportation, new mods, etc. Especially when they don't work well because even the worst layouts can usually be tweaked and upgraded to work out.

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If it is ore or oil, once it is gone, it is gone.

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And it goes quickly.

BonfireNerd04 said:

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Predmid said:

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If it is ore or oil, once it is gone, it is gone.

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And it goes quickly.

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Yeah, this is why I always played with unlimited resources. The mechanic of running out of those was too goofy and not very realistic.