Like may people, I enjoy watching other people play online and before streaming I used to do mayor’s diaries (basically a city blog) with the Sim City 4 community. When I look at my cities over time a few trends emerge.
I’m curious what characterizes your cities? What are the giveaway brush-strokes showing a city was painted by you?
- Full city trail systems. It’s amazing how far cims will walk.
- Colliding grids, I build urban and big, but I like to let smaller towns grow together over time. This resulting in misaligned grids and some “signature” streets with cool intersections.
- Promenades, as an Urbanist, I’m almost always playing with the goal of maximizing transit/bike/ped travel while getting rid of cars and keeping trucks out of residential areas. There’s almost always some grand pedestrian oval or linear park in my cities.
This applies to my cities in SC4 and CS1:
Multiple small cites whose grids/layouts merge as they expand
overbuilt rail infrastructure that gets abandoned over time
large undeveloped “park” areas
small country roads that lead nowhere
gaps between houses, especially on the outskirts
I am bad at SC4 so to that game i’d add:
I currently have a few "large undeveloped park areas"of my own. :D
I’ve been experimenting with gaps between properties lately. I haven’t built the skill of perfect placement yet.