First Cities Skylines 2 series 2024 will see me engage in the first Cities Skylines 2 series - Neo Solarian City! https://youtu.be/qT6v_ojLxWU?si=IrxldUz5GOnGmZcv The map is a modified map of Magnolia County done by fellow Planner and Cities player CityPlannerPlays and can be found on his YouTube channel. State of Game I have chosen Quarter 1 … Continue reading Coming Soon to #citiesskylines2 – Neo Solarian City
Time for a bit of a review before engaging on the next major urban expansion We made it to what is considered the first major population milestone in Cities Skylines; 10,000 residents. I say 10,000 as that is when transit beyond buses becomes viable and the urban area should have enough critical mass to start … Continue reading Time for Spatial Planning as Neo South Auckland hits Population Milestone #citiesskylines2
Feedback from comments Last week I did a Youtube short on why Planners like myself will prefer the pedestrian crossing over the pedestrian overpass. That seemed to have provoked a response from the Northern Hemisphere particularly especially around road width and allocation. However, it was a comment on population that stood out and in reply … Continue reading Pedestrian Overpasses vs Pedestrian Crossings in #CitiesSkylines TAKE 2
What does this Planner prefer? Pedestrian Paths or Pedestrian Overpasses, which do I prefer and why? https://youtu.be/9FyGhJvPqso A midway Pedestrian Crossing
Bus Trips, Million Dollar Views, even some Industry Well, the wheels on the bus go round and round indeed. As does the property money machine, the wheels of industry, even a cargo port. All in this run through of Cities Skylines 2 and Neo South Auckland. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkALMmmlxIU Wheels on the bus go round and round … Continue reading Wheels on the Bus Go Round and Round in Neo South Auckland – Cities Skylines 2
What happens when your city outgrows its transit system? So, what happens when your city rapidly expands outgrowing its transit system set up in the founding stages? Well, them time to get the hardhat on and solve these problems so cims can move about again. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Syh0M6cuPwQ Crisis? What Crisis Also in this video we look … Continue reading TRANSIT CRISIS. Time to Redo those, Buses. Neo South Auckland & Cities Skylines 2.
Spatial Planning Time! Uh oh What happens when rapid urban expansion meets transit system not caught up yet (that is designed for founding stage but not growth stage of a city)? It means: Palp the Senate can he fix it Palp the Senate - wait and find out On the next play through of Neo … Continue reading Neo South Auckland Meets Transit “Crisis” – Cities Skylines 2 (Preview)
How Urban Geography impacts my Cities Skylines 2 play style What does Urban Geography + Cities Skylines 2 equal? In this video we find out. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qy8M3ejFz8s Urban Geography + Cities Skylines 2 = ? Coming up in Neo South Auckland and Cities Skylines 2 I did some expansion offscreen including forestry industry. Consequently demand for … Continue reading Cities Skylines 2 + Urban Geography = Neo South Auckland
Settling down into my first CS2 City Jitters aside, and with some tweaks to performance, I have finally settled down to creating my first ever Cities Skylines 2 city - Neo South Auckland. Through this one-hour video I go through what is pretty much an introduction where I cover: Type of play (Left Hand Traffic … Continue reading Neo South Auckland, My First Cities Skylines 2 City – Introduction
Time to dust off the tools, and see if what we learnt from CS1 can apply to CS2 It has been a very long time but I am finally back and as RUSTY AS EVER (so do not comment on the big black box to the right of your screen please). Cities Skylines 2 is … Continue reading After a Very Long Break; We Are Back – with Cities Skylines 2
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