Recreation: RUHRGEBIET by EJC

[E.J.C 9]

ESSEN SPECIAL

Country	Germany
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. region

[penguin007 27]

Great pics and info there that second pic I've seen it alot but its got to be one of the best of sim city Ive ever seen

Will

[vennegoorofhesselink 0]

Gut gemacht

[Mike the Mayor 51]

Excellent update there, a nice show of real life pics and in game pics. I love the core of your city, so realisitc and a nice mix of buildings. Look forward to more.

[Mr. Beer 12]

Nice picture EJC!!! Your close-ups are very good too!

Cheers!

David

[Benedict 3,119]

Incredible update! Great job on getting it to look so similar, and really capture the feel of Essen.

[Cleaner475 150]

nice homes and the flats are actually pretty decent looking can't help feeling that staidum is out of place though looks great anyway

another awesome update, keep it up,

Richard

[KingTitan 6]

Your CJ looks fantastic....the upper shot looks so real.....I like it.

[bbfan02 23]

Wow, spectacular update! I like when you compare your cj pictures to the real ones of the city. I like your choice of buildings everywhere and I also love your highway.

-bbfan02-

[Dsrwhat316 12]

you are definitely the master of recreations! this just proves why you won that trixie last year; an awesome job with this CJ!

[suplado! 23]

cool just like the real thing!!

[koekie01 3]

I see this CJ for the first time, but that looks very European! I hope there will come more updates! This CJ is in my list!

I'm looking foreward to everything what comes!

Koekie

[petriknl 15]

Amazing to see its so perfect!

[E.J.C 9]

SUPPORT

Thanks you all for the encouraging comments & the support! To celebrate this, I want to introduce the city of "Bochum" to you for the first time..

middle/left = Essen.. Right = Bochum and it's suburbs

Only "Bochum-zentrum" and southern suburbs are build

Also, I want to tell you I've doubled the region size this weekend so many more is still to come....

E

[Schulmanator 5,812]

Yes! More to love!

[E.J.C 9]

BOCHUM Krupp-Stahl AG

The city of "Bochum" is more known of it's industrial looks as it's larger neighbour "Essen". Large factories and groups have settled itself in "Bochum". Not only the main factories of the car-brand "Opel" are here, also some large steel-companies and mining cop.

This small update is about "Krupp Stahl AG" a large steel-plant in the west of "Bochum" near highway "A40" (Ruhrschnellweg)

Main overview looking north, notice the main highway of the "Ruhrpott"...

Closed up on the highway passing the steel-company..

Well, this was the first (small) introduction to the city of "Bochum". The next updates will stick around here and I'll show you the city in small parts...

E

[KingTitan 6]

Looking tasty friend.....I love this CJ>

Im gonna have ti update my "Must See list with this one"

[Benedict 3,119]

Nice nice stuff. Still one of my favorites, especially the region views.

[penguin007 27]

Great region and cant wait for the new awesome looking city there

Will

[harlem123 0]

Originally posted by: patriots_1228 autoban!!!! how fast can u go there?? its great, i remember learning bout the rhine in German Class.quote>

it´s Autobahn and on nearly 60% of all german motorways you can drive as want as you can

[Mr. Beer 12]

E.J.C!!!! Looks good! Nice region view and nice introduction to Bochum! As I remember, Bochum is the home of the O-Zentrum Mall...

Have a nice day!

David

[harlem123 0]

Originally posted by: Mr. Beer E.J.C!!!! Looks good! Nice region view and nice introduction to Bochum! As I remember, Bochum is the home of the O-Zentrum Mall...

Have a nice day!

Davidquote>

Are you sure that you don´t mean the CentrO Mall in Oberhausen.

[jacqulina 162]

wonderfull region my friend excellent updates as allways

[bbfan02 23]

Great update! The area looks very realistic and very well planned out. Cant wait for more.

-bbfan02-

[Fresh Prince of Wmbg 44]

 I can't belive that i have been here for a few months and missed this. This is very inspirating to my Geman city building.

[De Ja Vu 117]

Damnit! It's regions like this that make me wanna play soldat (where im simply the best ). Now I see that I really suck at SC4! very great CJ!!!!

[E.J.C 9]

PRIVATE REQUEST

Hello all!! Thanks for all your replies in the weeks I haven't been around!! I'd get a lot of Personal Messages on how I make these European (non-grid) looking cities..

Well, I'm gonna give you a little sneak-peak in the "masters" kitchen;

As you look close on the above picture; you'll notice (offcourse) the non-grid layout of infrastructure. But, also the placing of zones is crucial if you want to blend the city in with the region. Especcially for European regions as where zones are more mixed up as in the States..

Zone (medium) dense in the center of the city, AND more important -> zone denser areas near main arteries that lead out and in of the city!!! Most people do forget that...

And, mix up some zoning for Industrial (high-tech & manu) with commercial zones -> On sight-locations near avenues/highways etc.

Well, with these few tips I wanted to explain something to you all of my region blending into the surroundings..

Experience (a lot) with it, and you'll see you get them all as natural as I can get!! hahaha

Cheers & good luck

E

[jacqulina 162]

wow thats awesome thankyou for showing my friend

[suplado! 23]

those road looks so real, the way the road curve and the wavy look turn out to be nice in the end... and the zoning of area is really nice!

[KingTitan 6]

Thanks for the light tutorial. Looks good..... I never sgare my secrets though. LOL