Show Us Your Anti-Grid!

[schm0 27]

Love the pic above, except for the small 1x1 residential lots in the middle of a bunch of 5-30 story buildings... I wouldn't want to live there!

The sunset lighting looks great, though.

[Vontos 1]

I think hotdogs just won the thread, although I really like UncleS's picture too.

[ilikehotdogsalot 311]

Originally posted by: the olive

That pic is CRAZY, looks really good, you should make a CJ if you don't aready have one.  quote>

Got one! EYECANDY, Click my signature to head over there!

Here is another shot:

[david1314 44]

A few examples from my CJ:

Edit: One more to show you I'm no one-trick horse...I can do hills; Click the pic for full size image

[david1314 44]

Another map I was working on....

Unfortunately this one will go no further

[Kayean_Henser 2]

shinkansen1, if I have the right building in mind that you refer to, that's one of prepo's magnificent creations (one of my favourite all-time artists on the STEX).

Great pictures, everyone! I love the bridge--and the on/off-ramps--and that city view is gorgeous. 

I wish there were some way to have properly rounded streets, though, and the lots to line them.

[MrFingers 0]

That bridge looks nice, but realise that it is physically impossible. the lateral force on those two vertical poles would definitely not be possible to cope with. I would suggest tieing the cable that spans between each pole to the ground behind the poles. that would make it physically possible.

[david1314 44]

Originally posted by: MrFingers That bridge looks nice, but realise that it is physically impossible. the lateral force on those two vertical poles would definitely not be possible to cope with. I would suggest tieing the cable that spans between each pole to the ground behind the poles. that would make it physically possible.quote>

Yeah, I mentioned in the first post that I forgot to stay the bridge....it's quite a strange angle to stay it at too....not much land where it needs to be.

[ixnayonthetimmay 16]

I always kind of felt that making anything other than a grid in Sim City was akin to trying to draw a circle in MSPaint...it always kind of had an aliased look to it. The region view of the final result always looked nice, but it got annoying trying to reconcile all of those intersections and awkward turns. I hope SC5 takes a note from City Life in that regard.

But I digress. Here is my offering.

[ixnayonthetimmay 16]

Originally posted by: TM Almost every large city is based on a grid. I'd consider gridding a city is one of the most realistic things one can do. Even most suburbs of major american cities like Dallas and Pheonix are gridded.

On the other hand some old European cities like Paris are based off of roundabouts and start-like road patterns.

That bridge is pretty sweet.quote>

Phoenix in particular is pretty much consistently a grid, even in central areas. Even the downtown of Phoenix follows the same ol' "boring" orthogonal grid layout. Pretty much the only deviation from the grid is wherever there is a natural obstruction, like a mountain.

[darren 7]

sorry couldnt get the thumb nails to work on here :S

[SpecialEddie 3]

No...grids are our friends...our...friends.

[MrFingers 0]

you guys are trying to battle the grid too much, this is how you do it.

[simzebu 20]

I love that mayor name...

[Glenni 1,447]

Here you go

[BlondeTwiggy 43]

^^ one of the earliest cities in my CJ

I despise the grid lol

[david1314 44]

ixnayonthetimmay: Very nicely done....I love it.

Glenni: your's has that European charm.

Blonde: That looks very cool.

[david1314 44]

A little something from my upcomming CJ

(and from a few upcomming releases of mine):

[nerdly_dood 26]

Is it possible to have closely spaced skyscrapers on a diagonal road/street/1wayRoad/avenue?

I have a city with a few diagonal 1wayRoads downtown, but they're too few to have a major impact on skyscraper construction, and also, they have an industrial zone between them, and I haven't seen any industrial skyscrapers yet.

[crazyyaya 4]

Awsome night lite pic

[Bluepelican31 5]

@david1314: Nice pics; can I ask where the the brown stone viaduct under your rails came from?

[Voulpiotis 4]

Amazing Anti-Grids!

[Uumke 0]

From my maastricht CJ:

[HuskerDude 12]

I haven't played this city in a while, but it was my first deliberate attempt to go anti-grid.

[belfastuniguy 18]

I love grid but try to avoid it when doing residential areas. I adore symmetry in my cities so that's why I like grid, but I also use a lot of diagonal roads/avenue, have a look

[cityhawk 12]

^ Holy crap!! AWESOME!!

[dubphotek 0]

Originally posted by: ExiL3I have never seen a city that is {..}100% non-Grid.quote>

You mean in RL?  London has a grid?!

[MrFingers 0]

very nice belfastuniguy. looks like washington DC.

[Glenni 1,447]

Here ye go...

[Pixelrage 34]

belfastuniguy: wow, what a great job there