Yay Turns... But...

[alexm309 0]

  By alexm309 at 2009-09-12

Highway turns! It works... But it sure aint pretty. will there/is there a RHW-6C 90 Degree turn?

I apologize for my Idiocy, but i found nothing.

[Vahr 343]

There are only curves for the following RHW networks:

RHW-2

RHW-4

MIS-1

ERHW-4

EMIS-1

RHW-6S*

RHW-8S*

*These networks have limited turning capabliltiy and are puzzle piece based. Right now only S curves are possible. However in RHW v4.0 90 degree turn capablity for these networks will be added

As for RHW-6C, there are no curves whatsoever for it. They will come in time though.

[jim 546 43]

The idea of RHW is to replicate a real-life highway, which wouldn't normally have 90 degree turns. Alternatively, you could transition to avenue and do the turn with that.

[chrissc94 1]

This reminds me of an old S-turn in Chicago on Lake Shore Drive. Anyway, that's dangerous and you wouldn't want your sims to use that! There are curves for 6S though, and you could use those.

[alexm309 0]

Ha! I know such a turn (The super sharp one i made) is impossible in real life, and I know diagonal would be impossible. But a nice large smoother 90 Degree turn would make 6C So much more useful! I prefer it to 6S and 8 because:

It's higher capacity than 6S (which is the same as RHW-4)

It's smaller than 8 (3 vs 4 tiles)

6 Lanes is probably the most common (at least in Westchester!) [+ see comment 1]

I understand the puzzle piece based diagonals, as I have used them, but a 90 degree turn would double the possibilities of 6C. Unfortunately 6C is virtually useless, at least where i use it, because I hardly ever have just straight highways in my regions. And a big jaggedy S type thing would still be better than just straight.

Just some thoughts...