Clarksmore

[Jaybyrd05 3]

Hey everyone!!  This is my latest creation that I have named Clarksmore.  The city is based very loosely on real-world Nashville, Tennessee, USA - my home!  I wanted to go for that REAL American feeling with the city.  I spent a lot of time looking at each individual building and deciding how it would look... the conclusion?  The medium density skilled, executive, and elite residences would NOT be used at all here.  They look far too European and do not fit with the theme I am going for.  That will create a small challenge when it comes to population needs, but so far so good  

Now here is the catch - updates may be slow to come.  I am building this city very slow and deliberately.  I keep comparing a Google Earth of Nashville to my city to make sure I keep the feel of it similar.  I also hand place nearly 90% of the buildings and homes and constantly deleting stuff to replace it.  Like... those medium-density-looking low density unskilled worker homes (apartment-styled)... I go back and delete all of them and replace with homes.  Things like that take a lot of time.  I really hope you enjoy the city though as much as I am building it.  I have a LOT of map to cover still and think it will look great in the end.....

So without further rambling..... picture time!!!

I will be taking more street level shots and pictures of specific neighborhoods later on.  I'll also do a road map (I know you will ask!) and some other maps to show current and planned areas.

[hotChocolate 95]

Jaybyrd is back!

Great stuff as always... Looking forward to the next update!

[Damastius 5]

Damn good. I'm blown away dude. Could you also show a road map in the next update?

^.^

[Aaron Graham 4,417]

WOW!! looks Great, Keep it up.

[limerickguy 0]

nice pics, whats the big grey thing in your second pic?

[selekt 0]

Very nice!

[-Alex24- 10]

very realistic, very nice

[jazyje 1]

Unreal how it feels so REAL!!!!! I live in the South in the U.S. so I am very familiar with the development patterns Jay is trying to reflect --- and Clarksmore surely has that unmistakable feel of a Southern metropolis....

[Asterion 3]

Wow! Love that last shot - it's so original!

[Jesse Swiss 6]

wow very nice residental

[marmeladu 0]

very nice layout...do you intend to build a park area somewhere or the tree mod will suffice the environment?

[ACEH 0]

One of the best cities created in Cities XL! Great job, I can't wait to see the city finished!

[Jaybyrd05 3]

Thank you everyone for the comments!!

Damastius - yes, I will post one on my next full update (possibly tonight or tomorrow) =D

limerickgguy - it's the top of the helipad leisure building. I took another shot without it in there, but it didn't look as good so I left it.

marmeladu - yes, I have a spot set aside to build a large city park with. It's still not there, but I am going over designs for it to see how I want it to look.

Well... as I said... tonight or tomorrow will be the full update. Until then here are two quick teaser pics from what I will be focusing on - Downtown!

[Jesse Swiss 6]

nice old feeling city quite realistic as jazyje said great job!

[Jaybyrd05 3]

Well I finally have some time to post all of these!!! So here is downtown finally

And a traffic overview.....

Since taking those pics I have already expanded downtown some and changed a few skyscrapers on the edges. Nothing you would notice in those photos so I kept em. Hope you like!

[supercity124 8]

I want to see what the helipad leisure building looks like!!!

Can you post a picture of it please??

[Damastius 5]

I only just noticed your update It's very good! Your traffic map is already stunning! When will a new update arrive?

[zwr100 2]

Individually placed buildings is the only way to go, unless you specifically want the random mismatched buildings.  The scale you're doing it on is incredible.  Very nice!

[marmeladu 0]

a very nice street layout..... one question: what church is in the second picture from 23-aug post and how do i get it?...thnx.....

[MTLT_17 26]

Nice city you got there man. I really like the composition! One quick note, not a fan of the suspension bridges in this game, look WAY to unrealisitic, maybe some low-level ones would fit better. But it is totally up to you.