Guide / Tips to Roads and a New Series :)

[Krozjin 8]

Hey guys, I started a brand new Hard Mode series of Cities Skylines recently, and I have made a tips / guide to roads video so people can hopefully get some more information about how to optimize their traffic. I am still using a headphone mic, but I have ordered a pretty nice one, so it should come soon. I would love if you guys checked it out. New episodes come out every day at 6am PST, and I just uploaded the fourth episode today.

 

Series Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmwtfKOLuK2WvPmkILTAbcWCugw-5uhpl

Most recent episode: 

 

Roads Tips / Guide: https://youtu.be/CX-mPSne_A4

 

Thank you very much for taking the time to check it out!

[Robotica 36]

Nice video, thanks for the tips friend. Just a heads up,  your first link for the series playlist is broken, you might want to fix that

[Krozjin 8]

Thanks, really appreciate it! Fixed it, or at least it should be fixed. It was weird, copy pasting it into the URL was working but linking didn't,  Should be all good now.

[Krozjin 8]

Hey guys, episode 5 has been uploaded. Hope you guys check it out and enjoy.  https://youtu.be/5ZLVXDmS_DE

[BlitzPackage 19]

Real good stuff.  Keep it up.

[Krozjin 8]

Thanks man! I really appreciate it!

[Krozjin 8]

Hey everyone, episode 6 has been uploaded. It's a crazy episode, things go up and down like a roller coaster. It's recorded with the new mic I got, so the audio quality is much better! I would love it if you guys checked it out! https://youtu.be/FYXgrwvub1o

[Krozjin 8]

Episode 7 is out! We finally start to expand out of original square, but not before a total collapse of the economy. Come check it out https://youtu.be/hJgDmzNhGZg

[Krozjin 8]

Hello everyone, just wanted to thank all of you on the great support. I know I don't get a lot of replies here, but I see the huge amount of traffic and I truly appreciate it very much! You guys are actually #1! The newest episode has been released. Episode 8! This one has begun to use the new outro too! https://youtu.be/XKGi6lPEgIY

[Krozjin 8]

Episode 9 has just gone live! We finally get rid of all those wind turbines for some good old solar energy as we expand further out and grow our city. https://youtu.be/gqfvuMfGu_A

[Krozjin 8]

We have reached double digits episodes and broke 100 subs! Thank you guys so much! The new episode is up! https://youtu.be/1-QxOdq187Q

[Krozjin 8]

Hey guys, episode 11 has been uploaded! We continue to expand out, and start getting our people educated so businesses don't go under. https://youtu.be/PchqstasuJw

[Krozjin 8]

Things are progressing in our nice little city, you can check it out in the new episode: https://youtu.be/i2MQ89cVmt4

[Krozjin 8]

Hey guys, episode 13 is up... sort of... it was technically up yesterday but it's been in processing hell. I think it's still only 720p, at least when I checked a few hours back. But if you guys want to check it out, here is the link: 

 

https://youtu.be/a-CRaUIj1JY

[Krozjin 8]

The new episode is now up, I didn't want to share it earlier because youtube was taking too long to process to the proper quality. We expand quite a bit after generating some demand with the lowered taxes.  

 

https://youtu.be/1tJnsd5lIKw

[Krozjin 8]

Hey everyone, the new episode is up! We expand a ton more this episode and grow yet again in city size. Adding an airport along the way.

 

https://youtu.be/1UblvqqwzzA

[Krozjin 8]

The new episode has gone live! Come experience mass death with me in this episode!

 

https://youtu.be/wQU9UkCQbAk

[Krozjin 8]

Today we continue to expand our city further, reaching a new milestone, all while ignoring the countless deaths around us. 

 

https://youtu.be/lJDuo6iX-Fk

[Marla_Singer 46]

Sorry I haven't checked the video but a tip if you want to have nice esthetic roads is to level the terrain before laying motorways and rail. I agree it can be expensive (I needed to download a money-cheat mod because of this) but the result is great.

 

Instead of using the flattening tool, the best is to use the soft slope tool : firstly, click right where you want your road to end, then hold left mouse button from your starting point untill meeting that end point again. You will get a nice soft slope. Bumpy roads and rails are no more.

 

This works in-game with the terraforming tool mod. If you use it in the map editor, once you've layed your road, you can even press Ctrl+Z multiple times to restore the terrain as it was before you layed the road... The road will stay as you build it and the terrain will be back to its original state. The result looks totally natural :

 

 

 

 

The game generally needs a big height difference to propose you building a bridge. So when I want to build a small bridge with a low height, I actually dig deep all the area which I want below the bridge, forcing the game to propose a bridge. Then, once the bridge built, I level it back in its initial shape. This can give very natural look to motorways. Here's an example :

 

[Krozjin 8]

In preparation for a harder hard mode mod, we begin to fix all the things in our city... starting with noise pollution.

 

https://youtu.be/EeIIFA9lei4

[Krozjin 8]

We make it back out of the weekly negatives and into making money again, preparing to switch to the properly hard mode next time, or if things crash and burn, the time after that.

 

https://youtu.be/a3ASao4qZ_Q

[Krozjin 8]

Time to make some shitty road designs and improve our traffic flow... or ruin it, who knows.

 

https://youtu.be/22OPEHBuhkc

[Krozjin 8]

Time to take care of all the residential demand and wrap up with the traffic issues, well almost.

 

https://youtu.be/4t4i5X6PARk

[Krozjin 8]

We fixed our traffic problem finally! I think... you be the judge.

 

https://youtu.be/DrjFlgOccK0

[Krozjin 8]

We continue where we left off in yesterday's transportation guide, improving the bus routes, and taking care of all the industrial demand that has popped up from out of nowhere.

 

https://youtu.be/_MjLOV1j3Lw

[Krozjin 8]

After changing adding the bus routes we continue to imrpove the city, eventually checking the traffic map. What we see is pure beauty and a lack of traffc!

 

https://youtu.be/dYjMgXMz8VA