A 4.9 km / 3 mile bus ride into downtown

[Infrastructurist 434]

From my current "Building a realistic US city"

Taking the bus from the current end-station of route A1. Travelling along the main eastward arterial avenue before we reach downtown, circumvent the stadium and end our trip at the downtown bus depot.

Pretty simple. Sit back & relax!
 

 

[Judazzz 1,936]

That was a joy to watch (at a frame rate I can only dream of), really cool!

A few small tips, if you don't mind me:

- I've noticed a few low-poly/detail vehicles, like the old Ford Taurus and garbage truck, and perhaps even a few vanilla's (RAAAAH!!!!) I'd replace them with more realistic vehicles, as those low-poly models break immersion quite a bit (they stand out all the more because the rest looks pretty damn real);
- While we're at the subject of vehicles, consider changing the colors of some of the more unrealistically colored cars (especially the pastel-colored ones) with Advanced Vehicle Options - in real life, black, grey, white and dark red/blue/green dominate (reality is a drab affair);
- I'm not sure if Volvo trucks are common in the US, but I'd definitely replace a few models with proper American trucks (there's lots of them in the Workshop, Freightliners, Macks, Peterbilt flat noses) - just for that added bit of realism;
- consider spicing up your bus stock with US school buses, Greyhounds and mini-vans;
- If you have identical or similar wall-to-wall buildings side-by-side, use Move It! the align them horizontally, so that their roof tops are at equal height. Not only does it remove the somewhat unrealistic looks of a building being 'broken' in half, it actually gives the impression of one larger building;
- replace the vanilla trees with custom ones, including the ones that are part of buildings (you could use Prop it Up! for that - sorry about the shameless self-promotion ) - just a detail, but it makes such a difference on the visuals!

Having said that, it's all just details - as is, your city already looks sublime!

[Infrastructurist 434]

Thanks for the feedback, i agree with just about everything. This city is relatively low on details as opposed to many others, but that has also been a goal for me; to keep the prop amount low and to as much as possible allow the districts to grow by manipulation of zoning and specific building themes. So short of some of downtown, the port and mall areas, about 95 % of the city is natural growth Ideally, when i am done, i would spend some time implementing touch ups, including those you've mentioned - before shooting a tour/cinematic!

[Judazzz 1,936]

Looking foward to that! 

[Avanya 2,605]

On 9/5/2017 at 7:53 PM, Judazzz said:

- I'm not sure if Volvo trucks are common in the US, but I'd definitely replace a few models with proper American trucks (there's lots of them in the Workshop, Freightliners, Macks, Peterbilt flat noses) - just for that added bit of realism

Are you suggesting my trucks aren't proper American trucks?!   *heartbroken*

Nah, just messing with you.  Not sure how common it is, but I found the best reference pictures for the Volvo a modeller can dream of, so I did that one. And since all I see every day are the much smaller European ones, it totally looked the part. That Volvo truck definately isn't found in Europe - ours look like this.  Also it's really hard to find good pictures of American trucks which aren't from American Truck Simulator. xD

[Judazzz 1,936]

1 minute ago, Avanya said:

Are you suggesting my trucks aren't proper American trucks?!   *heartbroken*

Nah, just messing with you.  Not sure how common it is, but I found the best reference pictures for the Volvo a modeller can dream of, so I did that one. And since all I see every day are the much smaller European ones, it totally looked the part. That Volvo truck definately isn't found in Europe - ours look like this.  Also it's really hard to find good pictures of American trucks which aren't from American Truck Simulator. xD

Now that you mentioned it, I've only seen those US-style Volvo trucks a few times here: the vast majority of Volvo's driving around here are of the regular type indeed, same with all other truck brands (seems like we Europeans have a thing for flat noses  ), so perhaps I'm way off the mark (humble pie is standing by, just in case). I don't really recall seeing such Volvo's in the US a lot, but last time I was there was when I was there, Bush Jr. resided in the White House for his first term, so who knows what has changed since...

[Avanya 2,605]

According to some of the American truck drivers who play Cities: Skylines it isn't as proper an American truck as the other brands you mentioned - prob because Volvo is Swedish and not American. So you're not entirely wrong.  Someone sent me some pictures of a more traditional Peterbilt (gotta love our community!), so at some point I'll make one of those and maybe update some of the container trucks to use that. And I think whatever caused Shroomblaze's trucks to flicker was fixed, so that leaves more options than just mine.

[pauliaxz 195]

There is a separate Volvo trucks manufactory in the US, which is manufacturing those Volvo V-series trucks. They are manufactured only for NA market.