Recreating (a bit of) Barcelona
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One of my SC4 dreams has always been recreating Barcelona; I live on its metropolitan area and I think it's a fascinating city, both with its good and its bad things. Why haven't I done it before? There are many issues that make an accurate (and thus, good) Barcelona recreation absolutely unfeasible:
1. Lack of BATs: The most important hurdle. There are barely no BATs from Barcelona, and the existing ones' quality is not up to the standards the players need (with the due respect to their BATters, of course). Underscaling and bad texturing are the most common mistakes with them.
2. Mapping: drunkapple recently uploaded a Barcelona map. Technically brilliant as usual, but very, very difficult to deal with. Some of you may know that a good part of the city is built in an orthogonal grid (L'Eixample). In drunkapple's map, you're forced to play diagonal with this huge orthogonal grid, and you all know how this game deals with diagonals...
3. Planning: Ring roads (Rondes) tunnelling, impossible curve layouts, streets narrower than 16 meters in the historical district, and the aforementioned Eixample problems (including chamfers) are things that make the recreation truly difficult.
Of course, all these problems can be solved BATting, mapping and finding a compromise between realism and functionality, but this would take an über-awful amount of time I don't have. This is why this project is impossible, then, it's better to take an small approach, like I've done.
Now, with the pictures!
Sagrada Familia, perhaps the most famous landmark in the city; visited by millions during the year. Gaudí's masterpiece, a captivating building, a feast for your senses. A building we all feel proud of and we all hope to live enough time to see it finished some time.
Too bad that the Maxis guys made a seriously underscaled version. Its correct measures would take up an 8x8 SC4 lot, just like the rest of Eixample blocks. Furthermore, it's current status is much more advanced than what can be seen in the picture.
Away of the hustle and bustle of the city center, at the "mountain" side of Diagonal Avenue, more quiet neighbourhoods can be found. This one could be placed in the zone enclosed by Diagonal Av. and Via Augusta. Wall-to-wall midrises are a constant throughout the city, the metro area and the nation, this pic is a good example.
I personally love this picture, one of my all-time favourites!
The other side of Barcelona can be seen at night, when most of people are sleeping and tourists are having a well-deserved rest. There's a bunch of clubs, music-bars and discos to go out at night; in a relaxed way or in the most genuine fiesta way. Sala Razzmatazz and L'Ovella Negra near Marina Street, Opium, Sotavento or Catwalk in the Olympic Port; Balmes 51, Nick Havanna and Arena in L'Eixample; Up & Down, Oshum or Pachá in Les Corts... There's a club for every style and every day in the week. And if you're not convinced with all this nearly neverending offer, a party in a rooftop like the above can be a good option too.
And a bonus picture...
A little homage to The Best Football Club in the World.
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