True Earth

Amazing!

The canal/river transition to paved over river in Nantes is really something. So many rivers and streams have been capped by sewers. We could really bring back many of them.

Un vrai régal pour les yeux !
Beautiful work

Great job. As usual. Congratulations.

Amazing work as usual. This looks like Google Earth in SimCity. That terrain Corsica is beautiful, trying to get the same effect and combination for my Los Angeles region. 

Stunning as always. In fact, I would say the custom modeling in your last two posts has achieved a level of realism never before seen in SimCity 4. It is difficult to capture how homogenous cities tend to be in terms of architecture with a mish-mash of BATs (I think the developers had this in mind when they created the four original tilesets). But you've resourcefully looked beyond the custom content available for SC4 to recreate these cities as faithfully as possible. The textures you have used for these models go a tremendously long way towards recreating the unique feel that each of these cities has. It's as if each one has its own tileset.

A more obvious and bigger obstacle to translating cities from the real world to SC4 is the grid. Unless you are recreating Madrid, a European street network is not going to translate very well to SC4 tiles. Most CJers get around this by focusing on the few blocks around a landmark, and avoiding broad aerial shots. But since you have effectively destroyed the grid, you can take as wide of shots as you want without sacrificing a sense of realism. In fact, it enhances the sense of realism beyond that of pretty much any other CJ to date. It's inspiring because it demonstrates that it only takes one creator to push the boundaries for a game that has been out for 17 years. 

By emphasizing a single architectural style and breaking free from the grid at every opportunity, even players who are strictly consumers of custom content can create cities that look more pleasing to the eye. It would be epic if True Earth inspired a proliferation of CJs that took cues from real cities to similarly stunning effect.  

Stunning

That's the France of tourism!
The old castle and the medieval streets of Paris reflected in the lakeside are a sight to behold.
Also, the purple color of the lavender fields is vibrant and beautiful.
And, like every time, the images look like Google Earth!

Just impressive, i recognize most source models for mont saint-michel yet it captures the real place almost perfectly...
Indeed like reg pointed out it's touristic france, but that's just what we expect from you and you're just good at doing it (obviously) Other people are in charge for the less expected stuff.
And among all the others your version of Nantes is a killer image. Lived there for some months and i recognize every place from the center... It's a special city with lots of outlooks on ground level, and the Loire river which is huge there has its current greatly influenced by tides even if it's a few dozens kilometers inland. Feels a little wild, savage idk.

Simply jaw-dropping, my friend !!

FABULOUS !

As it happens you chose mostly places I know and/or love ! (Mont Saint-Michel, Nantes, Paris, Midi west and east...) Corsica is the only place I never went, but you captured it perfectly from what Ive seen of it in movies and.. postcards !  Le POnt du Gard is perfect (I used to go splahing under there when I was young) The only picture that doesn't quite make it for me is the Château de Chenonceau --for some reason the perspective is all askew. But apart from that, wonderful !

Magnifique et fabuleux travail !! 

I'm french   BRAVO

where are you find Mont St MIchel et Chenonceaux ?

Fantastic on all levels.

Appreciate the kind words everyone! Glad you enjoyed this trip across France

The first two pictures of Paris are not real scene in SC4? Their sight angle don't match.