Saint Andrew

Hey everyone, I've used the forum search function to find info on this but I guess it would be easier to just post the exact specs because answers I found are either old or contradicting. I've found a nice deal on a new laptop that is way better than what I have now but I was hoping to get your opinion on it, to make sure it would run the game (with 3GB of plugins) smoothly and with little to no lag: Intel Core i5 4200U 1.6 GHz with Turbo Boost up to 2.6 GHz 8 GB RAM Intel HD Graphics 4400, up to 1792 MB Dynamic Video Memory So I know the RAM is great, but a bit more worried about the processor... is it enough to make sure it doesn't lag? Currently I have a 7 year old laptop and playing the game is unbearable everything lags (opening a city, zooming, just moving the cursor) and obviously upgrading to the new laptop will be better but will it still lag a lot? BTW I know very little about PCs, I've been told i5 is pretty decent but it seems 1.6GHz is low? What kind of performance do you think I can get from this system? Thanks a lot everyone, appreciate it!!

Cool thread. I haven't read all 16 pages so maybe it has already been mentioned but from a highway design standpoint, the worst planning goes to: Montreal, Canada Okay so all is not bad; the public transportation system is well developped (the subway system is the 3rd busiest in North America) but the highway system is VERY dysfunctional. The city proper has 1.6 million people (2nd largest in Canada, 6th largest in Can/USA) but the metro area has a population of 3.8 million. The city is on an island, and most of the suburbs are off the island. That geography makes matters worse. But bad planning and pressure from anti-highway groups have made it a nightmare fo anyone who doesn't live near a subway line (the majority of the metro population) to get around. On the island, there is only one east-west highway that runs the lenght of the island, and for muchof its length it only has 3 lanes in each direction and is gridlocked. But the worst part is getting on the island, especially on the busiest side, the south shore. There are only 5 crossings and to make matters worse, only two carry highways. All 5 crossings are completely congested every single day. Despite this fact, there are absolutely no plans to even consider building a new crossing. The most recent crossing was built in 1967, the others in 1962, 1934, 1930 and 1859 (!). The busiest bridge in Canada with nearly 200k daily crossings, the Champlain Bridge, carries not one, not two, but three major highways. It has a total of 3 lanes in each direction. Yeah you read that right, three major highways (A-10, A-15, A-20) and three lanes. The good news is they are rebuilding the bridge, the bad news is they are doing it in a hurry because the whole thing is collapsing (they had to install a large beam directly on top of the roadway to keep it standing). Even worse, they are going to go to 8 lanes total instead of 6, which will obviously do nothing to ease the problem. The 4 other crossings have respectively totals of 6 lanes, 5 lanes, 4 lanes and 2 lanes total. Up until two years ago, Montreal was the largest metro area in North America (by far) to not have a bypass highway. There was no for people to go through the area without crossing two bridges and making traffic worse. Now that the A-30 southern bypass highway is complete, traffic on the island has not even gotten better. But at least those who don't have to go onto the island can avoid it. Finally, just so you get a visual of all the ''stubs'' and ''highways to nowhere'', here is a map of the highways in the area. In red is the Ville-Marie expressway which runs directly under the downtown core:

Wow, really impressive! Love the region view

Cool roundabout interchange nathanthemayor! Is that inspired by real-life, are those used in some parts of the world?

Love the highway in the teaser, very good looking!!

Great work everyone. Fox, love your airport, going to be dropping in on your CJ for sure!

Fafalone: great work, your terminals look really good and stand out!

Really beautiful Haljackey

Very nice area, will keep looking for more!

Beautiful farm pictures wow!

Nice grimy area, really beautifully done!

Great work, everything looks so realistic!!

Nice layout for those residential areas around the park, and I like the waterfront too!

Awesome attention to detail ROFLyoshi!

Very beautiful, lots of attention to detail it,s impressive!