Cities Skylines II - Mass Transit for the Masses

[@mv9201]

having to wait for trees to grow is like fine for some contexts but they should really allow you to spend extra money to purchase or transplant a full sized tree, just because thats functionality that exists in real life

[@anton_melnikov]

That will be a dlc feature

[@chrisshergie1030]

in real life you plan around existing trees. it would cost a fortune transporting enough full grown trees to actually make a difference in the landscape. that would be my guess as to the reason the changed this. i see creators immediately wipe out sections of trees and then want to put trees right back in at the end. perhaps they want people to use the existing terrain more?

[@iverex2989]

Hopefully there’s a feature that disables it because some of just want a sandbox

[@szymex22]

As if every other building being placed instantly makes sense… it’s a game, trees not growing fully is just annoying

[@KepleroGT]

As long as there's a toggle to disable it and it doesn't affect trophies/achievements it's not a problem

[@Dirty.H]

The trusses on that bridge give the city a really charismatic look! Love it

[@cameron224_]

I know you got earlier access than everyone else but your familiarity and ease of use with the tools on hands shows so much more than everyone else playing the game right now. Your use of these systems is a notch above. That combined with your fun realistic playstyle makes this a fantastic series.

[@twodollarstwenty]

Thank you so much!

[@FlyWithGD]

Totally agree!

[@GojiMet86]

Glad to see that the official Train Depots are actually more "real" now than in past city sim games. I remember playing Chris Sawyer's Locomotion and making passenger train yards with many tracks that were all aesthetic and no functionality.

[@John-fj6om]

Chris Sawyer is a total G.

[@terrydactyl2077]

Do the extra tracks seem to be used then? Like when trains are not in service etc? I haven’t noticed. Not related but I also hope the sport stadiums have actual animations of games happening on the fields.

[@airops423]

Oh man I miss that game. I wish CS2 was more challenging from a financial / business perspective like Locomotion was, it seems super easy in that regard.

[@rafaeljose3128]

I could just watch you build for hours… it’s mesmerising how you can really create realistic cities.

[@AppleCheese12345678]

I love how large the industry buildings are. Really makes the scale look much better with big power plants and rail depots everywhere.

[@ARW.7]

I LOVE the tolerance of the road system, looks SO much better.

[@TJKlimoski]

That island between the two cities - my first thought was to put a zoo there but i don't even know if that's possible in CS2 lol. I feel like an aquarium, museum, zoo, sport stadium.... something that's like a large scale public landmark / destination :)

[@Muenni]

I thought 'museum island' myself too, but I love the thought of making the entire island a zoo. Probably don't want the hippopotamuses escape too far into the river though... ;)

[@Muenni]

More likely, apart from high development on prime real estate, would probably be an old castle or fortress-turned-prison, but those things will probably have to wait for the modder community. In the meantime, maybe Margaret Island in Budapest can serve as an inspiration: A mostly car-free recreational area with parks, public pools, a historic water tower, gardens, hotels, open air venues, ruins left after some past disaster or war, pavilions, fountains... whatever vanilla CS2 has to offer.

[@mrtom-a-hawk6732]

Making it a tram and pedestrian only bridge with a museum and some parks on the island would work great I think

[@thelostskibidiestsigma]

then have free ferries to and from it like amsterdam

[@quackduck4090]

i think one thing they could add to this tree growing mechanic is the option to plant fully grown trees but for a much bigger price to reflect how transporting a tree is more expensive than planting it young. This would also allow people that build with infinite money to focus on building creatively

[@benglishman]

Truly lovely narration. You put so much thought into it and it's really a pleasure both to watch and to listen to you. Big love from Bulgaria!

[@wrong1029]

Tbh if all they did was revamp the road tool and call it a sequel I would still buy it. Just as you said, that simple intersection would have taken you an hour of fiddling with 5 different mods. I love those mods, but to have it integrated in the game engine is a world of difference. Though they really need to do something about the sharp cutoff between grass and snow on the mountains. Looks extremely goofy.

[@bentemming6408]

@2.20 thank you for this great video. Especially for the hidden tips and tricks you showed. It makes me look forward to CS2 even more! Can’t wait.

[@matheolgs7258]

The tram intersection is not unreal, in fact I have seen similar things in Budapest, Hungary. When I lived there. Nice episode, I am looking forward to the next one. Have a great one!

[@Michael_Wurster]

My god, the ease of creating highway intersections. I slowly understand better why it would be hard for you to continue playing on cities skylines 1, I dont think i could now

[@FERG56]

21:20 - First time I've seen the sheer size of the map. With a mod to make all of that playable.. you could easily build multi-state or multi-country maps! The potential here is amazing. Plus with so many tools and a more realistic look now part of core base game, I'm hoping that the generally lower mod-dependency means such a huge map can be played without tanking the RAM and FPS. We'll see!

[@egill624]

Isn't it the same size map as CS1 though, just different scale and tile sizes?

[@Mahoot]

⁠@@egill624yeah it’s actually technically smaller than the whole CS1 map as far as Km^2, but the scale of CS2 makes it feel as if it’s bigger, which is totally alright by me. So far the scale of the game looks a lot better than CS1 from what I’ve seen

[@mynameiskevinful0]

that's not true@@Mahoot

[@Capt_Sam_J]

Absolutely love your videos and absolutely can't wait for CS2 to come out. One thing I think they should implement is a realism mode where if you demolish someone's residence or business you should have to pay for the property and the people moving.

[@twodollarstwenty]

I would love that and a god mode!

[@franzeusq]

It's a game about dystopia.

[@ElDimitrius]

Great video. Adding transport makes a build really come alive. The 'old' bridge looks amazing! Can't wait for the next one

[@Hahlen]

I am experiencing a physical need for this game

First time watching one of your videos. LOVE the vibes!!! Will surely hang around more :)

[@SShiJie]

3:00 My opinion on the Trees growing, I am actually satisfied with this realistic feature, because in my country Singapore, I am annoyed with how the authorities trim trees and are left with little shade on hot days, so in CS2, I want my city to be Singapore, a city in a garden with many many trees 6:15 One of the features I like is the fact that we can have realistic MERGING LANES like real life

[@mortenchristensen6789]

Grtz on 200.000 subs 👍 great build. Looking soooo much forward to start building

[@Hannodb1961]

Wow. I _really really really_ love your build. You've got such a diversity of features in there, and yet managed to keep the small town feel.

[@Pwn3dbyth3n00b]

4:38 Oh my GOD thats probably the best new thing in the game IMO. Intersection with roads that do not intercept doesnt make WONKY intersections like it did in CS1. It just lets an offset intersection be made.

[@Ceilingcat9001]

Two CS2s dropping in one day, its like Christmas

[@emsproviero]

counter strike 2 is releasing ?

[@Ceilingcat9001]

@@emsproviero yes

[@Ceilingcat9001]

Ive just found out our CS2 is still a month out but hey, at least some people found out CS2 dropped today so ill leave comment up. *Shrugs*

[@DENTALplan2002]

@@Ceilingcat9001 let me guess, we still cant aim guns? they can reskin that game as much as they want, buts its always going to be the shittest shooter on the market. only good aspect is the skins but you wont make money unless you invest money. long story short, its not 2005 anymore, counterstrike needs to fuck off with its outdated gameplay

[@Ceilingcat9001]

@@DENTALplan2002 thats the one lololol

[@Hannodb1961]

I really _love_ the fact that trees have to grow. It gives your cities more realism and and temporal depth. I think its nice that you'll be able to tell how old an area is simply by looking at the trees. It will also make you think twice before just cutting them down if you're like just a tiny bit unhappy with how an area came out. So it really annoys me that so many content creators complained about it, because this doesn't suit their Bob Ross play style. Having said that, I'm _very_ concerned that the tree decorations on roads _does not_ seem to grow. So you will not be able to have lovely leafy roads until this is fixed or modded.

[@Stegar]

Great to see these early access videos coming out and giving a good feel for the game. Congrats on 200k subs (looks like you just hit it). I remember subbing back in Bordertown days. It's been a long time since then and you're videos are engaging and you're experimenting every so often by changing up the format of you're vids. : )

[@twodollarstwenty]

Thanks mate! Bordertown will 100% be back for csl2. It’s my most anticipated. Hope to see your builds too!

[@Datau03]

Congrats on 200k subs! You deserve it!

[@TheCriminalViolin]

200K officially achieved! Congrats, man!

[@user-wq9mw2xz3j]

The most annoying thing seems to be the upgrading, and roads misaligning. Great that we can choose how a road extends/upgrades, but bad in normal practice that its so easy to have it upgrade on the wrong side.

[@JonnyRay82]

This video made me more excited for the game than any other so far, including the developer videos! 😍

[@NoNamerMr]

This and Silvarret´s series are my fav right now. awesome job mate!

[@PartisanGamerDE]

There are WAY too many buildings spawning on those farmlands/fields ... this needs adjusting :D Also the zones of influence for the services and farms/factories need to be square and not a circle.

[@Tectonicia]

I can't wait to see all the beautiful cities that will be created once the game is out for everyone to enjoy, and also the custom assets

[@misterjt961]

historically an island like that in-between two large rivers would be prime real estate for a power house, mill, tun of the century industry that needed cheap energy. in modern times it would be turned into a hot trendy neighborhood called "the lofts between Dunyetis" that rent for $3600 even though the median income is $45,000

[@SSZaris]

CS2 looks like it's so much easier to change your mind or upgrade areas. Just from your videos it doesn't feel like we're pigeon holed into working around what we started with. It looks a lot more like growth and change is actually encouraged. Can't wait to play this ❤

[@jan_the_man]

I absolutely love seeing the roads shape to whatever is placed next to it. Looks so smooth.

[@bruh666]

that unique "monstrosity" intersection connecting the roads in Dunyetti across the traintracks is really cool but I noticed that unlike the tunnel that used to be there, these roads don't allow pedestrians. Meaning currently pedestrians in the city basically have no way of going from one to the other side of the tracks in the city centre, maybe you could consider building a pedestrian tunnel or bridge as well.

[@anderssn]

No idea if its possible yet but a castle-turned-museum would be perfect on the river island

[@Lombwolf]

You should make one of the industrial areas along the river have a very gritty and 1900's vibe. Very dence with lots of factorys

[@KeyFilmation]

For the island - a cathedral! Just like the Notre Dame on the Ile de la Cite in Paris.

[@egill624]

Making junctions and interchanges looks soooo much easier in this, it's amazing!

[@francescoboselli6033]

16:00 I love how you just ignored the completely underwater road 😂

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

Looking fantastic 👍👍

[@PeterEvansPeteTakesPictures]

Great video, already getting ideas watching you. The vanilla ability to weave intersections and bridges around structures should allow for some great realistic city centre over-development. Liking the vanilla style too. My only concerns are: 1: The taller mid-rise look a bit TOO tall compared to rowhouses low-mid etc. However upon playing and measuring I might find it to be actualy realistic, though looks just a little off. 2: Really wish there was some Parklife style prop placement with gazebos, Avanya style planters for plazas, fountains and hedge and fence line tools. I can see them adding it later, but it's so vital for giving districts a distict character. Apart from that, looking good!

[@Morgulvale_]

The highway connections at 19:20 are so smooth and look amazing

[@matushka__]

There's something so peaceful about your city, could you please just make like a 20 minute fly-over/cinematic camera shots of it with that calm music in the background? It's truly magical.

[@dedasama9586]

I just cant wait for this game, idk about you guys but these new visuals and tools are so cool

[@WeyounSix]

One thing I really think is paradoxically cool about the new graphics, is that it is both less detailed, yet more realistic. If you look, the individual textures of concrete etc are very flat when you zoom in, much more so than cities 1. However, I feel like because of the more proper scale of the buildings, cars, and roads, and the better overall color pallet, the game looks WAY more realistic than cities 1. I think this is actually great as it makes the base game a lot more customizable for mods and custom assets that will fit in.

[@UncomfortableShoes]

Can’t wait to play this game. Seems like the base game streamlines things I always had trouble with like trains and highways. I’m really excited. Bravo, on the video.

[@Str0b0]

Buses are very popular public transport method in Finland, where the Colossal Order is from, especially in the cities. So, that might be why this game is so "pro buses".

[@matti...]

On that island, you could have some sort of city amusement park, sorta like St Helen's Island in Montreal

[@leonorafila3]

In my country, we have a university campus that sits on an island in the river. I would love to see that!

[@theboywondercreation]

I wanna play it already, CS2 is a beautiful masterpiece,

[@Thuin8]

That junction looks crazy ... I love it

[@beefcakees]

Morning Breeze. Haha. I feel you. I like a good morning breeze down under. :) That's a good Australian joke right there...

[@benjaminthompson8359]

I remember in Sim City 2000, I would make creative (but still functional) roadways. The new road tool looks like it gives a lot of freedom to build roads the way you want to while still looking realistic enough.

[@SimmerChell]

I really hope they plan to add more of an autumn look and coloured trees for fall! Loving these videos so far. Can’t wait to try it myself!!

[@denideste9748]

Yeah, this game needs some color.

[@jimhearsonwriter]

We should be able to toggle on/off tree growth, but until we have the option, I'd leave the central island with its rich tree growth and make it into a parkland - an oasis within the expanding city on the opposite coasts.

[@lwood9210]

Your familiarity with the game makes me feel much more excited for CSII.

[@nakoda1610]

omg ive been waiting ages for the second wave of cities video's, nice

[@mr.weirdo5756]

"Mass Transit for the Masses" Hmmm yes, the floor is made out of floor!

[@epicsnake21]

Lovin your videos, man. Great job :) P.S. I love the trains

[@samquinn5545]

13:47 i feel like Moore street here would have been a good spot to put an over/underpass to preserve the look of that main road you’ve got over there

[@blaxlankoca2942]

I think having a port/industrial district, like a cargo terminal and or cruise ship terminal would make sense for the island since it has great access to the river and provides good connectivity for both towns. Having some railways too would be good to help reduce road traffic in the area and alleviate congestion. Idk just a suggestion. I feel like a uni wouldn’t make too much sense due to the nearby industry and the island feels a bit too small for future university expansion.

[@joestimmell3825]

Historically speaking, the island probably would have been an early industrial location if the river was at all used for transportation of goods. Now in the lore of your map I suppose it's possible that the area has been gentrification.

[@twodollarstwenty]

I was thinking the same

[@YDNO-]

Congratulations on 200k bro🥳🥳🥳

[@derleolegal]

Very calm video! Thanks for your content!

[@TiGGowich]

God I cannot wait for the release of this game. I have not managed to get excited about a game since the Witcher 3 and that was in 2015... but man I really really want to play this. Loved CS1 and this one looks so much better without any mods already.

[@Outfrost]

The island could become a mostly pedestrianised area with tightly packed mixed use zoning, and maybe a university like you said :) I'd very much like to see what kind of fps numbers you're getting in CS2, along with your PC specs!

[@callmemarcer]

i really hope the landscape textures are improved on the final build. great video tho! so satisfying to watch you build. i wanna play now!

[@kantalarski]

FInally reallistically built rail not like a road network. Good job.

[@Squbber]

The train line that currently ends in Notdunyeti could really go either way down either of the valleys. One would clearly be more difficult to build than the other due to elevation changes, but not impossible. I guess it depends on if you'd rather make it a more time consuming project but also a more geographically interesting train line, or an easier and quicker build. Either way I would imagine a city off the edge of the map that the train is headed towards in that direction.

[@emerginglobster2075]

These videos are great and have me SO hyped for Cities 2! And as an American, I reject your pronunciation of "depot" 😂

[@matthiasoc7141]

Honestly, that rail crossing at 24:00 just FEELS like a piece of Sydney infrastructure that never quite works, and is always a parking lot from 5-8pm every weekday, but... gosh it looks good.

[@Saurion1]

I hate the waiting for trees to grow thing. It's a detailer's nightmare, but one that mods will hopefully solve asap.

[@Ahjusshi_Brown]

I’ve never played this game, never played any city builder game, have no clue how to play this game but I’m gonna pre-order it and just wing it and see how it goes

[@Leorin13]

A small detail which I would like to see. Cars always drive over the sidewalk. Be it a police station, fire department, etc....sad the building does not adapt to the street and generates a normal driveway. Your city looks so realistic again, and only in vanilla. I'm curious what you will create with mods.

[@Sparkiebc]

Hey two dollars, I thought you mind find this amusing: North of the city of Atlanta Georgia there’s a city called Dunwoody. Very similar to Dunyeti. This is a real place with ~60 thousand residents, and a fair amount of high rise offices. You might want to check it out because of the name haha

[@lthium8498]

I'm fine with all the new features added, and would like to see some more like a ctrl-Z function, but most important to me is the ability to toggle everything on and off. I know CS is a money and city management game, but just making a good looking city without having to worry about anything is a huge part of it too. Everyone has different things they do and don't want enabled, so an option to toggle every single aspect of the game is needed.

[@irasponsibly]

The road crossing over the railway line reminds me a lot of some of the bridges that came out of Melbourne's Level Crossing Removal project

[@Nightshade-dh9fm]

When you were building your roads around the 25 min mark, you said it felt unrealistic but I think it's incredibly realistic if you look at places like Pittsburgh and Wheeling and West Virginia as a whole, these were very old cities, that had most of their infrastructure in place before the dominance of roads, on top of that they're in geographically very difficult places to build, I mean most of West Virginia literally can't build anywhere other than along the riverbanks because of the mountains and that has led to some of the most unique looking road layouts I've ever seen, and your video very much reminded me of that.

[@sherrisville]

Dunyeti's looking awesome mate. Can't wait for the game to be out and to see what wonderful new mods and assets we get to play with.

[@lieutenant-dingo7237]

I estimate the new terrain height limit at ~2000m, based on the shot at 1:54 where the trees can be used to scale with the mountain in the back

[@dezwollenaartjes]

Love this channel sooooo much

[@pleasant_asymmetry]

Could be cool to have a historical hospital complex on the island, a lot of the time they were put there to isolate diseases from the town in the past, but it could have modernised

[@chinolewin3335]

i am so hyped up fpr your game plays! this was another damn good one!

[@stephenlloydco]

Normally an island like that would be used for port or naval or even prison type facility when the city is in its early boom time, then be decommissioned due to expense and become a park or something else later on.

[@Falkaroa]

They should add a special type of zoning similar to the district zoning that zoned park areas, it would not allow for housing or anything to be built in it, but it also acted like a regular park that you could place down. The larger and more items in the park, the more attractive it would be.

[@jameseddleman6944]

I've been playing Civ 6 waiting for this to come out. I want to build hexagon city blocks and with the new roundabouts, I think it will work better. Places next to the highway, I would line up the Hexagons right up on it, and the "triangles" in the gaps can become the green way. 00>II0>IIII0>IIII

[@chammp777]

That bridge with those older looking residential building is so perfect

[@alvarberget-9835]

I love your build man. It is such a believable place.

[@drtaru]

The scale of things in the game looks so much better compared to CS 1

[@ovalsquare]

Didn’t play cities skylines too much, but the sequel truly looks crazy. Will have to play cs1 now so I remember how to play for cs2 😂

[@amsterdamandco]

I think that Island needs to be reserved for your Nuclear Power Station if you were planning to build one.

[@BobTheMartin]

Great series so far Thinking the cut at 16:00 might look better if top of it was cleaned up with flatten tool :)

[@jessiamedeiros4294]

This game is looking great. Only thing I've been missing since the first previews is that I hoped we'd move away from grid zoning to procedural. They already did that with som buildings, was sad to see we don't get it with overall zoning.

[@deadgoaliered5175]

I think a sporting complex would be cool on the island with the bridge, like what Montreal has with their expo and F1 circuit! eventually if you get subways you could connect the island with that or run the tram line over to the island then connect NotDunyeti via the island for the tram line

[@mrmaison4924]

I will be following this city throughout the mod explosion to come. Thumbs up!

[@twodollarstwenty]

Now we just need some of your legendary trees!

[@MikMoen]

Dunyeti... "Is the city done yet, eh?"

[@koharumi1]

Train stations should not have parking lots attached to it. That is poor planning. Train stations are a hub of activity so should contain shops and restaurants. An example would be the Kyoto station in Japan. It incorporating restaurants, a shopping mall, hotel, movie theater, Isetan department store, and several local government facilities under one 15-story roof.