Conquering The Most Painful City Blocks in Cities Skylines 2!

[@Nicoladen1]

Since nobody said it but everyone felt it: the editing cuts in the beginning were very appropriate and entertaining 👏

[@wrong1029]

@@Gigi-xr3qsWhat does he shill?

[@ander4163]

True

[@frank_calvert]

@@Gigi-xr3qs counterargument: what if he just likes the game. and he got the game early because he liked the previous game that much. sometimes people just like stuff and give benefit of the doubt, you dont have to be paid for it. dont be so quick to judge

[@JonnyRay82]

That was so funny! 😂

[@SineN0mine3]

​@@frank_calvertI think some of the Cities 2 KZbinrs have spilled the beans regarding early access. Nobody was paid, but everybody was required to sign NDAs which restricted the types of criticism they were allowed to offer (to none). I'm pretty sure that those agreements only applied to the early access copies. Even so, they won't want to get on the developer or publisher's bad side if they want to be included in the future. It's a pretty unavoidable side of video game based video content. It only makes sense to try to be as friendly as possible to the people making the game. You're also going to default to promoting the game because more players and fans of the games means more views. I don't think anybody is lying or even being dishonest, it's just common sense. If people want to complain about the game, coming to the channels that are banking on the success of the game seems like a misguided approach.

[@stevewhan7308]

I really like the ‘construction zone’ you made. Sadly the industrial assets so far mostly have tall chimneys spewing pollution rather than small manufacturing industries, that are historical features within cities.

[@twodollarstwenty]

Some nice small warehouses would go a long way

[@danonck]

I hate the fact they removed ploppable warehouses. Also can't wait for a mod that turns off the smoke from the chimneys, it looks ridiculous.

[@JonnyRay82]

That's also one of the mods I'm looking forward to most. Really, anything that can reduce the smoke stacks. No industry looks that smoky.

[@ARW.7]

Would love more of these moments at 31:00 where you just stop still for a moment and let the game run at cool intersections. That way we get to see the city doing it’s thing for a bit. Love watching those moments 👐🏼

[@twodollarstwenty]

Done! I’ll add more

[@ARW.7]

@@twodollarstwenty nice! 🙌🏼🙌🏼

[@archivek4]

Converting a rail line to a metro line sounds like a great idea

[@egill624]

iirc they're actually trying to do something like that in new york right now, there's a lightly used freight line that they're considering converting to a new metro line in Brooklyn and Queens

[@jeffm21]

I really like how the mixed zoned buildings fill in the little bit of extra space. I wish the other building would also do that. I'm surprised people aren't talking about this more.

[@Gapis321]

Tech is definitely there, it would be so cool to see dynamic house gardens and concrete/back alleys you can drag on the micro scale, similar to how landfills and special industry zoning works.

[@twodollarstwenty]

I wish they did too I’m hoping asset creators run with it and implement it for other buildings!

[@dalton-at-work]

ive seen people doing that exact thing with the devtools. so the base mechanic is there, and will surely be utilized! that same mechanic could also be used to change the shape of wall-to-wall structures too!@@Gapis321

[@maxwellmeyer6482]

random empty corners have been a problem so long

[@neaturephotographer3920]

@@Gapis321or if they just had a paint brush tool to paint the grass into concrete.

[@danonck]

What a gem of an episode. I always love it when you go rogue with the road layout instead of a boring grid. This is one of the things that makes your cities different from the rest and also what makes them super realistic, even in a vanilla, really limited game at this stage. Also, don't worry about the length, I'm always down for a longer video of yours, it's not like you're spamming us with new videos every day, so we can enjoy it while it lasts!

[@twodollarstwenty]

Thanks dude I appreciate that! Road layouts are the funnest part which I’d probably why I’m always starting new cities 😂

[@Bob78]

I wish that the devs tried to make buildings in more shapes to fill the space, rather than just rectangle. I'm not really sure how it would work, but some sort of procedural generation of buildings that can fill irregular spaces. There are a few really famous buildings that wedge between two roads, like the one on times square.

[@SineN0mine3]

I've seen some very impressive tech demos that do what you're describing, but I think we're still a few years away from being able to run things like that on normal consumer hardware. The game in its current form already pushes high end systems to their limits. It's one thing to implement AI and procedural generation in a finite space but scaling that up so that you've got hundreds of them in a city seems like it would be too much for even the next generation of PC hardware. If more players were willing to sacrifice their resolution or frame rate for more complex features we might get it sooner but these days if you're not doing everything at 4k and 120Hz people don't think it's good enough. Hopefully in the meantime we get more mods that give us more control and flexibility with the zoning because it leaves a lot to be desired in it's current form

[@NewYorkRecordingsNYC]

In Newark, NJ there’s a neighborhood named Ironbound, which is a pretty good name for your industrial island. Ironbound Island has a really nice alliteration to it

[@DeeRuss]

That’s a great name

[@mrgooglethegreat]

New York's Metro is full of amazing names to steal like Great Kills Parsippany Ronkonkoma Crown Heights Fresh Meadows Soundview Ocean Hills Fish Kills Gowanus Gravesend and Morrisania just to name a few. I prefer upstate NY names like Onondaga Irondequoit Canandaigua or Owego or even Nyack.

[@quinlanroche342]

Love the little Stone industry triangle. Think it could do a lot towards the neighborhood's history/identity. An old industrial warehouse sector being converted into housing. Something like "slabtown" might fit

[@Silverjerk]

I grew up in the inner city of Boston in the 80s, and when you plopped down those random industries and that stone mining block with the extended fence, it immediately brought me back to what I remember, walking around downtown Boston and my neighborhood of South Boston. It wasn’t uncommon to actually see a random smoke stack, obviously from a different era, mixed in amongst bodegas and mixed commercial buildings, right before turning the corner to a block of row houses - usually with a pub or two sitting at the corner. I absolutely loved how this turned out. Same thing happened last episode with how the train both grew and progressed, and I’m here for all of it. This, to me, is the real spirit of city building games like this. Cities look far more interesting when you understand how they grew initially, smaller city centers and villages that expanded outward, creating infrastructure that didn’t have the benefit of long term planning, but was intended to solve immediate issues. I love all of the Cities creators I follow, but so many of them think it’s the micro-detailing that makes their cities look realistic (which is why they’re all waiting patiently for mods). That’s not it, at all. Realism comes from those macro-details; the controlled chaos of odd road designs, intersections where it’s apparent that the six conjoined roads were all built in different decades and some city planner and contractor had to figure out how to make it work. This has been my favorite series so far. I cannot wait to see what you do with mods when the time comes, because without them you’ve already managed to absolutely nail the spirit and heart of a real, bustling downtown area.

[@twodollarstwenty]

Thank you so much!

[@bdjouvenel]

So true! I like that many players have their individual approaches and there are many I like a lot. But it is only those who add a bit of storytelling, background and "macro-details" as you put it so well, that I really look forward watching every week.

[@yelnaw]

4:47 that’s a spot for dealers if I ever saw one!

[@IsaiahWells]

I still love it! The European layout is really thought out and well planned! Especially the big cities like London, Frankfurt, Moscow, and Athens. How can I not love this?

[@MrMoodymaniac]

Have you stopped posting?

[@iilikecereal]

When you're doing the cinematics I would love to see some shots from the pedestrian level, just to see what it might be like to walk through the different neighborhoods

[@caramelldansen2204]

At about 18:00, why don't you disable right turns on the main road, because otherwise what's the point of a right turn slip lane? 😊

[@Bias2310]

the point of a slip lane is to ease the pressure on the itersection itself, but I think what happened was that the cars didn't use it, and therefore he made it "illegal" to drive on the right at the intersection.

[@caramelldansen2204]

@@Bias2310 ah I must have missed that! when did he do that?

[@berglh]

@@caramelldansen2204 I was watching that and noticed it just flipped later on, probably edited out I'd say - he we pretty fine on the detail for a while and needed to speed through the content to get a reasonable video length I assume.

[@frustratedrhinoceros8431]

I love the idea of zoning the industry in with the other zone types, but I feel the smokestacks are a bit too much. Warehouses on the other hand, amazing.

[@zacklequeb1244]

Love it! I've been playing since release and I always learn something new in your videos. Can't wait for 2 videos a week ;)

[@marxxek10]

You’re doing such a good job at building realistic city with just the base game and all your tips are really helpful (the mixed zoning one is game changer)

[@kevinmertel6108]

Honestly, this is one my favorite episodes you've made. Entertaining and contains a lot of creative solutions. As someone who "plays the game", I like seeing what you do when you don't have mods to brute force a solution. This video also really made me realize how much character you strip from your neighborhoods when you terraform everything perfectly flat.

[@mrfriendlolo4971]

I love the design of your city! However for that triangle that you made all stone mining, I think a better use of that space would be a part of a university campus

[@ongitsTG]

i really loved how the little pizza sliced looked at around 16:40, reminds me of a lot of places in the UK, the mixed zoning little shops really added to it i think

[@williambouchardon3706]

Do you plan on continuing/finishing Oceania and Sunset City ? As much as CS2 has potential, I kinda miss the endless creativity you had with CS1 mods.

[@2163mechows]

I think we need to accept that those cities are dead until this series is over

[@olli8977]

Yes. CS1 Would bee more interesting whit mods and assets

[@RWDtech]

Agreed, watching him work in CS2 is kinda painful. Hands tied. Bring back CS1 content!

[@twodollarstwenty]

I still plan to but at this stage I’m enjoying csl2 even with its limitations. I’ll see how I go over the next month if I have extra time I will. I miss them too

[@themcbeef]

For no name 2, Kimberly Hills sounds nice. I love your content, keep up the great work!

[@delugesofgrandeur]

Outstanding tip with using pedestrian paths to sort out the zoning. That's been my biggest issue with the game so far; the inability to choose what roads you want the zoning to occur on.

[@NarookHawkins]

As someone who lives in a industrial zone, I do hope you keep on sprinkling areas with some industrial buildings.

[@ander4163]

36:05 it looks like a construction site, as you said. I think it's quite cool actually But the smoke stacks of the industrial buildings are a bit too much imo

[@theartofjan5871]

Ok no one is going to see this but since you asked for name suggestions: I think instead of Staten Island you should call it "Oakmont"/"Oakmont Island". I got there because you kept calling it 'Stratton Island' in previous episodes and in reference to the Wolf of Wallstreet and Jordan Belforts firm "Stratton Oakmont" I just feel like that Oakmont Island would be a cool 'pop culture' reference to have with the New York theme that you have going atm. Especially since (at least in my head) Wallstreet, coporate finance and certain movies, namely the Wolf of Wallstreet, and the lifestyle portraited in them, are the first things that come to mind when thinking about New York without ever having been there outside of GTA IV :) Anyway keep up the good work! I have really been enyoing your content ever since Sunset City!

[@FiatMultipla]

No Name 1 should be named The Station, in memoriam to all the victims of The Station nightclub fire

[@slosubies4845]

The rock quarry fits nicely. It reminds me of those places in most large NA cities where a large construction project has stagnated for decades.

[@dayanreynolds8851]

Watching this is so helpful and entertaining as someone who is still trying to figure out how to best use what the game developers have given us so far.

[@bjroo]

You could call no name Covington. I’m from Cincinnati and it remind me of the city across the river

[@14jbid14]

I think the best name would be just "New Dollar". It's simple but still honours the original intent. Plus it feels like an almost realistic name for an American city, like out of Red Dead Redemption or something.

[@mintmayo7574]

LETS GOOO LAWRENCEVILLE!!! PITTSBURGH BABY THATS WHAT WE LIKE TO SEEEEEEEE!!!! 🖤💛🖤💛

[@Froe131]

Always enjoy the SC4 music. Great video.

[@haytemc]

Around 21:15, I noticed that you used the bulldoze tool when removing a lot of trees. You can delete multiple trees with the Tree Brush by selecting Multiple Trees Tool Mode and disabling same trees (the one with Square Icon) in Snapping.

[@macintoshie]

Name suggestion for the second skyline area: Stavanger. Since the road layout is inspired by Bergen in NJ which is named after Bergen in Norway, this area also might be named after a Norwegian city. Stavanger is known as the oil capital of Norway (wiki says so), so you could place some oil refineries nearby to give a little nod to that.

[@Hermocrates_]

Actually, I really like the small plots of industrial you placed in that city... Makes me think the game needs a separation of industrial zones into heavy industry (what it is now, heavy pollution, air pollution) and light industry: lighter ground pollution, no air pollution, so things like mechanics, scrap yards, all the little gross bits you still expect to see in the middle of a developed city. Maybe even gas stations should move there from commercial

[@benjikruger4092]

Interesting you brought up converting rail lines into metro... In Jersey city, that's exactly what they did! They converted old freight lines into a N-S light rail metro line that runs from North Bergen into Bayonne!

[@foreverAGandmore]

10:00 A roundabout? In America? Are you crazy? Half of them would drive straight through it! 😂

[@itsfreaktv7241]

2 VIDEOS A WEEK?! OMG CAN'T WAITT

[@diogenes9242]

One of the things I was really hoping for in CS2 was smarter zoning procedures- so that curved roads and non-90deg blocks would fill in more realistically. The need for rectangular blocks of exact grid dimensions seems like something that needed to be overhauled 😢

[@nilton9621]

This was coll. But a city make of Hexagons blocks much more amazing

[@sadgiraffe6669]

Surely there is a way for the devs to add corner buildings that can fit nicely in corners other than right angles, like some procedural building that has a different angle depending on the road layout, it just looks awful having these judge stupid gaps if the corner isn’t perfectly 90°.

[@DeeRuss]

What happened to the series I miss watching these videos

[@Izmael1310]

Game is broken as hell.

[@CubeAtlantic]

i like how kind of vast & unique this city looks doe.

[@kblegolover7802]

There are three types of CS players: 1. The novice who doesn’t really know how to use or utilize any of the road tools, and can likely only build with a grid layout and the default roundabouts. 2. The more experienced who can utilize road tools to make things flow and transition east, creating flowing and perfectionist cities 3. The veteran player who knows the best city is one that embraces chaos but still somehow works 😅

[@annamuench8429]

It might make sense to play a little bit of whack-a-mole with the industry in the city to get fewer/no smoke-stacks next to residential buildings, otherwise you're going to have a big pollution problem. Also, watch out with larger industrial buildings, eventually you may have a ground pollution problem.

[@DrWonderbaum]

Jefferson Park Chicago is like this. I hate every minute of it. I've never made so many 340 degree turns in all my life

[@vitormd1138]

SimCity 2013 OST do be the city building OST, so good!

[@danielmyatt23]

You’ve got to call the area behind New Dimesburg “Nickleback”.

[@BirbarianHomeGuard]

There are few New Jersey Transit light rail lines that are a mix of modern light rail, old streetcar paths, and subway terminals.

[@lilacmoon6137]

You can actually use the foliage brush tool, select the button next to snapping to allow all types of foliage you can right click to remove all trees and bushes!

[@Majnore]

with all the advancements they seem to have made to core mechanics in CS2 its surprising to see zoning is still locked to this 90degree grid system

[@snoozby]

Snoozy Hill for "No name 2" :D !!. Love your work mate! very entertaining!

[@pbdivyesh]

Your city truly looks more realistic compared to other online videos on Cities: Skylines 2

[@gp5313]

I could watch you detailing for hours

[@randomproductions1650]

altough i defintely love the video i also love seeing the dumbells in the background of the facecam :)

[@twodollarstwenty]

Always good to get some curls in while you watch your city grow

[@kristamartin6172]

Poplars can fit in pretty much anywhere and it looks like spruce

[@Charlie_Delta_Aerocinama]

For one of the names you could use Hersheyville after Hershey Pennsylvania.

[@MaxwellCatignani]

I think that No Name 2 could be something like Nickel Bank (as in the riverbank)or Nickelson

[@theorixlux]

I love the detailed zoneing! Though I can see how it would quickly devolve . GL try to take it down a notch :P

[@jaschbum_5833]

I miss Sunset City and Oceania

[@RWDtech]

💯

[@zjshafe]

The stoneworks building looks like a charcoal or logging yard that is very common around where I live just outside of neighborhoods. It's ugly, but realistic

[@fraponese]

The layout of No name 2 reminds me of the Kensington/ Fishtown section of Philadelphia. Those could be a good name for the city. Or you could call it Richmond, after a street in that neighborhood, playing into the money inspo names.

[@Sassy.Sasquatch]

I dunno, I prefer the longer more finished episodes than multiple short "here's this block" or "terrain time" episodes.

[@matthewwilliams5253]

Its saturday night but whose really counting.... lol

[@tentaq3296]

The smoking factory next to the buildings reminds me of my home town and living area where there are reserve powerplants that burn oil for electricity and heat if there is a malfunction in the power grid or deficiency in power.

[@beastateverythin]

This really reminds me of Cleveland, Ohio! That little suburb feels like a suburb just across the river from Cleveland and the size of the skyline is relatively similar to Cleveland lol.

[@beastateverythin]

I think your tiny low density area might look a bit better when the buildings level up. I personally have had a lot of frustration with the zoning squares in this game. Any modifications to the road in the future could mess up your zoning :( or at least that’s happened to me

[@tamaraberchuk454]

Since you mentioned noname 2 is gonna be its own city I kinda was expecting a market square in the middle, maybe a church by its side.

[@PatrikS99]

If you´re taking inspiration from New York, you must name one borough or city as kings. As show of respect for the Queens

[@chinnuselva]

Another gripe I have with the game is if the game auto-traffic lights a junction you can't remove it. Only can replace with stop signs

[@tipos26]

I feel like you should build a seat for the local government

[@MattiusMaximus]

I watched the video from start to finish. I don’t think it’s over edited, I think it’s very good, but it’s worth trying a reduced edit to allow you to upload more often (as this may help your channel grow).

[@grattefeulegnomegluant874]

Pockets of industry are awesome

[@wilkoufert8758]

NoName2 could be Farthingten

[@snake4546]

For the big triangle construction site (since you asked for our opinions)i think it is cool but it seems way too big in my eyes. i dont really know what else to put there so if no ideas come to mind then it is a good temporary solution.

[@College-Builder]

Keep up the great work. Love this series!

[@GodIsGoodArmadeus]

Please name "No name 2" Fort Myers, thank you! It's inspired by a city near me in Florida, It's quite pretty and I feel like that's a good name.

[@olli8977]

I was hoping that some cs1 videos still continue

[@olleronn616]

Regarding names, I always liked the name Morristown, which is an area of NJ I've been to once.

[@clock____93]

Add the Amityville horror house pls. Somewhere in long island.

[@bequemjoe]

This new area is built with the confusingness of Tiffin, Ohio. So that'll be my name suggestion

[@MaxiF-wg5ke]

27:23 I think you should name that’s suburb Oakville

[@MilkFearless]

I’m l getting the impression that a lot of CS2 is just relearning the the core gameplay of cs1 with revamped road tools.

[@anthonyd2218]

Love the SimCity Music !!

[@Michael.Shayne]

Yae longer videos! The unplanned area is giving European chaos, definitely different than your normal. Fun change though!

[@poklianon]

It's sad they didn't improve zoning mechanics by a single bit

[@fergustarr9126]

Hey man not sure if you could do this but could you please a first person train ride through the oceania map. Such a good youtuber so please do it

[@jay_utopia2651]

I'd love to see a district called "Crestwood", after my hometown

[@RonaldoGreen-ib3vi]

Fairheaven for neighborhood great name

[@punkineq]

you should name no name 2 "northern dimesburg"

[@mitchellnagy6667]

You should name that little neighborhood by the train tracks "Down the Track"... I feel like very literal names for tiny neighborhoods like that exist everywhere in the Northeast and it would be funny because you said you would name it "down the track"

[@freddielo4330]

PLEASE, I beg you! Terraform before zoning and building roads /_\. Your arching roads and pillowing city blocks are driving me insane!

[@Dismal187]

Hey I think u should slowly make the city for people only with no cars like London is trying to but try work round what u have

[@christophergarrison2628]

Sim city 4 music is goat

[@cidie1]

The editor should be constantly showing up in the video. 😂

[@bradyh6004]

i hope someone makes an asset where we can use the specialized industry tool to make custom parking lots!

[@LaurenceJennings-j9j]

call 'no name 2' Libertyville; it sounds very american

[@oscarsands1237]

old dimesberg