Engineering the PERFECT CITY in Cities Skylines 2!

Engitopia returns! We're checking out Cities Skylines 2 (City Skyline 2) today, and what better way to do it than to limit our city to a single tile, once we've learned the game a bit more we'll come back and see if we can improve our city building skills!
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[@NFvidoJagg2]

You should build a hexagon based neighbourhood. Not just because hexagons are the bestagons, but also because of traffic efficiencies

[@Rabbit635]

noice

[@michaelplowman8674]

I just thought about a hexagonal neighborhood with a roundabout in the very center and then the blocks being otherwise the 2nd strongest shape of equilateral triangles. Only thing that could make it better is bridges!

[@jessekeeler4899]

Bestagons

[@LeroxYT]

Average american depressing roads...why dont you make them like in Europe? Draw funny lines with every possible different road 🙂 it looks great (also some of our roads (Most)) are older than the USA 😂

[@mctuble]

Is there anyone else who says "hexagons are the bestagons" other than Matt Parker?

[@justinfrerich8132]

Personally I appreciate the more realistic approach to cities. Keep doing the engineering classes plz

[@attepatte8485]

And some experiment shenanigans

[@HighExplosiveOP]

If anyone requests the old boring childish knob shaped inneficient roads I swear…

[@LeroxYT]

@@HighExplosiveOP better funny old roads than depressing american 😂

[@ordnaela1210]

Maybe a separate series for engineering and shenanigans! love them both!

[@trueb8474]

this wise british man is the only reason the traffic flow in my magnum opus city is at 87%

[@RGrum-je6zn]

I love that he is doing a realistic play through and using his engineer knowledge

[@Lordofcookiejars]

This aged poorly

[@spudlingtv8187]

more poorly now@@Lordofcookiejars

[@Casonplayz]

@@spudlingtv8187Even more poorly now

[@piercemccauley7079]

@@Casonplayz why poorly?

[@tehstarwars1361]

This is actually what we want. You teaching us and actually playing the game every now and again LOVE IT

[@spaceworkgaming656]

I hope this series continues to be both fun, AND educational. I love learning about these real world engineer methods.

[@DonaldWWitt]

And then we can design the real life POOCANO POWERPLANT!

[@patai16]

@@DonaldWWitt Just like OG engitopia

[@michaelteta875]

YES I'm a huge fan of free civil engineering classes so please teach as much as you want!

[@dragonblade8460]

Please!!

[@sheepco]

Agreed!

[@ramadhanfuadyrakha.s890]

its just all we neeed

[@NicolasdeFontenay]

shamelessly placing my beg herre too

[@NovaRift]

100% agree, these types of videos (educational via video game) have been my new favourite thing! I have even started looking to see if towns I drive in are engineered well or poorly!

[@djwillcaine]

Literally earlier today i was approaching a roundabout and wondered why there was such a sharp bend before it. Now I know! I actually really enjoyed the legit engineering insights.

[@reiszdan]

As someone who can't wait to get a hold on the game when it launches, I actually quite appreciate the realistic playstyle and engineering basics teaching

[@chitty8868]

When does it release

[@senatorarmstrong4168]

@@chitty8868 october of last year (on steam)

[@flaaaaaaaag]

2nd

[@ooogabooogaa]

2nd if which month?​@@flaaaaaaaag

[@Google__account]

Sometimes I wonder if he’s truly still an engineer after these years. But seeing him draw a bunch of knobs I realize he’s more, he’s a genius!

[@tarrantwolf]

Yeah, very architectural to design for looks rather than thinking of nothing but efficiency.

[@marcushvelplund9535]

@@tarrantwolf A knob is the most efficient shape

[@tarrantwolf]

@@marcushvelplund9535 only for a wizards staff.

[@DominicThomas369]

The strongest shape

[@KeyzKieran]

I wonder if there are any dick designs out there in the UK currently and we dont know about it

[@leeonking8901]

I prefer the more educational approach. It's a good balance to your humor! While it's funny, the constant "strongest shape" sometimes was too much so this is a good balance. For example, Visibility Splay is HORRIBLE where I live but never knew the term! I'm thankful to have learned that but still get a good chuckle in.

[@GuestUser18]

Thank you! I agree so much, sometimes the efficient engineering can be funny but sometimes it gets really annoying. I love his realistic approaches to city building and I hope he does more of it

[@dr.michaelmarx3085]

Kind of neat to actually hear about Matt's engineering experience. It was very interesting.

[@emorainbow8999]

2:00 there was a road in a neighboring town where an 80 mph highway became the main street... where an elementary school was placed. Fun little law in my area, cars cannot go more than 25 mph in proximity to a school. Meaning you had to slow down by 55 mph immediately. There were no warning signs, however there WAS a mountain between you and the town, so you got ZERO warning of this decrease. You round a huge bend and boom. You're going 55 miles over the speed limit in a school zone. It made the cops quite happy, cause they got to ticket farm there.

[@JudeBaker-yw4jh]

Engitopia 2 is going to be the most anti-architect city ever!!!

[@Chill_Fryhair]

Hi

[@LunaDL]

Only Engineers

[@malksy1014]

yeah😜

[@SumiEwiets-idgaf]

I recently found out I'm INTJ-T architect personality type. Idk how I feel about architects anymore....😂

[@YourDadsBoyfriend]

Yet the first thing he does is add an architects wet dream - the roundabout

[@lil_lyrix]

The Real Civil Engineer actually engineering a city? Insanity.

[@jessice293]

It was shocking to watch haha

[@meowritz]

Yeah the amount of these "city ____ plays C:S" channels is astounding whereas almost none of them apply many infrastructure tricks of their own, i was surprised to see someone try to explain how certain roads are designed and why

[@jordanbradford7729]

His earliest Cities Skylines videos were similar to this one, in which he taught real civil engineering concepts. At some point he discovered the joy of screwing around in the game, and that’s how he eventually had a poo volcano providing infinite power to a city.

[@flamingoLake]

@@meowritzI have genuinely only seen like two of them including this guy and city planner plays. But city planner plays is an actual city planner who uses the principles of city design

[@patai16]

@@jordanbradford7729 U a real one

[@roberttucker1527]

Good to see you actually being an engineer. Silly stuff is good at times but you should leverage your actual engineering experience more. It's enjoyable

[@JakePorterOfficial]

I really love this realistic gameplay, use this save to play realistically and make other saves for messing around.

[@captainsnekk]

Petition for matt to make a turbo-roundabout.

[@Major_Minecraft_Gaming]

agreed

[@HardNameGuy]

Signed by me

[@ManjotSingh-sf2ri]

signed by me

[@malksy1014]

yep

[@SamanthaLaurier]

If that's just a roundabout but everyone is driving super fast, sign me up

[@Actiaeon]

I enjoy the educational engeneering content. Honestly I would just watch you make a realistic city with actual practices.

[@sunshine_tidings6983]

you might really like city planner plays

[@Actiaeon]

@@sunshine_tidings6983 You son of a b**** you have consumed my life. Also, Chuckles was right!

[@cbutler91510]

I LOVE the bits of education you throw into your videos. Since watching your PolyBridge videos I call out bridge types to my wife, and have found a love and passion for beautiful bridges. I LOVED this video for all the breakdowns you were doing while you also played. I love listening to experts in their field that I know nothing about. It's always amazing. I vote to keep.

[@red_is_sus5]

“We don’t want junctions too close to each other” and 20 seconds later “Let’s split the junction into two”

[@takitachibana4757]

I’m a huge fan of the mini lessons throughout the video, I hope he continues

[@user-gy2ui5lv6z]

Me too😊

[@MrMetalMichael]

Love that Danny arrons and caravans are just a thing now 😂😂

[@Pop_308]

never expected to hear danny aarons name in an rce video

[@pinkybandit3581]

@@Pop_308neither 🤣 made my day

[@Jonathan-fk2bg]

@@Pop_308 fr

[@Insomnia32611]

How is this comment a day old but the vid is 22 hrs old?

[@Pop_308]

​@@Insomnia32611 time travel

[@bycurling]

I recently find your channel and banter about architects and architecture makes me cracks up so hard as an engineer. As a city builder lover your videos are fun and informative. Great work.

[@zadchad8292]

Why did he not continue this city? I can't find any more vids on this one.

[@Anky_A]

My question about the 25 Foggy Street situation is, who called for the hearse if there are only the two dogs in the place? Great CS2 episode! I'm liking the "irl road/city tutorial" aspect.

[@furdiburd]

Possibly karen down the street

[@SullySadface]

Probably the dogs.

[@wulfywulfynrir1296]

Less than a minute in and im already disappointed we didnt go with "EngiTWOpia" 😂

[@skrtnation4323]

I love the mini tangents of engineering knowledge! I am an industrial engineer, not civil, but learning just a little bit about the random things in my city/environment is great. Keep that coming please!

[@dannypipewrench533]

19:29 The master planned development I live in in the middle of nowhere in Arizona has transmission lines cut right through it. The biggest park has the towers right by the parking lot. Kind of an architect move, but they were smart and left natural desert around the power line corridor for most of the way.

[@Dismal187]

I really like that he’s not making the most chaotic city ever but actually making it realistic

[@mancabbage1]

[@HG0973]

Gotta say, if RCE made a playlist playing this game seriously, I would love it!

[@AlexRodriguez-lk1jy]

I just found out about this game and as a roadway design engineer, I cant stress how excited I am to play this game. Its currently downloading but seeing you layout those roads and roundabouts is just awesome

[@caesarsalad77]

I can absolutely corroborate the anecdote on roundabouts and straight roads. In the city where I live there is a central square with a roundabout in it and a fountain in the middle of it. Despite stop lights prior to the roundabout, despite flashing warning lights and high visibility signs, multiple people have slammed right into that fountain.

[@GeeseGamesGlory]

I actually originally subscribed to you because of the engineering knowledge you'd share when first building Engitopia. Please do more of that kind of thing!

[@ajlunce]

absolutely love the actual traffic engineering lesson! I really hope you get a series going, maybe with people voting on new developments

[@lewisbamford337]

I Love learning stuff while you build. It’s what got me into this channel and as somone who has always been interested in engineering it’s nice to come back to this sort of stuff, thanks 😊

[@captaindelta43]

Matt playing cities skylines 2.0 aka Engitopia 2.0 as a proper RCE is the most anti architect thing 😅😂 ever , love the lessons 16:03 That Danny aarons dissertation was mad . Personally i wouldn't have that 😅😂 .

[@ezesjack5219]

why is danny catching strays from random youtubers lmaooo

[@DaBaSoftware]

I appreciate you doing the extra supplemental info and education moments. You're scratching a curious itch I have. I live in Florida in the US and travel frequently among the fort Myers shores, Lehigh, and estero areas where the interstates highways and intersections are horrible bottlenecks. This is cathartic to hear your insights and seeing you apply them to this game.

[@santeripit7740]

you can enable the contour lines while building roads with the avocado looking thing (last on the right of the snapping options)

[@TheDarklingWolf]

Missed opportunity to call it Engitwopia, looking forward to seeing how it develops in this game.

[@brendanp5498]

Oh Matt thank God I am absolutely loving this! Learning about actually proper engineering and design principles and having you use the building of the city as little micro lessons as so cool and amazing!!! Please keep it up!

[@CallMe_Ohio]

I do love your videos but I would genuinely love to see you build a completely serious realistic city with all your expert skills 😅

[@kozibones]

This series is gonna be great

[@XwafflepenguinX]

loving the civil engineering principles as part of the episode. love picking up extra knowledge while enjoying some Engitopia!

[@antoniooliver7708]

Any video where Matt gets to legitimately talk about engineering and design are always my favorite videos. Would love to see more like it!

[@dailyhydration-]

8:18 Wow! I didn't know they actually designed roads with "how fun/boring they are" in mind!

[@Red-Tower]

It's a somewhat more recent consideration, especially when thinking about long-distance travel like truckers. Driving for hours on end on long straight roads gets incredibly boring and either people start to get distracted/mind wandering to other things or they get tired and start drifting off to sleep. Obviously either of those things happening while hauling these big freight trucks is very bad and has caused a lot of accidents, so road planners have started making a greater effort to find ways they can help prevent that from happening.

[@iacobuseurus509]

Cities Skylines videos like this one are the only reason I passed my first Civil Engineering midterm

[@javienvazquez528]

Hearing him really explain it kinda feels like a teacher telling you something really cool it’s like we enjoy it so much just because this guy Makes building cities actually enjoyable and now he’s teaching how to make it efficient in real life great video even greater guy

[@carlsiouxfalls]

Interesting to see some "real" CS2 gameplay on the channel, and I look forward to more. Of course the shenanigans will be welcome too.

[@FulgrimDragon]

I love all the civil engineering insights you give in your videos, its cool to understand why every day things are the way they are.

[@scrub8674]

hes actually engineering! this is good content right here, im learning so much. im a fan of your fun content too, but not everyone can do this kind of content so i like this too.

[@zvelki]

11:35 - It's a good thing I'm *not* a *real engineer* anymore - Real Civil Engineer

[@haassteambraker9959]

Loving the knowledge drops. Makes the video more relaxing in a good way. Just cozy in a blanket, watching the funny engineer guy talk engineer stuff is nice.

[@-off-]

Do more of these "nerdy" episodes, it was really interesting, I will definitely take more notice of how the roads are shaped!

[@g-force8653]

matt i wanted to tell you that in the netherlands we do have roundabouts that work with 2 lanes. and also start with 2 lanes big fan of your fids keep it up mate

[@madammazon2942]

I love learning about real engineering! Yes more learning please! 😍 I was actually getting sad you never tried to teach them anymore in your vids🥺

[@AshotGrig]

Yes! Pumped to see more serious city building content from you! Loved the commentary as well, keep it up!

[@kendallfleet]

You know he’s gonna play city skylines 2 for a while, I’m so hyped to watch em all!!!!!!😆😆😆😆😆

[@georgekefalas538]

I love the real-life civil engineering aspects of your videos. As an intern working in highway design, it's always fascinating to learn more about the subject.

[@zacanderson3426]

Please kiip explaining as you go!! i've learned alot and I loke the paradime shifts when you realise the fundamental changes like " their like the arteries" explaining why you go from big roads to thinner veign areas.

[@Castor1986x]

Great real life examples of how to build and why. Joy and learn at the same time. Kudos mate!

[@duncanchin]

The start of Engitopia is so wholesome. I wonder how the city is gonna end up being

[@Archimedes_]

With you and CPP combined, we will become the ultimate engi-planners of all time

[@Some1Gee]

What you mentioned at 9:33 is exactly why you should build a hexagon-based city! Only three intersections at any point. Also, they’re the second strongest shape! (Obviously cities skylines doesn’t love non-orthogonal layouts so there’s be a lot of wasted space but the roads would look cool so that’d be worth it!)

[@carelprime]

I actually started watching your channel to with the city skylines 1 videos where you using and explaining real engineering practices. I am really excited to see that come back

[@AndreiChawicz]

“Hello fellow engineers “ hits different after graduation

[@squeakdragon9689]

I love the inclusion of technical information man, please do more of that. I love that stuff!

[@Loopy_Troopy]

This video is amazing to learn about the ideas that go into what seems like small things. Really enjoyed watching and learning, thank you.

[@mapletreegames9053]

1:20 I've just realised a trend with all the KZbinrs I'm subscribed to, part educational and part juvenile humour 😂😂 So yes to both!

[@williambilodeau4688]

The thing is about American grid systems is that they aren’t common on the east coast where UK colonized. As a east coster the roads all over the east coast have many turns and are very obscure like the roads in the game. Hope I cleared some things up.

[@williamtoccijr9579]

Unless it’s a planned out city like NYC and DC…

[@thalanoth]

Grids are boring :p though I do like the left turns in Phoenix AZ

[@CASA-dy4vs]

@@thalanothgrids are plain and old. Hexagons are always the bestagons

[@WierdGuy523]

I like the explanations a lot. As a fellow engineer (of the non-civil type, but nearly civil), all this is extremely interesting to me. Keep them coming please!

[@kimberlycarr6601]

I always wondered about slightly curved roads when driving out in the middle of nowhere. I thought 'maybe it's to make things slightly more mentally engaging?'. I thought that was a silly idea...but thank you for clarifying; that's pretty much why that happens. Love these little wisdom lesson videos! Long live the engineers.

[@lunarmist2948]

I enjoyed seeing you build and teach us as you do it. I would enjoy you doing this with this series more.

[@m00ng00u]

3:50 poland reference POLSKA GUROM!!!

[@mateorendon3387]

I want to go into civil engineering next year. I think you should make a video where you follow proper methods for designing all these in cities skylines so people can see what civil eng is like irl

[@Makro3d]

Just to add some knowledge for you Matt.... Bends also act in a traffic calming manner. People tend to find having to use the steering wheel difficult and will thus automatically, subconsciously, drive slower. Also that first traffic light intersection should have been a roundabout. Love that you deleted the trees btw. We are stuck having to build around them OR having to compensate every tree by at least 2 new trees.

[@nnanna0013]

I honestly enjoyed the educative of this video. I really love it. I don't like videos often, but yours deserve it!

[@robertsaltzman2481]

I love the engineering aspect worked in the video

[@mursallazuardy]

1 and half minute in vid, i love the engineering knowledge 🔥

[@d1v1ne___]

I usually don't watch gameplay of these typers of games, but I really enjoyed this one. Keep it up, man!!

[@jacklenngren6590]

I can't wait for the game to be released on October the 24th! I saw a tip for the quay-build in another video, where they recommended to flatten the terrain like in two different levels before adding the road on top of it. This way you are eligable to construct a perfectly leveled quay along the riverside. Terraining is free of charge, so that could be worth checking out!

[@jeremy_logan]

How do you feel now? The game is unplayable for me. Terrible graphics

[@jacklenngren6590]

@@jeremy_logan I feel great! The game runs smoothly and there's no lag what so ever! Perhaps you should check your settings?

[@jeremy_logan]

@jacklenngren6590 yeah I've spent hours tweaking settings. Fps is fine but the graphics are terrible. I have rtx 3050ti so I think that's the issue. It looks like a game from the 90s

[@jacklenngren6590]

@@jeremy_logan Sometimes even the gamers with good specs needs to trim down on the graphic settings... Try these settings: Display Mode: Fullscreen Windowed Depth of field mode: Disabled Dynamic Graphics Quality: Disabled Anti-aliasing Quality: High SMAA Clouds Quality Settings: Low Fog Quality Settings: Enabled Global Illumination Quality: Low Reflections Quality: High Depth of Field Quality: High Motion Blur: Disabled Shadow Quality: High Terrain Quality Settings: High Water Quality Settings: High Level of Detail: High Animation Quality: High Texture Quality Settings: High Let the Advanced settings be as they are.

[@jeremy_logan]

@jacklenngren6590 yeah I've done all that. The graphics just suck. Idk why. Thanks though

[@leodavis4242]

18:35 on a more humorous note, I like that it implies that the dogs called for the hearse 😂

[@mattk2740]

Yessssss!!!! So excited for this part 2 of Engitopia!

[@16m49x3]

2:24 I drove around in France this summer. They have 90 kmph roads that lead straight into roundabouts.

[@davidbrendle9121]

These videos are the highlight of my day

[@jabcmw1]

Make sure you landscape prior to placing roads and buildings. It will make everything look nicer

[@Trooper_in_VR]

Gotta add hills for the local hill Billy’s

[@SprinkelzRainbow]

I really like this format!! I didn't ultimately graduate a civil engineer (I wanted to design animal bridge crossings), but I still find city design fascinating. Little mini-lessons on road efficiency (drainage would be SICK, urban flooding is such a big issue) is really awesome!! I am sure we wouldn't mind a poop-cano or two thrown in ;).

[@rednaxela7875]

I realy love the fact that you're actually creating a somewhat realistic and good looking city, I hope you keep it going!

[@realAPOS]

Love the more educational side of it.

[@craig7850]

Cannot wait for the huge architect prison on top of a poo-cano in engitopia2

[@reidsbooks]

Choses NA... proceeds to drive on the left, use metric, use roundabouts all over, and avoid crossroads. Perfect. Feels like home. I love the game assumes utilities automatically run under all roads too. Completely different industries. Granting a road right of way doesn't automatically grant utilities. They can run under roads, but the vast majority don't. At least not over here. It's why you see signs (and laws in some states) telling you to call before digging because there might be a utility running across your yard.

[@wan_man_aqil9412]

i love this already!!! hope this becomes a proper series where we can see matt creat an empire based on punishing architects and praising engineers!

[@ctwiddle8113]

Love to see engitopia using engineering

[@IgnaceR152]

Matt definitely was the man for the job to put up 30 000 rain water gullies in the desert!

[@OfficialUSKRprogram]

I used to really really REALLY hate roundabouts, and then I was forced to use them for a couple of months, and then when I came back to street lights, and I realized I had no reason to wait. I am now roundabout-pilled, knowing how the Brits are I'm surprised you didn't turn every singly street corner into a roundabout

[@ethansmith3570]

my favorite video of yours in a second! i love the silly knob videos, but i really enjoy the technical engineering stuff!

[@ahmedfathi129]

I subscribed your channel for nearly two years now, because of the mixed content between real life engineering, and gaming. I really enjoy the full fun vedios, but I miss the mixed ones too. 😊

[@OnTheNerdySide]

rce: builds a grid with the grid tool also rce: hates four-way intersections

[@mattg4183]

Watching this with for the UK city/road planning where it's all curvi-leanar thinking about the follow of traffic and following up with City Planner Plays 's US centric idea's 'Grid, Grid, glorius gid.' Is a fun comparison.

[@TheBlobik]

3:50 what I love about this clip is that it was filmed near where I lived in my childhood. You can even see a sign pointing to the city of my birth . Apparently the car was going (flying?) towards there as well.

[@indrevei8769]

I actually really love these real life road engineering 'lessons', makes me see road map of my city from different perspective