Everything is Bigger in Cities Skylines 2: Breaking 40.000 Population!

We're continuing the expansion of our sort of realistic North American-themed city Riverview and its metropolitan area, by finally developing the big heart-shaped island at the very center of the region. We go for a recreational hotspot, featuring an old Civil war fort, a large modern Ferris wheel, big parks and plazas, and Riverview Botanical Gardens! We follow up with large-scale expansions to the economy of Riverview through the new-zoning and up-zoning of offices, commercial establishments, and industry - before also upping the overall density of the two main cities through residential up-zoning and adding all-new low-density single-family neighborhoods but also some "public housing" projects! Hope you enjoy!
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Map;
- Mountain Village
Settings;
- Everything is set to high except Level of Detail which is set to Low, 1440p resolution.
Hardware specs;
- 3080, 32 GB ram, I5-12600KF.
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[@Infrastructurist]

I would appreciate a Like 👍 if you enjoyed the video, and suggestions for new additiona to Riverview! 😊 This video was made available as Early-Access to Patrons at www.patreon.com/infrastructurist Hope you're all having a great Weekend🥰 Infrastructurist

[@xaoz2362]

I like how oddly realistic the happiness thing is at 26:04

[@xaoz2362]

@@jaiparadez if only that was so easy considering how big the port buildings are...

[@badpuppy3]

I really really really can't wait for the Ultimate Eye Candy mods that will allow me to change the game lighting. Why the Devs can't just make Photo Mode available during gameplay, I don't understand.

[@moncada7112]

Man, please add the link to playlist for people to be able to watch from ep1. Great city btw.

[@bananas5286]

I love the way you build realistic cities. It's not just filling entire blocks with the same zoning, you actually put effort and detail into zoning each building. Keep up the great work!

[@Infrastructurist]

Thanks a lot bananas - I will do my best! ☺

[@joarnold9495]

Yeah even in cs1 where i was a lot harder to make things look nice he was still able to make an estheticly pleasing

[@luksamislavbarisic8249]

yes ,you are one of the best on youtube🤩

[@RakaTGP]

I will be building my city like yours when i get city skylines II@@Infrastructurist

[@larsh613]

I wish i'd do this too :D I just grow and then it looks kinda awful :D

[@RestlessBen]

With the removal of so much of the parking in the main city. You could unlock the Automated Parking Building and place it among the other high rise buildings. Its a huge building that might blend in with the city, plus it gives you another unique high rise building.

[@SeanofAllTrades]

Job crisis: *Spends 7m credits on a ferris wheel and botanical garden and then 4.5m credits moving the ferris wheel twice and botanical garden thrice for lack of planning*

[@thinkandgame3627]

I absolutely love how Love Island has developed, but it's slightly unfortunate that it's heart shape is not as sharply pronounced as was before the expansion.

[@shane1948]

Are you heartbroken?

[@faustinpippin9208]

@@shane1948 yes :'(

[@thinkandgame3627]

@@shane1948 You could definitely say that XD

[@Infrastructurist]

@@thinkandgame3627 You are right - I am trying to fix it up a bit in the new episode hahahaha

[@iea96]

I absolutely love the little memes and references you sprinkle around in your videos. Time absolutely flies by even though these are 40-50-60 minute long lenghty-boi episodes.

[@Infrastructurist]

Glad you enjoy them hahaha - I feel oh-so-funny when I add them in, so great that it is appreciated 😂☺

[@YawningYeti512]

a campground on love island would be a cool idea! Also could you make love island more heart shaped again?

[@einarjuel]

It resembles that Norwegian island, Utøya. I hope he never brings the heart shape back

[@alexus7257]

Then it’s not the best place for a camping ground, eh? 😬 Allright, I’ll show myself out.

[@skurt2881]

Stumbled across your channel out of coincidence and I never thought I would be watching 40-50 minute videos of CS but you just capture my attention. I love the way you design your cities and you seem like a nice bloke.

[@Infrastructurist]

That is awesome for me to hear skurt, glad you enjoy my content and welcome aboard! ☺☺☺

[@Itswelshy86]

You are my favorite cities skylines content creator. Thank you for making videos for us.

[@Infrastructurist]

Thanks for the kind support ☺

[@Infrastructurist]

... I like the cinematics in this one ☺

[@riverd5698]

I think Love Island should be renamed to Liver Island coz the shape has changed after the terraforming edit 😅

[@gebus5633]

Yeah, almost first thing he did to a heart-shaped island was to terraform the shape... To be fair, one could say it looks a bit like an anatomically correct heart on its side.

[@einarjuel]

Dumbas wanted to do something instead of just leaving it be. Yeah, it turned out worse. Look at human activity in RL

[@donniesumling8549]

​@@einarjueltbh this is on par for American cities

[@RandyJGJ]

Honestly, it only slightly looked like a heart. Looked more like Africa or a fist.

[@Infrastructurist]

hahahaha - I have tried improving it in the new episode 😂

[@RNN1407]

I think your video may be unlisted or something, i cant see the video on your uploads but i can see it on the playlist, just letting you know!

[@Infrastructurist]

It was early-access for Patrons - but thanks anything! ☺

[@monymonino]

حتى انا ❤

[@StriklndProPane]

Your cities are so incredibly amazing, can’t wait to see modded CS2.

[@Infrastructurist]

Thank you - and I cant either! ☺

[@StriklndProPane]

@@Infrastructurist have they mentioned anything when it would come out?

[@andreafire27]

​​​​​​@@StriklndProPanethe only thing that they showed us is the editor tools and at the end of that video they mentioned the paradox workshop nothing more for now. I think that for a while fixing the game will be the first priority for the developers

[@faustinpippin9208]

@@andreafire27 really weird decision what was wrong with steamworkshop? that console players couldnt acces it? in that case do both....

[@arkasengupta4811]

Try using an older bridge style for the pedestrian bridge to love island. This can add to the lore as the original bridge for pedestrians and horses to reach the civil war fort (ruins), surrounded by newer style bridges for the newer technology i.e. cars. 🔥video though.

[@thomasmoorhouse7793]

I absolutely love the series. I recently reduced the unemployment percentage in my area myself so when I get home from my 2-10pm shift it's always nice to wack on the series on the TV while having my dinner. This game is a tool for creating realism and you sir have got the whole kit. I should probably eat my food it's going cold.

[@Rangatology]

City is looking good. I personally would have used Love Island as an ecological resort, or something along those lines. No bridge, only boat/ferry access. If had to have a bridge, it would be only 1 from Eastport.

[@memyselfishness]

I think what happened with patch was the rebalancing of companies going out of business. It was likely that there were several companies all producing the same thing and saturating the market but the game wasn't letting them go bankrupt. The patch let them go bankrupt, which let new companies pop up to be successful and fulfill the markets that weren't being used. It just took quite a bit of time to rebalance.

[@Infrastructurist]

That explains - thanks for the input! ☺ A good ol' weeding out!

[@DimaRakesah]

The "castle" could also be the ruins of a castle-style mansion, like Hammond Castle in Gloucester, MA. It's actually a home built in the 1920's, but was designed in the style of a Medieval castle. It is now a museum, but had it not been maintained it would have gone into ruin.

[@justinterested5819]

"As long as the shape is conserved, we are okay" 5 seconds later *destroys iconic shape to have a better view of the City*

[@Infrastructurist]

😂😂😂😂 this infrastructurist guy man

[@notstazzmann9429]

Gotta say, you have one of the coolest voices/accents of any youtuber I watch

[@duphasdan]

When I made use of that island, I had it made as a completely urbanized area as well as a crossroads. I have six bridges meeting there, and edged the border of the island with the quay wall effect of the pedestrian road. While dense, I did at least do the roads in a way so as to have spaces for trees and grassy areas in between the skyscrapers. And that gentle rolling hill to the edge is just art.

[@smugshrug]

Still blown away by how versatile the CS2 road tools are. You can do just about anything you can dream of.

[@potatoO0o]

They have no texture, especially pedestrian streets.

[@ThatGSguy]

I love how you interrupted your in depth and thoughtful insight into civil engineering and city planning to ask "Can you poop in the fountain?" Beautiful city! I'm subscribing. People are going to take millions of pics from the plaza that aligns the Ferris wheel against the city skyline. A lit up massive wheel bigger than the sky scrapers downtown.

[@Spaltentier1337]

My favourite CS2 series so far. It looks so nice and organic.

[@Oxygen.O2]

I could watch this as a stream for 4 hours straight! Excellent content, you made the city look real, almost "organic" in some way, the best on Cities Skyline 2, congrats!

[@plaecholder]

Haven't finished the video yet, but have you ever heard of boldt castle? It's a castle built atop a heart shaped island in the north eastern USA. So teeeeeeechnically it would fit your north american theme.

[@RNN1407]

Yessssssss i have been waiting for the next one!! The best looking city in Skylines 2

[@bona000]

45:20 The city services are still limited to the old districts

[@gabrielphinney9736]

This is definitely my favorite cs2 series right now! I’m falling in love with Riverview! It’s totally a mix between Chicago and Denver and maybe a little Portland OR too! That park you built this episode feels like millennium park in Chicago!

[@t_mandry]

The cinematic and music at the end was amazing

[@coreymagz3145]

the conservationist in me was sad to see Love Island get touched but the American in me shocked it didn't happen sooner lol

[@-RizonGaming-]

this game looks like it will be ready for me to play in about a year.

[@Infrastructurist]

Damn, that's a long wait. You're thinking about the performance, or other issues / missing features? ☺

[@isaach9908]

@@Infrastructuristgotsta be the missing features, atm modded cities 1is so much more fun. I find myself playing way more cities 1 than 2.

[@-RizonGaming-]

Mostly the missing features but a bit of the game play, too. I'm a detail heavy player so I enjoy building parks and pedestrian areas. I realize it takes time for mods and assets to be added but even the base game maps so far from what I've seen look extremely basic. No palm trees yet ect... I feel that CS1 looks better and has more features in its current state. I am 100% sure CS2 will 'catch up' but it will take time. Meanwhile cities skylines is still so much fun ! 🥳

[@Merecir]

@@-RizonGaming- It is such a massive game with hundreds (thousands?) of features that the devs simply do not have the time to ad all the desired features. Heck, CS1 did not even have tunnels or night time at release.

[@whyamihere1124]

I searched a long time for this kind of content on CS, the only ones I found were only doing 15min of content and they were not that serious, I’m happy I found you, you just gained a sub!

[@chammp777]

I have learned so much from watching the way you build your cities. My gameplay is a lot like yours where I don’t just zone for the sake of zoning. I love going and reworking neighborhoods making them feel unique.

[@ryansuper698]

You should deff incorporate more tourist attractions especially on love island! Would be SOO cool to see the Statue of Liberty on love island, and maybe a special tower or two on the mainland!

[@Dirty.H]

Damn! You're killing it bro...your cities look fantastic

[@Infrastructurist]

Look who's talking man!

[@markv8]

I love these progression videos of your Riverview city. Thank you.

[@Tren-xz5tm]

32:19 Why not relocate that highway slightly into the ground. So that bridges could cross it whilst not having to elevate the bridges, making it maybe slightly more realistic. Not tunnels, just terraforming it beneath the level of the houses. And it would look very cool

[@ecfrt]

I think the next step would be to build an small airfield and later upgrade it to a air port ❤ bythe way increadible series

[@alisacrowder4833]

I was thinking this city could use a metro system considering how big the city was getting.

[@southend26]

You almost got the Love Island road shape perfect at first. Just bulge out that downriver curve a little more and... 👌Would've been thematic! 😂

[@yungchef92]

Putting a highway and some patha to love island is Okay but an underground subway and ferry crossing would be so cool. Public transport job creation!

[@JamesC_And_Cie]

I know this comment is repetitive but your city is beautiful ! You're really the best CS2 content creator ❤.

[@Infrastructurist]

Thank you for the kind compliment James, I appreciate that. And I will never get tired of such a compliment ☺

[@jeslyons3955]

I am so SO glad I found your channel when I was devouring all the early access cs2 videos. I'm nowhere near as good at this game as you are but maybe one day, lol. Keep it up, your videos inspire me!

[@harrycolon5301]

This is the best city skylines 2 series by a country mile.

[@everett8603]

Beautifully done, my friend. But as a viewer from the US, might I suggest adding 27 Mcdonalds and Taco Bells on the island? And 7 massive parking lots as well.

[@QemeH]

"Ah, look at this beautiful island in the middle of the river. We should turn it into a nice, natural park." **immediately plasters surface parking in an amount that will never be used all over it** I like your idea of realism :D

[@thatfeeling2023]

You made CS2 have that aesthetics of SimCity 4 and I love that.

[@schomple9384]

Goated meme at 2:50 ! Also out of all cities lets plays ive seen this one is be far the coolest and immersive one!! :)

[@MMPu007]

Finally! Was a long wait, loving this series!

[@Infrastructurist]

Yeah - I took last week off and really had time to be creative - this week I am back on my job so that really hinders my ability to create content unfortunately ☺

[@antonwulp]

My, I'm not digging CS2 YET (need mods and assets like in CS1), but your city.. SO GOOD.

[@ElfSwarm]

So glad the algorithm recommended you! Love your witty commentary and humor!

[@julianbell7258]

It is so crazy to watch u build stuff like what u did on Love Island because I could never build such detailed and beautiful stuff! Love your work!

[@jolly4291]

if you name the island "Love Island" you gotta lean in with the street names. Romance Street and Hot Tub Roundabout could be great additions!

[@mcj1m_noonewillfindthis]

I love this series! But I think you forgot to add service coverage to all new districts, thats why you had problems in Love Island. Also, could you make the island a little bit more heart shaped again, and maybe add a campground and a little beach?

[@nivicius8]

I don't know if we have it available in CS2, but I would love to see some first-person videos of walking/driving through the city, especially at night. Similar to those amazing walking videos through real-world cities! It'd be awesome to have that experience in Riverview.

[@mathiscaselli3154]

You could have used love island also as a industrial area as there is a port right next to it but I’m still happy with the end result of love island

[@Infrastructurist]

That was also a possibility! Hmm - maybe we need more industrial ports in Riverview metro to satisfy some demand!

[@mathiscaselli3154]

Great realistic city by the way

[@BH-xe7nb]

You can totally connect the pathways to the parks. If you set them back from the road far enough to get the no road error you can then delete the ends of the paths and connect new ones. For the parks that this doesn’t work just set them back from the road a little bit and then connect your path to the little extension it makes on its own.

[@ludovic6742]

For love Island's lore : Before the new local governement, cities etablished on each side of the river. The conrol of the central Island and its important wood resorces led to a small war, that destroyed cities' economy. The biggest city, located in your west Riverview won this fight, ashaming citizen from actual east Riverview, creating the fall of the east. In an excess of confidence, west built a castle but wasn't able to afford it, making them bankrupt, therefore all inhabitants left and the city was abandonned. The middle island was then decided as a no-claimed land showing the unity of the land across the river. All of this untill a guy decides to build a massive wheel and a school while going bankrupt. History teaches lessons, don't forget it, and be aware of the danger surronding this island.

[@burnoutnt]

Every now and then I like to come watch videos like yours to remind me that I'm playing with maybe 70% of the tools and give new creativity to what you can do in this game.

[@gcohen3516]

By far the best city on C:S2 youtube right now

[@jonahmeininger2052]

Your videos are soooo relaxing, I absolutely love watching the time laps with music!!! Also learning a ton of stuff and getting inspired for my cities❤️

[@dawjan82]

Dzień dobry! 😉 It's unbelievable what potential this base game has. The longer I play the more I realise that a new era of city building has arrived and this is still the beginning. Best regards and looking forward to the next works of art. Greetings from Poland ☺️

[@Infrastructurist]

Dzien dobry! (I've said that greeting lots of times at work where I have many wonderful polish colleagues) ☺

[@dawjan82]

@@Infrastructurist hehe, the best 😁

[@jimdotcom1972]

the game looks its best during the summer months, so bright and colourful, as it should look.

[@Bluetangg]

Can’t believe you are doing so much with that mountainous map. Seeing it makes so much sense. You designing is pretty amazing.

[@joyl7842]

Those ramps at the pedestrian bridge are going to be fun during winter! I guess they don't have stairs in Cities-world.

[@Merecir]

Seriously, 'too steep' ped paths should automatically turn into stairs.

[@playwithlamaark]

I followed the whole playlist and its one of the most Amazing Detailed and explained realistic NA Cities I love! Thank you for this. And cant wait to see more Cities!!!!!

[@albinorhino6]

Eastern North America has quite a few old “castles”, and forts. Kingston has Fort Henry and Fort Frontenac, there’s Boldt Castle in the 1000 Islands (you should look this one up, it’s on its own island, very cool), Quebec City has an old stone fort on the St Lawrence River, and there several more in the US. All from the American Revolution, and War of 1812. There’s even a Viking fort in Newfoundland lol.

[@stewartgames6697]

I had been hoping you'd put a prison on Love Island eventually. You actually should consider building one soon, somewhere, as you have a growing demand for it (or maybe you have, I'm binging to catch up and there are more episodes to go after this!).

[@memyselfishness]

Broad End seems like the kind of development that a Europe-loving developer invested a lot of money into to try and recreate the feeling of some neighborhoods, but it wasn't all that popular and now is seen to stick out as a bit of a sore thumb.

[@emilmoen2075]

The ruins on the tip of Love Island reminds me of the ruined hospital thing on Roosevelt Island in New York City. Love it!

[@jeanyves4220]

Love Island sort of looks like a pupil, with the river being the iris, and the bigger roads being the eyelids. Keep up the great content.

[@KirthGersen09]

There's lots of castles in the US in various styles ranging from medieval gothic to Spanish to French; some of them were used for Forts in the Revolutionary War, others were just built by various moneyed folks who liked the styles in question for their big houses. There are also Native American castle like structures in some places. Bannerman had one on an island in the middle of the river in Beacon NY on the Hudson river. :) Bannerman's is ruined (gutted by a fire years ago) but there's a volunteer trust who run tours and stuff there still, many of the others are in fantastic shape and lots of them run tours.

[@FoodOfTheGods666]

Love your content and also love how this city is developing, thank you so much for these videos!

[@Morkeoth]

I love the life simulation of the vehicules just doing .... shit xD At 42:10 on crossroad of Fairview lane and Laurel Street, the truck driver just don't knowing where he is and doing a weird manœuvre because there is absolutly nothing here xD

[@rafaellouro2144]

I used that island to build my big internet tower, server farms, small mail station and a parking lot, oh and it also has some train tracks

[@aguyontheinternet3530]

Bro I'm so addicted to your series please dont stop🙏 Could you also please fix Love Island, now it looks more like a liver as people have said😅

[@Isaac-tc2sh]

One of the best designed cities I’ve seen so far in the CS2 KZbin community. Keep up the great work 👍🏼

[@vietnamwithkingsley.5506]

Nice to see my Ferris's wheel idea rolling!

[@BH-xe7nb]

From what I’ve read, having some smaller sized low density houses, like 2x2, 2x3 can help with the high rent complaints.

[@BH-xe7nb]

Oh and 1x2 row houses.

[@alphashadow3]

A little bit saddened that you terraformed the heart shape out of Love Island but still, quite nice. Really enjoying this series, I don't know why I hadn't come across your channel before but you've got my sub!

[@SHID_MAFIA]

If the city is anywhere in the midwest or east coast, fortresses were still being built in America until 1897. Many rich land owners here in America also constructed castles because they wanted to emulate the European feel, since many of them would visit Italy and Germany. A great example is Hearst Castle, which is a insane attempt to emulate European architecture.

[@nslg1]

A true example of an ideal city. I'm amazed by every episode. Absolutely a masterpiece!

[@kowen1836]

The island should have been named valentine or some variation of that instead of just love island, love the videos!

[@TertiaryGlissande]

I'm really enjoying this series, I think your the best streamer for Cities Skylines. Please keep it going with the same city, it's awesome to see the city of Riverview grow!

[@mtuumut8400]

You are one of my favorite cs content creators simply because how realistic your city looks. We play the same map and i try to be realistic but nothing compared to yours. Keep up the good work man 👍.

[@Infrastructurist]

Glad you enjoy my content - and thank you, I will try my best! ☺

[@deadbeef576]

Should have put a prison on love island, together with a soapbar factory if you get what i mean

[@Infrastructurist]

Hahahaha, savage 😂

[@vitothepizzaguy7475]

I am obsessed with this series

[@Infrastructurist]

Is that you Vito Spatafore?

[@vitothepizzaguy7475]

@@Infrastructurist OOOooh, a fellow man of culture ova' here

[@merclurkin]

island could be the "the heartland" too. love the series

[@FADWC]

You laughing at the pedestrians on the bridge made me lose it 🤣🤣🤣

[@jackh3242]

I love the long, really beautiful videos. Similar to SanctumGamer, really satisfying and inspiring to watch.

[@haraldbull1558]

He just can't resist adding more houses 😄 This city will never have enough jobs.

[@michaelelliott4122]

A train service and maybe the beginnings of a metro would be very beneficial for the city now

[@jimmule4815]

I have been waiting for this video, (and now the next), checking the channel everyday😂

[@mattkemerait]

That really would be an awsome location for a giant ferris wheel. Best Cities vids on KZbin imo.

[@edoardom3677]

I'm so happy for each new upload! You are always making this city better! Also appreciate not shying away from using some low rent buildings, I really like them a lot!

[@Leon-yo4jt]

I’m not absolutely sure but to my knowledge European colonials had built a couple of ‘castles and fortresses’ on the Hudson river in NY? So it could be realistic in a way.

[@bourgeoteliott2081]

Damn what a city ! I think to reduce your crime rate you should unlock and place the biggest police center. Continue your videos, it’s sooooo cool to see the development of Riverview.

[@MrGrayDog]

"Deficit aside", I want the 8 million dollar ferris wheel rotated a couple degrees to the right.

[@a564-c3q]

Man I wish CS2 had a multiplayer. Like, a soft multiplayer with each player having their own city in a region and nobody else touching your city but with the possibility to have exchange of all kinds and trade with other player controlled cities in the region - that would be so cool. Kind of like in the last Sim City. The multiplayer aspect was by far the best of the admittedly few good things about the last Sim City. I also wish they would have finally committed to fully realistic numbers regarding the number of people living/working in a building. It really breakes the immersion to see cities with loads of skyscrapers while having a population of only some 30,000. Of course this also contributes to the fact that the cities currently feel like semi ghost cities. Tons of structures and lots of skyscrapers, but way less people and cars on the streets than you'd see in a reality. These issues bother me more than the lack of optimization, because that's something that can and will be fixed eventually. But I'm pretty sure we won't see no multiplayer and we won't see no realistic building occupation in CS2.