Panic Challenge: How BIG can you Grow a City in 30 Mins? Cities Skylines

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

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[@harveencapbreton9019]

housing on the shore would have been more attractive :)

[@Supremax67]

I think the challenge should be population + revenue. You finished with a negative revenue.

[@shaneashley5463]

challenge 10 000 population in 30 minutes

[@SShiJie]

TheBeard has beaten you Biffa😂 11k population!

[@joycehendry3595]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/mJvPY4CintiEfKs

[@noahkilgus9860]

29:47 Biffa: *has less than two minutes and is panicking to get more people* Also Biffa: "ah yes. Traffic."

[@abhisheksuvarna]

Classic

[@epic8088]

My favorite was the 2 seconds spent going "why TF is this pipe crooked?"

[@thelastmanonearth2631]

Okay, that was a good joke and I"ll give you credit for that, but the truth is, this game is more of a "traffic simulator" than a city simulator. Maybe it's living in LA that is coloring my opinion, but traffic in and of itself is barely a factor in a person's reasoning for living in/moving from a city. It pretty much never comes up in real life. But in this game....well, it's the be-all, end-all (provided you have proper health coverage). If your traffic sucks, your people leave. It's a video game, I'm not shaking my tiny fists at the heavens or anything, but it is kinda lame how traffic management is like 75% of the reason your city is successful or not. It's insanely unrealistic.

[@dimitriid]

According to how actual cities are "planned" my guess is that real life city planners are always playing on a "finish planning on 30 minutes" challenge.

[@Mike-oz4cv]

And the cheapest water treatment, streets and power plants possible.

[@Finwolven]

It's the 'I've got until 3PM because it's Friday and I want to piss off home' challenge.

[@citizen5577]

More like 'finish planning in 30 years'

[@petrgrebenicek1067]

Good one, but nope. Those are teams of people who know what they are doing. You might think your idea will work better, but it won't. When you see one road getting traffic jam, you are like, if you did this it would be allright. And it would be in that part, but probalby it would jam more places than you can even imagine. Today they have traffic simulations and commuting simmulations thats goes over our imagination. Still people who can screw things up, not making them super humans. But they really do their job well.

[@robertt9342]

Petr Grebeníček . That's mostly true in larger cities where ad hoc planning has resulted in long term problems that definitely needs the help of simulations. Overall, your sentiments are correct.

[@Minichris72LP]

Don’t worry about the shape of your roundabout, they’re ment to be round, about.

[@likeaboss9301]

ha

[@Jimmykreedz]

This is actually how most people play anyway. Then they send their cities to you, so you can sort out the traffic problems.

[@weeburgerr7711]

Biffa: we need electricity Also Biffa: puts road budget to max

[@flepgg]

I almost died crying when he did that xD xD xD

[@MillicentOak]

Maybe he, like me, has an indelible image burnt into his mind of the transport guy from Sim City 2000, and doesn't dare knock a penny off :P

[@DougDunfee]

Totally missed it, but loved his comment about being a muppet :D This was fun! I might try and record!

[@TS_Mind_Swept]

Doug Dunfee - eeheehee

[@TS_Mind_Swept]

WorldTravel1518 - lmbo

[@callumhey8577]

Biffa: I'm under so much pressure, trying to make it all straight and line it up OH NO... Also Biffa: Quick sippa tea... 🤣🤣🤣

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

:-)

[@sofiablomquist8394]

Also "my hand is literally shaking " we see Biffa trying to draw a road straight :)

[@LordofPotatos]

It's a non-negotiable

[@SquireDAF]

At least the Tea was ready, the proper first response in Britain to most problems is stick the kettle on and have a brew!

[@TS_Mind_Swept]

All these videos are tea powered though, if he hadn’t sipped the video would have ended shortly after

[@pOpCoRn0531]

Mega-grid. Check. Commercial, low density and high density housing mixed in here and there. Check. Huge ass industrial complex just a couple blocks away. Check. You can change this video's title to: how to build South LA in 30 minutes.

[@savarast]

Biffa: we will never get another loan Silver Sunset Bank: Am I a joke to you?

[@730coderocks]

I'm so glad I'm not the only one who saw this. I wanted to yell at my phone, "You can take the $20k" "that's enough to get you the highschool!".

[@Pops1970]

I was yelling at the screen, he overlooked it at least 2 times while on that page!!

[@ReptilianLaserbeam]

@@Pops1970 ahahahahaha glad I'm not the only one pointing and yelling at the screen hahahahahaha

[@volvodashcam]

Came here for this comment! (And parks.. They where never happy with enough parks!!)

[@szczerzo]

All the vanill aplayers (me included): This is my time to Shine and show Biffa who really is the king.

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

:-)

[@TheOriginalBadger]

So.....have you de-throned King Biffa yet???

[@frieza2235]

@@TheOriginalBadger he's probably doing multiple takes, the cheater smh

[@ttuathal4509]

Ha ha . I was a dedicated Vanilla too. Until my PC broke and i have not been able to replace it since.. I was down to just watching Biffas videos. But since this challenge has been up it opened my eyes to other skyline builders. Im disappointed that you didnt make a vid. Since your challenge was epic. Ah well never mind i have a full cup of tea. Life is great.👍🍵

[@nutmeg9005]

I used to play vanilla but the traffic AI is so irritating and bad that i got the traffic management mod and also road anarchy

[@sirjmmus1]

That moment when you pumped the road budget up to max, I spit my drink out.

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

Hehe :-)

[@NeverlandSystemZor]

I am glad I read this BEFORE watching... I will drink with caution. ;)

[@covishen]

Yes, I need to be more careful with my Coke Zero when watching Biffa. LOL

[@riannaHermione]

HAHAHA. I just finished watching, and I'm now crying laughing with this comment. I was utterly confused watching. Wait. I was thinking maybe he thought electric roads. Oh! Actually, MovetheMouse pointed out the road maint. thing moved. So.. I see. That was quite funny, though.

[@MaikoRules]

Definitely need a followup video showcasing some of the best submissions and you trying the challenge again

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

Good idea!

[@Firestreak_0]

@@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines Is there like a hashtag people could use to make it easier for you to sort through?

[@derrickmaloba1400]

Biffa builds residential next to Industry . People get sick Biffa: Dont die until we finish the 30 minutes

[@riannaHermione]

hahhaa. exactly. The start distance & adjacent angle was really brilliant, though!

[@ThisIsAGoodUserNameToo]

I'm yelling at my screen when you make mistakes! hahaha this is a good one biffa

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

:-)

[@peterb7549]

YOU CAN TAKE A LOAN OUT

[@vincentkruithof4658]

DUDE THAT WAS THE ROADS BUDGET, NOT THE ELECTRICITY!!!!!!!

[@LordofPotatos]

YOU CAN FEEL THE PANIC WHEN HE FINISHES THE 30MIN CHALLENGE WITH "THAT'S IT! 30 SECONDS" HAHAHAHA NO BIFFA THIS IS THE 30 MIINUTE CHALLENGE

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

😂

[@eskreskao]

The important thing is that it's *over nine thousand*

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

Ah yeah! :-)

[@Emphino]

let hope this comment gets over 8000. ^.^

[@captaincanuck4576]

Lol finally,I thought everybody forgot about that.

[@CheapBastard1988]

"What 9000!?"

[@timgross6915]

Do a challenge where the sewage is dumping upstream from the water collection so everyone gets sick, but you have to keep everyone alive for 30 minutes.

[@chappalula]

Water towers.

[@galaxel1494]

You could just spam those wave waste collectors and clean the water until it’s drinkable.

[@HeyItsNakul]

you should do something like this again, but do for an hour, this was very fun to watch and enjoyed watching the entire length

[@chengkuowolf]

21:58 Let's take a moment to appreciate that Lakedale once had the best road quality.

[@sanchises]

Great challenge! I got to 12,150 population on this map on my first go (after seeing this video). Couple of tricks: 1) Unpause the game right away 2) Build residential instead of industry at the water on the left because a waterfront is higher land value. 3) Whenever you can, repay your loan and take it out right away to maximise your spending money. 4) Don't bother with windmills and water towers, but invest in coal and pumps right away.

[@bobblebardsley]

Welcome to Instantcoffeeville! Also 11:03 if you did that with one of those zonable pedestrian boardwalks it's not a bad way to put a little pier/jetty into your city :) My guess when you asked why population wasn't growing so fast, you said this time you used smaller roads than your practice run, so they might have been less 'desirable' for people to move in - but then because you saved so much money you were able to spam down parks and stuff later on which more than made up for it. Just a guess.

[@sgt_retiredcharlie4102]

Good guesses. Sounds reasonable

[@jc4me4eva91]

I enjoy watching people play this game rather than actually play myself, But I think I might actually try this challenge today

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

Enjoy :-)

[@spizzlo]

It's a really fun game, and honestly, it can be as simple or complicated as you want it. Unfortunately, it's a pretty penny if you want to buy everything at once (base game + all DLC), but even just the base game is great. Or you can just torrent the whole thing lol.

[@malcolmrodrigues911]

@@spizzlo I'll be honest I did torrent the game before actually buying the game (wanted to know if it was my cup of tea or not), only thing I didn't get before buying the game was the workshop assets, they were either not possible when I tried or just way too complicated set up. But I did enjoy the game a lot so I bought it a week later.

[@spizzlo]

@@malcolmrodrigues911 good on you for torrenting a game then buying it.

[@PalmelaHanderson]

Same here. I played the game a lot back when it came out (5 years ago, which is crazy to think about), but ever since then, every time I get jazzed to boot it up, I get like an hour or two into building my city and give up. But I could watch Biffa play it all day.

[@Midnighttigger]

Challenge: get the last milestone in vanilla in the quickest time

[@GixxerGR]

Already watched a video of someone doing this in about 2 hours I believe. It was an interesting watch.

[@revilum1286]

@@GixxerGR ne too I think the title is cities skylines speed run world record

[@verloren844]

It's called "speedrun"

[@weeburgerr7711]

midnight tiger N

[@peronohaynada]

Biffa into tea fueled speedrun!

[@ReptilianLaserbeam]

I regret waiting so much for buying this game. I have been playing for a couple of weeks and I've really enjoyed my time. Just found your channel and is helped me so much already learning all the stuff you do lol

[@henryD9363]

For me it would require buying a new computer. I can afford it but the ONLY reason would be for this game. I come back to this channel every 3 or 4 months and then I'm compelled to look at prices. Still debating...

[@markusschlingel8287]

I have an other idea for a challange: Build up a city with the smallest amount of car traffic possible so the most people walk, cycle and ride public like in danish or dutch cities.

[@lubenbroadcasting986]

yeah a totally eco-friendly city. Sounds awesome:)

[@Zarosian_Ice]

16:26 You do actually want to pay off that loan, and immediatly take the loan again, when you pay of the remainder, you're able to take out the full loan again, in this case, you would've gained 10k and kept the same weekly cost payment. :)

[@Saknika]

Ohhhhh I did so much talking to the screen when you didn't realize you could take another loan, the cemetery, the lowering garbage coverage... I definitely want to do this challenge, but I don't know if my poor laptop could handle running a screen recorder and skylines at the same time since it struggles just to run skylines. LOL

[@gormster]

Saknika omg the loan. The button really should be a different colour. This is actually kind of a good UX workshop for Paradox.

[@jmgirard7]

And when he finally had enough money for the bus depot but kept adding other things.

[@Firestreak_0]

Just tried this myself as it looked a lot of fun! No recording equipment so I can't prove it...but I got 4,497 on my first attempt! Thanks for the idea Biffa, high stress high fun antics! :)

[@leohorstmeier]

The 10 minute challenge: You have unlimited money and can spend as long as you want on pause BUT you can only unpause the game 10 times, each time for only one minute to see the results of what you've done. During that minute, you can not do anything. After the minute, pause and do whatever you like again. Rinse & repeat.

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

Interesting :-)

[@Mike-oz4cv]

You’d just set taxes to zero, build all the streets, water pipes and power supply. Then you’d start unpausing and add amenities as they become available. Not much else to do.

[@Finwolven]

@@Mike-oz4cv It sounds like an interesting technical challenge, sort of speed-chess-like.

[@weeburgerr7711]

Sounds interesting and would love to see biffa attempt it

[@helderboymh]

@@Mike-oz4cv agree, it probably sounds more interesting then it Is.

[@TonyHarrold]

I found this really funny 😂. When you increased the budget for roads instead of electricity was top drawer! Haha brilliant! Suggestion would be to do it with mods and compare the 2 ? Or I'm missing something.... Definitely do the same again though 😂

[@iakanoe]

I really enjoyed this episode because finally you're playing vanilla. Also it's amazing how similar this city looks to actual cities in the world and makes you realise that actual cities are built on the go and not planned ahead. It's certainly more organic

[@rebkapace814]

I was screaming "Post Office!" When looking for services, & "Check traffic lights!" Near the entrance to get those cars rolling in faster. (& The other things others mentioned). It was fun & stressful just to watch. I might try just 2-lane one-way streets at the entrance. Either going right & left or a square "roundabout". I play on PS4, but I just got a new PC& will likely get it again so I can get the Hugo effect.

[@henryD9363]

It's as if he has forgotten all about traffic management that he's taught us over the years!

[@sgt_retiredcharlie4102]

@@henryD9363 Hahahaha

[@rainedai7539]

First time I've clicked on a video one minute after it was posted! Made my day, I will try this challenge tonight and post my city size (Alas, I don't have recording capabilities)!

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

Enjoy :-)

[@tbmike23]

I'd recommend putting in as much zoned space as possible, leaving an empty stripe in the middle for future services to plop in when needed, and dropping taxes to zero for the majority of the build, only raising them for necessary construction costs, like power and bus depot. Probably built twice as many roads as you needed, as well, for such a short challenge.

[@marcohosli3164]

I absolutely loved this challenge :)) one of the best videos ever! So much fun to watch, i really enjoyed the video.

[@ritwikreddy5670]

I tried it and my population was 7,226. The most annoying thing is completion of milestones and after that, the speed automatically changes to single speed and if forgotten, it stays single speed.

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

Caught me out too 👍

[@2crowny]

Been following you for about 8-9 months now. Been binge watching you now that I'm unemployed. This episode is BY FAR my favorite. As you were getting nervous, so was I. Thank you for keeping me entertained.

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

You're welcome 👍😁

[@xenziffen]

Challenge based on in-game calendar: Most money after 1-year in-game

[@SamHancke]

came to the comments to post this. good challenge!

[@riannaHermione]

OOOhhh. That would be cool.

[@Hitzer89]

Awesome challenge! I will definitely try it today. Loved how anxious the challenge made you - added in loads of entertainment. I am not sure if the trick of maxing out tax for quick cash is fair, so I may try to not use that myself.

[@ReklawLah]

"Oh my god, we're losing precious seconds!! Quick sip of tea....."

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

:-)

[@jodinsan]

Priorities

[@berglh]

@@jodinsan Don't you mean.. Priori-teas?

[@DeonGaming]

30:35 Biffa: - Small city! Nine thousand! Me: - No! It's OVER 9000!

[@yopast]

The type of roundabout you made at the entry to the city, that must be a "stress-about" :D

[@Emmalowe170]

I'm sure I didn't crave tea as much before I started watching your videos 😂 I was get anxious for you!

[@johnchristianson1895]

Suggestion: when you get close to the end of your timer, put in a bunch of extra residential and whack the taxes to 0%. You'll get a huge influx of people to fill up that extra space.

[@babygirlhehe9748]

John Christianson is that not what he did? 🤣

[@angelkaye1982]

@@babygirlhehe9748 he did! But maybe he could've done it sooner

[@jbcool]

he could do it bit sooner and he also forgot to do the high density ones in this video

[@babygirlhehe9748]

Ma. Karla Ligaya Castro his comment didn't say to do it sooner it just said to do it. my only point is he did do that lol

[@babygirlhehe9748]

jbcool he does put high density but not much because he didn't notice he had it right away

[@jtjc7705]

This was glorious. Always so mello, chillin with the tea. Biffa on a challenge: "My hand is literally shaking on the mouse, it's like the adrenaline rush of... working against.. ti.. ah, I'm so.. If you've got any other ideas for good challenges...?" I think he may be slightly high on the adrenaline 🤣

[@gavin.d.m]

Enjoyed watching this. Took me back to SimCity (the last version), they gave you one hour alpha test per game. So I kept retrying to see if I could achieve a higher population each time. Great idea and you will have to repeat so we can see if you can do better. 👏👍😁

[@tamasys]

Loved this! Getting an adrenaline rush from a CS video is new haha. Really keen to see how much you can improve on your next run at it.

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

More to come!

[@brettwood3827]

“As soon as you get something new, they want it”.....ahh the old ex wife hits again! 😂

[@CapnSlipp]

For reference, the Megalopolis world record speedrun had a population of 13,289 at the 30 minute mark (and 80,000 at 1:11:11).

[@CrazyBulletShooter]

Here's a Challenge: Reach 500k Population Steam workshop is allowed but only in 9 squares

[@griffinfamily143]

i think you need more squares allowed but i like the challenge of an insane population

[@CrazyBulletShooter]

​@@griffinfamily143 I did it in 6 squares with only using high density Residential, commercial and offices only, it only have like 75 - 80 % traffic of the road, i only used trams as the only public transport :D

[@Tabbalco]

This is impossible for most players. Their PCs or consoles will grind to halt after 150k

[@angelamcmahon]

There's a mod that allows much more populated buddings so should be do-able

[@CrazyBulletShooter]

@@angelamcmahon Here's the city for instance: imgur.com/a/yYZmGno

[@mosesve1]

I really enjoyed this challenge. I got to 10805 residents on my second try and I did a few mistakes, so I think there could be more. But I learned a lot. Speed is reduced to minimum on every milestone, that was a breaker on my first try. For a 30 min city, there is no need for 4-lane roads. I used eldercare and childcare and put in some bus-routes, that helped a lot. Thanks Biffa!

[@hadifelani]

Heyyy biffa have you ever thought of making a video of city building tips & tricks depending on their map characteristics (flatlands, mountain ranges, archipelago, coastlines and peninsula area, highlands, hills and valleys, etc)? I personally would like to see one since I'm struggling at mountainous maps 😂😂

[@krasnamerah1926]

Build it like Japanese cities, Kaminogi has some nice advices in Cities: Skylines official KZbin channel

[@krasnamerah1926]

Nih linknya kzbin.info/www/bejne/qIjUpZmalNxrZtU

[@markknudsen1755]

That's something that would be interesting. Like Seven Lakes. Is it better to use metro or what for transit? Or most efficient layout to promote growth. Always redoing that map especially

[@bdelvec]

I second this request!

[@lauragennamusic]

I would love to see this!

[@josiemorehouse9866]

I love the way you get so excited, lol!!! Great job!! 😊 Impressive build in 30 minutes!! Entertaining as always!

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

Thank you so much 😁

[@kukri1877]

Biffa cranks out a better city in 30 minutes than I can do in a couple hours lol

[@betoiba.gaming]

That was a fun one to watch. Great work as always! :D .... Next time though, I want to see an APM meter running next to that timer. ;-)

[@danidoty1465]

Loved this challenge! So much fun!

[@denimchicken6549]

That was great fun to watch. The stress is communicable! I'm all amped up now! haha Thanks for keeping the entertaining videos coming, while we've all more time to be watching them, Sir Biffa!

[@NeverlandSystemZor]

This would make the game I play to "chill" a LOT of stress... but this looks fun!

[@Michaelwhitehayes]

Great stuff. I'd love to hear your thoughts afterwards of how you'd develop the city at that point, like if it converted to a Let's Play at the end. What with your industry polluting the water and your coastline unexploited. Great to hear how you'd move forward from there.

[@tjwatts1207]

Hugo would be proud :) Hugo would go there.

[@reneschneiderAustralia]

That was fun to watch and I got tempted to press a button and do something. Not quick tip of tea, I need a drink :) hardcore now Biffa?

[@kulkarniprabhanjan]

Loved it but I usually increase budget in beginning first before putting down other service buildings( cuz it increases the capacity if first one) and increase taxes slowly but I love to play this game slow.

[@sofiablomquist8394]

This challenge was fun. I jumped right in after a year off Cities skylines. You crushed me :) 2402. I kept forgetting topspeed and also decided not to stress myself.

[@GrubbyZebra]

"We need to get our water cables....." Yes, yes we do :D

[@bernardtan5691]

31:30 “That is 30 SECONDS!” Hahaha I’m dying...the panic is real!

[@Trickzz88]

What is this roundabout you talk about!! But anyways i see you made a really nice "Squish about". Traffic should flow nicely. 😂 but seriously it's nice to step away from mods and go back to vanilla gameplay, then i make a squish about and then I close the game restart it enable mods and never touch vanilla gameplay again for another year. 😂

[@hkr667]

Amateur play. I only build clusterfuckabouts.

[@jan-lukas]

Ovalabout

[@zahna2385]

21:58 Oh poor Biffa! that is not the power! 31:28 That is 30 seconds! xD

[@KeyesThrasher]

Another challenge idea! "Tax Break City:" As soon as taxes are unlocked, they must be docked to 6% - loans are allowed, but see how many people you can get without going bankrupt!

[@hancin993]

When I did my own island map thing, I had the tax lowered to 4% as we slowly grew the specialized industry areas... these things are massive money makers. Combine with (reasonable) parks and the town sustains itself. Felt like growth happens really fast, people love the low tax rates

[@alasdairpage]

Ideas for more challenges? I’d like to see you redo this challenge and refine it a few more times. I’d watch all of those! 😃

[@RonnieBoadi]

"if you give me 4 hours to chop down a tree, I shall spend the first 3.... sipping tea" -Abiffham Biffcoln

[@sgt_retiredcharlie4102]

HAHAHAHAHA!!! Great quote!

[@talestruct3202]

i have 2 challenges i think could be fun for you Biffa. First how big of a city can you make whilst managing traffic without use of public transport options. (i was looking to see if you've done this yet and didn't see it, if its there please point me to it.) second, with unlimited money mod active, keep the game paused and lay out your entire city infrastructure first. Once you press play roads are no longer able to be built deleted or changed, and see how big of a city you can grow from your original planned infrastructure. For added challenge base vanilla with no DLC content, thus challenging you to lose access to many of the tools you like to utilize.

[@joshuaescobedo5546]

new term "Panarchy" combination of panic and anarchy, a term used when you're on a deadline and you're feeling panic and creating a little anarchy.

[@ChasingLamely]

Ah, I can add this to my university vocabulary, alongside "dissertating"

[@ryansmith9252]

These are the best videos. You do not deal well under pressure. Kept asking for a loan and the 20k one was sat there ready to take the whole time hahaba

[@DrGreenGiant]

Absolutely loved this episode. I'll give it a go this weekend!

[@TangyMonkey2369]

Loved this!! Very fun watch, especially with your profound understanding of CS. Did make me laugh at 22(ish) minutes, when you tried to get "another" loan, but didnt actually have the First 20k loan taken!!! Lol Thanks for the content @biffa

[@isaach9908]

When you try to go faster building a city you just end up going slower

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

Too true!

[@isaach9908]

@@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines omg you actually replied!! 😮

[@TheRukisama]

Fun stuff! I don't even play this game, I find it too stressful, but I like to watch you play it to relax. But this challenge seems like it really stressed you out!

[@Iona729]

Building a city in 30 min? I’m having anxiety just watching this. 😂

[@PainFireFist]

Well done! The growth really started to get better in the last 5 minutes of the challenge.

[@marchutch]

I’m betting Biffa needed something a little stronger than tea to soothe his shattered nerves after this..... coffee????!? 😮

[@jochem2029]

Nice challenge again! I would also like the milestone-challenge. To gain all the minestones as soon as possible!

[@mattgilmour9761]

Yes, just yes

[@leifkhas7425]

Just a tip if you try again Biffa...dirt roads work fine in the beginning and can easily be upgraded later to paved roads kr even 4 lane tiny roads

[@james--p]

Challenge for you Biffaa: No sipping tea on auto save

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

NNNNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[@RobjeFromTheBetuwe]

How dare you, that's not a challenge for Biffa, that's torturing him :)

[@hurssylvr]

7001 people in my city - so much fun! Keep the challenges coming, I love them!

[@niche_creation]

Definitely a challenge i’m tempted to participate in

[@spampants5155]

"I could pay off my loan, but I don't really want to do that." I feel ya.

[@ViolettaVie]

He could have and then taken out the loan again and gotten 10,000 extra.

[@PauxloE]

Actually, sometimes the trick is to pay back one of the small loans and take it out again right away, to get more money for one specific investment.

[@ReptilianLaserbeam]

I was yelling pay it and take it back again come on!! hahahaha

[@matthewhenry3170]

Biffa, if you're this shaken up by a gaming challenge in cities - I'd love to see you play an action/fps game or a horror/survival!! "Do I have time to put a roundabout in?" "No Biffa, you're gonna be eaten by zombies!"

[@TobaT3]

When you wake up 30 minutes earlier from your online school and dont know what to do:

[@shawngraham4484]

Loved watching this, and all the other guys you challenged too! Would be interesting to see how well you all did if you had infinite money and everything unlocked for the full 30 mins! Keep up the good work! 😄

[@somevincentsauce]

I would. But I don't know how to record. Tip: Try one without dlcs.

[@PauxloE]

Some things to do improve: - take care of the garbage situation sooner (near the end). - take care of the traffic problem at those single connection points. If people are in the traffic jam on the way into the city, they take longer to become residents. (The one-out-of-three-lanes is annoying to see. Maybe just downgrade that road to two lanes, so both are used? Or use the roundabout. - public transport sooner (connecting residential and industry areas). Alternative challenge: get most money in X minutes.

[@ondrejkratochvil4589]

Is the 3x speed same on fast computer, slow computer, Xbox? IMO would make much more sence to time it by game date, for example 42 or 47 years :) Or "here's a saved city, you've just won the elections, let's see how you can improve the city in four years game time" :)

[@River_X2_]

But then you have all the time in the world to think about what you're doing and where's fun in that? :D This is just a silly challenge, who cares who wins as long as we have fun. I hear you though... Maybe it could be a different challenge all together.

[@PaulHolland1993]

On my PS4 the time is slower than Biffa's. after 30 minutes I was abut a year behind his ingame time, without pausing my game.

[@ondrejkratochvil4589]

@@River_X2_ My idea: let's see what you can do in given game time, running at any speed, but NO PAUSING :)

[@ttuathal4509]

I have watched a shed load of these Panic xhallenge videos. Liquid media games got to 18,450 I couldnt believe it. Highest score i have seen so far.. and on Two Rivers map. Anyway. Great idea Biffa and thanks for the hours on lockdown brightened by your challenge..

[@MichaelJ44]

31:29 “that is 30 seconds”

[@dj-ajfraser8319]

Nice on Biffa!!!!!! How about a 2 hour challenge using mods and assets, your video's are great, I wish they were longer especially as we continue with lockdown and struggling finding things to do.

[@henryD9363]

Selfishly speaking, please never do this! I could not stand it. Probably a couple of heart attacks or dieing from hyperventilation.

[@camthebam10]

You should do a "fix your city" on this one

[@anthonyortali3260]

I'm not a huge detailer so I don't watch a lot of those kind of players, but everyone who does let's play videos tries to make the results pretty and realistic. I'm loving the replies to this challenge because even detailers have to focus on growth instead and it's fun to see how their style evolves because of the shift in focus.

[@daniewwerssGoodOne]

Tax haven challenge: start your city with 10% tax across the board. Every new tile you purchase, decrease taxes by a percent.

[@riannaHermione]

omgee.. scary

[@AKStovall]

I just did this challenge and got just over 6500 citizens before time ran out. That was intense. I did fail in putting the roundabout in at the entrance (completely spaced the traffic aspect.), so that created a pretty long tailback getting in... Those were precious citizens that had not yet found a home yet!!! Had i done that, i probably could have had a sniff at 10k. Also, making sure the game stays on full speed would have also helped as well.