Real Highway Engineer plays NEW traffic management game!

All Quiet Roads 4743 is a game heavily inspired by Mini Metro and Mini Motorways, developed by a single person, but brimming with addictive and fun gameplay! As I was a highway engineer for a decade, it seemed like a great game for me to try out and see how it compares to real life!
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MINI MOTORWAYS: • Mini Motorways
INFRA: • INFRA!
DORFROMANTIK: • Dorfromantik
CITIES SKYLINES - ENGITOPIA: • Cities Skylines - Engi...
KERBAL SPACE PROGRAM: • KSP
POLY BRIDGE 2: • Poly Bridge 2
HYDRONEER: • Hydroneer
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About All Quiet Roads 4743:
Build roads between various neighborhoods. Congested roads turn amber and then red as traffic slows down. Build more roads. Add cloverleafs, ferries, bridges, and tunnels, getting all your vehicular traffic to where it needs to go.
A vehicle trip is completed when a vehicle reaches its desired destination. Each completed trip adds to your raw score. The raw score is the count of the number of vehicle trips completed. Additionally, your All Quiet Roads score ( AQR ) updates to your current raw score only if there are no roads currently in a red warning state. Your raw score will continue accumulating but it will not become an AQR score until the moment when no roads are red. Red roads can be noisy as motorists honk their horns. All the roads are all quiet only when no roads are red.
All Quiet Roads 4743 is somewhat unique in allowing players to manage traffic on roads that turn red, just like realtime maps we use on real world roads. Red roads are dangerous, because as traffic backs up it will eventually cause neighborhoods to become jammed. When the neighborhood can no longer hold any more newly spawning vehicles the game is over.
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[@user-rp5or1ik5l]

"Made by a single developer who quit their job at Valve because she's sick of not making any games" is the most beautiful insult I've ever heard

[@gagamer7251]

they got tired of not updating TF2

[@hellsgames5322]

@@gagamer7251 it was the one last tf2 dev, now there's none

[@sydneygoodwin1751]

@@hellsgames5322 realism

[@hellsgames5322]

@@sydneygoodwin1751 don't worry, soon enough we will have -1 and then they will revert tf2 to pre-bot crisis in 2016.

[@lukemimnagh2594]

Lol, how true, c’mon Gaben, give us more!

[@ToraNagumanova]

I actually really like this game for its a bit more deeper gameplay than previous “mini” games! It could use some better visuals but overall seems more interesting and fun to play. Wish all the luck to the developer!

[@epicthief]

visuals will come with the update, gameplay is soo solid and deeper

[@allquietroads4800]

​@@epicthief Thanks for the confidence! It will actually be quite a feat of art and engineering to make this game top-notch, but having worked on quite a few AAA games I know the path from here to there. Let's see if I can follow it! :)

[@PaulWebsterLincoln]

@@allquietroads4800Try not to aim for AAA standards we all preffer fun games with as few of a bugs as possible, looking at you todd

[@trainer233]

Yea I was thinking basically the same, not the prettiest but very interesting

[@netkat7486]

@@PaulWebsterLincoln To be fair they used to work for Valve, a company who had actual standards for games.... Back when they made them anyway.

[@davesym]

The Tow Truck option looks like a trap to me. You boosh the trapped cars out of existence, which also means you don't get points for them, and you don't solve the issue causing the traffic, leading to your network clogging right up again. The Bulldozer is a brilliant feature though. That one actually lets you control your network and remove a pesky problem causer.

[@sintanan469]

The tow truck is a quick fix when making adjustments to your network because you can't remove roads that are occupied by vehicles. The problem is Matt didn't try to fix the network. It also allows squeezing out those extra points at the end because you cannot bank points if you have danger or warning traffic.

[@normalchannel2185]

the tow truck could be used as the last stand. if you think that your game's over, then just nuke every thing, and convert it all to tow trucks to gain maybe a 1000 more score

[@GummieI]

Also it may be necessary to tow truck some vehicles after actually fixing the road network to get rid of the clog

[@drowzypollinator640]

I know in mini motorways, you often have the problem that a road change solution is too little too late because there's already a stack of cars that will inevitably cause you to fail. So even if your change would theoretically succeed under normal conditions, the current traffic can cause you to fail. The tow trucks allow you to clear those abnormal conditions, so that you can get your solution up and running quickly. If you were in a disadvantageous position before you made a change, it allows you a chance to catch back up, instead of having to stay ahead of the curve almost always. Of course, you can use it wrong, and there are a limited number, so it's not OP.

[@Nalehw]

Oh, it's pretty interesting that at one point you wanted to deliberately downgrade a road, to get the drivers out of your southwestern mostly-residential area and make them take the bypass instead. I like that. Feels a bit like real traffic engineering.

[@deaneatsgreens]

The developer really understood that functionality should be done first before graphics. This game is going to go up and up in popularity

[@Reed9277]

I lost it at 3:50 when you nearly recreated the Holland Tunnel river crossing and suggested it might get clogged up, and then you recreated the Lincoln Tunnel instead

[@mathidash]

Round-abouts in New York, who would have seen this ever happen?😅

[@reinoflame]

litterally only on columbus circle

[@K9RacingAndStuff]

​@@reinoflameTheree's actually another two on the southwest corners of Prospect Park in Brooklyn.

[@jamesc6206]

Right outside lga

[@samanyuxkaushal]

Hey Matt, i was just wondering if you'd play Flycorp again... It was a nice game, especially your playing style, so I was thinking if you could drop another video once in a while... But anyways, love the content, thanks for being the most consistent youtuber ever, you bring a smile on my face everyday ❤️❤️

[@stonehengeeee]

As a New Yorker it's eerie how accurately you just recreated the NYC highway and bridge system

[@brigidtheirish]

In terms of layout or being constantly clogged?

[@stonehengeeee]

@@brigidtheirish Layout. I don't know if it's obvious but many of the landmarks in the game (at least in the NY level) are accurate to where they are in real life. And I thought it was funny that RCE, in response, seems to have made a very similar system

[@brigidtheirish]

@@stonehengeeee That is funny!

[@machinethatgoesblorp]

Yeah, when the airport appeared I was like "Wait, isn't that where LaGuardia is?" The stadium being sorta right for Yankee stadium suggests it's not a coincidence. But RCE def. recreated the triborough, Lincoln and Holland tunnels (as bridges), the Whitestone, and the LIE/BQE . . . I guess if the problem is the same, you come up with about the same solution, too.

[@Joshisepic2222]

Are you implying that he is the reincarnation of Robert Moses

[@angrypotato_fz]

Looks fun! However, it seems a bit absurd to me that the cloverleaf intersections are so cheap and need only as much space as an ordinary roundabout!

[@jacobmfamexo]

Also absurd that trafic doesn't slow to a quarter of its initial speed when going through one. At least it works for gameplay

[@Landrassa1]

@@jacobmfamexo A quarter seems a bit low. Based on using (albeit european) ones I'd say 100% speed when going straight, 75% speed for a right turn and 50% speed for a left.

[@marktrdin8784]

The only thing absurd are the roundabouts. They should cost four or five roads, not ten highways. The other trades are pretty reasonable in terms of materials or cost.

[@gijskramer1702]

@@marktrdin8784 the trades are different in every level

[@Xegethra]

You could imagine the roundabouts are those really large ones you get near motorways.

[@bobbys332]

You figured it out a bit toward the end but you had too many single locations (Hospital, Airport, Stadium, and Office Building) with only one lane of access. The producers (circles and triangles) were trying to get to those single locations from all directions. Without multiple paths (preferably segregated) they were all filing into the "main line" highway which meant that you had N sources of production cramming into one road. Even with highways you would eventually tap out the maximum capacity and by feeding everyone into one main line you reached it quicker than desired. A few groupings of places with dedicated lines to the airport would have made things a bit easier since the ones on their way to the airport could go there and the ones that needed to get to the other single places could bypass the airport and go direct to the other places. A pairing of circles and triangles would mean that the only ones trying to come out of there would be the ones going to the single places so maybe having a group of 2 or three triangles and circles each piling into a motorway junction with direct motorways to the main receivers would have eased your burden a bit.

[@agilemind6241]

Another big mistake was leaving the highway to the single locations in the middle so the local traffic was stuck mixed in with the single location traffic.

[@TheTravelingPair]

7:35 that airport spawned where LGA airport is in real life It’s probably coincidence but it be interesting if there was a game where you could mange traffic from real life city’s with thing in the real places they would be. Edit: 11:35 that’s where yankee stadium would be in real life can someone confirm if this game try to match real life places to places in game

[@viktor8316]

Oh, the roundabouts actually work. I only dont get why they are 3 times as expensive as a clover.

[@Samurai0316]

I really hope you play more of this game! They've already added even more features for managing traffic that I'd love to see you try out!

[@shiina_mahiru_9067]

Once I see two hospitals, I will just split the map into two districts, connect them by just some unique buildings. The less mingling traffic the better of course. Unlike mini metro, building seems to stop spawning in this game, and the ratio of circles is way less

[@fezpcgamer4164]

I like that on 13:25 he says that this game doesn’t stop and 10 seconds later he says that he’s going to pause the game

[@litlclutch]

This is AWESOME. bought it after like a min of watching you play.. can't wait to try it out tonight during the dead hours at the hotel I work at, generally like 3am-6am where I can watch something or play something so tonight it will be this game!

[@arshia.sasson]

7:47 considering "that airport" is LaGuardia, connecting it to a hospital would be a wise decision. Also, that's an x, not a t

[@TheTravelingPair]

Very true

[@SociableDragon5]

Thanks for making amazing videos, RCE!

[@kasrasanati9476]

This seems way deeper than the other games I really liked it more please

[@epicthief]

this game is going to get better ever version, it's got that feeling

[@J-Dog500]

This is why sometimes Matt's prowess has no boundaries in these games

[@VideoGameManiac8]

I never thought a simple game like this could be fun and addictive!

[@jakeblohm3133]

You should play tin can, would be fun to watch

[@erikspyro9801]

MORE OF THIS PLEASE!

[@uzazi2043]

as someone from new york, i can confirm we have massive circles and triangles everywhere

[@wilhelmlarsson5779]

Love that this game have the legendary cloverleaf junctions

[@tarrantwolf]

Just make sure to have a huge highway heading out of NY because that's the main road in use now. But have it end way out in the ocean, very suddenly.

[@calvindehoff9045]

There’s some content creators that I only watch for the game they play but I would watch you nomatter what game you play, cause your just good at creating content

[@Galactica_One]

At 21:17 I think if Matt moved the road in the top from the roundabout to the cloverleaf the traffic jam would've been solved

[@jperoutek]

Maybe I'm misunderstanding the trade costs, but are there any downsides at all to using clovers instead of roundabouts? They are cheaper to trade for, and generally faster.

[@blueoceancat2840]

I know, i haven’t played but every time he ignored the cloverleafs it hurt my head

[@Xahnel]

Only in real life. Cloverleafs tend to be loud and massive, so that's a downside.

[@PWLfr]

yeah, IRL putting cloverleafs in the middle of New York or any major city isn't possible but that's better than a regular roundabout or bridge.

[@coltwalker8688]

I feel like the dev misplaced the prices bc cloverleafs that generally connect freeways cost normal road tiles while roundabouts that connect normal roads cost freeways

[@blueoceancat2840]

@@coltwalker8688 they both connected whatever roads that were connected to them, just the cloverleaf is better making me think, like you said, they made a mistake

[@applebeignet]

Just using little (pixel) graphics instead of the shapes would make it look a lot less of a "mini" series rip-off.

[@leightonthompson3629]

Still waiting for more videos on this game! Loved this.

[@LuckYeti]

Thanks for showing us this game. I really enjoyed watching you play this for us. This game introduces some unique mechanics that helps make it feel fresher than similar games. I hope the game continues to grow and adds some things like public transportation of some sort.

[@takumi2023]

As an idea, can you try segregation? You can connect all the circles together and have on junction into a main road. Making sure the main road go straight from hospital to airport and stadium. Iono if this would work. I'm assuming you can avoid connecting everything together to limit the number of intersections. One thing I wish is to see a road tile that blocks destination from being a through road. people can only go into it and can't drive through the shapes.

[@felps_4500]

I think the segregation strat wouldn't work because unlike Mini Motorways, the buildings can literally spawn on top of your roads

[@papaicebreakerii8180]

@@felps_4500 He could at least have like a roadway hierarchy with a few highways going through the whole map with only a few intersections that connect major destinations. He definitely could’ve made it more efficient than just spamming highways everywhere

[@felps_4500]

@@papaicebreakerii8180 True

[@normalchannel2185]

segregation won't work, as that's mostly a mini motorway thing, where there is only 1 type of demand for each station. The same way segregation does nothing in mini metro, as everyone wants to get everywhere.

[@stevieinselby]

Definitely don't connect all the circles together and then funnel *all* the circle traffic through a single junction - that would be catastrophic! Ideally for segregation you would have separate networks each containing one of each type of building ... but that doesn't work if you only have one airport and one stadium compared with dozens of houses. Maybe try to have neighbourhoods that connect houses and offices etc, that then only link to the airport, stadium etc and don't link directly to other neighbourhoods?

[@renskedunnewold1995]

I like that these roundabouts actually work like roundabouts!

[@ChaoticNeutralMatt]

This game is definitely something I'm looking for! Thank you for sharing!

[@ericks02]

i just found this and it's neat too. i've also liked the tile cities, but i think taht's where i commented last, and mini motorways i just started. i'm going back for them. i really wish you have better playlist management lol

[@dylanmill339]

hexagons are the bestagons.

[@Daymusik]

Seeing him trying to use more highways to fix the traffic problem reminds me of a video that says how that doesn't work. I think it was called "The Spring Paradox". Though, I don't know the AI in this game so they might not choose to do what that video details.

[@DailyBanter96]

Game Ideas! There is one more small element that could be added, pedestrian traffic such as bikes, and joggers! Perhaps having to design specific paths for them as well and how to intermingle them as they try to journey their way across the town, add in public transit lines as well with bus routes and you'd get a mess of complexity in terms of the game as a whole but it would actually be a true enjoyment for people who like this genre. Overall, the creator however has really hit the mark on an improved form of mini motorways, and hope that this game can even go beyond where it is now.

[@Dreamprism]

Haha. Yes, as someone who doesn't drive but instead takes public transit and walks, I find the focus of this game strictly on cars to be pretty funny. But adding too many different features could just add chaos, so idk if it's actually a good idea to add pedestrian infrastructure. If she can make it work, then great. If not, no big deal.

[@DailyBanter96]

@@Dreamprism It can be a difficulty setting like there's normal, hard, and nightmare where they even add in boats and some events such as on week 17 there's a fair! Traffic will be needing an efficient way to get to the fair and there's not much time to prepare, good luck!

[@Dreamprism]

@@DailyBanter96 Would be great to have a New Year's Eve event on the Seattle map. Getting home from that after midnight is historically a mess.

[@DailyBanter96]

@@Dreamprism Exactly!!! Or New York! lol and imagine if they added something for accidents as well where every so often high traffic zones get shut down or reduced to 50% flow for an accident for in game say 30secs to a full minute the equivalent of a few in game time hours to smooth out the mess and get it back to traffic as usual with the ability to upgrade or place shops to speed up traffic collision clean up rates. Theres many possibilities which could be added for players optionally if they want to play on a nightmare mode of sorts or their own custom preference of options kinda how racing games establish custom difficulty settings and give bonus points or rewards etc for applying in game.

[@Dreamprism]

@@DailyBanter96 If we want to get even more customizable, players could design their own cities and events for other players to play. Steam Workshop could probably support that.

[@abitmoe3333]

A highway into a roundabout into another highway seems so cursed

[@ColinTimmins]

It was built by a real civic engineer so it’s all good. =]

[@MrWherg]

Come and try the A55 in North Wales we have some lovely highway roundabouts! Really catches out the people who aren't paying attention while driving!

[@papaicebreakerii8180]

Ion know. The three roundabouts right next to each other and the normal road clover leaves are up there too

[@SvenRoed08]

You really should play more of that leaf blowing Sim, I've played it a bit and realised that there's something special at the buttom of the skin section

[@thirteenth6843]

“Do you know what the h is? It’s a hospital!” Lmao

[@SeriousApache]

Cloverleaf intersection. Just ignore the fact this is 5 road intersection.

[@charger875]

Excited to see Seattle!!

[@RealPanzer999]

Amazing, simply amazing. Can't wait for the next episode!

[@Zecko19]

RCE: I've literally designed highways as my day job for years. Also RCE: Daisychain Roundabout - Clover - Roundabout - Roundabout, connect to Single Arterial .... WHY IS IT ALL CLOGGED? I don't understand?!¡¿ 😂

[@TyinAlaska]

At about 17:00 it could be worth trying to create a ring highway and converting the center pieces back to regular roads.

[@TyinAlaska]

I guess he Vaisala tried to do this.

[@normalchannel2185]

One question Are the cloverleaf intersections better than the roundabouts? cause if so, then there is no reason to go roundabouts, as they are more expensive and worse

[@terasestHammasratas]

cloverleafs are better than roundabouts in this game

[@normalchannel2185]

@@terasestHammasratas then why are they cheaper?

[@terasestHammasratas]

@@normalchannel2185 ask that question to the developer(s) of the game

[@normalchannel2185]

@@terasestHammasratas yeah. I feel like it's a mistake

[@jamesc6206]

I'm losing it over the fact that this map has some fairly accurate landmarks (lga airport, Yankee stadium, etc)

[@SimienHill]

I don’t know anything about being this kind of engineer but I always watch your videos. I’m a recording engineer lol

[@ColinTimmins]

Thanks for the video and all the laughs. =]

[@sneakysoviet9]

Biggest problem I could notice with using the roundabouts was when the majority of traffic that used one wanted to make a left turn. From the looks of it, if the majority of your traffic is going to be going more than halfway around the roundabout, it's probably better to use a cloverleaf, while a roundabout it better when the majority of traffic at a junction is moving half or less around the roundabout. The cloverleaf junctions seemed to take higher numbers of road connections better than a roundabout.

[@bigtomato7496]

Thx for the great content!

[@rpgaholic8202]

Matt! Next time you fire up Leaf Blower Revolution, go to the Skin Shop and scroll all the way down! A nice surprise is waiting for you, if you haven't already found it.

[@Patatesensei]

Hey I am a French guy and was impressed by your French prononciation of Paris 😉

[@pmangano]

What i learned with this game is that cloverleaf junctions make cars ethereal

[@jamesneedham6265]

I like it how you pretty much created Robert Moses plan for Washington square

[@lucasl4644]

The Circle on the Office tower was inside of the O

[@nathanc6443]

Hey RCE I just found out the game places markets if your score is not yet high and start getting harder in 1000 points so at the start make the road but don’t yet connect it to the market shop then wait til timer half way because you will have a chance to get more houses I always get more houses so after timer half way connect it and you have a free upgrade with only 1 market spawning and connect the road to the market but connect the road as well to the timer market

[@echoofthedead4190]

It all was on that roundabout right next to the red triangle that got you RCE. Imma go look for this game now i liked it

[@KingQubed]

5:44 That one road from Newark to Manhattan is just as crowded as the real GBW. Congrats on being accurate. 7:37 Also accurate Lagaurdia. 11:37 YANKEES

[@MagicalBread]

This game looks like a cheap mesh between Mini Motorways and Mini Metro, but with extra steps.

[@Gleb08]

It’s a very nice mix and obviously heavily inspired. I prefer this one over the other two. You can easily ignore the low quality just like you can ignore the blockiness of Minecraft after a bit of playing. It’s a single developer so cut him/her some slack!

[@monika.alt197]

Quite a cool mix, I like it.

[@epicthief]

it's new game. visuals will come with updates

[@mine_crafting]

The thum mail look like Seattle plan for the future

[@AdamGaffney96]

I think the trading option is genuinely revolutionary. It's so frustrating dying in the Mini games because you just didn't get offered the thing you need. This way you die because you're incompetent so at least it's your own fault. Such a cool game!

[@Dreamprism]

Very impressive score!

[@tropicalbartender6510]

I think the trick is to actually understand to use the passovers as often as possible. you have so many streets left, so you could easily add way more streets with the passovers and that way you can also force them to take the route you want. Your routes dont have to be fast, they only have to not clog up. Step one play the game you did as you did before Step 2 delete the entire system and make as many self sufficent systems as possible, connecting them all to the major points seperately using the passovers so they cant connect to each other

[@manelneedsaname1773]

This game is pretty cute, hope to see more in the future

[@A1C6]

We need more!

[@meredith7735]

this exact video and everything about it are why I'm subbed to RCE.

[@toha9460]

i was looking at ur noob vs engineer thumbnail and couldnt help but notice that the first 3 buildings in noob were placed in the exact same place as they were in engineer something tells me that noob is just a developing engineer lol

[@deers3715]

The office towers is like the Twin Towers.... i know there's only 1 building but the position, the name, it's pretty similar

[@voxxel]

Why is this version different one day earlier to mine i bought today? Like the "delete all red cars" button?

[@dudewithloadsofantibodies]

Imagine just simply buying some groceries and every turn is a cloverleaf junction lol.

[@beanman5045]

You got your own skin it in lbr leaf blower revolution

[@brickcat5342]

Really?

[@beanman5045]

@@brickcat5342 yes

[@nataliaaguilar81]

please make this a series please

[@DiscoMcDisco]

Ok, seeing as this is vid 499, I seriously hope vid 500 is something super special… not that everything isn’t special, but I’m expecting some kind of g-wagon gooch busting mega strongest shape world exploding beaver infra 2 kinda madness… Or just a 10 hour video of paddy muttering in his sleep.

[@duddyrosenberg5701]

How dare you put a roundabout in Brooklyn? We love waiting at the lights

[@ZekeBittersweet]

This is a really cool looking game!

[@mikecresswell42]

Robert Moses would be so proud

[@snipegrzywa]

i feel like the dev was watching RCE's channel and created a game just for them, lol

[@allquietroads4800]

This seems like a reasonable explanation for AQR4743.

[@ryanellyalcantara9175]

Is it just me or i saw the strongest shape on 15:00 mark LOOOOL

[@Sjoher]

I did notice that a major problem was lack of options going to the square and that was causing alot of the issues.... so perhaps if you would have solved that, the rest probably could have gone smoother over all.

[@duddyrosenberg5701]

A cloverleaf intersection in lower manhattan! I like where your head is at, it’s a good idea replacing the World Trade Center with a cloverleaf, you should talk to the governor

[@AirWasTaken]

“Freeways are super-fast roads, obviously” Me: yeah because it’s F R E E. It’s called a FREEway for a reason

[@UtopssAKAPJ]

7:33 I guessed right Matt 15:34 Noice 😎👍

[@beanman5045]

Looking forward to seeing lbr

[@EuroDC1990]

Doesn't look as intuitive or tidy as it could, definitely needs a bit of work visually. This looks like a great little game though, really nice concept and nice to see a bit more involvement

[@9thebigcool]

More of this please.

[@madkirk7431]

Welp this is going into my wishlist. I'm a bit too broke to afford this right now but I'll get it eventually.

[@WtchDctr]

RCE: "Can you guess what this is?" Me: an airport RCE: "you're probably wrong" Me: oh RCE: "it's an airport!" Me: oh

[@user-te7rf8ik7z]

It's strange that roundabouts are more expensive than cloverleafs

[@grammarlyworshipper1819]

We have Mini Motorways at home

[@captainsnekk]

Yes

[@LittleJimmyR]

7:30 RCE I got it right! (cause im a plane lover)

[@Gryphonau]

Love it :) more please!

[@sackywacky]

The airport symbol looks like a lot of ranways from above so it make sense ish

[@AndreiFierbinteanu]

Yeah, I immediately guessed it's an airport as the circle looks like the terminal, and the lines are the runways. Plenty of airports with that configuration

[@thefinalsurvivur6161]

I feel like, at a certain point, it may be better to pause, delete all the roads, and rebuild the system from scratch, to better accommodate the newer buildings.

[@Dreamprism]

It definitely would be. Heck, it's probably true in a lot of real-life situations too, but unfortunately we can't pause time, fix all the roads, and then unpause.

[@cookcc2969]

I love this chanel