Realistic Cities Start Here! How to Detail in Cities Skylines 2

[@Salmoddi]

Loving the barbed wire fences around the basketball courts. "You better not miss your shots or we will lose the ball, again"

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

Lol :-)

[@MuhammadNurulIslam]

camping near the spooky cemetery...surely night time scary camp fire stories will go another level

[@Tony1975uk]

Best place for the camp fire park IMHO.

[@KJP1226]

the editing in these is getting better and better. I almost chocked on my sandwich when the squeaky leveling and the picker picker parts popped up

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

Thankyou, I'll let my editor know 👍😁

[@who_is_artis]

6:23 Actually pedestrians can walk on shoulders, so the alleys actually do have paths on the sides, just not raised ones. And also, sidewalks narrower than 3.5 meters don't really function properly, people walk outside the boundary of the street. Just letting you know, if you don't care about them doing that then do whatever :D

[@tomoudt5036]

@biffa It also makes your streetlight dissappear....and your pedestrians walk through the front yards....tested this myself😇

[@CaptainDarknessHERO]

Maybe its worth checking out the water supply if people are getting sick. Could be polluted.

[@jayeeekennedy3561]

And still no trash collection in the new part

[@dmosfet]

Technically, "Asymetric C" is no longer asymetrical :p

[@monticore2]

Love the cemetery next to the camp grounds.

[@drkevorkian2508]

Accidents happen.

[@BotolPetjah]

"Oh my God... someone attacked by a bear!!" other people: "Let's bring him to the hospital" Biffa: "Just go straight to the cemetery..."

[@stephenreardon2698]

Biffa places a skate park so he can give us his Kenneth Williams impression. Double entendres galore! Oh Matron!

[@RudiRennkamel]

I haven´t watched yet, but thanks to your thumb the Cilit Bang Song won´t leave my head for the next 48hrs. Thanks!

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

😂

[@EmsterJane]

Absolutely adore the smaller decals! Really adds some realism and life to it

[@sully_skylines]

Ngl love me a biffa detailing episode! Lovely work mate!

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

Thanks Sully! I'm learning a lot :-)

[@bjorn.josmans]

New Brewburgh probably my favourite series on YT now

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

So kind! Thank you :-)

[@stormfire962imastarcitizen5]

Biffa - add your time index of 20:00 where you were working on the intersection I have a slight suggestion on something you might want to explore in the near future and could help with the traffic flow a bit better. You should look up information on using jug handles at those busy intersections since it's a good tool for minimizing left turns at traffic lights and does help to increase traffic flow more efficiently. Another thing you should consider adding to your skate park is some graffiti on the walls of the skate ramps since that would make it look more realistic. Plus, you might also want to consider adding in a few billboards as well. In addition, the city is looking even more amazing each time you work on it and I have also noticed that you're sounding a lot better and I hope your cold is going away since your health is important to me because you're a good person and your family really need you.

[@chrisfenn3189]

I use those decals, they are fantastic. With the dirt path decal, use invisible path, so the sims use it. Looks good.

[@fewcandy]

I see a thumbnail with dirt, dust and grime, I click like straight away! 🙌

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

Thanks Few. I'm learning to love the grime!😅

[@jameshg1900]

That looks amazing, but my god the pressure on your system with all those assets!!!!

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

Doesn't affect cs2 the same as cs1 👍

[@CKAVxbox]

26:52 On that junction... there is a node between the turnoff and the crossroad, why don't you make them go straight through it rather than make a decision in that short space... the OTHER radical idea is that you make an OVERPASS?? Sure the aesthetic will be ruined but it will completely solve the problem

[@bonz24]

Biffa- dont stop on cities skylines 2! I literally design my cities on CS1 on my Xbox like how you do to help my city grow. Always good content man and good detailed info.

[@PlantCozyGamerJess]

Good morning Biffa and everyone! Love your videos always brightens up my day.

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

Good morning!

[@carriegarrisonvos4433]

Another good build with my normal giggles! Thanks Biffa🤩 Very much needed. 3 to 5 weeks of generator and no electric!

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

Oh no, I hope things get sorted for you.

[@jeison00]

I've said this before but you are definitely in your element when detailing, always a joy to watch!

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

Thankyou so much 👍😁

[@ptterz]

For that recycling center mess, it would allow you to easily snap to road if you toggled off snapping to existing buildings. You can also bulldoze subbuildings now instead of the whole facility. As a suggestion, take advantage of the anarchy and locate those auxiliary buildings wherever you like. Sometimes the road layout just doesn't allow you to fit into those somewhat small boundaries.

[@DönerMann1]

The city looks really good mate❤

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

Thank you @DönerMann1 :-)

[@FabianGaming73]

23:40 wouldn't it make sense to keep the "Unsafe" option here - so people can decide which lane they want to go right at the beginning? 😅

[@UV1K787]

I have a suggestion for the intersction where the ring road and the road coming from the highway meet: Since the road that is comming from the highway enters with a brigde, you could elevate the bridge so the road goes over the ring road, and since it's a long strech before the first intersection, you can have a nice grade. The ring road could then have an intersection to allow on & on ramps onto the road coming from the highway. As you grow the city, traffic will get first so I think you should build this before there isn't enough space to build it!

[@bobblebardsley]

If you can add invisible paths under those 'desire path' decals so people actually walk on them that would be awesome (assuming that's not something already built into the decal). They're so much more realistic than the default grey blob path.

[@rodrigmatrix]

Hey Biffa. Thanks so much for talking about Time and Weather Anarchy❤ The next update will feature profiles that you can create for multiple time and weather saved preferences

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

Ohhh that sounds like s great update. Thankyou 🙏

[@HazelPlace89]

how good!! I've decided that I really need to step up my detailing game, so the timeliness of this video is very encouraging. Great stuff, Biffa!! :D

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

Glad it was helpful!

[@Artificial.Unintelligence]

Q: But are all the decoration props and assets going to be usable to any extent in this version of the game? It always felt hollow to me to build a big park and then literally no one does anything there, they just stay on the path and walk through.. then eventually you'd have an unreachable fire because apparently the fire trucks / emergency vehicles strictly adhere to ' pedestrian path ' while regular cars blast down other pedestrian 'streets' because they feel like it. Making it realistic instead of shiny and new is one thing but if people actually interacted with benches, food trucks etc it'd be nice.. ** I have not watched the full video or updates on the game yet** just wanted to ask before the comments section is flooded

[@ScooterBug96]

I'd bet that raising your citizens' well-being would lower how many ambulances you need. Love the decals.

[@tankisingh]

Hey Biffa, Traffic usually changes based on time of day. It might seem like traffic is fixed but next day it will be the same jam again.

[@WhiskeyHunterVAT69]

Fun one, bit of everything in this VOD. Ty for the VOD. 🥃🥃

[@sea75300]

In PDX mods, a new mod called "Cim Route Highlighter" is available. It could help to figure our where New Brewburgians wanna go on their trip.

[@hernythehobo1807]

Got my tea ready and a biffa video comes out… talk about perfect timing 😂

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

Lovely! Enjoy :-)

[@dododebil1412]

31:30 the sub building is snapping to the recycling center you have to turn off snapping to building to it can snap to the alley

[@SethDueck]

20:54 the first car in the exit lane turning right makes a U-turn to turn left, not sure if that’s something you can fix Biffa. Edit: kept watching and you fixed it😂

[@christopherschuster5705]

Love all the details it looks

[@rileywhetstone1755]

I see your getting ready for Halloween, with the graveyard by the camp ground. 😀

[@pedranwessels6428]

1:54 the salaries/wages are added to upkeep

[@lockpickrogue-yc5wc]

carl benjamin is practicing his infrastructure concepts for future projects it appears

[@glennnilsen2527]

Everything you do is fantastic!!!

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

Thankyou ☺️

[@nelegrund5041]

for the garbage collection extention thing i think the zoning was just turned off on the street you wanted it on :)

[@ADKaizenProductions]

I think ambulances need to be volume tuned down a bit. They are loud on this end too.

[@Youberc]

Yes, let me improve the life of my citizens. Here is some dirt, grime and dust 😂.You will surely love it. (Kidding).

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

They do love it lol! 😂

[@davidcampbell2143]

My ADHD brain had a lot of fun with this one! Oh, lets do this, ooh what's going on here, lets check this out. Hey wait, what's this? 🤣🤣

[@Thromash]

The lane changing at the lights is something that really scuffs my traffic. It's just creates more traffic. Roundabouts aren't much better, people keep stopping to give way on coming traffic, after they pull out in front of the oncoming traffic blocking them which results with the game having to delete them to fix it. I've ended up taking a break from playing as I just end up getting sucked into traffic lol Also noticed even with enough garbage trucks of all kind. I'm still not getting garbage collected, even if in a zone with a facility dedicated to it & even if it's on the same block as the garbage facility it still seems to barely ever get picked up. Not sure if I'm missing something or there is just a bug?

[@kiwionthecoast5018]

As always mate, looks amazing...great finish to the video. Makes me want to leave work and just decorate all day😆

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

😁👍

[@GustavSvard]

8:23 Rename Foggy street to Saint Hugo street!

[@TheScreamun]

Thanks for the awesome videos! You actually got me to pick up the game and put whole days worth into it

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

Glad I could help! 😁

[@BleistiftStupser]

i'd love to see a district for the super rich, with mansion after mansion. Maybe somewhere secluded or on a hillside.

[@nickbellomo3362]

Last episode you said you was going to build a connection to highway in bottom right side at you never built. Plus I think you need to add more roads between the cities

[@ptg1204]

Just commenting to help the algorithm :-). Keep up the good work

[@nichole2757]

Asymmetric C = 4 lane. Should just run the whole loop as 4 lanes; could also remove parking and have more lanes without increasing the road width

[@andrewwhewell6422]

Just a bit of feedback on episode length... I always think these 45 minute ones flow much better although I imagine you have stats that say otherwise and KZbin does its thing if you have people dropping out early. I'd happily watch a follow on detailing time lapse video though to keep the pure building video high on completion. Maybe even a Patreon extra ;-)

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

The stats actually show that longer is better, but I just make the videos whatever length they end up tbh, I don't follow the stats :-)

[@LemLems1]

I’m waiting for some clever maths brain out there to work out the formula for services - like ‘you need approx x ambulances/police cars/fire engines etc per 1,000 population in a district. I know it would vary some depending on the size of the district (in terms of area/journey times) etc. but i bet it’d be possible for someone to work out some estimates/ranges. Not me, you understand, i don’t have a clever maths brain but someone out there 😊

[@bbbenj]

Great episode 😻

[@rustyredbeard]

BIFFA! I'M ONLY INTERNET SHOUTING BECAUSE YOU'RE REALLY FAR AWAY! great video as always.

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

😅😅

[@MrMpa31]

Does anyone think that any other studios will take on the challenge of creating a truly modern simcity-esque city builder?

[@DrakeGamer85]

27:20 - That park idea sounds fun. Why not create a car park on the small bit of land next to the road, and add in a footbridge, so people can avoid crossing the road but walk over it, to the nice area that could become a fantastic island park? You could even extend the park to the other island nearby, and put footbridges across the river linking the park to the city districts, such as the Downtown area. In any case, love how the city is building up; New Brewburgh is becoming my fav city to see you build! Fan-sipping-tastic! 🫖🍵🫖

[@noemierollindedebeaumont1130]

This is a great idea ! I would love to see it

[@aitcheymoo]

You have a train line running right under vermont way, could you add a wee local station? 12:00

[@Vekhh]

Didn't watched the entire series but I really wanna know this one thing - did you created that second river, that smaller one? Or it was from the beginning there?

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

It was always there 👍

[@KaylaJadeC]

I wish roads could get worn down visually as part of the game anyway. Buildings too. But I guess that's too much detail for a game to run properly

[@RadZoneJones]

The basketball hoops are in the middle of the free throw line and should be BEHIND the lines at each end of the court

[@zombiegnomes1]

Loving it but you may have overdone the decals lol. Also is there such a thing as public loos in the game? You've got the skate park and courts but unless the swimming pool just lets anyone in then they have no where to tinkle. Please add another medical centre... The one you've got is way too small even after the upgrade. I love watching you play.

[@tigonologdring9189]

Need to turn off "snap to object" when placing those ground decals I think... it's probably why you were "losing decals" in the skatepark: because they were on the ground then suddenly a metre or more in the air (and the won't be seen there). Oh, and welcome to the world of Extra Detailing! Nice stuff Biffa mate.

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

Thanks. I'll try that again but I turned off all the options and it would still do that...odd 🤷‍♂️

[@bobblebardsley]

@@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines I was suspecting it might be the land not perfectly level, which you mentioned but decided not to start fiddling with it (probably wise!) but maybe something to investigate off-camera to see if it fixes the disappearing decals. I don't think it took anything away from the finished effect though, it looked awesome.

[@tigonologdring9189]

@@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines You don't necessarily want ALL options turned off, just one or the other (snap to object/snap upright) depending upon what you're using. The issue in this case though is that the stains don't actually show on props (part of the design of those decals) so you'd likely need to place them on the ground beside the prop and slide them "under" or place them on top and then move them down.

[@lordraven2264]

What's the mod for the tree brush that lets you put down multiple types of tree/bushes. I couldn't find one in the mod store, but I've seen Biffa use it. I've been using the time anarchy mod, the day of the year changes the angle of the sun.

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

Tree control 👍

[@lordraven2264]

@@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines Thanks Biffa, loved the skate park detailing. I bet you could make a pickleball court out of one of the basketball courts. Detail overload...lol

[@lennertpersoons9613]

you just wanted to have roads and parking lots like in Flanders. Worn and pitted asphalt everywhere

[@digitalchemistry2515]

Read the words on the thumbnail and shouted "CILLIT BANG!"

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

😅😅😅

[@stevengalloway8052]

Only you can spend so much time detailing a messy, run down asset, Biffa... 😆

[@CouchPotator]

Could you raise the brightness or remove the fog or something? During your detailing timelapse, your changes looked great, but once it ended and your settings turned back on, it looked bland and overly grey.

[@TheGuptadanish]

So you can make an underpass for a garbage facility but not an overpass for a jam-packed junction?

[@stevenborman9110]

I think those baskets shouldnt be on the court like that, but yeah all those details are really good, could go crazy...

[@95toadgrl]

24:44 after you adjusted the road and lanes, the people from the right hand side can’t not make a right into the city 😢

[@Comdroid66]

What’s your advice on bringing down lag in cs2?

[@WillyLangley]

Nice Video!

[@jabcmw1]

Plan on any CS1 traffic fixes anytime soon?

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

No, cs2 content is what people want 👍

[@kaltaron1284]

Your "Assymetric C" isn't assymetric anymore. It's 2+2. Edit: I think the trouble at the junction coming in might be that there's still a node between the right turning lane and the lights that allows them to change lanes.

[@Glenn_Wackett]

You can almost say you can never have enough detailing when looking a some other CS2 content creators like two dollars twenty, canadian Moose etc. CS2, buildings and surfaces, like you mentioned in the video is too clean and new and its need custom dirty surfaces to bring the city more to life.

[@rocsaltjohn]

Is that church and cemetary a vanilla asset?

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

Yes was added in the detailing patch iirc 👍

[@reativ572]

crematorium next to a camping site is crazy

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

Not really :-)

[@Tony1975uk]

​@@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylinesBest place for it, especially as its nearly Halloween 👻

[@jimhearsonwriter]

Both are barbecue sites, tbf.

[@Tony1975uk]

@@jimhearsonwriter 😶😶

[@marinette5032]

This game is soooo grey!! i know it's winter atm but it's so sad it almost looks b&w at times :(

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

Spring is around the corner 😁

[@patricandersson3209]

I miss all roundabouts.

[@tomoudt5036]

Remember your water was polluted

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

It always will be, the entire map is one big underground water source! 😷

[@danielleon3767]

Hello all CS lovers! Do you think the game is already good enough to buy? I loved CS1 and it's almost been a year since CS2 released, so is it worth to change now? Even after all the issues and bugs?

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

Most bugs are fixed, a lot of what's left to tweak is in my opinion balancing things which in a game as complicated as this type of city builder, is always going to be the case. I would say it's worth taking a look for sure. I only ever get the odd crash when using some mods, but that's to be expected when using as many mods as I do! :-)

[@danielleon3767]

@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines thank you so much for answering Biffa! I really love and enjoy your work, so your opinion is very well appreciated Keep all the nice work you do!

[@blackineese]

Why add a new clinic to that district?... Just add the district to the big hospital just next door.

[@angelosabatini1791]

Please decorate more

[@gwalla]

You could put an invisible path over that cut-through decal so it's "functional". In fact, it might make sense to do the same in the grassy areas near your transit stops. BTW instead of that wacky tunnel setup for the waste processing, it would honestly make sense to put that area on a road diet and replace that dual carriageway with a more modest single road and realign it. It's built like a full highway but the traffic on it would barely qualify it as a collector.

[@roybmanofmerlin]

I've watched so many of your Cities videos and yet my city still ends up looking like a dogs breakfast with no main road capable of handling traffic 😅😅

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

Ooooh dear! Don't give up 😁👍

[@roybmanofmerlin]

@@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines I go with the flow without too much future planning 😁

[@VekhGaming]

"So many fantastic detailing tools". Too bad I have never been able to make a good or natural looking city in anything. At least I can still play the games for achieving big numbers and possibly achievements for my funsies. Or look at people actually competent.

[@maidenminnesota1]

A columbarium is a place for cremains to be stored. Usually there are niches for the urns to be interred inside.

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

👍

[@chakal8778]

wait until you get the homeless problem, I had to erase all my parks!

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

The last patch fixed it 👍

[@chakal8778]

@@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines it did not, I have the steam version,I did reinstall it, and nope still got the homeless problem, as a test I build 4 parks and within seconds it was full of them

[@BinoangNasad]

First one to comment 🎉

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

🎉Yay!

[@fateunleashed9680]

Every video has had moments where you can't do something when you have snapping on. For the love of Christ man turn off all your snapping, and only turn it on when you need it. You'll have no issues 99% of the time. No need to make building any harder for no reason.

[@magicalmac7505]

Am I crazy or is your accent different? Are you sick? I keep hearing you say 'frough' instead of 'through' and other similar words like that. Almost like your annunciation changed

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

I've had a bad cold yes 👍

[@noahkohn9350]

Hey, kids. Hurry up! We’re gonna go camping and tell ghost stories at the campfire next to the cemetery….Hey! Where’d everyone go? 🫣😉🤣