The Final Touches: Cities Skylines Pittsburgh After Almost 2 Years

[@canadianmooseplays]

I don't even know what to say. Every single episode it is so apparent how much time, effort and love you have put into this series and both you as a creator as well as your works have me feeling so inspired. Absolute gem of a creator! Thank you so much for taking the time to provide us all with such incredible content! i cannot hecken wait for the next video!

[@GaseousStranger]

Thanks Moose! Always glad to be able to share with this amazing CS community. I feel the same way watching your videos! Now, hopefully the next episode of Pittsburgh won’t be as long of a wait 🤣

[@HircusHircus]

you modeled my street in the slopes well! feels so special to see

[@XOC2008]

One of my favorite series on YT, catching up on missed episodes. I grew up in Squirrel Hill and the South Hills. Murray Ave was my teenage hotspot. It's nice seeing the time and care you put in to get every detail as perfect as possible.

[@GaseousStranger]

Thank you!

[@kevinouellette4443]

Beautiful and impressive as always! For the Squirrel Hill interchange rework, I'm a big fan of reducing highways down to boulevards/dual carriageways. Automobiles don't always need priority to move fluidly and quickly through a space. The needs of the community around the interchange should be prioritized, with car-centric thoroughfares added afterward, either over or under the priority movements. I say, tear-out the interchange and create a slow roundabout or intersection that forces traffic to yield to local movements. So excited to see your future alterations!

[@Drew-vv8oo]

This is so awesome, I don't play the game but the level of skill and commitment is apparent to even me! I drive 376 eastbound from the city at least 4 times a week. Sometimes during rush hour, sometimes during slow hours. Since you're asking for specific feedback on the Squirrel Hill Tunnel interchange, I have one specific observation you might be interested in. I never see the greenfield off-ramp as backed up as this Skylines simulation shows. In fact, during rush hour, the right lane moves so much faster than the tunnel lanes, that people often stick to the right from a mile or two back and then merge late right before the tunnels. I think the game is simulating a lot more traffic taking the Greenfield turn than there ever actually is in real life. If this is interesting to you and there's more information I can provide, let me know!

[@epicwinningcod]

incredible to see the traffic flow freely past that squirrel hill exit lol

[@GaseousStranger]

🤣🤣

[@r35killa]

That transition at 7:09 was SOOOO GOOD! God I hate this interchange lol. It's awful to drive and yes CS actually shows it off quote well with realistic traffic. It's great seeing so many areas of my home city come to life as well! I work for an "architecture firm" south of Pittsburgh and it's great to see you place and detail around some of the very projects I have worked on! (EX 16:29 that construction site is called Flats on Forward that I personally have worked on for the past few years and is in the final 2 months of construction!) Will be great to see you get into the Shadyside/Eastside neighborhood's next since my company has done so much commercial and multifamily over in that region. Props to the slide and bus easter eggs as well! Keep up the great work! Excited to see how you tackle some of the improvements later in the series! Expansion of the light rail is one I've always wished for!

[@GaseousStranger]

Thanks for stopping by! Glad to hear you’re enjoying the series. Hopefully a lot more real-life footage to come alongside the next few episodes as I plan to complete the rest of The Strip District, Oakland, Shadyside, and East Liberty!

[@VulcanHyperion]

This is just so amazing. Although you killed me on the inside by calling it Pittsburgh Regional Transit. It'll always be Port Authority of Allegheny County! Katherine be dammed!

[@thegreatdodo5092]

So you are the one posting on Reddit, haha :D Glad I got this video recommended! Nice build!

[@nspring06]

The Mac Miller mural was such a cool touch to see especially within Squirrel Hill.

[@crashbomber]

The eastbound sq hill onramp shouldve been redone with the Greenfield bridge - all the space leading up to the tunnel is hillside, but a tall long ramp on the hillside to the parkway would alleviate a bit of the horrible mess that happens at the tunnel. additionally: you're doing amazing work!

[@pilotravis]

This is one of the most insane things I've ever seen. This is not just record setting within CS, but model train and diorama builders of all kinds. I view this as the ultimate in model building.

[@trekkie59650]

That Mac Miller mural was a nice touch. Bravo!

[@Da__goat]

Please promise me that you will do the same format in Cities:Skylines 2? This is an absolutely epic build!

[@GaseousStranger]

Once the workshop is ready for builds like these, I should be ready as well!

[@SuperAzoz99]

As someone moving to Cities Skylines 2 and probably will not play or at least make a build on CS1, you are kinda lucky for having the ability to eternalize such beautiful city on KZbin.

[@Infrastructurist]

You have really nailed a level of detailing that suits PERFECTLY for building on this scale and achieving a build that feels like an actual city. It's awesome!

[@GaseousStranger]

Thank you! Means a lot coming from you! 😄

[@Grannyok3]

A dumbell interchange would probably be the most suitable alternative in fixing Squirrelhill. I see a lot of other likeminded commenters who have mentioned this design. I feel the roundabouts could fit in well and footprint wouldn’t be much of a constraint.

[@Jazz-Man1910]

Definitely one of the best CS series ever. So cool.

[@mauriceskyliners9873]

Pittsburgh is one of the best CS series in KZbin!

[@GaseousStranger]

Thank you Maurice! 😄

[@nrublikmadaful]

Incredible. I cheered when you plopped my apartment down.

[@GaseousStranger]

That’s awesome 😄 Thank you!

[@ThatsOneNiceKitty]

I still can’t comprehend how accurate and beautiful your build is of my amazing city. I want to tell everyone in Pittsburgh about this!

[@Dirty.H]

Top stuff mate, these episodes are so well put together

[@easternju87]

Love the Mac Miller mural and pause. Was hoping you’d do something like that. Subscribed.

[@TeddyRadko]

Imagine finishing a city.. It's so inspiring seeing you getting there and especially so without sacrificing details! :chefs kiss: Legendary build full stop!

[@GaseousStranger]

Thanks Teddy! 😄

[@zachperkins688]

I hope you're able to get to East Liberty! I think it would be cool to see since it has so many transit oriented developments

[@beboutbidness9616]

Ridiculously amazing building. I'm mad at myself for not subscribing sooner. Pittsburgh is definitely a underrated city.

[@yaboiandrew2058]

He never fails to spread us wide open and fill us with his superb content 😁

[@TheShockdocter]

Awesome video! Just recently found your channel when ironically I just moved to Pittsburgh from Rochester😂

[@GaseousStranger]

Thanks! haha that’s quite the coincidence

[@Clayfacer]

This series is seriously amazing! I love the shots when it transitions from google earth to cities skylines and it lines up near perfectly, please show of some more of those scenes!

[@jammm3333]

i can't wait to see what you do with this project! ages ago i was inspired by this series to do the same with my hometown, i.e., recreate first and then revitalize. after trying it myself i learned just how much it takes to do something like this, and that you are truly someone special for getting so far.

[@hotdoger40]

If Peppi's and Aiello's were next to eachother in real life I'd probably never have left Murray Ave

[@bluethunder796]

I'm glad you like the buses!

[@jamesj8953]

Massive scale. Very thorough and unmatched

[@MugwumpSupreme]

I have to keep checking the bottom right for the Google Earth watermark. 😅 Absolutely fantastic!

[@GaseousStranger]

Thanks Poplar!

[@mayavenuemisfit814]

I've loved watching you put this together. It's going to be both awesome and sad seeing you finish it. At least we still have Rochester to look forward to, though! Excellent job with this. As a former Pittsburgh resident, it's almost like I visit the actual city every time I watch one of these.

[@GaseousStranger]

Thank you, glad to hear you enjoyed the episode! More Rochester to come, eventually 😄

[@hammurabiofbabylon8035]

This is incredible, inspiring and intimidating! Well done Sir Stranger.

[@christopherbaby3842]

freaking amazing. Shout out infrastructurist. 36:46 Mind blown. Can't wait to try this out.

[@sebastientumahai9560]

Bro your series is dope asf bruh. Definitely the best most realistic city I’ve seen so far on CS

[@GaseousStranger]

Thank you!

[@rpk675]

The entire city of Pittsburgh? Wow! Is there a shot from above showing how much you have made in total?

[@TobbySkylines]

Another great episode! Thx Gas!

[@thomasskkrt1789]

You deserve more viewers! Love your work💙

[@ItsDur5n]

This looks way too good to be cities skylines! unreal work from you

[@Fischbob]

Phenomenal build!

[@GaseousStranger]

Thank you!

[@emsproviero]

this is so cool i cant wait for the revitilization ! ❤

[@GaseousStranger]

Thanks! 😄

[@Shaneo206]

Can’t wait

[@bwgilbert1]

Amazing KZbin series!!!

[@liamleveto9208]

Amazing, once again!

[@GaseousStranger]

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed the episode 😄

[@Koguma_ei]

21:11 omg I've frequented Squirrel Hill so many times and i've never noticed those shops had anything above ground floor!

[@plushtimetv]

Thank you for doing this.

[@Abacaxizeiros]

You should do a city like Dayton!

[@x-90]

This is beautiful very faithful to the source material

[@boogabuga7657]

wow this is incredible

[@tjhub]

This stuff is absolutely mind blowing - you've done an incredible job. Your rational and thoughtful approach to city planning is such a funny contrast to your channel name haha. What made you choose it as your username? Have you ever thought of changing it?

[@funecheeseofficial3576]

I’m just gonna say it. Your the best CS youtuber you are awesome! Also i dare you to make an asset list. I bet it would be really hard.

[@GaseousStranger]

Thank you! and I have a skyve profile with all of my assets 😄

[@funecheeseofficial3576]

@@GaseousStranger thanks for letting me know!

[@ummadruga4744]

Amazing

[@munchaking1896]

I would remove/close that last piece off ramp from the highway to the collector, and force drivers to use the earlier off ramp at the top of the video, or the under pass.

[@ianmatthews276]

wow. impressive!

[@GaseousStranger]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@duskmoon181]

For the interchange near squirrel hill. My first thought is to just put a simple diamond interchange in there. But if traffic is as heavy as I am expecting, then people are probably screwed. As there doesn't appear to be much room for any sort of DDI, A4 Parclo, or Dumbell Interchange. Who knows though. I'm sure someone could come up with something.

[@ymedollar]

You gotta do Nashville next

[@rwiggerts]

Respect... 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

[@michaelmott7695]

I’d love to hear a video on your interactions with the city, planners etc. Are they paying attention/want to use it?

[@darrenwatkins7356]

You should make atlanta when your done with Pittsburgh

[@endermen42]

Will this have Shadyside finally?? 😁

[@GaseousStranger]

Soon 👀

[@NurseGardenerRN]

Please make my neighborhood next! Its called Swisshelm Park and its right next to Squirrel Hill South! This is rly amazing!

[@fc494]

Unsafe driving condition at the Squirrel Hill/Homestead exit: DO NOT CHANGE. This is my exit (live in Greenfield) and that is just how it is. It is beautiful. Roads make no sense in Pittsburgh, so they shouldn't in Cities Skylines. This exit is the reason I always commute by bike, just to avoid all the traffic caused by the exit design.

[@Funkeneh110]

Wow! This is a fantastic build! My only question is what is with all the people wearing green and not the black & yellow?

[@GaseousStranger]

Must be St Patricks Day 😉

[@R5cents]

Why do I feel like even after like 2-3 years of the steam workshop working on cs 2, it still won’t be as good or as realistic as this..? I think it’s the scaling? Here’s hoping the workshop gets the scaling realistic or PO comes out at some point. Like how long will it take to be able to do the highway signs with correct text and accurate murals. This recreation is a masterpiece!

[@GaseousStranger]

I agree, especially with the huge variety of assets available for CS1. I think it will be quite a while to replace almost a decades worth of assets. I’m using over 9000 assets in this save, and that is being extremely careful and conservative with what I download to keep things “lean” and only subscribe to what I will actually use. That will take time and a lot of dedicated effort to replace. I’m excited to see what CS2 becomes in about 2-4 years, but for the time being it seems CS1 will be the game for flexible, highly customizable, detailed, and realistic builds.

[@RedVelocityTV]

Hey what's your LUT and color correction settings? They look so good

[@GaseousStranger]

The LUT I use is Relight2Natural and the rest of my settings can be found in this video - kzbin.info/www/bejne/iYXWomynepKqa68si=Ea0uspLjBF16ZO_0

[@Charles_Anthony]

CS2 is definitely a letdown so I'm glad to hear that you're sticking with CS1. I'm not saying 2, doesn't have potential, but it's going to be a long time before it's up to CS1's level.

[@GaseousStranger]

Totally agree 👍

[@GambinoTheGoat]

most impressive cs city ever

[@Charles_Anthony]

It's a bit boring but a dumbbell or "dogbone" interchange would probably be the best way to fix Squirrelhill in the future. It would have to be quite compact, but the roundabouts would be the only thing that could work there and I'm not even a fan of them.

[@GaseousStranger]

Not a bad idea! I’ll have to test that one out

[@constantinosbou]

I love this series! You're very talented! May i ask, what mod you use to not let buildings disappear? Every time i add a building through search it, it disappears when there's not enough workers for example

[@GaseousStranger]

Thank you! And I believe the mod you’re looking for is RICO - steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2016920607&searchtext=rico

[@constantinosbou]

@@GaseousStranger thank you very much! ❤️

[@benjaminwagner8141]

Between this and Rochester build, I want to get a PC to play city skylines on the pc. What are your computer specs? Or did you already list somewhere?

[@GaseousStranger]

3090, i9 10900k, and 64gb ram. You can do all of this on a 3060 or equivalent though

[@maliquerayay7661]

9:02 that dangerous intersection that you was talkin about or they dangerous interchangeable speaking of I think you should make it a single Lane

[@MichaelScott-es5gy]

How did you get the grading to match google earth? was there a surface file you were able to extract?

[@GaseousStranger]

I used this site to create a custom Height map which I then imported into the game’s map editor - heightmap.skydark.pl

[@jonwinston4036]

Are you going to have this build be available for download?

[@AdmiralDro]

How do you get the terrain heights to match Pittsburgh? Did you do it all manually?

[@GaseousStranger]

I imported a height map into the map editor from this website - heightmap.skydark.pl

[@munchaking1896]

7:10 that looks real.

[@mayavenuemisfit814]

As well-built as this is, it's honestly hard to tell what's real and what's the game.

[@woody4077]

hopefully one of the upcoming episodes will feature latrobe pa the home of arnold palmer also how come ther hasn't been a rochester ny episode in 2 months?

[@GaseousStranger]

Focusing on finishing up Pittsburgh then I’ll be back to work on Rochester more in the future!

[@woody4077]

@@GaseousStranger ok

[@RatedDont3touristprofile]

do you plan on making some of the po buildings functional in the neighborhoods

[@homlulee]

You may not realize it, but he switches to Google Earth at the end of the video to show us Pittsburgh.

[@GaseousStranger]

The final last 10 minutes are all in-game shots! 😄

[@Penfold497]

The infamous exit 74 interchange is so bad, I propose nuking the eastern seaboard

[@swedizzle12]

Yay 412 ppl!

[@Sam_FIFA]

Easily the most realistic build in CS history.

[@GaseousStranger]

Thank you!

[@funeralforahorse]

Kind of sad that it’ll be a while before you can do something like this in Cities Skylines 2 :(

[@GaseousStranger]

Eventually!

[@rednufos820]

Plans to build Children's hospital?

[@GaseousStranger]

Most likely next episode or 2 :)

[@xBlueAutumnx]

The Squirrel Hill interchange is def a shit show, I always feel super anxious going through there.

[@limboclock4743]

do philly next

[@benjaminwagner8141]

Pittsburgh traffic pattern is brutal

[@crazyshrum]

Noice.

[@joshuacruz9864]

4 mins!