The MOST EFFICIENT highway layout EVER might surprise you... Freeways!

[@marcusmelander8055]

I think the number one thing I've learned from this series is to avoid putting a merge before a diverge.

[@chloekhamxox]

And perpendicular bridges

[@KPantherH]

Same

[@nourawesome3722]

And to make bridges as short as possible

[@MegaMech]

I'm just imagining driving a paving machine and the boss being like "WHAT IS THIS?!?" and being like "my hand slipped"

[@jerodast]

I'm imagining driving a bridge-building machine that is not a real thing and accidentally going up an extra level because "oops I clicked the wrong button" and now the highway is a roller coaster, too bad!

[@MegaMech]

@@jerodast they are real but I suppose not in the way you are imagining them.

[@heyviper123]

@@jerodast we'd have to name it the Mighty Matt or smt

[@mihailmilev9909]

@@MegaMech lol

[@mihailmilev9909]

@@heyviper123 fr

[@ConnorH90]

just wait till you get to some of the last levels. There is no more efficiency, only "barely made it work" lol. I love this game. You have a much steadier hand than I

[@hamanamahamana7124]

Ha lol, as Long as I have enough concrete I could make it work.

[@jacobymryoutube]

Yea I’ve beat the whole game and I can say the same

[@iaxacs3801]

Whoever created level 36 was a pure sadist. That or had a city commission in real life want that train wreck of a road plan

[@William_W]

My freeways is Roundabouts everywhere!

[@saquoiafighter]

Indeed. I'm at the same place, where I've managed to finish all the levels, but couldn't reach the required score to unlock the pictures. I'm currently stuck on 6 levels, trying to reach their score.

[@darenmiller4359]

Oklahoma City resident here chiming in about the roundabout to nowhere. It is actually a bicycle path or cycle path that runs along the river towards downtown Oklahoma City. it’s just a silly loop that takes you back to where you got on the loop. The major interchange pictured is interstate 44 and interstate 40 right in the heart of okc.

[@BryonStice]

Also an OKC resident. Never even knew about that bike path!

[@TheCrestent1]

Also from okc area, wasn't sure where this one was. Thanks for the clarification!

[@darenmiller4359]

@@BryonStice yes. You can ride a loop from lake Hefner south towards the fairgrounds and go to the Devon boathouse or to lake overholser along the river trail. And overholser & Hefner are connected by bike trail as well. Fun stuff and great exercise without worrying about riding in traffic. 👍🏻

[@stephenmcgowen4960]

Near okc resident here scrolling through the comments to se if someone had said what the highways were. Glad to see more of us watching this channel.

[@pacoroszelmusic55]

former OKC Resident here, recognized the interchange immediately but didn't know the loop. got on google maps and followed it back and realized it was the bike path. Glad to see some other OKC peeps here

[@KaptainKlein]

The way you're able to say "Oh that could've been slightly better... Oh well on to the next one!" is a skill I am VERY jealous of.

[@playreset]

7:53 The bridges! The traffic was conflicting with each other! that why it was doing so bad in the top left corner! You can see the cars hitting each other, stopping and then going again.

[@RealCivilEngineerGaming]

ah balls, knew it!

[@andygonzalez692]

@@RealCivilEngineerGaming oh hi Matt!

[@hamanamahamana7124]

@@RealCivilEngineerGaming you should have done the direct routes before the roundabout.

[@AAaa-jc5sk]

@@RealCivilEngineerGaming …do a figure8. :)

[@amandakahn524]

Hi my name is hi

[@r-i-v-v]

I love that you always say you're gonna start using the right click functionality but immediately go back to your old ways once you say that

[@Grass89Eater]

Fun fact: The Freeways devs also makes an optimization software for professional city planers, they claim it uses AI to find the optimal solution.

[@hondacivic6111]

@Fish Zealot how so?

[@honeyleaf2499]

What software

[@Toasty_93]

I don't know if this is exactly the same, but AI route planning software is rarely more efficient than actual people. I'm always skeptical when people claim their AI is more efficient than professionals.

[@grrarg9319]

@@Toasty_93 our local council spent hundreds of thousands of pounds on "analysis" of whether a rail crossing needed a bridge to stop the massive queues of traffic that build up when a train arrives. The outcome? They decided not everyone in the queue wanted to cross the rail tracks and decided to put a right turn only lane into a dead end. I would have trusted AI software over anyone at that council, mind you I would have trusted a hedgehog to make a better decision as well.

[@Toasty_93]

@@grrarg9319 on the other hand, how often are local councils made up of professionals relevant to the fields they're making decisions about? Not that it would take a professional to come up with a solution to that particular problem, but you get the idea.

[@dz33no]

I randomly found your channel about 3 months ago and since then I fell in love with the content!

[@thumdisanda]

Me too

[@apfelcraftTV]

Same XD

[@dz33no]

🔥👌🎉

[@voidnessy]

Same

[@Jebra93]

Same! So wholesome

[@HomelessPank]

Pro tip: you can drag a road to the edge of the road you want to bridge over and select in between the edges, then make a bridge. It will make a perfect length bridge over the lane

[@lauc6673]

Hey! Just wanted to thank you for making these videos. A family member had to go to the Emergency room and later got on hospitalized and these road videos kept me from losing my sanity whilst we waiting in the ER for over 24 hours.

[@aetch77]

The "yellow cars" are buses and they're hopelessly slow. I also noticed that the bridges have runout areas, when you place bridges too close to the ramps of other bridges they interfere with each others traffic.

[@deathdrop]

Wait how are they busses??

[@grrarg9319]

@@deathdrop American school busses. I want UK red double decker's that cant clear the 1st level bridges so you need to build them 2nd level high, but no. We get school busses.

[@deathdrop]

@@grrarg9319 oh American school bus...makes sense i think....?

[@libbybollinger5901]

@@deathdropcertainly makes sense with how slow they go.

[@deathdrop]

@@libbybollinger5901 hm ok then

[@arjc5714]

Yeah, all of the diamonds in Springfield are at-grade with traffic lights, going over or under a highway. Before the diamonds, turning left from a main city road onto one of the highways was a nightmare, the left turn lane could get backed up for multiple intersections. Now it’s VERY smooth, because it’s a right turn onto or off of the highway no matter which way you want to go. ETA: turn with traffic, not always a right turn. come off the highway, merge right with traffic or merge left with traffic.

[@abcdefgcdefg5178]

Which Springfield?

[@arjc5714]

@@abcdefgcdefg5178 Springfield, MO. The one mentioned in the video. And the area has more than four, there’s another just south of the city that I drive on at least twice a week. Springfield actually was the first city in the US to use Diverging Diamonds, Austin McConnell has a video on it.

[@spinninglovelies314]

I was just gonna post that. I live in Springfield and once we got one diverging diamond they put them in everywhere.

[@matthewlongtin4148]

@@arjc5714 kzbin.info/www/bejne/d2HWfmmui6aMY6M I really think he did a great job with this video. And yet his most popular are the random fact videos. 🤣

[@voxvita03]

@@spinninglovelies314 Yeah they have them everywhere in the area, including surrounding cities. I had no clue that this was normal as the only big town near me is Springfield and I don't drive other places often lol

[@tobiaslof1011]

was looking for this video yesterday becouse of the long waiting. Im so hyped

[@TotoDG]

3:46. Fun fact: the lane-swapping thing seen in the bottom-right of this level actually happens in real life at the Macau-China border with the Lotus Bridge.

[@atruedamefan118]

Jesus I read this wrong I thought it said Soviet Union

[@beanielowery2362]

did i think i would ever get hooked on a highway building simulation? nope. but i love it.

[@bsnook981]

I never noticed before, but the game pretty much tells you the kind of road you should use on some of the maps. It says bypass on those that should be used to bypass the main traffic and it says JCT on roads that should be used to create junctions. I guess I had never looked at any of the other signs.

[@Fishezzz]

The numbers also suggest there is high traffic flow so you should direct connect them (between two signs with the same number). Not all the times, but very often

[@shadowpenguin3482]

I still don’t see it - can you put a timestamp where this is visible?

[@bsnook981]

@@shadowpenguin3482 11:44

[@shadowpenguin3482]

13 Bypass - I see it now :)

[@RoyToadstool]

In my experience a good score is 400+ and everything above 500 is great. Keep up the good work matt! :)

[@maryana2733]

This series came up so randomly on my page and I love it, I’m not anywhere near to any sort of engineering but I’m having such a fun time watching these videos :)

[@chriscan2674]

You mentioning Thunderbird 4 has made me so happy! I love the movie and all the various Thunderbird shows.

[@probablyjay3449]

You see, being an engineer you have to be really creative. 9:25 me: Factories. Him: Three eared rabbits.

[@tharmashmeric1068]

Heeey freeways!!! love this series, more strong shapes please!!

[@REDff0000]

12:09 "that's the highest traffic flow we ever had" (98) *_got 102 on literally the one before_*

[@notlaser1243mapping]

I love how RCE is so funny about the locations, like the rabbits and cheese graters. It's hilarious how unserious he is!

[@RooMan93]

Matt: uses real life concepts in video games Also Matt: gets upset when game has real life concept like no undo button.

[@notahotshot]

Real life undo button = Bulldozer/Explosives

[@kaanmuhammedgunes1879]

You just don't go and start building in real life though.

[@lepannean4231]

except nobody irl is out pourin concrete for an interchange with no plan whatsoever. They use design programs with... (drumroll please) erasers and undo buttons.

[@MarsJenkar]

Having actually played the game, sometimes the game is rather... odd about where it chooses to place the concrete, which may not be where the player intended to put it. Because the bad pathing can be the _game's_ fault, an undo button, even if limited to only one move, would be a nice courtesy.

[@L0CV5T]

I love how sometimes it just sounds like starfire is running the channel- "Oooh, Cheese Graters! Are these multi-colored Cheese Graters?"

[@Zveebo]

Your channel is remarkably wholesome given it’s full of knob jokes.

[@spacenoodles5570]

Normal people: skyscraper Matt: coloured cheesegrater

[@confusedfrodo]

11:03 Matt: 532 that might be my best score ever Also Matt: *gets 533 literally two levels earlier* Edit: I'm dumb didn't watch 5 seconds later lol

[@RealCivilEngineerGaming]

😂

[@confusedfrodo]

@@RealCivilEngineerGaming love your videos

[@CamoSquid]

Ayyy, the series that got me interested in this channel has a new addition!👏

[@kingbubbafatt9945]

14:16 Matt: “Ooh. Are those cheese graters?” Me: “those are calculator stores.

[@marycyr1668]

Literally my exact thoughts!

[@narkoid]

Have you ever looked at the mess of interchanges surrounding downtown Dallas Texas? They are insane and as it is eternally under construction the exits seem to change every 18 months.

[@kidsalex13]

2:50, I've seen bridges with junctions, there's a moderately famous one in Ohio called the Muskingum River Y Bridge

[@p75369]

The most efficient design has a blockage in every shot. Remember, if your traffic stays jammed for more than two hours, please see your engineer.

[@sskhussaini]

*sue your engineer Ftfy

[@jjtii3128]

found u recently and instantly fell in love. pls keep up the content. ur voice is really soothing and the commentary is top notch

[@Nareimooncatt]

Diverging diamond interchanges are just a cool design, and great for heavy traffic. They look confusing as heck from an aerial view, but it's not hard to navigate with a street level view. For a bit of trivia, Missouri is the birthplace of DDI's in the U.S, which is why they are most prevalent there. Other states are now adopting them where feasible.

[@ktaragorn]

2:42 How did you not spot the strongest shape hiding there :D

[@artwac3493]

I like that every time he shows the strongest shape and claims it to be the best design is always at the same point that the traffic manages to jam on his nonsense single traffic road.

[@BenzaTheRapper]

I only just found you for myself yesterday from your other videos playing this, and now I find that you’ve released another video playing it the day after!? Fair enough, universe, fair enough.

[@zenzej]

I love how when RCE explains most efficient design it gets jammed XD

[@fonze5664]

Immediately! 😂😂

[@joshuaroyal3579]

Why am I just now seeing this video?! I nearly jumped with excitement because I'm from Springfield, Missouri! The diverging diamonds are awesome! Over about a 5 year period they've replaced most of the traditional 4 way interchanges with DDs.

[@Grizzlox]

I live near Springfield, and trust me... those diverging diamonds are incredibly efficient. Traffic flows beautifully there.

[@Mastercraft-ym9by]

0:20 i love how when he says its the most efficient design it just stops working. 😂

[@davidpettigians]

As soon as i started following matt i started seeing knobs everywhere

[@grrarg9319]

IRL or just in his videos?

[@davidpettigians]

@@grrarg9319 mostly in the videos but also in real life

[@jaikturner3221]

I love how massive this has gotten. Keep it up buddy

[@MissySimpleM]

I bought this game because of you. Most of my roads are unrealistic messes. But it's so fun.

[@jonahfastre]

I completed this entire game, all pictures, 25000+ world efficiency in 6hrs, well worth the money Also, efficiency score is calculated by traffic flow X Complexity factor / concrete

[@konradkowalski5170]

I saw you randomly about month ago , and since that , i love watching that shit. Perfect job ! Not casual games like everywhere

[@StarkRG]

Matt: "In real life you'd never have a bridge with a junction" Just about every spaghetti junction in the world: "Am I a joke to you?" Matt: "Yes"

[@diceLibrarian]

Something Something Mid-county in the Delaware Valley Extension of the PA Turnpike

[@backyardgetaways198]

So excited. Love these freeways videos. Thank you!

[@justinccole0990]

I'm from Oklahoma and when I saw the photo @8:40 I thought to myself "that looks like Oklahoma." I know my state well. Only we are dumb enough to put a roundabout to nowhere.

[@DAMANNABLE1]

Such a cool game! That picture in Oklahoma City is right at the heart of the City. It’s at the intersection between I-40 and I-44. I pass through it all the time when I visit OKC.

[@kaidwyer]

that bit at the end was what they call a Michigan left. It supposedly minimizes the opportunity for collisions at intersections, using lights and barriers to solve the ever-American trend of unyielding self-centeredness…

[@jakubjastrzebski9890]

I just started watching these series luckily you made another episode

[@forzadrifter4731]

I love how Matt doesn’t actually swear but replaces the word with something even more weird

[@infinaneek]

These vids have been great! Tho there should be a ‘drivability’ score for how pleasant or annoying they would be to drive along.

[@Joseph0862]

2:50 I actually have saw a bridge before with a junction on it in Zanesville, Ohio, USA! Its called the Y bridge and I’m sure even an architect could figure out why it’s called that lol

[@g0siewilZ]

I really enjoy watching your channel. Keep it up!

[@MocSomething]

I bought this game because of your channel. Certainly not getting the scores you're getting! Still, such a great game!

[@Aikerin]

Roundabout Randy and Motorway Matt. The best duo for road building.

[@nicholaskurniawidi8890]

FYI, to get the highest score, just go to number 6 and do a simple roundabout (without bridge), and you will got a fantastic over 700 points :)

[@ACrustyHippie]

The diamond interchanges in Springfield made life much easier when they were implemented, at first they were odd and confusing to many people, but man they made traffic flow much better.

[@timelesskiwihistory]

I've been over the diamond interchanges in Springfield, MO a lot. Yes those are traffic lights. Also yes, they love their diamonds

[@sandyf4931]

Freeways is great. I would love to see more of this and other similar things

[@PugCuber]

WE NEED EVEN MORE FREEWAYS

[@danielribeiro5868]

RCE is the supreme engineer

[@heatherharris8213]

Do you mean architect

[@danielribeiro5868]

@@heatherharris8213 yes but that's a secret

[@T-Dawg123a]

the springfield missouri DDIs are replacing old diamond interchanges. they improved the traffic flow substantially and decrease accidents without requiring a new bridge. however i do agree the stoplights are the slowest part, however having one of the upper roads cross over the other would be expensive and take up more space than is available. obviously moving the freeways is not ideal and three of the DDIs are located around valuable commercial buildings and the other is the junction where you turn off the freeway into springfields big hospital area. DDIs were odd to some springfielians initially but I'm sure no one misses the old back to school shopping traffic jam. Springfield does or did have a weekend where the sales tax was removed for certain items that are frequently purchased around the time kids go back to school after summer break, which means every mom in 2/3rds of the bottom 1/4 of Missouri was taking their kids back to school shopping over the course of one weekend to save on back to school sales during the tax free weekend. the traffic used to be terrible but the DDIs got the traffic running a lot smoother and faster.

[@SOMOO7]

I would be surprised if Matt hasn't made Easter eggs of the strongest shape in his actual projects all around London

[@jhtar]

I was wondering what that is about. Can someone explain please?

[@nebsteripkiss7949]

Finally some more of freeways

[@koen4261]

every game you play is fun to watch

[@okccuster]

Funny, I recognize this interchanged in my OKC when you looked at the bike ring by the river. I-40 & I-44 :)

[@ammrfarhan]

Been waiting for this! More freeways videos please!!!

[@capitalinventor4823]

14:16 Matt: “Ooh. Are those cheese graters?” Me: "No, those are Apple computer stores!"

[@1996Pinocchio]

I think it might be worth to spend some extra concrete to make the connecting road at like 9:49 longer to be able to hold like 2 cars, so that it doesn't cut off traffic when a car is waiting.

[@heraldtim]

Not sure of this has been mentioned, about the pic of the 4 diamonds: these are quite rare in the US, at least in my experience. The ones I've seen do indeed have traffic lights where the main roads cross over one another. Still a really great design! Thank you for these great videos!

[@callumhardy5098]

3:56 A beatiful opportunity to do two one-way roundabouts

[@bahmot9501]

„Bollocks I cocked it !“ That was so aggressively British that it made me laugh for 2 minutes straight !

[@blakeh95]

Since you asked about it, yes the diverging diamond has traffic lights at the crossovers. The basic tradeoff is that, in exchange for two lights and some weirdness (being on the "wrong" side temporarily), all turns onto the freeway become free-flowing! Left turns don't have to wait because they've already crossed over the conflicting traffic. It ends up that you can almost get away with just 2 light phases.

[@cathygrandstaff1957]

Matt: “Are they cheese graters?” Me: Nah, Advent Calendars. Very seasonably appropriate, behind each of those dots is a chocolate.

[@ludovictrottier425]

Love how he is always saying "you'll never see that in real life" yet does it anyways, like he is fulfiling his kinky highway fantasies for once ^^

[@Irishfan]

In the US, all diverging diamond interchanges use traffic signals. If you see bridges, are called diverging windmills

[@12stepsbeyondtheeventhorizon]

I just recently found this channel and I love everything you upload.

[@gavin5410]

I've never seen a diverging diamond interchange in the US with bridges on the cross, they're always traffic lights. If you just follow the signs they're surprisingly easy to follow. Usually diverging diamonds are put in on a overpass which previously had 2 intersections with traffic lights on either side, in order to increase traffic flow. When you convert it to a diverging diamond at grade, you still have to stop at the lights, but you never have to stop for opposing traffic to turn across your lane onto the highway, since you're always right next to the turn. And they don't take up any extra space.

[@captainsnekk]

2:48 STRONGEST SHAPE

[@captainsnekk]

I am dissapointed in you Matt... you did not even see it...

[@nico.romeuu]

Man this content is mega wholesome! I love it! Please keep up with this 🥰😊

[@rehanpoonawalla7406]

I've completed the whole game with pretty much very realistic looking interchanges but level 26. Level 26 is just a whole mess

[@wojciechgromek250]

Finally THANK YOU SO MUCH for the video❤️❤️❤️

[@HydetheRapper]

Springfield really does love diverging diamonds.

[@RealmsCrossMyths]

Around timestamp 7:54, you can see the proximity of the bridges is bugging up the traffic. It continues to do so after he solves the yellow car issue, too.

[@sparkselm173]

19:02 "Anyway, that was our highest score ever" Man, wait until you get to some of the later levels. You'll look back on this and wonder how you can improve.

[@hope4fur130]

14:00 Anyone gonna acknowledge the fact that he just got over 100 traffic flow?

[@foo9877]

You should try filling in the entire screen with road like you did in mini motorways

[@delmarclapp3350]

I live near Springfield, MO and I have to say the diamond interchanges are much better for lorries and semis. Easier to merge onto the interstate from the closer lane than crossing lanes.

[@trnphantom2586]

love watching you motorway matt!

[@circuitbuilder5551]

matt: " highest score!!!" also matt in the next episode:"800!!!"

[@WV_Smoke]

This is kinda close to flow dynamics I think, so you should be able to work some drainage magic. I love your stuff Matt.

[@Connor_Crain]

Hey I know that interchange! I live near Oklahoma City, I use that interchange all the time!

[@fullmoonshadow6967]

The "guitar knobs" are probably coffee cups, and the "stack of books" is likely a file. So a cafe and an office.

[@Pweeter]

Yes! I love this game! And I love when you upload!

[@keode]

1:14 Took me a while. That was a good one