The Ultimate Beginners Guide to Cities Skylines 2 (2023) | UBG 1

[@CityPlannerPlays]

New version of this series can be found here - kzbin.info/www/bejne/qGfGnIymZr6Dmas

[@pretendsushi2929]

Imagine Phil is the mayor of your city. He comes to your house, and you are shocked to blessed with the honour of meeting your mayor. He says "We're gonna call a mulligan on this neighbourhood" and now you're homeless

[@jps080576]

😂

[@abhinavshah3141]

"We are gonna have to call a Mulligan over here" then laughs it off and leaves the area as buldozers come to your home and demolish it in front of your eyes 😂😅😢

[@Mr_StevieG]

Ok this is by far the best comment ever on CPP - I can see him now in a fancy top hat and tails.

[@AkshayMenon108]

😂😂😂

[@webmancer]

Can just hope his adhd kicks in and he gets distracted by a different project! Maybe a rogue waterline that is not under the road, where it belongs!

[@doorey2]

The fact that the vanilla game has such an insane level of detail is so exciting! It won't be like CS1 where the cities couldn't keep up with the gameplay, and any real challenge or story had to be made up in your head

[@NeoNeko99]

In 20 minutes your video gave me more than playing my first map with the tutorial did in an hour - thank you so much!

[@ksdkomo2024]

100% agree. I played for 2.5 hours last night, going through the game tutorial initially. I played CS1 on xbox and am far removed from my days playing Sim City on PC. I was struggling with the mouse/keyboard controls (and using a mousepad rathertan a free movement mouse) and the tutorial seems to assume you already know most of them. Can't wait to try the landscaping/terrain tools now...maybe I won't make such a mess of things.

[@neilsayle9661]

I've spent 2-3 hours on the game and so glad I found this tutorial, because I was about to give up 😂

[@martindido]

I’m originally from Buenos Aires and I love that you mentioned our grid! Buenos Aires is an incredible example of an almost fully gridded city that I would to see you dedicate a piece of your city to. ❤

[@FloraInWonderland]

Same ❤ And Avenida 9 de Julio is also amazing to try to replicate!

[@NicoVII]

@@FloraInWonderland I'm from Buenos Aires and I'm so going to replicate 9 de Julio (no sé por qué escribí eso en inglés jaja)

[@FloraInWonderland]

@@NicoVII Jajajaja si es genial! Yo la hice con el primer juego pero con este va a ser mejor! Suerte!

[@webbymom529]

I've finally completed this while building my own city alongside you. Not quite as lovely and polished as yours, but I'm pretty happy with the results! This took me over the last 5 days to get done in the gaming time I have... I'm off to see if you have a part 2 yet! Thanks mate!

[@Konusu]

One thing I've noticed about North American Cities, is that Western, NA cities are usually split in half between a railroad going through the downtown, while Eastern NA cities aren't. Exception for Western cities being Port cities that were established before the Railroad was built.

[@tyler8714]

One of my favorite Cities Skylines creators. You put SO much thought into not only the layout of your cities, but the aesthetics and long term game. I probably won't buy the game for at least a few weeks or months to wait for some of the performance patches, so this is a great way for me to just learn more about the mechanics of the game and how if differs from the first.

[@Darthdesmond]

Wanna try the game? I have a 14 day trial for gamepass(works on PC and Xbox) ill let ya try it

[@Baleur]

22:00 Parking areas are a snoozed over thing that is super important in CS2.. If you track a couple citizens when they go home from work, you will often see them park on the side of a road AN HOUR away from their home, because there's no other place to put their car.. Citizens walk extremely slowly in CS2, so it wastes a lot of their free time to just go to / from their car. Placing parking lots near their homes allows them more free time, and thus increases happiness, which in turn can increase their wealth level since happier citizens preform better, and thus earn more or can get promoted.

[@MalikStewart95]

For anyone out there (don’t know if it was put out already). Dedicated turning lanes is somewhat doable with the asymmetrical roads for the two lanes and four lanes. There’s at least one lane dedicated to turning only when mixed with small and medium roads. Also hope they grinding gears to get performance under control. Otherwise very enjoyable game.

[@Scatyricon]

I know you made a new one of these and I'll check that out. but before I do let me thank you for this one and for all your efforts. GREAT videos. you're extremely clear, very efficient, and very listenable. awesome work

[@AuricomSystems]

Extremely helpful video, even though I've got plenty of CS1 time under my belt this contains just so many vital bits of information, from high-level concepts to tiny useful tips, and everything in between. Just a great way to learn what's different and how to approach it.

[@Hubbubb22-citiesskylines]

Just gotta say thank you so much for this beginner's guide! I never had a problem learning SimCity or CS1 -- but CS2 has been kicking my tail for some reason. I'm following along with this video series ... took me three hours to build through episode 1. Am I slow? ;) I do want to offer one comment, however. The rock star's mansion makes aesthetic sense where you placed it, but half of its influence in terms of enhancing well-being is lost in the river. I went off-script and placed it in a block across the street from the cemetery (quieter neighborhood) and just a block away from the commercial zones. I then landscaped trees around it for privacy. This way 100% of the asset's well-being influence is felt by the cims living around the mansion. Thanks again for the awesome instructional video!

[@Peter_Morris]

I can’t wait to come back to this video. I’ve finally gotten around to Mechwarrior 5, so I’m a little preoccupied with giant stompy war machines, but I know I’ll need to find something quieter as the winter sets in.

[@max_dee]

Great learning experience thanks. I'm following along with your design and having a lot of fun with concepts I had missed when playing solo. One catch is when you refer to the "i" button. If you want to remove the overlay after selecting a new building or utility, you can either click once on the 'I' logo at the top left, but simply clicking the 'i' button on your keyboard does NOT work (it only brings up the overlay menu, but doesn't turn it off!). If you prefer to use the keyboard shortcut to remove the overlay, you have to press 'i' on your keyboard, then press the ESCAPE key! Not sure if a patch changed this or if this was like this when you recorded the video 6 months ago.

[@greypiquero9056]

man i mainly play cities skylines like a village simulator with very minimal pop but damn the improved road tools made a ton of difference. i cant believe with just improving the road aspect the amount of modification and customizability it brought is mindblowing. although its still doable with cs1 with its abundant mods and features, its still very from what i can do with cs2 now.

[@ckhenson]

I learned more about this game in 15 minutes than I did fitzing for 6 hours with the in-game tutorial. Thanks!

[@VelcroKittie]

The best CS2 tutorial I have seen yet. So clear, concise and helpful. Thank you so much

[@MatthewMKF]

Love your work City Planner!

[@Photoshop5857]

Getting sim city vibes with the upgrading buildings and transmitting power though roads now.

[@Jebble347]

Installed the game, and was so overwhelmed. I never play city builders although I like the idea. You're so clear and calm, installed the game and will give it a go :)

[@donaldgould8430]

You're quite an accomplished player and so thorough that I was intimidated. However, I'll try and go back a few times and take notes. If I had 20% of your talent, I'd be satisfied.

[@lyromata]

The game looks great, the new features and gameplay are a builders dream with a whole new level of complexity to keep things interesting. Unfortunately the spec requirement exceeds my PC and I cannot justify upgrading my hardware for just one game. Looking forward to seeing what you can build and how the game develops. Meanwhile I will keep playing City Skylines 1.

[@ethand3978]

Spec requirements normally are always a overshoot. I’m sure it will be fine.

[@rosca9]

@@ethand3978there’s benchmark tests and it certainly is not fine unfortunately

[@Frozander]

@@ethand3978 Not in this case. Check out CPPs benchmark video. The game will not be playable until numerous optimization patches come in, for a massive chunk of the playerbase. unplayable is < 40-50 fps average in my definition but personally I wouldn't bother with it unless it hits 100+ on a 3070 at 1080p.

[@jadawngriffis3745]

​@ethand3978 have you seen some peoples footage on a 3060. It struggles the game is not ready yet.

[@OfficialLegend]

​@@jadawngriffis3745 Turn off vsync, disable volumetrics and disable depth of field and also make sure your playing at 1080p, this will significantly boost your frames

[@STRIDER_503]

Thanks for the series, I am one of those who absolutely love city building games, but at the same time have NO clues about how to start, let alone building a self-sustaining city. Your videos gave me a general direction about how to start playing it (properly 😂) and I appreciate that. Would also love to have an episode about public transportation because that's my nightmare since Sim City 4... 😅

[@DudokX]

Damn, you are really good at this :) The explanations are comprehensive yet simple to understand, the editing is stylish, your audio quality is perfect. You even have your own music.

[@Valthalin]

Good solid content for the newly released CS2. Nice introduction to the changes from the first game and a solid introduction of the new game play most of which is an iteration of the CS1 Modding community found on PC to all players no matter if they were vanilla PC, console, or totally new to the franchise. Welcome in to all! Pull up a chair and stay awhile! Uncle Phil will be here to entertain everyone interested in City Planning, real or virtual.

[@CoryyJ]

Man they were not kidding about the specs. This is the first game my lc has ever struggled to run. Usually i am tweaking settings to get from 80fps to 140fps not 13fps to a blurry 30fps.

[@johncmcham]

been waiting to put your "respect the topography" approach to use and so far it's been working very well. just a matter of getting used to the actual size of some of these building which can be bigger than expected relative to when you unlock them. But man it's a blast seeing my plan come together just right.

[@ultralaggin8467]

wish i was good at this game everytime i play i always end up losing so much money and go into the red really frustrating so i just watch ur videos and you making cities is cool since i cant do it lol

[@LS-zu5gt]

Really nice intro to the game! Definitely going to check it out (briefly played CS1 but never really got into it). Thanks nimbys!

[@FFXIvoorhees]

We need those blue outlines when planting trees IRL too. It irritates me so much when I see a beautiful home get built with newly planted trees or bushes that are obviously way too close to each other when you think 10+ years ahead.

[@webmancer]

Wish there had been a reminder to turn autosave on so I could have saved my first city from being completely flooded by an overflowing dam...😂🤣😂🤣 oh well... really enjoying it so far! Thank you for the all the infos!

[@IIMurphaII]

This game has more shimmer than a scintillating scotoma... Thanks for another awesome tutorial, Phil!

[@PaulMDurandJr]

Great video like always. I always think back to Bluffside Crossing every time you start a new city. With that said, I just wish those of us without $4000 rigs could play this game right now. Just feels like turning everything to medium just to squeeze out 20 FPS is a slap in the face to us from CO. But in the mean time I'll just keep tuning in to your videos. Keep them coming

[@kennburgess1541]

I was REALLY looking forward to this game but neither of my computers can handle it in a way that makes it playable so I had to refund my preorder. I'm hoping Colossal Order can get support for PCs less than 3000 dollars working in an enjoyably playable manner. I don't need the best of the best graphics, but it shouldn't require a beast gaming rig to run a city simulator.

[@peetaboooi4286]

Game is unplayable at the moment. Like I have a i7 , 16GB RAM, GFORCE RTX 3050 AND IT RUNS LIKE SHIT. Even with the settings they provided to optimize the gameplay. If you don't own an amazing $3000+ system you're not gonna enjoy the state this game is in.

[@lo9251]

you make this look so so fun and easy. you would cry yourself to death if you saw me do this. its disaster at every turn. my cities look awful all the time. im gonna go try this approach tonight and see if theres any hope for me

[@djdopedope2271]

I dont think my handy dandy laptop will handle CS2 so i'll be living vicariously thru this acct!!

[@Tahro11]

I hadn't touched Cities Skyline for a while as i was waiting for the 2 to release, and i forgot what a pleasure it was to watch your videos ! Super hyped about the start of this new Ultimate Beginners Guide, it's always a great source of info and inspiration

[@nennmichphilcgn]

To thing with Importing-Power: The Transformation-Station costs around 6000 Credits/Month, the Wind-Turbine 15k/Month and the Coal-Plant 70k+Coal Import/Month. So the math should be: Look on your money menue and look for the point where importing is more expensive than producing it by yourself.

[@prizepig]

Nice starter video! I tried playing yesterday and just got frustrated and almost gave up on the game but this makes me want to give it another shot. Thanks!

[@alexrasmussen6359]

Wooo, i always get excited if someone mentions jax fl, even in passing

[@al-dorifto1631]

ATM I'm downloading the game waiting to play it n I can't wait dam it looks like the most realistic city builder out of every city builder ever made

[@Gray_Tempo]

Fantastic video!! So many useful tips here I’d love to see more on the different building sizes / variations you can get based on lot sizes. I feel like varying your lot sizes will be a really important way to vary density and the vibe of neighbours - especially without mods (for now).

[@CityPlannerPlays]

Going to happen in subsequent episodes. We will also disrupt our existing grid as we redevelop

[@BABarracus6]

25:45 those alleys will allow you to make custom shopping centers and malls

[@mattowen8980]

Holy crap there is a lot to learn on this, looking forward to checking out your other vids. Subscribed!

[@spangar11]

Your voice is so soothing. I use your videos to fall asleep lol

[@keanuconcepcion158]

nice to see you again, thank you for teaching cs all these years

[@MrFreemanNL]

I found your channel by "accident" but I absolutely love it! I've watched your video twice, and basically copied your roads etc. For some weird reason my savegame got corrupt and have to start over :(

[@ManthaaHD]

tight grits are great for high density city centers but overall i think a more organic approach with less crossroads is the superior system.

[@Pep8691]

As a newer player to the CS games and CS2 specifically this is a fantastic video to follow along and build with. I sure hope you make a follow up to this one.

[@couvs1507]

Great video! Looking forward to continuing to build along with the next one for this city! I really liked CS1 as well, just never really got that good with it. I often just hit a wall trying to figure out how best to expand things at a certain point. Hoping to learn more while following along

[@AdventureswithJeffandMeeka]

Thank you for all of the cities you have created. I think you will be just as awesome in CS2. Remember fire departments. Have a great day.

[@RapidRiddleRounds]

Great video. I struggle with landscaping tool, so thanks for some pointers on that.

[@kespa25]

Thanks for clear and informatic video really liked the simplicity 😀

[@ripcord97]

My puppies say hi back! Thanks for the updated video

[@chrismo3142]

Great video with some really useful advice. I’ve started out and followed alone (not exactly the same, but close) just need to sort out traffic now - Seems like the next big issue/project 😅

[@ytra1501]

Watching until they update the game so i can play on my pc! Currently playing on the switch version of CS and cant wait for CS2 to be ready for me to play!

[@jgarfield]

Really love the intro. Reminds me of Resident Evil

[@liquidsnake84]

Excellent video, looking forward too the next episode.

[@Thiago100Zwetsch]

44:53 That's my real struggle in Cities: Skylines, how to patchwork all of my districts

[@vensroofcat6415]

(Rockstar mansion with)... beautiful view of industrial district... 🤣 Thanks, man!

[@GwresYnKernow]

As soon as I saw that water and power were under the road (where they belong) by default in CS2, I thought of you. :D

[@1976axerhand]

Took your advice on the settings, worked great. Played fir 5 hrs straight no issues, i have a r5 5600x and 6700xt... I did wish we could control how much transportation costs... Everything is free how do we make enogh money to pay for a powerplant at 500k a month,? Lol

[@XXRubixCubexX]

Great video! I like the starting of the city and your details, The pedestrian walk ways thing is a life saver, I didn't know that existed in the landscaping menu! But, It was in the red at the end of this tutorial, Does this level out? What's a good way from this point to not be on the downward spiral?

[@RawMaterialENT]

Can't wait for this game to be finished and optimized so I can buy it

[@MontseGaleano]

Done!, I replicated the city!... waiting for the next chapter yeih!!!

[@timpudge5816]

im watching this to get better at cs1 (cant get cs2 cuz mac) i love you

[@helderalmeida2790]

Thanks I will grab this game next summer. It has huge negative comments on steam

[@jonnyjonsen]

As a European I miss weird road shapes but I get it’s more efficient to build on a grid. 😂 my cities are usually a load of roundabouts with curved streets spiraling outwards 😅 love your video though, it’s very informative, maybe I’ll try and build and US type of city next 🤗

[@byronbaker4435]

ilu - these sweet powerpoint fades are sick!

[@hjackson.92]

35:51 I'm just noticing this. . . snow flurries in July. Not that it should be a big deal or anything, but it would be cool if this were a fictional town in the Southern Hemisphere.

[@kayleelockheart8208]

God, I just want snap-to 120-degree angles. Trying to finesse the angle on cs1 had been a nightmare, and as the hex grid expands, all the little variations become much more pronounced.

[@joostr8353]

Sceenshots like the layout of the city, can you share those somewhere or make a point in the video where is is clearly shown. I'd love to have a bit of a 'high over' guide to start my city and not get stuck on idea's after building and expanding without structure

[@DevlinXIII]

Loved this, good explanations man!

[@domanerus]

Really nice video, showed me some things I didn't figured out myself. I'd really like if you could explain a bit how to acctually make profit on the city since my first city went bankrupt and even after restart and planning more carefully I'm still struggling with that, I fell like it's a it's a bit harder than in Cites Skylines 1

[@sneakyblinder8845]

Awesome video as always! So helpful for the start of a new game 😊

[@Nomadith]

Beautiful video, fantastic channel. However the lack of canals, multi-use zoning and walkable streets/more trains than cara is making my poor Dutch soul wither (This is a joke, i hope in a few weeks to get the game and try to build a sprawling european-style city too)

[@IanZainea1990]

19:22 I still don't understand why water pumping stations need roads. Cleveland has like 3 water pumps from lake erie and they're all a mile out

[@SaintFacetious]

I just wish those pathways were zonable so you could make some proper parks. Also I don't get why they didn't put a line tool on the landscaping. Anyways, very excellent tut!

[@tyshaunhawkins714]

Hey I really love you city skylines content I’ve watch and even build along to a lot of your videos and I just want to say thank you for all your wonderful videos❤💯 also I’m on ps5 and I was wondering if you know when city skylines 2 will release for ps5

[@freddiehickey2230]

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS

[@AsuraTheNoble]

As excited as I am for cities 2 I just cant bring my self to play it yet. I was a map creator mostly in cities 1 and the editor isn't in it yet, but besides that... Right now I am incredibly focused on walk-able city's and have been studying the city of Freiburg im Breisgau. with no ped only areas or bike lanes im even less inclined play

[@CityPlannerPlays]

I feel you on the map editor - that's the main reason I'm not starting a series just yet. You can create ped-only areas though, but you're right - no bikes.

[@AsuraTheNoble]

@@CityPlannerPlays I must have missed the ped only areas when taking a glance over the features in game

[@mynetdude]

My one question about CS2/your video is: why flatten? Why not just use the terrain naturally? I get that yes, cities do flatten an area when they can if the cost is favorable but they also stick to the terrain also and excavate an area only when they have to if the cost is high but of course sometimes hills make things look weird in this game, I guess that's what landscaping is for? The cost of terraforming in game doesn't seem to be too bad? I guess its all a matter of preference, what's your thought? You seem to like flatter areas so I presume that's the train of thought you would go with.

[@utter_cringe]

To be honest, I would seriously not recommend using a grid design for your city, it's easy at first, quick and can have lots of building space, but once your city becomes a reasonable size traffic will become a serious problem, that would only really be fixed by redesigning your whole city.

[@Skibidy_rizzler_]

Grids are better for traffic

[@utter_cringe]

@@Skibidy_rizzler_ a system of crossroads and traffic lights stopping cars all the time whilst they build up is not good for traffic, the best choice would be a streamlined system of roads going where they need to and mainly trying to use T junctions or if unable using a roundabout. But to the point, the block system is one of the worst choices for a city of reasonable size. A quick edit for an e.g: For a place with houses try having a larger arterial road, smaller collectors afterwards and then on small local roads cul de sac's for getting to the house, it's less space efficient but it's much better for traffic.

[@Lianmator]

Excuse me Mr. City Planner Plays. When is the next video coming out. I have caught up to where you are in the game but my population keeps growing and I'm scared to forge ahead on my own. Looking forward to your next vid. ❤

[@imwyan]

33:00 - Pretty sure you can undo mistakes with Ctrl-Z. Was possible in City Skylines 1

[@HeyGuyBuddy]

Sewage pipes under the shoreline?! Who approved this right-of-way? 😂

[@allyouneed247]

Awsome videos, looking forward to watching your skyline 2 series! ❤ Do you have a background in civil engineering? I’m a civil engineer with a masters in digital construction, but I don’t really have too much experience in city planning and infrastructure 😅 Feel like I’m learning a lot 🎉

[@SavvySteak]

I want districts to matter. Where you can make separate towns even if they are further away. And you can check each towns money input, population/ages/wealth/education/RCI wealth distribution & special RCI/ utility use and more, all in one easy window. there was a mod, that wis no longer supported. It added more info on districts and i did a pretend competition based on wealth of the land, income, education and population size. I had too much fun with it, and really got me to enjoy the simplicity of making towns in my city. After the mod went under, i lost interest slowly. I dont like the traffic simulation. I still think its important, just too much of an emphasis on having perfect city and suburbia.

[@gabm.3270]

Cities Skylines 2 looks like a culmination of all the quality of life mods added to the previous cities skylines. I guess the first DLC for this should be super low end residential (slums) lol residential buildings that have a high capacity for workforce and are able to tolerate all kinds of pollution at the cost of a high demand for health care, death care and crime rate XD

[@bodol4d2]

can we get a tutorial on how to combine roads with tram tracks for example or how to use service roads, and why the heck regular cars are using bus lanes?

[@IZ_LINKS]

Soul king brook lives in the rock mansion, he even named the street

[@davesharman8302]

Would love to see specialized industry, farms, etc.

[@williamrael1490]

Can’t wait for this to be on console sad to hear it got pushed back until spring 2024

[@tylerblalack6684]

cmon baby I need an entire New Tutoria series.

[@doolok]

CS2 is absurdly frustrating when roads arent connecting right and water lines arent hooking up to pumps and treatment plants.

[@Strict666]

Just a quick hint...do NOT build police stations and such this early, you will have economy issues since the population doesn't have time to increase while your costs shoot up like crazy =p (Well you could build them and then lower the service budget to 50% but it's still gonna cost you a lot =)

[@potatoesforsale]

I'm surpised CS2 Started up on my PC. Struggling to build a grid though.

[@codyfairbanks7P269]

So Excited for this!!