The Ultimate Beginners Guide to Starting a Realistic City in Cities Skylines 2

[@Infrastructurist]

Anything you would like us to dive further into in Cities Skylines 2? Comment below and as always, I appreciate a like if you enjoy my content ☺ - Cities Skylines 2 series Riverview playlist: kzbin.info/aero/PLX9x9HoC3rHu2fkoBOWpra94JFd66oL-F - Patreon: www.patreon.com/infrastructurist Much love, Infrastructurist

[@Backpack_barry]

Yessss

[@Trenper]

Highways please

[@Nathangoss007]

Trains ❤

[@niejjelfrancissalistre5034]

Hydroplant😂

[@xpyder22]

Please for the love of Christ god almighty make a guide specifically on how to make those quays because I’ve been trying to do what you did for 4 hours and it just says “in water” or gives me something at the wrong elevation.

[@audiored]

It looks like you were one of the few early release creators who were playing the new game instead of trying to play CS1. After all the bad news about the game today, this made me feel like I still would want to play it. I'd like to see more street level video about how people are using the city.

[@Invincable84]

It's a good game but the performance issues lock a good amount of people out of playing. When they optimize it and even add DLSS or FSR to the game I expect it to be a great successor to CS1.

[@kawibomber6098]

i bought it and we definetly worth, alll the additions are amazing! No money to terraform, money is way easier to come by now when you get to each level making it more fun as you dont go bankrupt right away to start. This game is very fun, the performance needs to improve but the devs have already said that is what they are currently working on.@@Invincable84

[@LevinS89]

I think I have watched this video around 10 times already, always pausing and rewinding to see if I have missed anything! I love how simple and efficiently you explain your techniques to build a realstically feeling city! I would love for you to continue this series and expand on Southport a bit more! In the meantime, I will continue watching your Riverview series. Take care

[@MG-xm2hk]

you make it look so easy and natural.. can't wait to replicate made a bunch of notes..

[@Infrastructurist]

I am glad you enjoyed it, let me know if you have any questions! ☺

[@nickriggi1878]

I always struggle with setting up proper districts, downtown, suburbs, etc. This is so helpful. Absolutely going to go through the rest of your videos. Thank you so much!

[@hazbinhotel5488]

"I guess I was voted in because I'm tough on crime and stuff so I'm building a police station somewhere so that we can fight a war on drugs or something" This is hilarious! You definitely got the crappy American Mayor politics vibe down!

[@jesseduckface3784]

As soon as I heard that I went to the comments haha. You were the 2nd comment.

[@harman6339]

Man your builds are excellent and exceptional. Love from India

[@Infrastructurist]

Thank you very much Harman, I appreciate that! Love from Denmark ☺

[@theredbaron745]

Thank you so much for this video, I've been stuck in my old ways of CS1 by griding out the entire city. Your idea of using the grid tool to make several grids and connecting them really helps escape the urban hell I've been used to, and helps me make the best cities i can dream of

[@Likearollingstone174]

I haven’t heard the word “White Flight” in years. Having grown up just south of Gary Indiana it is such a perfect phrase.

[@Boz196]

Can you blame the middle and upper class though? Why live in a crime ridden shithole with no opportunity if you can afford to leave?

[@titansquirrel4408]

I absolutely love how ruthless you are on American City planning, as an American I play cities skylines to escape all the bullshit we live with so it's always nice to hear that other people see it, too. The more the merrier, maybe things will get better :)

[@davidrymwar5812]

....I've lived in Europe. It's just as bad and even worse in many places given how old the cities are and the way old decisions just don't fit modern city needs.

[@WyMustIGo]

Feel free to leave the USA and live in some shithole Europeeon (SIC) country.

[@WyMustIGo]

@@davidrymwar5812 Exactly, these people are clueless if they think Europe has better countries. You are taxed to death over there, and healthcare is very poor. Look at the teeth of most brits for example.

[@JTBossHogg1]

self hate! Huzzah!

[@FSmtrx]

When he said "Let's start with a school... We're gonna under fund it, of course. This is a North American city." at @36:45 I howled.

[@damondriver6363]

It's funny because it's not even true 😂😂😂😂

[@Azriel_OWO]

​@damondriver6363 are you sure about that?

[@pronouncedseven652]

@@damondriver6363 its true... do you live here?

[@TheSkyGuy77]

That's not true everywhere in the US. Certainly not where I lived, anyway

[@Blutdaemons]

Very happy youre doing this tutorial. My biggest problem is expanding the city and dont get repetetive with the grids and neighborhoods. Keep up the awesome CS2 content!

[@MaleusMaleficarum]

This is a CS1 problem. In CS2... pick a new spot on the map and buy a few tiles. Start something new. Then allow development to fill in between naturally

[@hairo3x3]

Didn't expect to be laughing so much in this video. Not only are you a genius at making these cities, but you're quite funny too! Great video man, keep em coming.

[@AtharvaKeny]

Eagerly waiting for your realistic city series in cs2!

[@christian.rossmann]

Infrastructurist, you are my favourite cities skylines creator. Hands down amazing.

[@PeeT_Tea]

18:46 How can you place the roads so near to the water`? For me it always says "in the water" and I cant place. Any advise?

[@Volaths]

I have the fix, it's dirty and it doesn't look as slick but it does work. So get to the point where you've terraformed the sea up to the very edge of the road, go until you cant get any closer, now instead of the next step of rebuilding out the terrain from the roads, instead delete road sections one or two at a time, and now get your alley or road turn off all snapping and build where the old road was, or until you see the wall section on one side and it'll allow you to make the quay. Rinse and repeat as you get close to the existing roads. It's finnicky and sometimes requires a little and I mean a LITTLE terraforming but it does work. It isn't as neat and precise either since it's not snapped to a grid but this will get it done for you. Make sure your road height is set to 2.5

[@darthobi-wan8014]

blud was edging me on the grand village milestone 😭 great video, keep it up !!!

[@Boy_Ling]

I like your precision but you also like to add character to the city. I find myself being very predictable but this gives me ideas on how to be more creative. Great video.

[@wellyboot]

This video has taught me so much, are you planning on doing more on this city? Keep up the great content!

[@Pastamistic]

Watching you build in this game is like watching Bob Ross paint. A bunch of random looking brush strokes with different tools and ending up with beautiful art work.

[@TheRedShredder]

Alright, I’m finally motivated to sit down and give this game a real try finally.. it was so overwhelming at first, but seeing these first few crucial steps laid out like that along with some creativity and role playing has inspired

[@Kleph.]

Probably close to half of Cities Skylines players start off feeling overwhelmed and restart a few times, but it gets better and more interesting as you figure it out. Hope you're having fun with it

[@flameblazer0094]

Love the city also your voice is so relaxing i love it i was just watching this in the middle of the night and ahhh it was relaxing

[@BH-xe7nb]

Great video, and definitely the right timing to jump into a guide since people will need that content with the game releasing.

[@Infrastructurist]

Glad you enjoyed it B H! (and I assume you where in the chat as well?)

[@BH-xe7nb]

@@Infrastructurist That I was.

[@yelpyy]

This is definitely the best city I've seen in cs2 so far

[@BlueScream1]

I am soooo excited about this video, and even more excited to be able to play it for myself on the 24th! 🎉🎉

[@grunge0023]

I think the port should be towards the top of the Island, in the open seas. This way it would be a deep sea port, be near to the shipping lane and cargo ships would not have to divert that much to dock at the port.

[@mygetawayart]

idk i think it's pretty realistic to have the harbor be in there. You'd always want calm seas at your port to ease docking and departure maneuvers, and in case of storms, you'd want to avoid damages to the infrastructure. I imagine he'd wanna use the rest of the inner coastline as a harbor, leaving the view of the open ocean for beachfront properties, hotels and parks.

[@grunge0023]

@@mygetawayart True, you would want to keep the port safe from the natural elements but majority of the ports of countries have deep sea ports which means accessibility to larger cargo ships with easy access from the shipping route. For protection however, a sea wall could be used like he used in Port Douglas I think. But all major ports are always open and deep sea.

[@SuperNugget92]

@@grunge0023 Generally speaking: If you have the option to use a bay or have some sort of big river/river delta, you want to use that as a harbour and dig it deep for the biggest cargo ships. For example take a look at europes Nr1 and Nr2 biggest ports. Rotterdam and Hamburg. Theyre both using a rivers. In the case of Hamburg its more than a 100km(~60miles) away from the ocean. New York would be a good example aswell. As for the river delta, you could take a look at Shenzen. As for a bay, you could look at the broader port area of Athens, Rio de Janierio, San Francisco , Pearl Habour even Hongkong. An example if you dont have such natural features is Barcelona or Los Angelos. Were you find seawalls, as you discribed.

[@elementalgolem5498]

@@grunge0023 not entirely true. Many big ports are indeed protected by natural barriers. Just because there's land protecting it from the elements doesn't mean the water is shallow. Oslo port comes to mind.

[@grunge0023]

@@elementalgolem5498 I did not know that. Thank you for adding to my information, I always thought that major shipping ports were always deep sea and with no natural barriers like Dubai, Salalah and most deep sea ports of South Asia and East Asia.

[@MrFlitzpeople]

The city formation looks organic and pleasant. Nicely explained. Thank you, please feel free to have more of this

[@metalslinger]

Infrastructurist: You can haul their ass to school in those large family SUVs. Big Yellow Buses: Am I a joke to you?

[@mr_kamaMG]

Pools in low income houses are not that unusual in America...especially those above ground ones. They are quite cheap around here.

[@Infrastructurist]

Ah, interesting! Thanks for the input.

[@Chris-xo2rq]

Have you priced above ground pools lately? The one I'm looking at will cost over $6000 self-installed and it's nothing special. Sure, that's not the $30,000+ you'll spend on an in-ground but i wouldn't call it cheap!

[@fuzzims123]

@@Chris-xo2rq A normal overground Pool out of metal or the bigger rubber ones with around 3m diameter ist below 1000€ here(pump etc included). So yes pretty cheap.

[@mr_kamaMG]

@@Chris-xo2rq yep. 139 dollars for a 10 feet diameter one at Walmart. There is also a 279.99 one that is 15 feet in diameter...also at Walmart.

[@Chris-xo2rq]

@@mr_kamaMG Those are not real pools... those are temporary things that will collapse after their first winter where I live.

[@the_robinbrown]

Just got the game, and have been looking for a good video. This is one of the best and most informative City-sim videos I have ever seen. Kudos, and thank you!

[@Project2457official]

Your videos have me chomping at the bit to play Cities Skylines 2! I CANT WAIT for Tuesday

[@sambacherr]

Your commentary is absolutely hilarious. Love all the subtle jabs 🤣

[@grunge0023]

I hope you would be able to post new videos sooner and we would not have to wait for them that long. I came across your channel probably 2 weeks back and I have been watching the old videos... It helps me relax due to some reason I cannot explain. Keep the videos rolling!

[@legokingiscool]

Amazing Job Gorlami! Looking forward to part 2 brother!

[@laurakruithof919]

I like your video's so much! You're very calm :) And your humor is **chef's kiss**

[@Infrastructurist]

Thanks a lot Laura, glad you like them ☺☺☺

[@as_maro]

I love your first realistic cs2 city

[@Backpack_barry]

Me too

[@maledictae8132]

The gold standard of realism.

[@NosyNeighbours]

This is very well done! I’ve been watching a lot of CS2 content lately and I throughly enjoyed your ideas! ❤️ keep making more videos.

[@DownBadPK]

The grid trick was brilliant! I cant wait to play this

[@mateuszgalus1588]

Never seen more beautiful and realistic city in Cities Skylines 2, good job mate

[@AsherCharles]

Great work my man - love all the way from Australia 😊

[@eternalseal7114]

You have got a nice vibe. First Video I watched , but not the last. Really enjoyed it :3

[@NvdB86]

Props for making those Quays, impossible to make them right now. Hope they come with a solution!

[@Noct31]

I dunno if it's hilarious or morbidly insightful that an American City Hall is better represented by a Crematorium.

[@diginodat]

Can you do a tutorial on your “quays” because I am completely unable replicate it because the game says the alleys are in the water when they’re not?

[@zeeic]

Have you figured out why by chance? I’m having the same issue

[@Volaths]

@@zeeic I have the fix, it's dirty and it doesn't look as slick but it does work. So get to the point where you've terraformed the sea up to the very edge of the road, go until you cant get any closer, now instead of the next step of rebuilding out the terrain from the roads, instead delete road sections one or two at a time, and now get your alley or road turn off all snapping and build where the old road was, or until you see the wall section on one side and it'll allow you to make the quay. Rinse and repeat as you get close to the existing roads It's finnicky and sometimes requires a little and I mean a LITTLE terraforming but it does work. It isn't as neat and precise either since it's not snapped to a grid but this will get it done for you. Make sure your road height is set to 2.5

[@octahedron2064]

Would rly like a tutorial for a European Style city or just the roadlayout

[@justinl1743]

Excited to watch you continue with this city! Definitely enjoyed tihs one.

[@Ambroos]

Your organic grids strategy instantly reminded me of Seattle, where all the suburbs are North-South-aligned grids, but then Downtown and Belltown are grids at different angles (but still connected). I like it a lot, even though I moved back to Europe it gave me some nostalgia for my time living in Seattle, with a view of the three grid orientations from my apartment.

[@Yonny316]

Holy shit your port looks so good

[@buildingfactory]

I love how you make up little story lines to give it a big realism boost, I miss that a lot at other Cities skylines youtubers!

[@Matthewy.]

I just had my 62 year old Dad comment from the other room that your commentary is hilarious when you were talking about police stations in around 47:00. 😂

[@chazchoo99]

36:31 "So, let's start with a school. I mean, we're gonna underfund it, of course. This is a North American city..." Infrastructurist, 2023

[@안젤라-g2y]

Please make Starting city series more. Love your road layout. I want to make my city like that. Respect you. ❤

[@draco894]

😂 being a North American who supports schools and humanitarian efforts, I enjoy the quips critiquing society. I appreciate you for this.

[@Shaunus82]

I have been trying to play along with you to learn the game, but my grid plots always seem to be broken. I would love to know how you get grids where all the boxes are solid. I have tried and tried, but just can't seem to get it looking anything like yours.

[@kinggoldbills9037]

Where is part 2???! Lol this was a great video!

[@jpeters1734]

i cannot figure how to do what you're doing at 12:30. When I select grid mode, after my first click it always wants to connect the grid to the main road

[@Alex_the_Mex]

I did not know this was exactly what I was looking for. But thank you anyway for the inspiration.

[@desolatemetro]

As a North American, I would just like to say that the busting of our balls is hilarious. Three gas stations next to each other? I've DEFINITELY seen that. 🤣

[@vaughandrummer]

Oh my days... trying to recreate the method you used to create the port quays is impossible!!! You make it look so easy!!!!

[@Mr.Nykjaer]

Lækkerier ;) It's only a few days away, can't wait :D

[@radioactivepenguin34official]

i got an ad right around the scene where mr. krabs is swimming in money. very accurate

[@Jazz-Man1910]

Empire Avenue? Haven’t heard that one in a while lol. Getting some Crescent flashbacks I see. Also, instead of calling the one neighborhood School City, you should call it College Park. Because in ye olden days 3rd Grade would have been basically college. Loved the video!

[@reverse_shell]

This is the most American Sim Builder I've ever seen! :D

[@alexandermeijer4667]

Love your work! Just wondering on your accent; are u Danish? Greets from Amsterdam

[@Infrastructurist]

Glad to hear that Alexander, thanks! And good guess, I am Danish. Greetings from Northern Denmark ☺

[@Crusader-eh2cv]

Man I just could not get my quays to work the way you did it. I improvised and if you right click the middle of the dirt in one of the roads to set the leveler, and then level the path of the roads you made and make a platform about half way down the side of the road no in the water bs. Thanks for the pre road idea, great to help guide your layout. Love the build thanks.

[@Volaths]

I have the fix, it's dirty and it doesn't look as slick but it does work. So get to the point where you've terraformed the sea up to the very edge of the road, go until you cant get any closer, now instead of the next step of rebuilding out the terrain from the roads, instead delete road sections one or two at a time, and now get your alley or road turn off all snapping and build where the old road was, or until you see the wall section on one side and it'll allow you to make the quay. Rinse and repeat as you get close to the existing roads. It's finnicky and sometimes requires a little and I mean a LITTLE terraforming but it does work. It isn't as neat and precise either since it's not snapped to a grid but this will get it done for you. Makes sure your road height is set to 2.5

[@imchnt]

You're my favorite CS builder. Love your road layout, realism and overall vibe ☺️

[@holyhankGTZ]

MAn at 18:00 mins the harbour you build, everytime i try to do it the same way it just says "building in water". I tryed everything but it just dosent work for me .

[@Hannodb1961]

I don't know what your position is about mods before mods support, but I would really recommend you get the cut and fill road tools mod. It' a bit of a mission to set up, but it's quite worth it. Personally, I don't want to install any mods before Co makes it available, but I made an exception for this mod. Apart from having much better control over cut and fill, its also a very nice tool to switch the zone grids on and off.

[@andersvonholck]

HELP! When making a harbor like you did, whatever i do, the roads on the edge says "in water" - what am i doing wrong??

[@mikedgod]

Whenever I try to make a port like you did around min 19, when I try to place the outer alleys, the ones next to the water to get the wall look, it says "In water" and won't let me place like you did, any idea how to fix that? Thank you

[@ScootLanguage]

Id definitely watch one of these again 👍

[@RyanMTube]

How did you remove the traffic lights? I have tried right click etc but it doesn’t seem to remove them? Curious what did you there! Truly awesome video!

[@Paragonx89]

Is it okay to let industrial or commercial zone demands stay high for a bit? I'm struggling with staying profitable, and was wondering what would happen if I didn't zone so frequently and let it kind of sit.

[@biglynch69]

I cant get the roads to place on the edge like yours on the making the Industrial port area at 18:45

[@Koolumi]

02:00 but the map theme affects the roads, signs... right? even tho you can build both styles that pick is still relevant, isn't it?

[@SeanConway99]

I really like how you think about a story of the place here. I've been trying to do that with a British type city that has a mix of German, Norse, Franc, Saxon, Norman, Angle, Celt and Roman influence. Especially with naming. Helps that there's random bridges and ruins around the map or little farms, is that just when doing European theme? But I'd never considered a lot of these simple tricks.

[@DropdeadGamingLive]

I'm not even 10mins in and already I see everybody's got the same idea about poop water... _YOU SHOULDN'T DRINK IT!_ Apparently _MY_ citizens were on to something! 🤣

[@Starmanw422007]

Howdie Infrastructurist, this is one game I would love to have as a birthday gift or a christmas gift. I'll be 59 on December 10th, 2023. I'll be looking forward to watching this entire video. So I can learn how to play the new game. I also wanted to know if there is a place where I can read the instructions to the game itself.

[@stephansetup6238]

Love the sarcasm regarding american politics - thats Top notch Role playing :D

[@SpeedyBratuha]

How can you "move" the streets like at 11:19? I have "replace" activated but when I click and hold on it, I can't move them like in the video, please help :D

[@Th3M4larky]

lol bruh. At 52:04, (pause video) the 2nd sentence description for the city hall says, "A more efficient bureaucracy." That couldn't be anymore true. 😂😂😂

[@washubiss]

I'm watching your videos and can't wait for game release to build something myself! Thank you really much, I love your videos, you've teached me much new stuff for creative city planning. I want to try it maybe even in Cities Skylines 1 someday.

[@Michael-sb8jf]

can't wait for the gentrification arc

[@thenightczmapping6140]

I'm so excited for CS:II

[@GeorgeMasterclass]

I saw a review in IGN and another channel. Reviewers keep ranting about how everything is so hard, lots dont fall into place when the terrain isnt flat, and everything looks ugly. But all streamers playing SC2 build spectacular cities, everything looks beautiful and neat.

[@mallysh1998]

Huuuuge support to you on the brink of a new chapter!! 😊

[@legokingiscool]

Please continue this city too! pleaseee

[@oduvijekPlavi]

that intersection at 0:41 looks amazing, road building is one of the most exciting features of CS2 I cannot wait to try tomorrow

[@terrydactyl2077]

Do all maps have full seasons?

[@Infrastructurist]

Hi! They all have seasons - but the warmer maps do now have snow on the ground - but even on warm maps, if you create tall mountains you will get snow-capped peaks

[@Backpack_barry]

@@Infrastructurist you are a good KZbinr ❤

[@karlash3769]

how do you make the quay/key walls look so bloody easy to make? say here for 2hours trying to do it and every single line i do about correctly and then one or two corners or even a straight edge the terrain snaps to the road....... anyway to download a map with the harbor built in? I can get the quay/key walls on land no issues but when the watter is involve it just does happen

[@yannickleopold5705]

got the same prob

[@jagnes632]

I actually think that is a great city hall! I think a lot of cities have a morgue with a crematorium in the city hall. Great building!!

[@haytrixx739]

Great video! 👍

[@kevinnieto8331]

I love how this guy is constantly ripping on Americans 😂 and he’s spot on with the oversized SUV even if you’re just a family of 3 . I was having some issues getting used to CS2 so this definitely helped !

[@Deacon4105]

Using that crematorium for a city hall is genius

[@Infrastructurist]

Hehehe, I did feel cheeky!

[@roelaxard7258]

The crematorium cars can even pass off as limousines !

[@maria-dt5ux]

I am going to play on my TV. What graphic settings are you running on? I'm not thinking about low, medium and high settings

[@nurulabser8720]

@Infrastructurist try to disable the geometric snapping it will make it so there are no gaps in the grids

[@19barney94]

I love how much you are throwing shade at America, so unexpected and funny😂

[@drjonritz]

nice road layout!

[@qdxsebixbp6387]

The industrial island can be an interesting project. Some electricity facilities and water treatment plants could be so nice, and the island could fit them properly. I already love this building style, this series will be interesting. Good job so far!!