[Top 500] The Path to 10K Wellington - Progress Update 1

(updated title to reflect current standing as of 2021-10-31) We make a major breakthrough on our way to 10K - a full map! A couple errors near then end killed the run early, but there's not much left in terms of preparation before we have the 10K run in our hands.
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[@mango7597]

Love your videos, they're calming. No screaming or extra unnecessary energy. Just connecting houses and roads.

[@Retroflux]

Everyone needs a virtual hug and some time to themselves to destress right now - I'm here to provide just that :)

[@sh0rtyde]

ngl. I would kinda appreciate watching these without knowing the end score before the end.

[@SmokePudding]

Same here

[@Retroflux]

Duly noted! I've changed the title to be more... Mysterious

[@Nexurl]

Wow hello there shorty ! That's a very different gamestyle than TM, cool to see you here :)

[@sh0rtyde]

@@Nexurl haha. well it's a very relaxing game. I love it

[@Retroflux]

Am... Am I interrupting? You two know each other?

[@serekqwerty]

Your video appeared on my recommended. Your editing is amazing, your voice so calming, the gameplay super satisfying. Subbed

[@Retroflux]

Awesome, thank you! Hopefully you like the editing in some of the other videos, too! :)

[@eethend]

I love mini metro a ton! I can't play motorways because I only have my phone. Love watching these videos. Very calm while still having commentary.

[@MadisonCheyne]

At 22 minutes if you watch the yellow cars in the bottom right corner two of them go into a green house and then go out. They really are scaring the locals

[@Retroflux]

Maybe they're swingers, you never know >.>

[@dragovian]

Tip for the 19:00 motorway issue: When you remove a motorway, and set a new one connected to one of the ends(in this case the population one), as the old motorway "is under construction" at the start, you cannot use that road part in the new one. The solution is to directly create a new temp one, like you did

[@Loulski]

I love these videos so much, they’re definitely my go to when I just wanna watch calm entertaining content

[@johnbrill7909]

Motorway 5 was also unnecessary. You had a spare tunnel. You could have tunneled the Light Blues to above the Yellow Imax. Good game!

[@Retroflux]

I noticed the tunnel in editing, it was a sad moment for me when I realized my mistake and then had to continue editing like 5 minutes of non-tunnel use lol...

[@CaptainWizard3000]

Speaking of tunnels, the “cornered dark blues” (28:57) could’ve been connected too. Took me a while to see as well...mountains, man.

[@martingoguen3131]

Realy liking your videos man! The editing keeps getting better, and its just a calming place to be

[@Retroflux]

That's the goal! Glad you like it :)

[@angelwitch25]

Love to see you improving. This map is insane

[@Retroflux]

I'm only getting better :)

[@Fernz-san]

Just found this channel yesterday. He’s so cool

[@jedraszektv]

your videos are very calming, it's like listening to a podcast. love it

[@Retroflux]

That's the goal! If you can't fall asleep to my videos on repeat, I've failed you as a creator

[@JemTheBookworm]

Fantastic video!!

[@jehhh7794]

Got a 2.2k dar es salaam run the other day (you might remember me from stream) all went perfect, no hilariously bad spawns Wellington you get a bad spawn every 300 trips lol

[@Retroflux]

I do remember! 😁 I think I said congrats then, but congrats again just in case! And yeah, Wellington can be pretty rough, but it's not too bad after you dump a dozen hours into it lol

[@melia1101]

You actually failed just one spot below me on the leaderboards lol though i know you'll get your 10k before i do >.< ggs and gl!

[@Retroflux]

Fun fact: I've already passed you ;) Videos to come!

[@melia1101]

@@Retroflux haha well done, looking forward to it

[@El_Presidente_5337]

The tree will not be forgotten.

[@jane_s.]

Glad to see you playing this game again. I love how you always stay calm. 42 minutes of excellent entertainment, here we come ^-^

[@ceedee1675]

Your videos are the best, please make more.

[@Retroflux]

More to come!

[@michaelcherchi1625]

Omg nice job, i felxed the other day about my 4.4k on 3rd run but…

[@etiketi]

Most unrealistic part of mini motorways is that road work is done in a timely manner unlike in real life.

[@kyriolexy179]

Man you must be really good at coking beef wellington at this point.

[@03doug30]

Nice run.

[@Retroflux]

Thanks! And they're only getting better :)

[@aaronhall7740]

Wooo my home town!!!!

[@nomirrors3552]

Why are you not using the diagonal entry to centers? Is it purely esthetic or is it actually a speed boost?

[@Retroflux]

Sharp turns, AFAIK slow traffic down. I haven't had time to investigate, but that's my current theory so I'm going into it with that in mind :)

[@nomirrors3552]

@@Retroflux Now I'm really curious. I mean think about the savings is that's really one less road tile.

[@Retroflux]

The napkin maths are this: full speed is 3 tiles per second; full acceleration takes 5 tiles. If you went down to half speed for the one tile, it'd be 1.5 tiles per second around the sharp turn vs the 3t/s full speed. The curve would then be .66s vs .5s, but that doesn't account for any changes in speed coming up to the destination... which is where the napkin math ends and where frame counting begins :( So we'll see! There's a case for both, for sure, but I can't say for certain until I count.

[@nomirrors3552]

@@Retroflux How do I send you money again?

[@asamm1998]

TUNNEL TO THE RIGHT BLUE!!!!!!!!! you get an extra motorway

[@asamm1998]

Middle green gets the 2 house 2 tiles away from it.

[@asamm1998]

Moterway the bottom right green houses top and bottom left business

[@asamm1998]

Tunnel middle right green houses to ham house. Moterway that to yellow road on right.

[@asamm1998]

Seprate the blue and make it two motorways

[@asamm1998]

It was a bloody 10k run mate

[@noag829]

29:50 SIR there is still one left on the left side ish

[@gabysinaloablogs2236]

👾

[@Ronald.Golleher]

Highway 1 for the dark blues at around 20:00 didn't exist because you just moved it instead of building a new one. As soon as you rebuilt like you had with Highway 3, it immediately took off because it was new and not moved.

[@Retroflux]

Interesting 🤔 I think a couple months ago the mechanic was that if you had another motorway in your inventory, moving would "use" that one up, and then it would delete the old one once the cars on the old route finished their drive. Maybe that changed with the Wellington update and traffic reroute patch!

[@oox-GK]

Mini motorways content🤝😔

[@poohssmartbrother1146]

Wellington is the most difficult by far.

[@aaronhall7740]

Very hilly costal city should be tricky. Needs more cafes and bars in the game though haha

[@gmatic_playz3285]

1 house 2 colors when mini motorways

[@Pamani_]

Looks pretty much like a Liberty City map

[@Retroflux]

I can't unsee that

[@seanseal6265]

it says zero views. i am speed

[@LunaWitcher]

I'm only seven minutes in and all I can think about is how much I hate this map lol Like, it's not a BAD map, but I'm a bad player and that makes me specially bad at this map and every spawn is frustrating 😅

[@devonrutledge6118]

hey that was a dumb idea

[@Retroflux]

Finally, someone tells me what's up

[@harshansingh4822]

you stalk this game...

[@Retroflux]

Stalk might not be the word you're looking for, my friend! Stalk has a negative feeling to it, like you're following but in a creepy way.

[@harshansingh4822]

​@@Retroflux when you said "somebody add it to a notebook."... maybe nearding out is a better word.

[@Retroflux]

OH LOL, GOTCHA