When City Planning in Cities Skylines 2 is One Giant Grid

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[@RTGame]

I am the city planner modern society needs

[@OFrostQwQ]

so true

[@MrFoxtowerStudios]

average American city planner:

[@shadelord3369]

god love ya RT, you’re my favorite youtuber and i’ve been following you since the older pokémon videos, hope ya see this and it brightens your day

[@VoltyOnYT]

2/10 Not enough car centric infrastructure, just add one more lane trust me

[@thepenguin9]

The grid is just the most efficient planning method, look at NYC! They have tons of people living there

[@grfrjiglstan]

Ah, the classic "Level all the hills" and "Why is there flooding now?" two-step.

[@Lkymn]

Florida in 2 sentences.

[@tylermonacchio2163]

"Fill in all of these awful swamps and wet lands." "Where is all of this flood water coming from?!"

[@tadferd4340]

"Let's chop all these trees on the mountain for lumber!" "Why are there so many avalanches?"

[@Ruggderv]

​@@tadferd4340 I don't mean to actually you but deforestation causes land slides. Avalanches are mainly caused by small earthquakes or compunding effects of vibration at the top of mountains.

[@Vrikrar]

If you didn't mean to then why did you do it anyways? Own up to your glasses adjusting, tie straightening um actually's or don't do it at all. @@Ruggderv

[@GBfanatic15]

watching the entire squad of police cars IMMEDIATELY leave the police station to fight crime once they were allowed was almost comical

[@Tumbleflop]

criminally underrated moment

[@xenotiic8356]

*Almost* comical?

[@ArtyKibbles2190]

They were like ants

[@katiekatecat]

@@Tumbleflopcriminally you say? 🚨

[@Tumbleflop]

@@katiekatecat indeed

[@PossiblyAwesome]

"the hole is angry" followed by turning around to see a gigantic tornado right behind you is peak comedy

[@charliegibson4016]

As it turned out, the EVERYTHING was angry.

[@ultmateragnarok8376]

Major props to Dan for living the life of a US city planner, making a city that has public transit that's not operating, a city wholly comprising of a grid, no services whatsoever except for an absurdly overdone prison, and only being vaguely profitable off of technicalities. Oh, and the tornados.

[@deadhorseak]

....and parking lots littering the land....

[@eminempreg]

Average town in oklahoma

[@Lady_Amelia-Eloise]

God bless America

[@alexanderharrison7421]

​@@eminempregAverage town in the Midwest

[@HazeEmry]

Sometimes I wish I was in the US instead of SEA. This is not one of those times 😂

[@crutoniggy234]

"The backbone of this is parking fees." RT successfully recreated a modern American city, by accident.

[@lunarna]

Noo, he actually found a way to make it profitable, American suburbia does free parking and the cities just go bankrupt

[@CHAAAAAOTIC]

@@lunarnaor they sell it to a banking firm like Chicago did

[@Thure.]

Houston, Texas achieved

[@y0sh_]

I mean he created a city only using the grid tool so yes he created a modern American city

[@contortionyx]

Well it was this or nickel & diming misdemeanor offenses so /shrug

[@TacGeckoold]

I like how Dan's solution for a struggling economy is to install a car centric police state.

[@eliaspanayi3465]

*sound of an Eagle, and machinegun fire in the distance

[@doggiemaina11]

America, fuck yeah!

[@Pururut]

A pretty big hyperbole, but fair

[@kittyshippercavegirl]

America!!

[@yeeted9466]

It took 5 minutes for RT to become an honorary american

[@ToastyMozart]

In light of the city planning strategies displayed here, I am proud to present Daniel with his honorary US citizenship.

[@Ryann9]

That's not enough, he needs to become president immediately. No campaigning, no election, not even an inauguration, he is now just the president of the United States now.

[@Shinmegamitenseistrangejourney]

As an american, im pleased to see you follow our examples with the dystopian grids.

[@yugene-lee]

As an American, I'm pleased at the horrible freeway interchange.

[@fawndoe1917]

Grid cities are pretty good actually, i'll die on this hill

[@BJGvideos]

I feel like grids would make it easier for public transit. Though for some reason most American cities ignore that aspect

[@valariecasteel8041]

​@@fawndoe1917Well, at least you're dead.

[@wildfire9280]

Grids are good, change my mind

[@commissargeko4029]

If you wanted the true San Francisco experience you would have left the hills and still done the uninterrupted grid anyway.

[@AKXanax]

Gotta throw in some diagonal major streets tho lol like where Market meets Van Ness

[@atm1947]

The whole reason behind the insanely steep roads in SF is because the guy who originally laid out the planned grid for the city was from/based on Philadelphia, an almost entirely flat city with few hills. Because making a grid over hills meant you’d be left with roads at a 10% incline, it was not a development method used in any hilly cities or towns. SF is pretty much the only city like this in the United States.

[@flashfire0375]

And the diagonal columbus street

[@kerryis2col]

He got the high rent accurate at least.

[@atm1947]

@@kerryis2col it would be more realistic if he zoned every single block for either rowhomes or gigantic office towers, and then refuse to demolish any of the buildings regardless of demand

[@logicalchicken7132]

Even without mods, RT still managed to make Spaghetti Junction.

[@xfreja]

127 likes 🗣🗣🗣🙏🏼🙏🏼

[@cherigyu]

@@xfrejaLIKE A STICKAHHH

[@exp2745]

I adore Cloés editing subtely highlighting when RT really misses an aspect of the game. Like at 1:40.

[@rednaw1523]

She highlighted the wrong one though, road colour is residential suitability

[@Savrillo]

​@@rednaw1523hello fellow pluto pfp haver

[@HazeEmry]

Pretty subtle yea

[@pat9353]

Congratulations on making Chicago. An improvement in your city would be making the parking fees go to a private company, you know, for realism.

[@Fogbound_]

Climate Town moment

[@KWBR1123]

⁠Standup maths moment

[@gwennorthcutt421]

as a lifelong SF resident, im pleased how not five minutes in Dan recreated pg&e's shit electricity service. "50% less, and it costs 50% more" ETA: and dan has now reclaimed land from the bay, just like in real life!

[@Amirrorofmirrors]

There are two ways to run a city: ensure your citizens are happy and all their needs are met while still making a profit, and taxing the poor for every little thing they do

[@RyBrown]

Unfortunately the latter is way easier so it tends to be what most American cities do

[@mathieucozien5736]

Lifehack: you can do both if the poor aren't considered citizens!

[@dccdislame]

​@@mathieucozien5736American politicians writing this down

[@alexsiemers7898]

I really do love how the different residential demands allow for more suburban hellscapes to form in this game

[@AnimeFan-wd5pq]

I’m glad at how this video has managed to summon absolutely every American to talk about the atrocious state of their urban planning.

[@trygveplaustrum4634]

As an American, I regard my urban planning as *significantly* better than Europe’s. Considerably more wheelchair accessible!

[@NachtAsile]

Yeah, though they seem to be mainly focused in the southern states with all the mentions of tornados 🤔

[@aturchomicz821]

@@trygveplaustrum4634 🤡🤡

[@JonzaGoodGuy]

If all the tornadoes were instead earthquakes this would've been a perfect representation of San Fransisco ngl

[@Mini_Squatch]

Imagine coming home from work to learn that while you were gone, your mayor had the apartment building you live in bulldozed without warning because your neighbor complained on twitter.

[@DustD.Reaper]

I love how Dans spaghetti streets always tend to end up looking like the average city themed Sonic level, all thats missing is a split that goes into 2 loops

[@sacrificiallamb4568]

They should add loops.

[@graffitisamurai]

Ah yes, the Bay Area is known for two things: kafkaesque city planning...and stealth tornadoes

[@yellowbrian]

The traffic is on point as well

[@RyBrown]

Don’t forget the overinvestment in the police force

[@BlackMoonHowls]

@@RyBrown and Police Brutality.

[@KWBR1123]

@@BlackMoonHowls*cloaker sounds*

[@jFNY_]

I live in Denver, so I can say this. The city at the end of this screen is literally Denver. The only thing that this city does better than Denver is the fact that parking is essentially banned. Otherwise, the extreme poverty, cost of living, the resulting crime rates, the dysfunctional zoning codes, the literal HECTARES of the worst kind of housing imaginable (single family housing)... You set out to make San Francisco, you made Denver.

[@PMARC14]

The key difference is he flattened the hill, you re-add them and drop the police you are back to San francisco

[@mooiioo8094]

and the batshit roads are so denver 😭

[@BlackMoonHowls]

The Clover.

[@personaK719]

Road Anarchy for Cities Skylines 2: Not yet a thing. Dan: That won't stop me.

[@yelpme6471]

10:04 nothing quite as comical as dan remarking on the hole making noise and then turning around to see a tornado

[@completely_original9760]

As an American resident, I realy appreciate RT pulling out all the stops to accurately represent the quality of our roads. Nothing quite like the Spaghetti Bowl! Peak infrastructure!!!! Huzzah!!!!

[@librarianseth5572]

Talking as someone from a rural community, that will TOTALLY impact the livestock

[@thmxsz]

Will it Impact the trout Population?

[@BlackMoonHowls]

@@thmxszWho carers there is no Fresh Fish in the landlocked states, it's all frozen for transportation.

[@thmxsz]

@@BlackMoonHowls soooo it wont impact the trout population?

[@scottydude456]

I love how amazed Dan is with the giant grid being placed over San Francisco as if there isn’t already a giant grid over San Francisco

[@danieljames1868]

> How did we bounce back? Ah, our parking ticket fines came in Yeah, that's Leechburg all right. That and speeding fines.

[@spencersullivan4447]

11:23 most accurate representation of San Francisco roads I’ve ever seen

[@jonaskennedy]

“Flawless design that is absolutely perfect” *waits for the meteors to hit*

[@sedeuphadude80]

Country rooooaaaadssss

[@literally1751]

I accidently called this "griddy skylines" and I hate myself now.

[@HazeEmry]

Why did I laugh. Fml

[@jd_the_cat]

Your sentence is life imprisonment.

[@ViolettaBC88]

Could it be that you need specific infrastructure to get natural disasters warnings?

[@hamburger7243]

I had a dream RT started filing his taxes live on stream

[@jd_the_cat]

That would be entertaining.

[@aturchomicz821]

*Starts blasting MLKJs "I have a dream" speech but its about wanting RT to do his taxes on stream* WTF😭😭

[@okiwangko]

Dan started with San Francisco and ended up playing as Netherlands in reclaiming land from the sea

[@libbybollinger5901]

0:01 Where I grew up there was a town called Lynchburg. Apparently the founder’s brother inspired the use of the term ‘lynching.’

[@jd_the_cat]

Lovely.

[@ThE4EvRPs3GaMeR]

8:50 All hands on deck at the Police station. That part took me out! LMAO!

[@SirPembertonS.Crevalius]

"Irish Waffle House manager gets promoted to Mayor of Waffle-like City."

[@HazeEmry]

Waffle House has found it's new host once again

[@BlackMoonHowls]

@@HazeEmry Don't start.....

[@Violet_Knight]

It's so funny seeing Dan commit every single urbanist sin in the book. Not Just Bikes is turning in his grave

[@sedeuphadude80]

Not Just Bikes is dead, and this video killed him.

[@lordnightingale7346]

Little reminder that your most successful city was the one that had only one street. Maybe you should replicate it

[@MakeitReindeer]

As someone who lives in San Francisco, he hit the bullseye with this replica

[@Silverfish7216]

Now it just needs a toll boot as the only entrance and exit to the city

[@iant2143]

I didn’t expect this video to become an accidental commentary on America city planning and design

[@jaymontijo4209]

Cities skylines 2: the only game where you get jumpscared by a tornado and only feel mildly annoyed about it.

[@averagezing]

Hey RT, did you know that 1. You can now zone under overpasses 2. You can create multi level highways, a dev stream showed a 7 layer highway 3. If you have enough homeless, you can get tents in your parks I look forward to your monstrosities.

[@theFreddyFighter]

Alternate title: Daniel gets snuck up on by tornados for 15 minutes

[@VoltyOnYT]

Shout-out for Dan making San Francisco more livable than the real life counterpart

[@matthewboire6843]

Burn

[@SirPembertonS.Crevalius]

​@@matthewboire6843We do that enough here in California.

[@VoltyOnYT]

​​@@SirPembertonS.CrevaliusAdding another lane will fix that.

[@matthewboire6843]

@@SirPembertonS.Crevalius i knew it was hot but not that hot

[@commissargeko4029]

Thats because he flattened the hills, so the grid actually works.

[@zizlialk6515]

2:45 A tornado so strong it blew the censor away

[@BasicallyBaconSandvichIV]

Ah, yes. My favourite game of Dystopian Infrastructure Simulator. Played so well as well. I'm glad RT made Leechburg a TRUE example of the perfect North American infrastructure design.

[@tirsden]

I've done The Grid in the first game in campaign mode, eventually completely square-gridding a full map of 3x3 plots or whatever the maximum is. The worst traffic is at the entrances to the city, and it seems not much will mitigate that. When I tried putting in a train to ship things in and out better, the insane red-level traffic moved from the city entrances to the train station. The trains backed up clear past where I could see beyond the edge of the map. So I killed the train station and let the red traffic go back to where it had started.

[@Foxy_AR]

2:45 you know it’s serious when RT doesn’t censor “fuck” with “KZbin”

[@soulstorminferno5135]

7:59 This makes me, a Dutchman, proud.

[@rangedaco]

'' the HOLE is ANGRY..... OH NO ITS NOT THE HOLE'' RT got me there.

[@kamilslup7743]

gotta love that spiteful water tower placement, it just made my day

[@CentreMetre]

12:56 'Its not like you have a home any more' *Instantly gets a residence*

[@ebkits10]

0:29 oh, it’s just Chicago

[@carstarsarstenstesenn]

just needs some alleys lol

[@AnesidoraAston]

It's been years since I've been back in the city, but this 100% accurate to my memory of San Francisco.

[@giraffeguruvods295]

“Welcome to San Francisco” And thus, the world was doomed.

[@weirdfish1216]

12:44 LMAO. The Irish in him couldn’t let that slide

[@seventh_line_art]

I am all for the chaos that is RT doing anything, but this is genuinely my nightmare. The horrors of urban sprawl haunt me in the real world, and it seems have found me here aswell...nowhere is safe anymore... Love the content as always though, keep up the great work :)

[@robertwyatt3912]

The grid is fueled by the high poly count teeth of each citizen

[@Caransir]

You can bury the electrical high voltage lines. So at the start of the video you could have gone underneath your dump.

[@swiper-no-swiping]

someone call dave about the giant mysterious blue water hole

[@jd_the_cat]

Daveshiro strikes again.

[@thequester8271]

I love that tornado that's like "Surprise, bitch!" every time it appears XD

[@troy02627]

as someone going into urban planning this video is a goddamn nightmare to watch. just a real master class in 20th century urban planning

[@aturchomicz821]

Prague moment😪😪

[@X-SPONGED]

8:20 POV: You're the city planner of Los Sueños

[@skeetsmcgrew3282]

Can't wait for this game to be actually done in two years... wait, it's already out?!?!

[@Gobershmat]

2:00 Markiplier’s Iron Lung, circa 2023

[@EnorIII]

Imagine your neighbor tweets something, and the next day you wake up in a field.

[@xirus_1008]

wow I can't believe Dan finally took inspiration from Houston for his city design, a perfect city with no issues with parking, crime, or pollution

[@augisterman3685]

This is an accurate representation of what Indianapolis is like

[@Andi411Evil_inc]

And remember kids if you complain on Twitter _/X\_ about the terrible living conditions Ravenous Torture Games will come to your house and demolish it

[@HazeEmry]

It's Really Terrible that life has cpme to this 😔😔😔😔

[@VegasMax3]

Congratulations RT, you built San Quentin State Prison.

[@brenblokszero3772]

ironically this is a metagaming concept i explored in cities skylines a long time ago and i found that indeed, just making a huge city of squares works. this along with the one road tactic which i found to be alot less successful, and one highway with 100 intersections which i found to be the best outcome, so long as you dont have orange industry heavy traffic ruining the road for the rest of the city.

[@glacialis3329]

"The hole is angry" "wait no that's not the hole"

[@Drakelx55]

The Tornado came so out of nowhere, RT forgot to censor his *youtube* response

[@jonhg92]

"fix the traffic RT" brother, i dont think you should be asking about a fix to such a complex issue to the man that basically created hell on earth in cities skylines

[@Techstriker1]

"Why do they want so many gas stations?!" Cheaper to just never stop driving maybe with the parking prices? :P

[@weaselre1701]

11:22 welcome to halfpipe lane

[@Rainygirl3100]

Does Dan know that San Francisco actually has godawful grid-based streets or was that a stroke of luck?

[@scout360pyroz]

Figures RT would have an issue with feeding his people. He has a history of that.

[@TheDethsight]

that tornado had stealth 100 god damn.

[@paincreatesfame]

So basically all American urban planners ever

[@jackmcfann]

Dan took the Enron route when it came to electricity

[@youtubeuniversity3638]

Stealth Tornado Ninjas.

[@thediethrower1803]

People are calling this other cities but guys... with his electrical plan at 3:00 its obviously in Texas.

[@thebonethief]

we laugh but this is essentially how united states urban planning works. big grid and pray

[@vincentsolus9227]

RTGame don't need road anarchy, he can bend roads at his will without it

[@ShakerGER]

12:30 RT GAME MAKES A SURVEILANCE STATE! xD

[@flakky55]

"TEAR IT DOWN" *camera pans to a tornado doing just that*

[@katanah3195]

Started as American urban planning, turned into an authoritarian police state. Wonderful playthrough of the new America Simulator!

[@jackchambers1235]

I still think it would be a great idea to add a streamer mode where the little tweets are twitch chat typing as if they’re in the city.

[@Torika2724]

My favorite part of the new video was when RT’s editor was revealed to have been a descendent of Margaret Thatcher and had to be deleted from his vision of the new world order (Yes, I know that’s not how Cloé’s name is spelled. Let me be funny. Also great editing, Cloé, you’re awesome)

[@psychoninja9013]

"If they're willing to pay, I'm willing to sell." Just like real San Fransisco

[@johnalogue9832]

"Ban sidewalks" sounds like a funny extreme until you learn that yes, there are American cities that have banned sidewalks, among other things.

[@pastaman7278]

12:10 Michael Jackson cars

[@TS_Mind_Swept]

1:17 RT at least partially discovering why grids are typically used in cities :p And the rest...well, as you'd expect..

[@CypherDecypher]

I live in a grid city and can confirm this video is 100% accurate.

[@WlZLA]

2:46 Dan, looks like you missed a ‘KZbin’ censor here

[@GuyAwesomest]

I love how RT bought tiles just to put the power lines around the dump little did he know, he could put them underground instead

[@kittenbouquet]

As an SF resident, I can say there surely are a lot of tornadoes and wheat fields here. Unironically, that high parking fee is very accurate.