Which is THE BEST Highway Interchange Layout? Freeways!

A real highway engineer experiments with real four way highway interchange design in Freeways to see if Freeways is realistic in modelling traffic flows on real highway junctions. I love a game made by just a single person, but when it's one about creating the most efficient highway interchange layouts I am 100% sold! As a civil engineer of 10 years specializing in highway design, I should be really good at this right? Right????
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About Freeways:
Freeways is a game where you draw freeway interchanges. You are the traffic engineer.
Draw roads like you're drawing a picture.
Design for efficiency or draw the spaghetti junction of your dreams.
Simulate traffic flow through your interchange. Most importantly, avoid traffic jams.
Connect a whole world together in a network of interchanges. Features 80 levels.
#realcivilengineer #freeways #engineering

[@jakekinkade6941]

The "windmill" is not the image that came to mind when looking at that.... certainly a strong shape, when not in a Russian winter.

[@siremerrionepie9796]

Exactly

[@driving_soap]

Ong

[@pistachiolord1415]

@@driving_soap haha KZbin is translateing this comment to "bee" BC I misspelled

[@gumpreeengthegumpreeeng]

Ohh you have just pissed the allies

[@driving_soap]

@@pistachiolord1415 it's not misspelled, ong is short for on god, as in like "facts"

[@DecayedPony]

All this game needs is an eraser tool, and a smoothing tool.

[@thephoenixking1086]

That's what makes it a puzzle, the fact you can't.

[@kjono4611]

@@thephoenixking1086 The puzzle is allowing traffic to flow efficiently on single lanes using the least resources; the lack of eraser and smoothing tool is simply a negative to the game as it negatively affects your score based less on road design and more on your ability to draw the least jagged shapes.

[@thephoenixking1086]

@@kjono4611 I personally think there should be two versions (or difficulties): A Meduim (Beginner's): Which has access to the eraser, back buttom, smoothing and more. & Hard: Wich has the eraser, back button and such disabled forcing you to think and plan ahead more. Both game modes allow you to play all of the same levels but HARD mode gives more points (and just feels better to complete since it is harder, maybe called the Hard mode "New Game+" or something... To me this makes more sense and would make the game more enjoyable.

[@cassandranoice1563]

A circle tool would be nice, too.

[@arya6085]

@@thephoenixking1086 newgame+ Snkrx?

[@Alex_Skayler]

10:10 perfect autobahn for Germany in1936

[@blazeblaze7549]

Die Windmühle The fact the „windmill“ also turned the wrong way

[@myfredo898]

aaaagagahhh!

[@ForzaItalia1010]

I knew someone was gonna point that out

[@fastandfishious34]

It seems that the formula for efficiency is 1000 * traffic flow * complexity factor / concreate used. The displayed values are probably rounded down. As for complexity factor, I think it represents the amount of traffic; here, there are 4 entry points that want to go to 3 exits with a weight of 3 (the thickness of the arrow), so 4*3*3=36.

[@saquoiafighter]

So the Complexity Factor refers to the map itself, not the design/layout used by the user?

[@fastandfishious34]

​@@saquoiafighter correct

[@Cheers.-]

Hmm

[@junzenlavapie4458]

10:19 - "This is called the Windmill Interchange, because it looks like a windmill." Me: "Riiiiiight.... A windmill........."

[@lomiification]

... I did not notice until this comment

[@kommissarjunior9298]

I really thought he was gonna make a joke about that

[@lanoche2470]

Hum... yeah... A windmill, what else can you think of ?

[@davide30541]

"eine Windmühle"

[@Tjden]

My first thought was this when I saw it

[@TheBestPybro]

10:17 Yeah, I can see that one flying over Europe sometime during the 30's and early 40's

[@Tobacc0]

All the turns are to the reich.

[@samrin7707]

💀

[@grammarlyworshipper1819]

Yeah

[@nathandream4691]

ado1f hi1ter (Naz1 Germ@ny)

[@draoerstaff2623]

👀

[@CreepersNeedHugs]

14:14 fun fact: the magic roundabout in swindon is extremely safe because of how slow traffic moves.

[@r0bz0rly]

yes we know

[@agustinbarquero8898]

yes we know

[@rileywickenton3529]

10:00 I nearly spat out my drink

[@OriginalPiMan]

That complexity rating is for the complexity of the starting conditions, not the complexity of what you build. That's why it was always 36 here.

[@loturzelrestaurant]

Anti-Science is a Rising Problem. And so is the non-identical-but-bloodrelated Issue of Fake-Science. So much so that the channel simply named 'Spirit Science' misuses this word, has 1,16 mio subs, and is growing. So much of a social problem that actively damages our Planet and the human-species that i have even tried to report them. But for a simple factor, it didnt work yet: Not enough people do the same i do. Not enough report such a big channel, thinking 'Ah, it wont do anything anyway, so why even try'.

[@diemaciel]

@@loturzelrestaurant wait.........what?

[@OriginalPiMan]

@@diemaciel A bot, I'm pretty sure. Advertising that channel with allegedly 1mil+ subs.

[@aaaaa-mw4bi]

@@OriginalPiMan that channel does have that many subs but it peddels like history channel level alien stuff with a sprinkle of antisemitism

[@OriginalPiMan]

@@aaaaa-mw4bi I don't much care. They're a bot. I've reported the comment (which KZbin seems to have ignored) and I'm not clicking anything.

[@ahsanhafeez8378]

10:17 yup definitely windmill. Looks nothing like a certain symbol

[@xx9override3xx]

"windmill" lol

[@fantasypvp]

LMAO so im not the only one who sees it

[@KorliWolf]

Fun fact, that symbol was appropriated by the nazi's, it originally was a japanese symbol, the japanese symbol looked a lot more like the "windmill" that we see here, where the Nazi's swastika rest one a point at the bottom of the symbol, the japanese symbol rests on a flat line at the bottom. I hope i explained that well enought

[@ahsanhafeez8378]

@@KorliWolf wasn't the swastika a Hindu religious symbols which depicted something around the lines of peace and harmony or something like that ?

[@DrinkyMcBeer]

@@ahsanhafeez8378 that symbol has been used all over the world at various points in time. It's a simple geometric design. If you can draw a square and a cross you can easily combine the two. I wouldn't be surprised if it was first made sometime in pre-history, well before any records that currently exist.

[@MrThijmenmees]

Really cool to see, but I would've loved to see a "Gothic interchange" being tried. It's basically a double diverging diamond, with both highways switching sides. It might work really well here

[@springbreezegaming4017]

15:49 sometime times the cars will clip onto or into other road you have put above it. so that is why the blue car stoped, it was stuck on the purple car that was cliping though the road.

[@mattm7220]

The biggest problem with the game is that it doesn't allow for multiple lanes of traffic on a single road. That diverging diamond would have been *far* more efficient if you could have designated different lanes for different destinations, instead of it all being single lane shared traffic.

[@tirocska]

Wouldn't the parallel road design fulfil the same purpose?

[@mattm7220]

@@tirocska in terms of traffic flow, yes, but then the game penalises you for using more concrete to make those extra roads, instead of just allowing multiple lanes on the same piece on concrete

[@ABaumstumpf]

the diverging diamond is only good if you have a lot of traffic that needs to turn left - and you do not have the space, resources or simply refuse to build a more suited intersection. But for normal straight traffic, straight intersections, rightturns or mixed traffic it is horrible.

[@lomiification]

@@mattm7220 you'd still need wider concrete, so that's the same

[@michaelfoulis7438]

Its what makes the game unique

[@hierarchyofroyalty6695]

10:20 This one must have been popular by the creators of the Autobahn.

[@belligerentgaming9344]

The Highway Riech

[@armchairgeneralissimo]

Not only did Mr. H think he knew better than his own generals, he knew better than his civil engineers and drew the designs himself.

[@belligerentgaming9344]

@@armchairgeneralissimo Big brained Mr. H

[@cezarcatalin1406]

Meanwhile, in Soviet Russia: We don’t need interchanges where we’re going! * builds cheap efficient trains * Q: But what if in some places there are no rails ? R: Ok, hear us out comrade, what if, we make a train but put it on tyres and make it electric so it’s more efficient ? Q: Ah so an electric bus with batteries and... R: No no no, no stinking batteries, just hang a wire overhead and make the bus drive under it. Q: So, like a trolley but with bus tyres ? R: Yea, yea, like that... how should we call this thing ? Q: A trolleybus ? R: Excellent, we’ll put them everywhere !

[@arthur_p_dent]

Actually, there was hardly any traffic on the German Autobahns until well after WW2. Consequently, the pre-war interchanges were usually cloverleaves. Even the Frankfurter Kreuz, the interchange with by far the most traffic, was designed as a cloverleaf, and has been improved only 20 or so years ago.

[@aracaniusinfinius2880]

Really love the magic roundabout. Super efficient use of concrete for a moderate tradeoff in efficiency of traffic flow. Handles traffic so well though, especially when drawn with nigh perfect road placement.

[@earthling_parth]

I am a CS major and currently work full-time in IT. It's a absolute blast watching you play this game. Might buy a copy myself :)

[@wulfieonline745]

The cool thing about this game is that I believe all of the interchanges you reference here are referenced somewhere further along in the game, with the required traffic flows on each junction referencing it.

[@zavaraninoveuhorky]

@Baby father reveal when

[@LittleBreadloaf1]

The. What...

[@Jakob122]

@Oliver From Nations no there are more cool pictures if you unlock them, and there is that fun helicopter secret

[@Vulcano7965]

say referencing again

[@shukriwafiq5220]

the bad thing about this game is the space to build the interchanges is too small

[@dertobi257]

10:17 as a german, i appreciate this design very much. Its nice to see another Kamerad from time to time

[@heniderking]

HAHAHAHAHHA SELBER GEDANKE

[@Supercat_Studios_Animations]

glad to know I wasn't the only one who thought of that

[@DecayedPony]

He tried quickly to pass that off as a windmill.

[@cannonfodder9248]

This is why he said that it was not the most sensible design

[@fiveer11]

As a fellow Jew I support this comment

[@tdestro9_362]

I love it when you actually use your job in videos I find it extremely entertaining

[@Goodywloss2010]

Love the logic and effort put into essentially a simple fun game!

[@Tengokujin]

0:12 Cloverleaf Interchange 2:15 Cloverleaf Interchange with Distributor Roads 5:32 Diverging Diamond Interchange 8:55 Windmill Interchange 10:52 Roundabout 11:20 Hamburger Roundabout/Throughabout/Cut-Through (more of a traffic circle than a roundabout) 12:35 Magic Roundabout 14:50 Turbine Interchange

[@awwomegrasscalledalfalfa6437]

"windmill"

[@Cantfindaname917]

@@awwomegrasscalledalfalfa6437 “Dictator interchange”

[@gkl213]

@@Cantfindaname917 failed artist interchange

[@Cantfindaname917]

@@gkl213 good one

[@Lauramv1]

“turbine”

[@owlhatch3812]

I watch this to improve my roads in cities skylines because you actually make a decent guide on how to make these junctions than other videos I've seen, even more ironic is that it's simpler to understand too because of the game used.

[@Chuckiele]

Problem is that drivers in cities skylines are stupid as fuck.

[@srivatsajoshi4028]

I've been watching some of your videos from yesterday but this made me respect you so much. Subscribed.

[@engineeringismyblood5212]

We need more videos like this one. I love the entertaining and learning factor in this video 🔥👍

[@MaksB.]

10:16 Thank god that's called a windmill, I seriously looks like a swastika.

[@yammoyammamoto8323]

Was gonna say the same thing :D Boing - Swasticka achievement received. :D

[@gamer_eza47]

Ah, yes the typical German Windmühle, mostly seen as an identification sign of the great Windmühlrevolution in the 1930s to mid 1940s, but seemingly very misunderstood by our european neighbors. /s

[@gumpreeengthegumpreeeng]

My German friend is going to kill me

[@Donald_Trump_2024]

@@gamer_eza47 do you really need that /s

[@pilot_bruh576]

10:28 that road looks to familiar to the NoNo Germany flag

[@DepressedSkorpion]

Absolutely love watching you play this

[@Aloeus595]

Fun fact: the actual east-west loop 101 to north-south I-17 interchange (in Phoenix Arizona) is a 4 level stack interchange, which as far as I can tell is similar in principle to the turbine or windmill but instead of winding the roads around they just build higher and higher bridges to connect the ramps.

[@Aloeus595]

There is also a diverging diamond used a few miles north on a crossroads over the I-17.

[@nic12344]

1:52 "You never want a merge before a diverge." Here's how many merge-before-diverge sections each design has : 1. Cloverleaf : 4 2. Distributor roads cloverleaf : 4 3. Diverging diamond : 2 4. Windmill : 0 5. Roundabout : 4 (actually it's more like 12) 6. Grade separated roundabout : 4 double (about the equivalent of 8) 7. Magic roundabout : 8 8. Turbine : 0

[@monad_tcp]

roundabouts are the worst for traffic flow, but they are the best for being cheap.

[@dustinandrews89019]

@@monad_tcp In this game yes. In RL a well sized roundabout for the traffic flow often works better than anything needing traffic lights. Installation costs are about double stoplights, but total cost of ownership is much lower. There is a traffic circle near my home that replaced side-road stop-signs over a rural highway. All but eliminated bottlenecks, but rural highway users don't always give way and some bad t-bones still happen from time to time. Mostly big trucks crushing passenger cars who went "one more" notch around than expected. (Which I have to do to get to my house so I am likely to give way while in the circle, which is terrible for traffic but better than getting squashed.)

[@monad_tcp]

@@dustinandrews89019 roundabouts don't eliminate bottlenecks, they have less throughput, plain and simple. sure, comparing them to T-junctions, they are way better, but comparing to stoplight cross junctions, they are slower, uses more space, but are safer, and do cost less to run overall. the advantage of roundabouts is that your city requires less global traffic control to work, but that's because all of the traffic is smoother and slower. which is good to decrease accidents. but if you want pure speed and throughput, then they are not that great, or if you don't have space anymore.

[@toomanymarys7355]

@@monad_tcp Roundabouts have poorer traffic flow than well timed green wave lights.

[@hackking911]

I think the roundabout ones are arguable

[@mdnpascual]

This could've been an amazing game if they just put QOL features like undo or tools to make better curves/straight lines instead of freehanding the roads

[@cezarcatalin1406]

This is the MS paint of interchange design softwares.

[@slimeyar]

It's called freeways for a reason Hint: free hand

[@DGlaky]

@Polandball That makes absolutely no sense

[@_its_lunar_]

I’ve been waiting for this video ever since the first one! Really hoping for more incredible Freeways videos like this!

[@NickMacKenzie]

They're considering putting one of those diamond interchanges in by where I live and this was the best explanation of what on earth they're cooking up that I've seen even after like three town meetings and a couple of youtube videos. Thanks!

[@OriginalPiMan]

There's one more type of interchange you can do, although I think it fails on this particular location: an intersection. Just draw two vertical lines and two horizontal lines, and trust the cars to turn left or right as needed. I think in this game, it makes it functionally almost identical to a small roundabout, but with sharper turns. It only works rarely, when traffic is low and mostly directly across instead of turning.

[@supC_]

Idk if you can call a four-way intersection an “interchange”

[@ChiakiNanami]

They jam. Everytime.

[@historyman9436]

@@ChiakiNanami 2nd playable level. Thats the actual solution for that one.

[@emsouemsou]

There is one level where the traffic is low and the game "wants" you to build a regular intersection. If you do it shows you a picture of a dirt road in I think Mexico.

[@eco98]

Let me take that a step further.... colour the whole space in and just let the cars drive straight to where they want to go

[@jameszy]

I was wondering when you'd go back to this game Matt! Glad to see that you haven't forgotten about it

[@jacobymryoutube]

Same I’m so happ

[@razedwingedratha9099]

13:00 the legendary rounda-rounda-rounda-rounda-rounda rondabout

[@ladyashley6182]

6:11 I actually have one of these in my town, at first I thought it was super funky but after thinking about how it actually works to makes a lot of sense

[@My1xT]

The windmill doesn't just look like a windmill lol Also roundabout likely has the issue that you can't set traffic rules aka that the outer one have to wait

[@CailVT]

The swastika roundabout, used since 33 ;)

[@therealding221]

@@CailVT I saw it too.

[@My1xT]

@@CailVT could also have been used (although likely mirrored) by Buddhists much earlier

[@casperinus]

He also made it rotate the wrong way in the edit.

[@AdamGaffney96]

I love this game and as a free self-driving AI test it does work really well, it's just a shame it doesn't have proper lanes or an undo button. With lanes I expect much of the concrete scores would go down. Love seeing these realistic interchange experiments though, please more of this!

[@UnitSe7en]

AI test? This isn't any kind of AI test. It's very simple pathing. You don't have a clue...

[@basedeltazero714]

@@UnitSe7en Pathfinding has never really been the problem with self-driving cars anyways. Making a script to get from point A to B is easy. The problem emerges when the AI doesn't get fed the environment parameters.

[@Mogs_HD]

Please continue this, it really satisfies the need in me

[@joebuggley1879]

More of this. I love learning this you make it so entertaining and relaxing

[@julianlora_]

your efficiency is hampered by your drawing skills XD

[@Pedrorcs]

right? xD those "circles" in the multiple roundabouts one was the worst ahah

[@SOMOO7]

At this point you're slowly becoming an architect after every video

[@RealCivilEngineerGaming]

Wash your mouth out young man!

[@Cantfindaname917]

@@RealCivilEngineerGaming Not like you already are! BECAUSE YOU ARE!!!!

[@zaydbhula1161]

I used this for city skylines. All of the videos on this game you have made helped my city skyline

[@hamieobrine1175]

Very glad you brought this back

[@NameWasNot]

I absolutely loved the first video you made on this! Glad to see a part 2

[@sebwryyo2589]

Saame!!

[@SirRheilffordd]

yeah same

[@solidXxXtuna]

Moar Freeeways!

[@loturzelrestaurant]

Anti-Science is a Rising Problem. And so is the non-identical-but-bloodrelated Issue of Fake-Science. So much so that the channel simply named 'Spirit Science' misuses this word, has 1,16 mio subs, and is growing. So much of a social problem that actively damages our Planet and the human-species that i have even tried to report them. But for a simple factor, it didnt work yet: Not enough people do the same i do. Not enough report such a big channel, thinking 'Ah, it wont do anything anyway, so why even try'. Yeah, 'why even try'... thanks for that mindset... ... Aka: Would be cool if you help fight-back Anti-Science at least a bit. Hope you try, as it costs literally nothing but seconds.

[@auntiesandrayt3428]

I watched someone else play this game who wasn’t a motorway engineer and I now appreciate your godlyness 😂

[@fnaptic4614]

i didnt knew that i would need a video like this. BUT I NEEDED IT

[@rafaelrodrigues8743]

I downloaded the game after watching your videos and it's SO MUCH FUN, please keep making these videos hahaha

[@JoJoDo]

10:20 that looks like something else to me. Something with Germany and 1939

[@husarz5907]

Looks more Indian to me

[@Cantfindaname917]

@@husarz5907 Mmm world war 2.

[@MV.WebBasket]

hmm yes... a windmill... 10:20

[@NamesElliot]

I’d love to see you recreate the infamous Spaghetti Junction in this game, so I can finally understand how it works!

[@thomaspeck2272]

Omg, I live in Swindon!! It's great to see the magic roundabout getting the respect it deserves

[@benjaminscheffler2738]

I'm so glad I found this channel and watch you play games like this while you explain things because being in the city this past weekend driving through crazy tunnels, highways, and the likes had given me a new found appreciation as to what went into designing them and making them!

[@cyantasks7129]

16:51 the top bridge was glitching out, as the slope down from the straight through was too close to the other bridge, causing the cars to stop, reducing efficiency, it could have been better.

[@cezarcatalin1406]

One of the biggest problems with this game is a bug where if an entrance to/exit from a bridge is too close to another bridge, the bottom car clips through the bridge above and stops the traffic on that bridge. We need proper distancing between bridges in this game !!! Look at the purple car coming from below, clipping through the bridge and colliding with the blue car around the 16:12 timestamp. Even worse is 16:16-16:17 when the purple car stopped the blue car that stopped the orange car ALL OF THEM BEING ON DIFFERENT BRIDGES !!!

[@Bamboori]

i just got this game after watching your videos. its quite fun to see you doing the actual real life designs, when i mostly do roundabouts plus spaghetti lol

[@Lyrics_Everywhere]

I'm not even an real engineer, I just like this kind of games, and you too

[@adamsakauye1395]

Love this series! I'm super interested in efficient city planning, and your videos are a great mix of faffing about and actually learning stuff. I picked up the game after watching you play it, and I wanna see how I stack up :)

[@cones914]

The windmill one looks much more like a swastika.

[@SuperLol]

the first thing that came to my mind lol

[@Mr_Reaps25]

Swastika beat interchange comrade

[@octaviopartida2001]

love this video! it was great learning about these and we're actually getting a divergent diamond here soon!

[@Leoncroi]

There are a number of insane sections of the map later on and I would thoroughly enjoy seeing how you'd tackle them.

[@weirdbones]

Love to see more! It's fun to hear about real world designs like this, but in a game format. Kinda want to pick the game up for myself (to see how badly I do)

[@dinowhizz4442]

So incredibly glad to see another episode of this. I can't count the number of times I have watched the first video

[@misterai5158]

i play cities skylines and i've been adopting the diverging diamond for all my intersections, but instead of bridging over the other road on the cross over i've had them intersect with traffic lights

[@jacobeden2083]

I think lights are the way to go when you're connecting a freeway to a road, but this seems to be only freeway-freeway connections so no lights allowed.

[@digdawg2833]

No idea why these are being recommended to me now, but these are so friggin cool!!

[@dokvald]

I found this game ages ago and loved it. never finished it though. think i'll have to go back and play more. Please do more episodes on this one.

[@GalaxyExplorer-bv6ze]

I think Matt has forgotten his colours with confusing orange with red and purple with pink. It sounds like something an architect would do. Hmm, sounds pretty suspicious.

[@Xeridanus]

Architects have to know colours for their job. Engineers don't.

[@GalaxyExplorer-bv6ze]

@@Xeridanus Yeah, I suppose you've got a point. This is really going to hit Matt's mother hard

[@wasabilai9405]

This is really fun and educational to watch. Love it

[@Jackamo6200]

I love this game! I’m so glad you made a new video on it :)

[@Amicondrous]

Absolutely love how you use your expertise in these games. Your channel is called "Real Civil Engineer" and I absolutely love how you play games where you use that. That's sort of your niche or at least where I always saw you. You are a funny guy and you can/should definitely take advantage of that but letting your knowledge shine through is not a bad thing to do.

[@ciCCapROSTi]

I drew a double roundabout, with two concentric circles, one pulling up the traffic, pushing it to the other which then distributes it. It worked surprisingly well!

[@lomiification]

That's basically the magic roundabout. Outside circle goes one direction, inside circle goes the other. Switching between the two circles makes the smaller ones

[@stephennelson113]

The moment I noticed the road markers, I instantly thought of the 2 major highways in Arizona, the 101 and the 17

[@kaise5315]

I thought the same thing! Immediately went to maps to check what the actual interchange is like

[@IanStiep]

susbcribed instantly! very pleasing and entertaining to watch! also learned new thing! great work, keep it up!!

[@baystated]

"from now on, more sensible" this can't possible be our Matt. It must be an imposter.

[@durgun8247]

hmm, that is quite suspicious

[@user-ij8bz5sn2b]

@@durgun8247 Yeah, looks like we have an architect among us.

[@historyman9436]

@@user-ij8bz5sn2b we're gonna have to report this to youtube then

[@Maiyukiii]

Oh my god I've been waiting for this so long

[@thedmango235]

Super awesome videos !!! I love these freeway videos!!

[@DeltaWing64]

I have learned more in this video than school could probably teach me in weeks.

[@BladerRavinger92]

You could make your windmill more efficient by having large bridges from North to South and have the east-south + west-north run at grade under the bridge, then raise it to join the overpass

[@loturzelrestaurant]

Anti-Science is a Rising Problem. And so is the non-identical-but-bloodrelated Issue of Fake-Science. So much so that the channel simply named 'Spirit Science' misuses this word, has 1,16 mio subs, and is growing. So much of a social problem that actively damages our Planet and the human-species that i have even tried to report them. But for a simple factor, it didnt work yet: Not enough people do the same i do. Not enough report such a big channel, thinking 'Ah, it wont do anything anyway, so why even try'. Yeah, 'why even try'... thanks for that mindset... ... Sorry for the long comment but it woul be cool if you use the reportsystem of YT as it was once intended: to help 'us'. Aka: Would be cool if you help fight-back Anti-Science at least a bit. Hope you try, as it costs literally nothing but seconds.

[@BladerRavinger92]

@@loturzelrestaurant what tf you even on about?

[@hybridtaylur2394]

I love how he calls me an engineer. Not one but, I love that.

[@VatticTV]

Glad to see you playing this again.

[@kadentrig8178]

10:26 this straight forward, productive design is much superior to the other money controlling, greedy designs

[@pedroocm]

neo-nazi

[@jansieck]

Carry on with this Game is enjoyable to watch!

[@jerrin416]

Aw yeah I missed this game and was hoping you'd play more!

[@diggagibmaname]

10:20 the "windmill" hehe. i liked that u turned the picture in the right way

[@nijuchan1996]

I never thought I'd ever be so invested in highway layouts

[@obiwankenobi3842]

Ngl the windmill interchange looked kinda like a swastika when I first saw it. It could just be that we were talking about it in class the other day.

[@loturzelrestaurant]

Seen my comment? The way-too-big one?

[@LtThisty]

10:31 Was that road designed in Nazi germany?

[@timriley69]

the point where the cars were jammed just made me laugh. Your understated reaction is so funny.

[@quoting_mungo]

I have now updated my absolute disaster areas of no-bridge roads and gone from like 120-ish to over 400 efficiency XD Thank you for showing me the road wizardry of the magic roundabout!

[@maxmajerowicz5830]

The windmill build looking kind of 1936 sus

[@ngorden]

Matt, in the beginning of the video, you mention the most expensive part of an interchange is the bridges and that engineers want to keep them short. In real life, are tunnels a viable alternative? Or would they be just as expensive?

[@dj-tobe]

Aren’t tunnels even more expensive?

[@rodmannamdor]

@@dj-tobe yep, the are

[@OriginalPiMan]

Tunnels are even worse. The only thing more expensive than a tunnel is a tunnel under water. Sometimes it is the right thing to do, but if it is simply a matter of choosing over or under, all else equal, then over is best.

[@danieltaber4924]

Building a bridge is way cheaper than making a tunnel. The bridge only has to support itself, while the tunnel has to be dug out and support whatever overlays it.

[@zippysqrl]

Depends on the type of tunnel, whether they'd need to dig out the land above it first. They need to build the supporting structure of the tunnel walls regardless, and then potentially putting the surrounding land back afterwards. I suspect they'd be just as expensive, if not moreso, and in most cases are basically the same as bridges, just made partially of land and not exclusively concrete.

[@justpeachy6450]

This guy sounds very nice to listen to. I like how he goes "Have you heard of...." as if he's talking to me.... I'm lonely

[@Meow_Zedong]

"We're gonna go with one you *may* have heard of before" Oh yes, I'm very familiar with the old classic Diverging Diamond technique. I'm glad you described it, because I was testing whether or not you knew it.

[@JonatasAdoM]

5:29 *NOOOO* You didn't check the pic!!

[@kj25]

Fun fact : If you go to the folder freeways > Data , you can see all the reference pictures. Also, the pictures unlock if you reach the score in the little green box.

[@oossgl]

So cool! please more of this!

[@SpaceyBrain]

I love watching you play this. I bought it just because of you, lol

[@MortalSlayer24]

My day is always made whenever is see an RCE vid pop up.

[@DON_M4RK]

9:16 In my country, we call this shape "Kunda" or "Brno"

[@tureperman4319]

This was so simple but so good

[@edgemasterrlol]

That is so fun to watch