You forgot the most important tip. Have a crazy good computer.

@cornbreadandcollardgreenz

4 жыл бұрын

Or ps4

@lujerex

4 жыл бұрын

I hope you guys are joking? You can't build anything close to this on PS4.

@user-gc1hg9sp9k

4 жыл бұрын

@Ravensfan4life you cannot do mod in console smh

@botondszeles101

4 жыл бұрын

And a lot of time

@Kehwanna

4 жыл бұрын

My basic HP laptop runs this game pretty well with over 1100 assets, I have really detailed cities too.

"I am not an expert on creating a realistic city" bullshit lol. Thanks, i learned alot

@DaBrown101

6 жыл бұрын

not an expert but an artist, there is a difference so he is correct!

@NPC_-mf4dw

5 жыл бұрын

That's what I thought when he said it, haha.

@coltraindontworryboutit9990

5 жыл бұрын

5tudent_Loans this guy is a fuckin bitch. You didn’t learn shit either. All you learned how to do is copy and paste building onto the terrain. The real challenge is realistically developing a city from ground up. No click and paste bullshit.

@bloodspread

5 жыл бұрын

@@coltraindontworryboutit9990 Im sure you cant build what he builds

@SavonSays

5 жыл бұрын

coltrain Dontworryboutit I’m sure you can’t build a city, either. Hmm... Irony, I smell

The "Don't make it perfect" is something that I was taught in a 3D modeling class. A lot of buildings on the workshop look off for precisely that reason. They are just too perfect.

@user-wq9mw2xz3j

6 жыл бұрын

Jonathan Langlois there are really cool rundown assets in the workshop

@jonathanlanglois2742

6 жыл бұрын

Indeed. I've got enough to keep me busy for a while.

@spamfilter32

5 жыл бұрын

I bet that is related to the Uncanny Valley effect.

@safe-keeper1042

5 жыл бұрын

I have the same problem with fake plants. They always look 100% healthy and green, which just ruins the illusion for me.

I could mistake 10:52 for a shot of an actual city.

@justink8373

4 жыл бұрын

Ikr. My jaw dropped when I saw that and now I can't close it.

@infinitelytired3721

4 жыл бұрын

ur saying that it isn't... an actual city???

@MH-yc5pr

4 жыл бұрын

Looks like Los Santos in GTA 5

@youngvegas8115

3 жыл бұрын

It really looks like some big city, kinda like LA

@CoinEaterBTBM

3 жыл бұрын

imagine it actually is an actual city

“How to build a realistic city” Step 1: Spend 10 hours on a square mile

@shenanigansprings4327

3 жыл бұрын

That’s literally me

@SpahGaming

3 жыл бұрын

@@shenanigansprings4327 i am building the city of london 1:1 and it is nearly exactly 1 square mile. i have spent at least 8 hours and i have barely done 2 junctions...

@dylanwagemans7718

3 жыл бұрын

@@SpahGaming Hey that’s nice! I’m recreating Dallas 1:1!

@SpahGaming

3 жыл бұрын

@@dylanwagemans7718 That was 3 weeks ago, i have sunk at least 80 hours in by now and have just completed another "block"

@dylanwagemans7718

3 жыл бұрын

@@SpahGaming Aww man, that’s the hard part of recreating a city isn’t it? I try to variate a little bit, I usually first place down the buildings and after that, when I’m feeling dor it, I will detail those blocks. That’s how I build faster.

I love it when you zoom in Tokyo. I think everyone knows that its insanely huge by now. Its famous for that - however, you never really *feel* its size for yourself unless you're at the top of Tokyo Skytree, sitting at the bar they have up there, and just looking at nothing but city in every direction...or looking at it on google maps, and just seeing how much land it stretches across.

@hazri8758

Жыл бұрын

Does it really stretch beyond the horizon?

I went a bit overboard with the mic effects on this one - It'll be super pretty in the next vid I promise

@renzo00

6 жыл бұрын

mkay

@TiramisuCorleone

6 жыл бұрын

How about a tutorial for using mods next time?!!

@twodollarstwenty

6 жыл бұрын

+Tiramisu Corleone noted! I'll be making some more of these

@TiramisuCorleone

6 жыл бұрын

You got yourself a new subscriber!

@yourpersonalspammer

6 жыл бұрын

no you went overboard in explaining the word "planning" in as many ways and as long as you could. this vid should've been 3 minutes long tops.

I had always thought that if I looked at Google Earth or maps that I would spend to much time trying to make a city look like the real thing instead of my own. After hearing what you said though, that will make a huge difference in my builds.

' I'm not an expert' - expert

@BeholdTheLight23

3 жыл бұрын

What a good comment bruh

As someone from the detroit area, I like how in the "roads go somewhere" bit you showed a google earth shot of detroit as an example. Not many know, but the main roads of detroit are called spokes on a wheel here because all the main roads out of detroit head directly to other large cities across the state. Grand river goes from detroit to lansing and then grand rapids for instance, and this came about long before highways, or even cars, came to be.

@smartfella13

Жыл бұрын

Don’t even have small roads. Can’t have shit in Detroit

@MCWaffles2003-1

Жыл бұрын

@@smartfella13 what?

Holy sh*t, that looks *so good!!!* :O

@lifelesshawk5725

6 жыл бұрын

GLOBΛL If only you realized that he make all the cars in the parking lot straight, because we all know that at least one person parks crookedly and everyone has to adjust so that they don't damage their car.

@fluffymcmuffin1337

6 жыл бұрын

Du bist aber auch echt überall :D

@ListenToGlobal

6 жыл бұрын

Fluffy MCMuffin Tja, dann ist mein Name ja gar nicht so unpassend :P

@ListenToGlobal

6 жыл бұрын

Toby Mouz Yes, I did

@bellogoat

6 жыл бұрын

IKR

Well, this is what I'm going to do to make my city better- Step 1: Buy a Computer that is not a potato Step 2: Make a Steam account Step 3: Actually buy the game Step 4: Actually do shit in game.

@user-cu5ff6gk2b

6 жыл бұрын

Jason Grace yeah hacked version is kinda boring without the mods and assets

@Josh.015

6 жыл бұрын

You forgot step 5: get a bunch of mods to complete it.

@damnson6730

6 жыл бұрын

there is a place called skymods :)

@Alex-vc1kk

5 жыл бұрын

Jason Grace I bought the game but my computer is not too potent so the game it’s a little lagged

@Nugcon

5 жыл бұрын

M O D S

I found this really helpful, and the C:S community needs more people like you, willing to give tips that are actually helpful.

My game: Stop placing so many props Me: No. My game: Fine. I’ll lag then

0:50 It’s Cape Town. Now it gets some recognition for having a good layout

I really want an action video game based in this city. It's so beautiful and full of character. Just wish it was right hand drive. 👌

@twodollarstwenty

6 жыл бұрын

+Renato Lopez if only!

@tristancauser390

6 жыл бұрын

In America, we drive on the left.

@JorgeOrtiz-fu5lt

6 жыл бұрын

GTA V

@RZF74

6 жыл бұрын

Tristan Causer Nah. Seat driver on the left while driving on the right lane.

@ravioliva

6 жыл бұрын

Renato Lopez I've dreamed this., Maybe a system that "reads" the C:S city and rebuild on GTA V.

You know, the skyscraper originated in Chicago, so you might wanna try replicating that city!! That's closer to a city made from part NY & part LA, because it does have the huge buildings like NY, but it also has sprawling suburbs like LA.

Love that two Texas icons have made it into your city, Reunion Tower and of course, HEB :)

Haha funny thing, I play on a so low-end laptop, that I can't build using lots of mods and assets, so I use the default things the game offers, of course I use some mods(18) and assets(~25). Surprisingly it turns out quite realistic, mainly probably because I make small towns and even tho I play at 10fps with >55k population, I still love the way the town turns out to be.

Holy crap! those cities are soooooo good... well made... soooo realistic...

9:55. What's the Two Whales Diner from Life is Strange doing in the city? hahaha

Perfectly done!

@antoniomartins7008

6 жыл бұрын

*I love your channel*

@Skibitth

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks! :D

@lifelesshawk5725

6 жыл бұрын

Skibitth It's far from it, because he put all the cars in the parking lot straight in. No place in the world has such perfection. 2/10 Needs more flaws and errors, because that's what the real world is like.

@delta12H21

6 жыл бұрын

Skibitth motlsqwiei

@fuadabdishakurjama6641

6 жыл бұрын

Skibitth how do i get this software & is it like computer aided design??

I so agree about the last point - imperfection! Sometimes I like to break up careful patterns with a 'mistake' or a natural barrier that prevents a human scheme. Makes it feel more real and how cities (used to) be very limited by nature. Also one way I build more European (non American) cities is I like to start with the 'downtown' or where the old city would have been. Like with Paris, you have the Île de la Cité where the first settlement was created and it expanded outward. I like to figure out how an old settlement expanded outward so the most inner part is usually the most prestigious and old. American cities (esp on the West Coast) don't follow that rule as much with the rapid proliferation of surburbs when some cities were just beginning to expand

@twodollarstwenty

6 жыл бұрын

+the11thdoktor I love your comment about breaking up a pattern with a mistake. I'm curious to see what you do!

@derrickwinslow3901

6 жыл бұрын

the11thdoktor n

@neamhdhlisteanach6720

4 жыл бұрын

Pepe Cool that’s because European cities are all very old whilst most American cities were started from the Europeans who had modernity in mind as the US was seen as the new world

Good advice. I think you get a more natural looking city when roads follow the land contours, and not everything is at right angles. Planning ahead helps. When you show the clips of your builds where you can see you have done a lot of road work, but, not built on it yet, is the best way to go. Expanding out with large sections, before filling them in, allows you to kind of see where things are going, and you can make alterations before you have buildings there. Bendy roads for the bendy people :p

@twodollarstwenty

6 жыл бұрын

+FilterHQ you've got some really good points that I didn't mention and I'll definitely take them on board :)

4:29 The ambulance in the background, the one behind the parking, where the hell is it going?

@ronylouis0

3 жыл бұрын

It's saving someone in the hotel hall

5:50 view gives off the New York vibe.

Another amazing way to improve at building cities is just to look at your videos and see what you do to make it look so good.

This looks SO good. I like to listen to City Skylines videos while I work just to zone out. I've begun noticing some huge channels making the most convoluted interchanges and highway networks that aren't at all realistic and then wonder why they have traffic problems. (Ex: a right-hand turn on a freeway to access a side road does not exist in real life.) It's now annoying to listen to their channels because of this. I am impressed with the forethought and reason you put into planning your cities!

In a shortcut, if you don't have mods there is no way to build a realistic city

@filiboy5932

6 жыл бұрын

You probably live in a shit city if everyone uses one lane and don’t know what yield is

@anonymoushuman8443

5 жыл бұрын

Pepe Cool Wrong. You need mods to add detail and make it look like a real City.

@RESNone208

5 жыл бұрын

Ian Miles Chungus “OP is wrong *proceeds to agree with OP*”

@jarskil8862

5 жыл бұрын

@Pepe Cool Easier said than done when you are Finnish . We have small towns 200km apart from eachother. My 20k people town is literally houses next to a highway. All traffic connected straight to highway with simple trafficlight intersections 😂 www.elisanet.fi/miksuespoo/KaukaantieKartta1.jpg

@safe-keeper1042

5 жыл бұрын

True. Just getting people to properly use roundabouts takes mods.

Ohhh nooo, I wish you put some annotations of the locations on the google Images. Some cities look soo interesting, patters that i have never seen before, but i dont know where to find them in order to see more :(

@twodollarstwenty

6 жыл бұрын

+Seff2 here's a list in a rough order - Cape Town, Berlin, Paris, New York, London, la, Brooklyn, Tokyo, Hollywood, downtown la, Dubai, shanghai, Perth, port Los Angeles - hope that helps

@peteraugustin2612

6 жыл бұрын

Holy sht, I recognized every one right :D I defintely play too much Cities. Need a new Station or Plaza Layout? Google Earth... ;) It helps a lot

Incredible cities. I'm just starting out in Skylines so your advice is so important at the moment. Really look forward to seeing more of your content. Keep it up!

I already liked your video and wrote this comment after 2 minutes, because you started your video greatly lovely! Always loved SimCIty 4 and love Cities: Skylines and i'm happy that we have the mods from the community to build realistic and beautiful dream cities in these games.

Wow your mic is amazing. It sounds like radio quality, and I watch a TON of YT. Reminds me of Armin Van Buuren's - A State of Trance show lol.

“I am not an expert on building realistic cities” *proceeds to build very detailed and intricate cityscape with ease*

Watched a recent Two Dollars Twenty video in whick he mentions creating the illusion of size and scale in his cities. Would love if he made a video dedicated to explaining this. Its something lots of people struggle with. Keep up the good work.

Since I am building an realistic city too here on YT , this was quite helpful - thanks

I wouldn't say that the decision to change Springwood's theme from NY to LA is a bad one. After all, this is exactly what gives the city a UNIQUE feel, not just another copy/paste style!

@twodollarstwenty

6 жыл бұрын

+Michael Goncharov cheers!

Although I don’t build cities with mods, but this video still helps me

@twodollarstwenty

6 жыл бұрын

+Oaadles 70 thanks Tone!

@juliuserikbunda3946

6 жыл бұрын

Oaadles 70 how can you play it without mods😂

@oddles8157

6 жыл бұрын

Um when you have a shitty computer

@swahi2702

6 жыл бұрын

Oaadles 70 you are missing out on alot.

@slavvy.mp4884

4 жыл бұрын

@@juliuserikbunda3946 or when you play on console

I’ve never played this game, but this video makes me excited about building cities! I really want to play this game. It’s incredible how much detail you can put into the builds. It kind of makes me sad, in a way, because it’s like art that basically only the creator will get to enjoy.

Loved the drone style footage! Really helpful information too

Has American Roads *Drives on left side* _Okay_

@robkerle2305

4 жыл бұрын

Yep, that's how he improved it

1:22 you just made a Chicago style city

Nicely done video! I am thinking about getting into this myself, this was a great place to start!

Those Are awesome cities. I’m still struggling to keep the city happy with power and water lol. And your building all these realistic cities. Very impressive.

What mods do you recommend for a newbie builder? I want to build a hilly, lake town in European style, but in vanilla it's no bueno :(

@suddenshotty

6 жыл бұрын

You don't need mods, you need custom assets. There are thousands on the workplace.. Just search for one thing and soon enough, you will accidentally download half the library ;P

@user-wq9mw2xz3j

6 жыл бұрын

You dont "need" mods, but if depending on how detailed you want it to be the mods depend. If you want a big city, download "81 tiles." "Move It" mod is good for copying. "Realistic Population" & "realsitic consumption" for realism. I recommend "Fine Road tool" and "Fine road anarchy" for better roads. And also Traffic Manager Presidents edition. If you like detailing(as 2dollars20 or other ytbers, I can recommend about 10 mods. If you want a better looking city, download LUT, map theme, "Classic Daylight" mods. More trees?" Unlimited trees mod" And also, you should download many assets. And also, "Network Extentions 2" for more roads, its better than the custom roads

@user-wq9mw2xz3j

6 жыл бұрын

영준김 also, I recommend "More terraforming tools" and "surface painter" for terraforming. And also, metro overhaul if you will use Metro/trains

@100Creed

6 жыл бұрын

This is my mod list atm, take a look: steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1154119187

@100Creed

6 жыл бұрын

But it is focused on US-citys.

Can you please do a European Version?

The part about making neighbourhoods unique is just so true! Lots of cities in reality fail to accomplish that.

This definitely helps me with my Project: Fabenport creation.

Thank you I know how to build a realistic city.

"some cities don't have train lines" Never seen a city without train line O.O

Its always the little bits of detail which make your cities some of the best out there! Who knew a few cracks in the road would bring so much more atmosphere and feelings to a city.. :P

I just "played" cities skylines for the first time. Well... I used it as a tool to better visualize the scope of a project we're doing in my city now. It was pretty easy to import real elevation data into the game, then overlay satellite imagery and with the blueprints for the project (a pretty large neighborhood we're gonna build over the next 20 years, with housing space for 50~100 thousand people), and then finally lay down in-game roads, buildings, vegetation and zoning on top of that. I have no complaints, this game was PERFECT for that purpose. if i did it with professional 3D modelling software it would take me at least a month of hard work to achieve what took me a day (including the learning curve for everything) with this. It's incredible, anything i want from the game, it's just a matter of googling it and download a mod someone has already made. Plus this has the huge benefit of running in real time, even though it looks a bit crude from up close. But that's not an issue in this case, i just wanted to get a better idea of the sizes and visualize what it might eventually be like. Kinda hard to do that by looking at a flat map with some vector doodling on top.

I’m really stuck whether I should do a Los Angeles or Chicago themed city. I’d be happy with either, so what do you guys think I should do?

@MrMniksRB

6 жыл бұрын

Chicago, dude. easy to expand, easy public transport layout. simply beautiful.

@marybennett8790

6 жыл бұрын

LOSERDUDE on the workshop there is a super realistic map based on LA called owls Los Angeles and also there is probably way more California style buildings on the workshop :)

@eastcoastdriving5598

6 жыл бұрын

Chicago 100%

@mattguz55

6 жыл бұрын

Los angeles is more beachy with an insane amount of stretching residential areas, often connecting multiple cities, So you'll find many different highrise areas. I think of Chicago as having more train systems, a massive downtown with high rises and next to a lake, so more boreal or so.

@AESTEROlD

6 жыл бұрын

I have chosen to do a mix of both by making the harbor like LA and it’s a tropical city, but next to water like Chicago and the city is the size is like Chicago. Thanks for the tips guys!

imo realism achieved by micromanagement doesn't count. it's like hardcoding output to be correct

@sloppyy

6 жыл бұрын

this isn't directly about the video just that it isn't terribly impressive to manually place lots of single objects

@DarthKenobius

6 жыл бұрын

I know what you mean, I want realistic thru normal game play, not painting pot holes, bushes, and buildings manually

Really helpful vid with some real advice. I would love to see more vids like this 220

man alive! the work that went into it... and the particular differences througout the continents. I am absolutely in awe. Is there any chance we can download some of your cities just to get inspired and study them?

@twodollarstwenty

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Unfortunately not. My cities rely on lots of mods and assets that have really particular settings. You’ll just have to enjoy them on KZread :)

Do not forget you are limited by the game itselfe and the computer you use to play the game ;)

Lol i saw that two whales diner

@JAMESNOTWELL

5 жыл бұрын

Nex Taw From life is strange?

Thank you for giving me so many more ideas for my city’s just by this video

Hi there 2.20. I'm new to this game and i'm absolutely amazed with some of the creations i've seen. This inspirational video is truly helpfull and sets a mindset on game approach. I have more of a technical question: How do you manage so that buildings are not replaced by ingame growable system? Cities like these must remain for posterity! A video explaining those gameplay options/mods,, choosing assets, managing collections or themes, etc, would be very usefull for the noobies out here. Kind of a workflow tutorial/tips. And congrats, man. Fantastic series!

9:56 -Two Whales Diner. LIS?

How to build a realistic city? Copy you

Thanks for the tip. I live in Adelaide, Australia and it was the only city in Australia that was planed before it was built

i usually just make up a city cause i dont wanna copy anything but u gave me a good idea for finding out road layouts cause when i do them on my own they suck

Planning it- American cities Winging it-European cities

@SarahAndreaRoycesChannel

6 жыл бұрын

European cities often have a much longer history with different priorities over their lifespan where US cities are all planned around the idea of being car centric. IMHO strongly planned US cities are quite soulless.

In many ways we may work very differently, but in more ways, our approach is exactly the same! Love this video....

How are you custom making everything? All I can do is landscape and build premade buildings and I only have like 3-5 per category

i always have problems with the power grids it never connects and creates power so i end up restarting every time, amy tips?

I thought I was looking at 3D mode in google earth! This is beautiful!

Holy shit man, your cities are so beautiful... I wish I could thing out the city in cities skylines in the way you do. Mad skills, bro.

Sweet video! I'm going to take inspiration from alot of these ideas hopefully!

JESUS STEPPDANCING CHRIST u are seriously inspiring o.o my cities never looked this real

Finally a perfectionist brotha, I'm not alone in this world :,^

You are an expert, This is AMAZING!

Marble Mountain 100% the best build/series on KZread hopefully you keep Going lots you can build round the back of the mountain. small towns/airport Ect

OMG those cities in this vid look so amazing, it will take eons to me to make cities with that level of realism :( BTW, very good job

Ah I miss playing city skylines.. My city is a mix between multiple places found on Google earth, and I actually made them fit nicely together! - Barcelona coast line (+the industrial harbor), merged together with Park Eduardo from Lisbon, and even a part from just outside New York! Looks so neat, even though im not conpletely done building the road network yet, but it still works nicely!!

absolutely a great tutorial to buildcity!! Thanks for share :D

always wanted a vid like this! Subscribing.

Thanks to this video, I went from it taking me 30 minutes to built an entire city to it taking me 8 hours to built a mile of a state road and a small chunk of highway, but it looks extremely realistic and really good.

that looks so cool!

at 6:20 what map is that? and the mods that come with it.

Stumbled upon this by accident. I'm excited to start watching your gameplay. Subscribed! 😄

@twodollarstwenty

6 жыл бұрын

+wawa welcome aboard!

Thank you. Just bought this game and this was helpful.

Wow. I saw your first video with Springwood today and thought the same thing. Surely it's hard to unite NY and LA in one city. I look forward to seeing how you deal with the challenge.

Hey! Thumbs up from Cape Town! Recognized it immediately in the vid.

For building cities set in the past, looking at old plat maps and road layouts of cities really helps. Go have a look through some web archives!

This is awesome! Thank you!

What is the texture pack you used in Springwood? Also when I download the surface psinter and its need, i get errors as soon as I press play.

Oh my gosh, beautiful builds

Very high quality!! amazing channel, definitely subscribing

@twodollarstwenty

6 жыл бұрын

+Samuel Carter thank you!

Thanks this really help me out

This video is amazing. Thank you

I have a good tip, mix everything together. Don’t just create separate districts for separate classes (Residential, etc.)

Omg. You are so good at building.

Before i make a city i start with the main "several" entrances to reduce pressure on 1 entrance, and i make sure for traffic stuff, and do plans in my mind to keep the connection with ports and train stations, with the industrial and commercial area, then i build up the residental area which must be beside the commercial area so ppl buy stuff from their, after finishing roads i start placing service stuff according to needed, and i make an island far from ppl but connected to them which is where i put all the trash

*Had to pause it at **0:22** for a good minute to admire how Natural everything looks, I feel like Rockstar is creating Los Santos in 2020 here. Look at those dark green trees & cypress/candlestick trees look. omg.* Especially like the detail put into those backyards in the next frame.

10:45 seeing that super familiar central/eastern-european train next to those palm trees cracked me up

Personally I like to let my cities grow naturally. I build a few cities and then I go in and edit different things about each city on my map and eventually they will develop their own little skylines and then from there they will blend into one another and they will develop a major city. I find that the best way to develop my cities and it gives them stories over time.

nice refreshing and inspiring ideas, well done vid also;)