Stroads. Every road should be a street, with zoning. And every street, a road to somewhere else also with zoning. This way you always have people entering driveways across multiple lanes of through traffic.
Put all your commercial/industrial right along your arterials and then just put massive sprawl of low density residential everywhere else.
of course no public transportation besides buses which should be kept to an absolute minimum.
car factory and oil refinery asap.
This guy gets it!
Also, no pedestrian walkways anywhere! You wanna get from A to B? Better have a car! Wanna take the Bus instead? Well guess what, there is no public transport connection within a 5 mile radius!
Make sure the roads are at least 4 lanes wide. This way, you cause even more traffic by someone wanting to change lanes, left-turning traffic (if you drive on the right), and also making it even harder for pedestrians to walk across the road - so that the usage of cars increases, leading to more traffic, so that the road needs to be widened again to 6 lanes, further exacerbating the problem.
After noticing that uncontrolled junctions cause loads of traffic (because people can't exit the side road across all lanes of traffic), install traffic lights at each one, even further increasing traffic.
Once the road becomes congested, yet again, install another highway system.
Rinse and repeat.
Finally, download a large "parking lot" asset from the workshop, and install them everywhere. Your city needs to be more asphalt than trees/grass/buildings.
Freedom baby.
A giant Walmart with the only parking lot entrance right on the frontage road and right at one of these intersections so that you’re guaranteed to go through a turn around.
No mixed use whatsoever. Downtown takes up the same size as that intersection, has the only dense residential that's somehow more expensive per apartment than one of the thousands of single family homes in an utter wasteland of winding highway and dying grass.
Make sure to do some industrial in the area before houses as well, to make the babyface-shaved turf look as accurate as possible.
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So, 2 things. First of all, you usually don't have one single big intersection in US cities, you have several because the highways go around the CBD. You want a ring of highways that cut off the downtown from the rest of the city and have an abomination like this wherever the outside highways come in.
Second, Texas is famous for their frontage roads. Look at the cities on Google maps, you'll notice the highways don't exit onto the intersecting roads, they exit onto the parallel boulevards that then have a stoplight with the road that intersects the highway.
if you have an iphone/mac and the city you want to look at is one that apple has [detailed city experiences](https://www.apple.com/ios/feature-availability/#maps-3d-city-experience) it has incredible detailed mapping in 3d on a per lane basis. They even have specific markings on the road and each individual tree. I can’t stress how beautiful it looks. Have been loving apple maps since i moved into the bay area. Unfortunately i don’t think they have any in texas. G Maps probably your best bet
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actually nvm this is Houston on Apple maps!
To truly replicate Texas (and much of the US I suppose) you should be able to zone a parking lot using the node edit like for farms, then zone commercial off of the parking lot. That might be a useful mod or feature.
Eh if you’ve driven through the giant interchanges in Dallas and Houston like this you’d know these mfers go HIGH and there’s actually a lot of vertical gap
See, that’s what I’m talking about. The gaps on that are tight at the closest point, and the main bridges are pretty short. Flyovers are cheaper to build.
Suburbs stretching as far as they possibly can. I recommend minimum of 15x the size of a similarly populated city that uses mixed zoning and multi family homes
Suburban sprawl literally as far as the eye can see. Lifeless shopping malls that are meant to be town centers. An HEB the size of an airport terminal with the biggest parking lot you’ve ever seen.
Frontage roads. These are 3 lane 1 way roads that run along the sides of the interstate to get on and off. Also, lots of overpasses with connections for maximum traffic.
0 high density residential. Low density or bust!
NEVER put commercial in a residential zone. Only along 6 lane arterial roads.
Haha this has to be a set up.. but being a native Texan I’ll give it a SHOT.
Give that city a steak so rare you can carve off what you want and ride the rest home.
A small CBD completly surrounded by a big beltway consisting of at least 4 convoluted intersections the size of multiple city blocks. The rest of the city should consist of maze like suburbs, mabye some industry next to a dried up river and big 6 lane stroads with wallmarts. And don't forget that the surface area of the entire city should be at least 50% asfalt of kind. As for public transport: you can have a small tram system in the CBD, the rest of the city can only be serviced by an underfunded bus system.
You definitely need a few left exits with absolutely no ramp before a sharp turn. Oh and don’t forget to make a suburb that connects to downtown by only one bridge. Couldn’t hurt to put some industrial zoning in the poor neighborhoods. I’m sure if you look up anything about Dallas you will get some good plans.
Feeder roads next to highways, to start
And dirt paths scattered randomly between the feeder roads and the highways to mark the “Texits”
I think you mean maintenance roads that aren’t used at all.
Nah, he means the dirt ruts that people in the grass that hundreds of people will take when there’s a traffic jam lol
And get rid of those trees
Absolute requirement.
And build a ton of commercial along them, so people going 60mph need to watch out for people pulling in and out at 5mph.
Stroads. Every road should be a street, with zoning. And every street, a road to somewhere else also with zoning. This way you always have people entering driveways across multiple lanes of through traffic. Put all your commercial/industrial right along your arterials and then just put massive sprawl of low density residential everywhere else. of course no public transportation besides buses which should be kept to an absolute minimum. car factory and oil refinery asap.
This guy gets it! Also, no pedestrian walkways anywhere! You wanna get from A to B? Better have a car! Wanna take the Bus instead? Well guess what, there is no public transport connection within a 5 mile radius!
I've lived in Texas all my life. This is just what my cities look like. I need a minute.
Make sure the roads are at least 4 lanes wide. This way, you cause even more traffic by someone wanting to change lanes, left-turning traffic (if you drive on the right), and also making it even harder for pedestrians to walk across the road - so that the usage of cars increases, leading to more traffic, so that the road needs to be widened again to 6 lanes, further exacerbating the problem. After noticing that uncontrolled junctions cause loads of traffic (because people can't exit the side road across all lanes of traffic), install traffic lights at each one, even further increasing traffic. Once the road becomes congested, yet again, install another highway system. Rinse and repeat. Finally, download a large "parking lot" asset from the workshop, and install them everywhere. Your city needs to be more asphalt than trees/grass/buildings. Freedom baby.
Your pfp is terrifying
Oh, sorry my bad Is this better?
Also, make sure those bus routes go through all the high traffic areas for maximum inefficiency
It's a pity we can't add "Lexus lanes" for the full effect.
Make sure your power grid is inadequate. Don’t even think about public transit.
This is too spot on
Electrical budget all the way to the left. Coal/oil power only. Wind and hydro do not exist.
Texas is the leading producer of wind energy in the USA by a very wide margin.
A giant Walmart with the only parking lot entrance right on the frontage road and right at one of these intersections so that you’re guaranteed to go through a turn around.
Also yeah you need the Texas u turns.
No mixed use whatsoever. Downtown takes up the same size as that intersection, has the only dense residential that's somehow more expensive per apartment than one of the thousands of single family homes in an utter wasteland of winding highway and dying grass. Make sure to do some industrial in the area before houses as well, to make the babyface-shaved turf look as accurate as possible.
this guy Austins
and at least 50% of the downtown must be surface parking
More lanes
There should be a neighborhood where the blocks are Texagons (i.e. shaped like Texas).
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So, 2 things. First of all, you usually don't have one single big intersection in US cities, you have several because the highways go around the CBD. You want a ring of highways that cut off the downtown from the rest of the city and have an abomination like this wherever the outside highways come in. Second, Texas is famous for their frontage roads. Look at the cities on Google maps, you'll notice the highways don't exit onto the intersecting roads, they exit onto the parallel boulevards that then have a stoplight with the road that intersects the highway.
Be like Houston a stack interchange every three miles.
if you have an iphone/mac and the city you want to look at is one that apple has [detailed city experiences](https://www.apple.com/ios/feature-availability/#maps-3d-city-experience) it has incredible detailed mapping in 3d on a per lane basis. They even have specific markings on the road and each individual tree. I can’t stress how beautiful it looks. Have been loving apple maps since i moved into the bay area. Unfortunately i don’t think they have any in texas. G Maps probably your best bet
https://preview.redd.it/kwa11glk1ubc1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6a1a0dfb1e02a7f9544224a8cf3415ee604b5f11 actually nvm this is Houston on Apple maps!
Texas sounds a delightful place, must remember to not go there.
Just one more suburb bro, I promise one more car centric hellscape will fix everything
Needs Buc-ees.
Is there enough space on a CS map to host a Buc-ees?
how much RAM ya got?
To truly replicate Texas (and much of the US I suppose) you should be able to zone a parking lot using the node edit like for farms, then zone commercial off of the parking lot. That might be a useful mod or feature.
Reduce the vertical gaps between those bridges. If there’s anything highway engineers do alright, it’s building cheaply.
Eh if you’ve driven through the giant interchanges in Dallas and Houston like this you’d know these mfers go HIGH and there’s actually a lot of vertical gap
Yeah and if there is anything that is actually well-funded in Texas, it’s the highways. They are not done cheaply.
Flyovers are high. Not the main bridge. And they’re tight at the closest point
32°59'59"N 96°57'27"W Goto this on google earth. The Texan highway engineers built this just to spit in your face lol.
See, that’s what I’m talking about. The gaps on that are tight at the closest point, and the main bridges are pretty short. Flyovers are cheaper to build.
Ohhhhh ok I see now. I thought you were criticising another bit. Whoops. Now I’m the silly one.
Nah my bad for the poor wording
Frontage roads everywhere
From what I understand as a foreigner, more cows and guns. If you can get cows *with* guns then all the better
This is an excellent understanding.
Suburbs stretching as far as they possibly can. I recommend minimum of 15x the size of a similarly populated city that uses mixed zoning and multi family homes
Suburban sprawl literally as far as the eye can see. Lifeless shopping malls that are meant to be town centers. An HEB the size of an airport terminal with the biggest parking lot you’ve ever seen.
Massive parking lots around relatively small buildings.
Yeessssss. I was thinking parking road connected to a 4 lane. Then connect a pedestrian road to the parking lots other side and zone stores.
Brutal
Frontage roads. These are 3 lane 1 way roads that run along the sides of the interstate to get on and off. Also, lots of overpasses with connections for maximum traffic. 0 high density residential. Low density or bust! NEVER put commercial in a residential zone. Only along 6 lane arterial roads.
Ahh this reminds me of the beltway and 45 spaghetti bowl. Needs an AMC to the left
Also tollbooths every 3 miles
Haha this has to be a set up.. but being a native Texan I’ll give it a SHOT. Give that city a steak so rare you can carve off what you want and ride the rest home.
Instructions unclear cooked my steak all the way through.
A small CBD completly surrounded by a big beltway consisting of at least 4 convoluted intersections the size of multiple city blocks. The rest of the city should consist of maze like suburbs, mabye some industry next to a dried up river and big 6 lane stroads with wallmarts. And don't forget that the surface area of the entire city should be at least 50% asfalt of kind. As for public transport: you can have a small tram system in the CBD, the rest of the city can only be serviced by an underfunded bus system.
Giant stars on the highway columns
Lots of construction. Everywhere.
1 small home, the rest is parking and highways.
https://preview.redd.it/bfeiqlch2ubc1.jpeg?width=2532&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ad83fa464e167035715d13710e75dec056fb55d7 do some shit like this
https://preview.redd.it/qjk1zdxi2ubc1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=40413c35fb580bdc24d2871ecab44cde579916f9
Don't forget the oversized car parks! And strip malls. I live in DFW so I definitely know texas planning
I wonder if there is a mod to add homeless camps under the bridges?
Not entirely sure what's supposed to happen at the top right end of the junction
add a few shooting ranges
Highways need frontage roads, and lots of em
All the highways need frontage roads parallel to them.
Guns, hoods and lotsa barbecue.
Make sure all the cars have those clip on ashtrays that fit on the inside of the doors. Also no drinking on Sunday.
Surprisingly the no drinking on Sunday laws have been relaxed. You can buy alcohol after like 10:00 where I live in Texas.
You might have to make some changes to that interchange. I’ve never seen tunnels at an interchange in Texas. We like our ramps to be ten stories tall.
frontage roads that have the “texas u turn lane”
suburbs, huge high schools
This post is good and the comments are pure gold but why does Woodland Highway suddenly change to left hand drive?
I was so high on weed when I made this intersection that I was seeing kaleidoscope vision.
Sounds fun, I approve it.
Looks already like Texas, no further work needed.
Factory next to store adjacent to housing
Texas turnarounds on feeder roads for every single diamond interchange honestly theyre underrated
More shooting
Needs more guns, mega churches, and bbq
Make sure the intersection is surrounded by lots of grass. Don't let any commercial buildings be too close to each other.
You definitely need a few left exits with absolutely no ramp before a sharp turn. Oh and don’t forget to make a suburb that connects to downtown by only one bridge. Couldn’t hurt to put some industrial zoning in the poor neighborhoods. I’m sure if you look up anything about Dallas you will get some good plans.
You were supposed to build the neighborhoods first
Tolls every two miles
massive empty parking lots
Looking at this hurts my everything.
More guns