Publisher Paradox Interactive and developer Colossal Order today shared the first feature highlight video for Cities: Skylines 2, delving deeper into the upcoming city builder’s road tools and how they’ve been improved.
Cities: Skylines 2’s road tools have seen a level of streamlining but also received a handful of new features that should make laying your city’s foundations more intuitive. For starters, all roads, with the exception of highways, automatically carry water, electricity, and sewage lines.
Cities: Skyline 2 Road Tools
You can lay down straight roads, opt for curves of varying complexity, or build entire blocks with three clicks thanks to the new Grid Tool Mode.
Cities: Skylines 2’s road tools overhaul intersections, making their placement less restrictive. Premade intersections can also be used on both new and existing roads.
The sequel also launches with roundabouts, which come both in single-lane and multi-lane versions. Roads are also configured automatically, allowing vehicles to safely navigate these circular sections.
Traffic lights, crosswalks, directional No Turn signs, as well as Stop signs still allow you to decide the direction of traffic in your city while influencing its flow.
Cities: Skylines 2’s road tools also allow you to place sound barriers and construct parking lots. In addition to making your city prettier, trees placed along roads help reduce noise pollution.
The sequel very much encourages experimenting with layouts. You’ll be able to change existing roads using the Replace tool, which is an upgraded, more flexible version of the first game’s Upgrade tool.
If you’re unhappy about any of your roads, you can use the Bulldoze tool to easily delete them. One of the sequel’s goals is to make road building “more intuitive and nuanced,” according to the publisher.
You can watch the full feature highlight video below, to see Cities: Skylines 2’s road tools in action. The sequel is slated to launch on October 24, 2023, heading to PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X.
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