Hong Kong map + buses?

[DTMUniversal]

Hello. I am considering getting this game. I am wondering are there maps / buses available for Hong Kong SAR? Would like to manage buses there. I know the trailer mentioned Japan and other countries. Just hoping I can play via Hong Kong map. Thanks for the help.

[Zalics]

Same here, would like to know about if a Hong Kong map is available.

Bus-wise, I saw that a lot of Hong Kong buses has already been made in the workshop:
https://steamcommunity.com/workshop/browse/?appid=1364210&searchtext=Hong+Kong&childpublishedfileid=0&browsesort=textsearch&section=

[禾果子 Kakashi]

Originally posted by DTMUniversal:

Hello. I am considering getting this game. I am wondering are there maps / buses available for Hong Kong SAR? Would like to manage buses there. I know the trailer mentioned Japan and other countries. Just hoping I can play via Hong Kong map. Thanks for the help.

It's playable just beware of the high density peep could really give you a bad time, if you're greedy enough you can also try expand west to Macau, not as intense but quite a "Greyhound Experience" if you like that.

And with most 7OM's mod you can create a kinda authentic late 80s to early 2000s experience, I just feel a bit boring after 180 game days with those buses then getting some B8Ls for modern vibes.

[Oh no look who]

the game uses Open Street Maps for its map data, the map is wherever you tell it to start, literally anywhere in the world so long as you have a place name for it to locate.

[DTMUniversal]

Thanks for the replies!

[老爸]

Just make sure you don't start a HK map in sandbox mode. Otherwise the patronage will be so high in the downtown and you can't handle overcrowdedness even with a frequency of every 5 mins.

[禾果子 Kakashi]

Originally posted by 老爸:

Just make sure you don't start a HK map in sandbox mode. Otherwise the patronage will be so high in the downtown and you can't handle overcrowdedness even with a frequency of every 5 mins.

You don't really need sandbox mode, I just fight myself to 70% pax willingness level in normal mode. From North Point to Kennedy Town, Mong Kok to Mei Foo even Wong Tai Sin to Kowloon Bay are totally passenger hell.

Then for the "Suburbs" like Sha Tin, Tsuen Wan and Aberdeen, a short connection from those to trunk stops. Faraway towns like Tuen Mun, Sheung Shui, Tung Chung (with VHHH) just set up the major highway route connect them to the downtown.

If you think 100 pax waiting at stops is already insane, Yee Wo Street (Causeway Bay), Cross Harbor Tunnel BBI and The Landmark (Central) are guaranteed to have 300+ pax waiting for buses if you dared to operate any tunnels routes serving those regions.

And those routes are carrying 1000+ passengers per tour in 10 minutes interval, IRL I think it's about 500 pax per tour in 8 minutes interval, because there's MTR running in average 3 minutes interval carrying 1000+ pax per tour IRL, in CBM the railway effect is close to none especially when the the willingness level is that high, everyone just want to take bus and get stacked like sardines.

[老爸]

Originally posted by AltaNaty926:

Originally posted by 老爸:

Just make sure you don't start a HK map in sandbox mode. Otherwise the patronage will be so high in the downtown and you can't handle overcrowdedness even with a frequency of every 5 mins.

You don't really need sandbox mode, I just fight myself to 70% pax willingness level in normal mode. From North Point to Kennedy Town, Mong Kok to Mei Foo even Wong Tai Sin to Kowloon Bay are totally passenger hell.

Then for the "Suburbs" like Sha Tin, Tsuen Wan and Aberdeen, a short connection from those to trunk stops. Faraway towns like Tuen Mun, Sheung Shui, Tung Chung (with VHHH) just set up the major highway route connect them to the downtown.

If you think 100 pax waiting at stops is already insane, Yee Wo Street (Causeway Bay), Cross Harbor Tunnel BBI and The Landmark (Central) are guaranteed to have 300+ pax waiting for buses if you dared to operate any tunnels routes serving those regions.

And those routes are carrying 1000+ passengers per tour in 10 minutes interval, IRL I think it's about 500 pax per tour in 8 minutes interval, because there's MTR running in average 3 minutes interval carrying 1000+ pax per tour IRL, in CBM the railway effect is close to none especially when the the willingness level is that high, everyone just want to take bus and get stacked like sardines.

That's why I gave up my sandbox mode save and start a new one in normal mode.

[禾果子 Kakashi]

Originally posted by 老爸:

That's why I gave up my sandbox mode save and start a new one in normal mode.

I'm definitely traumatized by the intense density Point of Interest in downtown areas, I feel relieved when I go "up the hills" to see a few scenic spots even escape the border expand into Great Bay Area to set up Cross Border coach lines, it feels more realistic that using New Ramses going for at least 60 km point to point trips and carrying 30-50 pax per trip in 2 hours interval.

I would never try sandbox mode because the progress is fun, grind for money to set up longer routes using larger bus is what I'm looking for.