Larger road sizes for US highways?

[Brycero]

So recently with the new Arizona map a lot of the roads in Arizona cities are 4 lanes, sometimes they have a center turn lane as well.

Meanwhile the smaller roads (that aren't interstates) are mainly 2 lanes. They are very narrow and sometimes hard to drive on. In real life US highways are frequently wider than just 2 lanes, they sometimes are 4 lanes, and a lot of times have a center turn line the majority of the drive.

I was wondering what you guys would think of this. I'd like to see a few roads in the upcoming states have more lanes, I personally think it'd be a nice change and could improve drive time as well.

Opinions?

[jasonharris2]

i like it the way it is

[Texan1974]

SCS is only following, for the most part, what each individual state does with their roads. I live in Texas, so our roads tend to be wider and better maintained than say New Mexico or Oklahoma.

[Twelvefield]

Isn't there some sort of AI restriction for extra lanes? For example, there should be no trees at all in real California because the whole state is now one big highway. Sometimes in the game, you see six and eight lane highways in the game, but the extra lanes are blocked off by construction or barriers. SCS are just using the assets they have at hand, which are hand-me-downs from Europe.

[Rookie-31st]

The game has everything scaled down, so it is fine by me

[Ornery]

Originally posted by Blake1Studios:

Meanwhile the smaller roads (that aren't interstates) are mainly 2 lanes. They are very narrow and sometimes hard to drive on.

Non-real-life trucker revealed. Yeah, they are. Just as many, MANY are in real world USA, especially when driving a big rig.

Originally posted by Blake1Studios:

In real life US highways are frequently wider than just 2 lanes, they sometimes are 4 lanes, and a lot of times have a center turn line the majority of the drive.

Um no. Some are, many are not.

[TwinShadow]

Originally posted by cliffball_2000:

SCS is only following, for the most part, what each individual state does with their roads. I live in Texas, so our roads tend to be wider and better maintained than say New Mexico or Oklahoma.

Might depend on the area you live in. A lot of roads where I live are somewhat poorly maintained.

[[57th] AngryHatter]

They are narrower than the real thing.
And yes, the mountain passes are two lanes but the interstates like the I-5 and I-10 are five or six lanes a side.
An HOV lane and then four regular lanes and entry/exits.

Oh, and there are never suicide lanes (center turn lanes) on any freeway.

[bigfoot3.1415926]

Like others have said, it depends on the area. I'm from Ohio and the roads in the game are a lot like the roads here. Our interstates are either 4 lane or 6 lane (2 or 3 each direction), and most state routes are 2 lane roads.

[[57th] AngryHatter]

Originally posted by bigfoot3.1415926:

Like others have said, it depends on the area. I'm from Ohio and the roads in the game are a lot like the roads here. Our interstates are either 4 lane or 6 lane (2 or 3 each direction), and most state routes are 2 lane roads.

Right - the area under discussion is California and that was all I am talking about. I've lived here 33 years.

[Gizmosellsbunnys]

The game engine can't that amount of stress and thier better items to work on.

[bigfoot3.1415926]

Originally posted by 57th AngryHatter:

Originally posted by bigfoot3.1415926:

Like others have said, it depends on the area. I'm from Ohio and the roads in the game are a lot like the roads here. Our interstates are either 4 lane or 6 lane (2 or 3 each direction), and most state routes are 2 lane roads.

Right - the area under discussion is California and that was all I am talking about. I've lived here 33 years.

I was responding to the OP, sorry for the confusion. I agree that in Metropolitan Areas like California there are probably many more lanes than depicted in the game. The only major metropolitan area I've driven in real life are Columbus (I-270 has about 5 lanes a direction) and Atlanta (I-75 has around 7 lanes a direction) and know they do exist but are the exception, not the norm in my neck of the woods, so yes there should be more lanes in big cities, but for the majority of the map I say it is fairly realistic.

I was just pointing out to the OP that there are places in the U.S that have only 2 lane State Routes and 4 lane interstates, so it's not that unrealistic.

[waite]

In my neck of the woods, we have a couple hiways that are two lanes (one lane in each direction) with unpaved shoulders with no more than two feet between the road and the ditch. There is no way to get you car completely off from the road if you have a flat or break down. These hiways also have stop signs at busy intersections (not traffic lights) I'm not saying that is typical, just saying that those kinds of hiways exist.

As for not having mega multi lane freeways in game... what would be the point of adding them? There isn't enough traffic to need then and we don't want "that" much traffic in game as it would require a lot more computer resources. Realism... the whole map is not realistic. The map is just a small representation of something far more vast.

[Gizmosellsbunnys]

We had two lane in each direction beltway in Minnneapolis and St Paul till 2006 now we have three lanes in each direction, and tons of ramp meters to control traffic

The Twin Cities Metro Area has 433 ramp meters. Some operate only in the morning peak. Only California like Los Angeles and San Francisco has amount of ramp meters. Meters are cheapeer than adding lanes to freeway

[bigfoot3.1415926]

Originally posted by Gizmosellsbunnys:

We had two lane in each direction beltway in Minnneapolis and St Paul till 2006 now we have three lanes in each direction, and tons of ramp meters to control traffic

The Twin Cities Metro Area has 433 ramp meters. Some operate only in the morning peak. Only California like Los Angeles and San Francisco has amount of ramp meters. Meters are cheapeer than adding lanes to freeway

Interesting, I've never heard of ramp meters. What are they and how do they work?

[Соединенные Штат]

In my North Carolina state our highways are quite equivalent to the ones of the game as far as how often you see amounts of lanes per highway.