Perfect roads again

[Abhorrent Mu]

game feels very polished, but roads are still just Grey and perfect removing all realism of any world city. it´s the aquiles of the game and one very important fact for realism view these kind of Utopic perfect roads without cracks holes skid marks trash, well, something different than the grey perfect, even white lines are perfect all the videos i saw. really the visual aquilles of the game

[themightyswe]

Roads will wear and tear over time according to the dev diaries. The Roads infoview will show data about the condition of the road, coloring them from green (good condition) to red (poor condition).

With this data I am sure a mod will come with automatic cracked roads and potholes when you have that data built in.

[Abhorrent Mu]

im mentioning the visual "data" to our eyes

[andrewhoffmann]

Originally posted by themightyswe:

Roads will wear and tear over time according to the dev diaries. The Roads infoview will show data about the condition of the road, coloring them from green (good condition) to red (poor condition).

With this data I am sure a mod will come with automatic cracked roads and potholes when you have that data built in.

Very good idea for a mod!!!

[themightyswe]

Originally posted by Abhorrent Mu:

im mentioning the visual "data" to our eyes

Yes, and I am mentioning the solution.

[_APA [~sudo]]

Originally posted by themightyswe:

Originally posted by Abhorrent Mu:

im mentioning the visual "data" to our eyes

Yes, and I am mentioning the solution.

I think when Devs said wear and tear, it means the roads will get damage, you will see a whole or crack in that spot and someone will come and fix it,

but they did not mean the whole road will slowly decay, that is what OP Means and he/she is right that there is no decay for roads, and yes just like CS1, mods will have different realistic looking roads :)

[Lorathor]

Originally posted by themightyswe:

Originally posted by Abhorrent Mu:

im mentioning the visual "data" to our eyes

Yes, and I am mentioning the solution.

This is not a solution at all. You can't expect a game come out, release just to look inferior and depend on modding to make it look good.

Thats plain honesty, the game in all of their dev diaries looks plain boring and lackluster without any texture and details at all and I highly suspect that it will not change until the release because:
A. Its only a couple of month away and in terms of gamedevelopment this is just bugfixing. B. If they were able to show how the game looks properly, they already would have. Doesnt matter if this is from an earlier build or not because you always have to calculate and develop with final materials in mind - so as soon as possible.
C. Those Dev diaries is their marketing. You would put every opportunity into the marketing, make the game looks as good as possible for the marketing. So if they did, then this is what the game looks like.

What you see is what you get and currently the game looks awfully plain. There is still a slight chance that it will not be the case but I would not even put a dollar into that until I know for sure.

[Abhorrent Mu]

Other good thing should be taht city services dont get constructed from thin air. Like any other construction we see scaffolds raising till it gets finished to be populated, some seconds or so, even if it is a simple thing, but some kind of construction evolution happening. normally an Hospital takes a year or so to be constructed irl. to dont kill the simulation, maybe 1 minute os so. but from thin air and it happens is a little bit... you know..

Maybe City Skylines 3 can be the true simulation of all things should be planned mounths before because an Airport or other construction site doesnt just pops up, just saying this because this devs are really in pursue of a realistic simultaion and for sure it gowing better on CS 2

[King DaMuncha]

I dont like how the dirt roads are cut and clean and just brown with no actual dirt on the texture.

[ebrumby]

The roads are fine as is.

[oldschool]

instead of the grey ware it should be black and toned down alot, rubber and oil is black after all. It looks kinda wonky as is

[cube]

The ground textures in general do seem pretty simplified compared to CS1. The grass texture around sidewalks and empty space around lots is just flat green.

[Cochise]

Having traveled a LOT, roads look very different all over the world. You want them to look different, mod them.

[Truffletoot]

Originally posted by Cochise:

Having traveled a LOT, roads look very different all over the world. You want them to look different, mod them.

Well, here's a thing. Many people don't want to use mods. Not only do they disable achievements(which angers achievement hunters), But the modders have to make the mod and update it all the time. I'd much rather have a system where the roads are brand new when you've just built them, and ones that have existed for a long time would look worn out.

[andrewhoffmann]

As much as I love that idea, this could take a toll on the performance? (Although, didn't we have that in SimCity4 Rush Hour?) Ok, I mean, we could in that case also add growing trees and see other things grow or deteriorate.

[themightyswe]

Originally posted by Lorathor:

Originally posted by themightyswe:

Yes, and I am mentioning the solution.

This is not a solution at all. You can't expect a game come out, release just to look inferior and depend on modding to make it look good.

Yes I can, and I just did. I expect to see thousands of mods and assets for CS2. That is what makes it good. Sure, a few cities is fun to build Vanilla, But be real, it is the mods that makes the game playable for years.