Grey Roads?

[King DaMuncha]

I've been watching the trailers and screen shots and do the roads look a bit to bright to you? They did this with CS1 too. I look at the road outside my house and the astfelt is black. I had to use a mod to make the roads look darker. I would apreciate an option to made the roads and streets look more realistic.

[cube]

The primary ingredient in asphalt is bitumen (thick sludge from the bottom oil refining tanks). Over time it reacts with oxygen and UV light from the sun and turns grey. Depending on the environment this can happen in as little as a year.
They're not realistically going to implement asphalt ageing in the game so it's easier to just make it grey from the start so your 5 year old city doesn't look like the roads were just laid.

[King DaMuncha]

I have never seen a grey road.

[cube]

Turns out it's strangely hard to find decent shots looking down on on streets but here's a good example. Notice how the more freshly laid road at the front is black but the older road leading into it is light grey. If it was lit directly by the sun, the grey road would look even lighter and the black road would look even darker by comparison.
https://i.imgur.com/w2wRVEf.jpeg

[Annihilator4000]

Not only do asphalt roads turn gray over time, but also, there are many concrete roads. The interstate highways near me and they are mostly concrete which is very light colored.

[King DaMuncha]

Originally posted by blank:

https://i.imgur.com/w2wRVEf.jpeg

Thats light reflecting off the road

[cube]

Can anyone tell if this guy's trolling or serious? There's no direct sunlight on the road, and the black road is right next to it, it would be reflecting exactly the same way.

[_APA [~sudo]]

Originally posted by King DaMuncha:

I've been watching the trailers and screen shots and do the roads look a bit to bright to you? They did this with CS1 too. I look at the road outside my house and the astfelt is black. I had to use a mod to make the roads look darker. I would apreciate an option to made the roads and streets look more realistic.

Asset creators will create more roads - base roads are always like that for some reason

[King DaMuncha]

Yeah I'll probably make a road or two like I did with CS1. Untill we get the Networks mod that added ALOT more different types of roads, but I still had to download a separate mod to change the colour of the roads.

[_APA [~sudo]]

Originally posted by King DaMuncha:

Yeah I'll probably make a road or two like I did with CS1. Untill we get the Networks mod that added ALOT more different types of roads, but I still had to download a separate mod to change the colour of the roads.

we might possible have a road color changer in the base game? We gotta find out, I doubt it though but will see

[dan0812]

The industrial roads in CS1 were the best looking - need to have imperfections.

[Fresh Prince of Gaellivare]

I don't know where you live, but in most of Europe it's grey. Only fresh pieces of asphalt are black, or after a heavy rain.

[King DaMuncha]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highways_in_Australia

[Berserkerface]

Originally posted by King DaMuncha:

Originally posted by blank:

https://i.imgur.com/w2wRVEf.jpeg

Thats light reflecting off the road

Bro... Unless you are looking at the actual light source all colour is light reflecting off objects.

[cube]

Originally posted by King DaMuncha:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highways_in_Australia

https://earth.google.com/web/@-37.84180269,144.94790617,5.01353593a,0d,59.9929643y,309.30797244h,85.44175735t,0r/data=IhoKFjFTZm1tTUhpaklEQUdzcG9qYTdkbncQAg

[King DaMuncha]

wow, google maps, there's a source of accurate photography...

not.

https://i.imgur.com/0k79wNe.png
https://i.imgur.com/i0mNS1L.png
https://i.imgur.com/vfBb9ha.png

You can see patches of new road on the old road

You found the one last grey road in Victoria