In the base game, you get a large large freeway interchange and right from the start have a very awkward start to a city.
I have been trying to do something different, thinking how a real small town might start in my country or most places in the world. Usually it is some sort of confluence - of a road crossing a river, a road crossing a railroad track, two rivers joining or splitting, two rural roads intersecting, or a lot of other things.
What this means is when I start a new city I try to create some sort of logical focal point. Current project was two rural highways intersecting at a railroad junction nearby. Started a small town at the road intersection, and built it up as a company town with locomotive maintenance facilities (just created industry next to the tracks and dressed it up to look believable).
This is not a hot take, but curious how other people start their cities to get an outcome different that being built around a freeway interchange (from the start). This definitely has breathed new life into the game for me as my cities look better, grow better, and are just different.
I have been trying to do something different, thinking how a real small town might start in my country or most places in the world. Usually it is some sort of confluence - of a road crossing a river, a road crossing a railroad track, two rivers joining or splitting, two rural roads intersecting, or a lot of other things.
What this means is when I start a new city I try to create some sort of logical focal point. Current project was two rural highways intersecting at a railroad junction nearby. Started a small town at the road intersection, and built it up as a company town with locomotive maintenance facilities (just created industry next to the tracks and dressed it up to look believable).
This is not a hot take, but curious how other people start their cities to get an outcome different that being built around a freeway interchange (from the start). This definitely has breathed new life into the game for me as my cities look better, grow better, and are just different.
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