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Am I the only one who struggles with the idea of building highways? (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

submitted 2 months ago by Starcross@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/citiesskylines@lemmy.ml

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I'm a hardcore fan of Cities Skylines 1 and have been playing it for several years now. One issue I have though is how I go about making a highway system. It seems so complex, I don't understand how I can connect place to place in a reasonable way and I feel like the only proper way to do it is to ravage through regions of my city to make massive interchanges and efficient routes. My strategy as a result is just using 6 lane roads as my "highways" and kinda just avoiding the idea of highways altogether. I'm so bad at it that my idea of creating an on/offramp is retrofitting roundabouts. I'd love to hear people's thoughts on this and also how to get my mind thinking of the right ways to make good highways.

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[–] slazer2au@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

It's complex. An intersection that works for an industrial block may not work for residential.

I generally go for a roundabout at ground level and a highway overpass for intersections.

Using transit to offload vehicles to rail which minimises the amount of highway needed.