Expanding, Detailing, & Density in a New City | The Ultimate Beginners Guide to Cities Skylines #2 If you've been struggling to get started building a thriving city, I'm here to help! In this episode, we'll work to bring density and curves to the city, as we finish up our last purely-base game episode. We'll also incorporate detailing and explain how to make vanilla parks look custom and how to make quay walls look good. We'll go over detailing techniques, show you how to make perfectly curved roads, and start to increase the density of the city. And by the end of the episode, we'll add approximately 5,000 to the city's population *** Series Structure *** The structure of the series will be as follows: 5,000 population added per episode, a new DLC/CPP/Mod Set added every two episodes in the following order: 1. Vanilla (YOU ARE HERE) 2. Parklife 3. Industries 4. Campus 5. Mass Transit 6. After Dark 7. Green Cities 8. Sunset Harbor 9. Snowfall 10. Natural Disasters 11. CCP 12. Basic Mods Topics covered in this episode include: initial freeway interchange, layout out a basic grid, zoning, providing adequate services, using districts, and policies. *** Map *** Diamond Coast *** Save *** https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2603888702 *** Playlists *** - Clearwater County - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXdi-Ns7w3jgLqJHKmgLckRtDqgusX089 - Verde Beach - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXdi-Ns7w3jinCyFeq5KlZYhUBdR3tl8s - Bluffside Crossing - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXdi-Ns7w3jgB59YW6H6e9-qrhdBqbpLz - Starterville - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXdi-Ns7w3jgkSQYQJvAQsTifif-gOg20 *** Join this channel to get access to perks *** https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8WAaaW2FnctRI9coYJoUdA/join *** Support my on Patreon *** https://www.patreon.com/CityPlannerPlays *** Get City Planner Plays Merch *** https://city-planner-plays.creator-spring.com/ *** Find me on Discord! *** https://discord.gg/CityPlannerPlays *** Music *** Music provided by Epidemic Sound and the YT Music Library. Use my link for a free one month trial! (https://www.epidemicsound.com/referral/s9s49r/) *** My Machine *** (Clicking on link may provide me a commission) Display: Samsung 34" LED Curved QHD Monitor https://amzn.to/39fViZz Case: NZXT H1 - https://amzn.to/3rtgvpq Motherboard: MSI B550I Gaming Edge - MSI B550I Gaming Edge - https://amzn.to/3snAHKd Processor: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X - https://amzn.to/2QCCBZz Ram: Corsair Vengeance LPX 64GB - https://amzn.to/3rke3kO Graphics Card: Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Founders Edition - https://amzn.to/3w0HWKf Main HD: WD Black 500GB NVMe - https://amzn.to/3soTvJ5 Secondary HD: Samsung SSD 860 EVO 1TB 2.5 Inch SATA III - https://amzn.to/3riWyBd Microphone: Blue Yeti Microphone - https://amzn.to/3vXvJ9j Editing Machine: Macbook Pro M1 - https://amzn.to/2Y0L1dP #CitySkylines #realishtimebuild #CityPlannerPlays *** Chapters *** Introduction - 0:00 Road Upgrades and Policies - 0:51 Bus Routes and Transit Overview - 10:05 Expansion, Curves, Respecting the Topography, and Zoning - 15:52 Creating a Custom Vanilla Park - 27:13 Creating a Lumber Industry - 30:31 City Services, Coastal Growth, and Quay Ways- 34:54 Becoming a Big Town - 46:51 A Vanilla University Campus and Detailing - 49:37 Increasing Density and Adding Incinerators- 52:45 Creating a Better City Entryway - 58:28 Becoming a Small City - 1:04:12 City Tour - 1:05:45