Players ofCities: Skylineswill spend a lot of their timebuilding and altering roads. Traffic is a very important part of running a city, and if people can’t get to where they need to go then services will grind to a halt.
Players can control traffic by adding roundabouts, converting two-way roads into one-way roads, adding extra lanes, and so on. However, removing and replacing roads can cause issues, especially since the construction zones are based on road locations. That’s why it’s important to understand how the road upgrade tool works inCities: Skylinesand how players can use it to customize their city roads without having to start over from the beginning.
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When players select the road icon along the bottom, some road selections show up inthe center of the interface. Several more buttons appear to the left of these, and they allow players to create straight roads, roads with a single curve, and freeform roads with as many curves as players like. The last button is an exclamation mark, and this one activates upgrade mode.
While upgrade mode is active, players can place their cursor over existing road segments and replace them with the road type they’ve currently selected. This new road can be wider or narrower than the current road and the upgrade will still go through. If the new road would cost more than the existing road, then upgrading will come with a cost based on the difference between the road types. If the new road costs the same or less than the existing road, then the upgrade is free.
Upgrade Issues
There are a few issues with road upgradesthat can keep players from widening all their city’s roads at once.
Cities: Skylinesis available now on PC, PS4, Switch, and Xbox One, and it’s coming to PS5 and Xbox Series X/S on February 15.
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