


#Simcity buildit optimal layout how to
I don't understand what wealth zones do, or how they are created or how to best plan building my RZs, or if what I just said is fact. I think an RZ can be started anywhere but for it to have a lux look it needs to be moved and completed in a high wealth zone. Many have a lower socioeconomic look about them and they are finished. Of the buildings I have finished none are very tall for my level. I have seen cities at lower levels with more lux looking building than mine. Initially I didn't take notice of which RZs I finished to see if they were in wealth zones. i then found out about RZ build points and made sure I finished what I could staying in L13. I have several unfinished because I just decided to stop building one day. I started playing by leveling quickly and not completing RZs before starting others. The other issue I am having is the state of my buildings. Where can I find out more about traffic and road strategy? This has to be the most interesting part of the game (for me so far) that I really don't care for :) I would be happy to use a template now, but would go off plan later to add my personal style. I understand that the city can be interesting rather than endless horizontal and vertical roads to increase population but I am not at a level where I am worried about a boring looking city just yet. I have looked at a few map editors but I haven't liked the interface so I haven't gone any further. I am guessing that the specialisations that sit on a road also increase the congestion. I created my snake road when experimenting with design, I then read about it and have found out this no longer works for myself.

I have read that 4 way intersections don't help reduce it, and I have found that squeezing the RZs together increases congestion. I pushed the population up to 157k but couldn't keep it that high without complaints from the sims - I built the nano factories at this time. Space isn't an issue as I have expanded all of the available land. This is temporary till I learn more about design & strategy. I moved the RZs to the right so they wouldn't obstruct me collecting built goods. From my understanding factories don't benefit from upgraded roads, I am just reusing the upgraded roads I could. I find it is best to have the factories here because I have easy access to my trade depot and to GTHQ. I have left some of the roads I upgraded when I first started just in case I could reuse them again, so it looks like a mess. My RZs are now built along sides of a long road that plays snake in the top middle part off the play field. sort of discovered camping for myself before I found out it was a planned strategy.Īnyway my city population is currently around 143k using all of the specialties for my level including a number of the easter ones without spending a cent on roads - I did spend money on roads initially but stopped because I kept on bulldozing them for a better layout. Making a number of mistakes along the way I decided to stop growing the city at L13 to earn money and learn. I have only been playing a few months, but I have been playing hard.
