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Tangentially related: Is there a new version of SimCity that isn't mobile based? The controls were so clunky on mobile, that made it not very fun to play. This strikes me as the perfect game for a browser based multi-player ecosystem.

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Try SimCity 4 with NAM[1]. It adds quite a lot of features to bring it up to nearly the level of Cities: Skylines without any of the stuff you might not like about that game. Essentially NAM enables unreleased transportation simulation rules and adds more building pieces, making it a lot more realistic (in both how sims travel and how you design cities).

I prefer it to Cities: Skylines but it's extremely buggy and you'll probably face a ton of crashes (and lose data in the process).

Someone needs to make a FOSS clone of SimCity 4 or 3000. I'm not the only simcity fan that dislikes Skylines.

1: https://community.simtropolis.com/forums/topic/73555-simcity...

You might want to check out City: Skylines. Intuitive controls, deep mechanics, and thriving mod community. Some of the stuff on r/cityskylines is pretty amazing.

My only complaint is that it really does need a proper GPU. Zoom out much and it starts to chug on my 2014-vintage MBP. Admittedly that's not super modern, but we're also talking about a game that came out in 2015.

CS was built on the Unity Engine, which is popular in part because you can get quite far with poorly optimized code.

Cities:Skylines is lacking the "deep mechanics" side, which is why many people still play SimCity 4.

It's best looked at as more of a "city painter" than something which is going to be challenging to build a large, successful city in.

Play Cities: Skylines instead. It's what I always wanted SimCity to be.

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