SimToronto

Sim Toronto Transformation

 

The transformation of the Beta Sim Toronto, a.k.a New City, has now begun.  My fist objective was to stretch out the space to accommodate the ready to go Toronto BAT buildings.  To start I decided to stretch the town down south from Queen to include the one way roads of Adelaide and Richmond. 

 In doing so I did loose some tall commercial buildings but they soon after grew back.  Seeing how King Street runs directly through the heart of the downtown core it seemed very important that I got the spacing just right because the majority of the ready made Toronto BAT buildings are those on King.  So what use to be my Front Street was now my King Street.  This meant that that I had to extend the shore line to make room for Wellington and Front which seems ok but from the look of things as it stands now there is a slight possibility that the actual shoreline may not fit on this square of land.

 

As I extended the city south I also had to keep stable the commercial growth of the downtown core.  Instead of creating new zones in the newly formed land south of King I continued to improve the existing commercial zone and left the land for another day.

 

After evaluating the space I figured that an extension east and west was inevitable.  The spacing for Bay and York seemed just about right but Yonge seemed a little to close to Bay.  Yonge moved east 4 blocks.  The problem with this was with all the existing buildings along Yonge, I would loose them with the move.  Luckily most of them were already made landmarks placed along Yonge to make it look like the real thing.

 

The Network Add on Modification (NAM) patch was the next thing on my list of things to do with this city.  The NAM patch allows users to diversify their transportation systems through new roads, roundabouts, underpasses and my favorite a ground rails.  What is a Toronto with ground rails or streetcars?  I installed the patch and started to develop an east-west line across the city starting with a line across Queen.  I am not sure if this concept will pan out exactly the way I am hoping.  Obviously, the best scenario would include stops at every intersection but from the way things look like at the moment that is not the case.  To add to the realism I also was able to find and download the skins for the TTC streetcars and busses which I would only be able to use through the NAM transportation patch.

  

  

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