Cities Skylines 2 adds road accident details, but also new issues

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Cities Skylines 2 is going deep on the details when it comes to roads, traffic, and how your citizens behave when they’re behind the wheel. We’ve already seen the new roundabouts, highway-building options, and – finally – parking lots and on-off ramps, but there is even more on offer in Cities Skylines 2 when it comes to managing your traffic flow, with Paradox and Colossal Order sharing fresh info ahead of the full Cities Skylines 2 release date. It looks promising, but casting a careful (and perhaps rather pedantic) eye across the latest footage of the city-building game, we’ve also spotted a couple of potential sore points.

Cities Skylines 2 road and traffic management is going to be much easier than in the original CS, thanks to a new, dedicated roundabout function, as well as the option to drag and drop perfectly symmetrical city blocks with just one click. On top of that, however, we’ve got even more details on how driving, parking, and even accidents will function in CS2, revealing some amazing new details, but also some probable issues.

First up, we now know that although parking lots have been added for Cities Skylines 2, not every adult citizen will own and use a car, potentially helping with congestion. Paradox and Colossal Order also confirm that pathfinding will be affected by varying speed limits on inner-city roads and highways, and that road maintenance vehicles and snowplows will be required to keep traffic moving.

“Citizens need to find a place to park their cars, if they have one,” Colossal Order community manager Samantha Woods explains. “Unfortunately, we will not have bicycles at release. Speed limits affect pathfinding [and] are tied to road type. We have maintenance vehicles and snowplows. And