It's so annoying that this incorrect fact is repeated so much. Thank you for correcting it.

Isn’t it also true that they tried to put realistic parking lots in the game but it made it ugly and impossible to play?

Edit: It was SimCity

The people who made Cities: Skylines previously made a public transit business game series called Cities in Motion. Skylines was started from that point design wise, so it makes sense that it’s a transit heavy game.

Also the first step in realizing that suburbs will strangle your city and its economy due to the low density (and therefore lower tax revenue), high traffic demands, and high service costs compared to more dense parts of the city.

If only they have Afterdark, plaza, and park life build into the base game.

SimCity was released in 1989. It’s essentially the same game as Cities Skylines.