As the title says, does anyone know a city building that has a good traffic simulator and that doesn't completly disregard pedestrians, Bicycles etc etc?
I played only a single city builder some time ago (i forgot the name sorry) and it had a pretty bad simulation of traffic, ideally it should also simulate well the other aspects tho

I don't mind at all if it's old or hasn't good graphics! I play mostly videogames with pixel art or very rudimentary art anyway

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[–] 6 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 child)

The city builder genre seems to be few and far between, best I can tell. Cities Skylines comes to mind as one of the more recent examples, but given that its cars have a habit of appearing from and vanishing into thin air, I'd guess its traffic simulation is rudimentary at best.
You might have better luck with titles like transport tycoon or their FOSS counterparts, but those tend to lean into the economic aspect, so I'd expect their traffic simulation to take a backseat, as well.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

    One of the DLCs in Cities Skylines added cycling, bike lanes, etc. though it may be folded into the main game now? There's also a mod that improves traffic management around intersections, though it has had a history of breaking every time they patch the game, so I'm not sure of its present state.

    Has anyone played CS2? I need to upgrade my game machine before I can play that, but I've heard they've improved the traffic sim.

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