The Cities: Skylines update is (almost) all about public transport.
After construction fans will probably have to wait a few more months for the recently announced successor to Cities: Skylines, new, partly free content for the construction game will shorten the time until the release of Cities: Skylines 2. Micha and Géraldine also in the podcast:
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This is new with Hubs & Transports
On March 22nd, Hubs & Transports, a major free update for Cities: Skylines, brought content for all players and also improved some expansions. As the name suggests, the update focuses on the traffic in your metropolitan areas. Everyone can now benefit from the following content and innovations:
- Six new metro trains with different capacities (250-450 people)
- A new train
- Decorative parking lots and parking garage
- Various new decorative elements: trees, fences and sea walls
- Four new road options
- Two new transportation hubs (port bus hub and multi-level subway station)
- A decorative place for the eighth anniversary of Cities: Skylines
- New filters for roads and content creator packs in the build menu
- Build menu search option
A gigantic cake adorns the anniversary square, because who doesn’t like a cake for their birthday.
There is also new content that will only be added to some expansions:
- After Dark: Get a black cab.
- Snowfall: gets mixed traffic hubs with subway and tram station or with bus, tram and train station.
- Natural Disasters: Get an airport for disaster relief.
- Mass Transit: Gets new monorails, ferries and roads, as well as 2 traffic hubs.
The detailed patch notes for the update can be found on page 2 of the article, they also include some bug fixes.
New mini DLCs
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Cities: Skylines introduces 7 new download packages of the “World Tour” in the trailer
Also on March 22nd, three new Content Creator Packs were released on Malls, Sporting Events and Miniature Africa. We already have these and the three new radio stations detailed in an article. You can also see what’s in store for you now and later in the year in the trailer above.
How do you like the changes with the new update? Have you longed for the ability to build parking lots, build traffic hubs with different stops, or search for specific items in the build menu? Write your opinion in the comments!
