Starting a New City On a New Custom Map | Cities Skylines 2

Welcome to a brand new Cities: Skylines 2 series set in Cascadia, the fictional independent British colony that never became part of the United States or Canada. This is a return to the setting of the very first series on this channel, but in a new part of the country along the Pacific coast. In this first episode I show off the new map, which is based on a height map of the rugged coastline just north of Tofino on Vancouver Island. I expanded the playable area and added the road and rail access you need to build. The map uses custom 4K textures for every surface and paintable surface, built to look like the Pacific Northwest: mossy grass, forest undergrowth, mulch-colored dirt, gravelly sand, and cliff faces with their own height maps. The mod store version will come with the vanilla trees. I recommend swapping them for Douglas firs, such as the ones made by Joe Geske, and thinning them out a bit for playability. Then we start the build. I’m playing with every tile unlocked and building the whole region at once. The city doesn’t have a name yet. It begins as a collection of small towns that slowly grow together into one metro area, much like Gastown, Yaletown and Granville eventually became Vancouver. This episode lays out three starter town centers, each with its own street grid, and a logging community with a look appropriate to the early 20th century, before 1930. I need names! If you have a suggestion for the city, the starter towns or any of the other communities on the map, leave it in the comments. Chapters: 0:00 A New Series and a Brand New Map 4:03 Custom Surfaces and Textures 9:27 Building the Region 12:25 Gastown-Inspired Starter Towns 1:00:12 Help Name the Towns 1:02:25 Closing Cinematics Tags: cities skylines 2, cities skylines ii, cities skylines 2 city build, cities skylines 2 new map, cities skylines 2 custom map, cities skylines 2 gameplay, cascadia, fictional country, alternate history, pacific northwest, british columbia, vancouver island, tofino, vancouver, gastown, historic city build, realistic city build, early 20th century city, logging town, city builder, city building series, new series, custom textures, 4k textures, cities skylines 2 mods, cities skylines 2 mod store, cities skylines 2 assets, ai generated assets, ai generated mods, ai in video games, ai and city builders, ai generated content, future of youtube, future of city builder games