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#3891 Post by Shiva » 29 Jun 2022 11:29

Quark wrote: 29 Jun 2022 00:24 Agree with this. Idaho was the biggest dissappointment it clearly could've been much better in this regard. Enough room was clearly there especially south of I-90 east of Grangeville for a big, maze like network of dirt roads for more logging camps stuff. Real life roadnetwork of Idaho wasn't really favourable and more dirt roads + forestry would have at least partially made up for this. Also hope we will get to see more of those in Montana.
seriousmods wrote: 29 Jun 2022 00:44And with these roads, scs has a lot more liberty to do things that aren't 100% based on the real place.

Utah could have gotten the same thing: that whole bottom corner is just begging for some offroad routes.
Quark You mean the area between Wallace and Grangeville? there be map sectors that do affect I-90 and Montana.
I did have road wishes, that started from Wallace and went south.
We'll have to see how St Regis area looks.

seriousmods, Utah? I still wish for UT-12, UT-24, UT-95. Between US-89 and US-191. Maybe after Texas release, someone could go there?

Sometimes there is space to add areas, sometimes there ain't. Either due to the scenery needed, or that the space to add, is not enough.

Lamesa TX, seems to be a scenery town.
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#3892 Post by oldmanclippy » 29 Jun 2022 13:12

Yeah I noticed last night that there appeared to be a chunk of road peeking through on the world map directly east of Seminole, and sure enough that's US-180 to Lamesa.

On the topic of the panhandle, it is very nice to see that US-385 is coming. That's a nice parallel road to I-27/US-87 that can get lots of remote depots as well as just be a bypass of Amarillo or Lubbock from the north or south. I don't think SCS has much choice but to do a lot of parallel roads like that with Texas.

US-59, US-69, and US-96 could all come between I-10 and I-20 in east Texas. That's a ton of density but we already have evidence of parts of each of those roads, and there's lots of forestry and other industry opportunities in that region to justify the density. Southern Texas, we might get US-59, US-77, TX-35, and part of US-281. Again, evidence pointing towards each of them.

I do think there will be a large gap between north-south roads on either side of DFW and west-east roads on either side as well. Besides interstates, I could see a box of US-183, US-82, US-271, US-69, US-59, and US-190, with only interstates, TX-31, and possibly a bit of US-77 inside of that box. DFW is going to need all the room it can get, and even a road like US-281 I think is too close to where Fort Worth will need to slide west to make it in. That's why I'm thinking US-183 instead.

Same thing with Houston, draw a box with US-77 (heck maybe I-35, removing US-77 between Waco and I-10 would do wonders for letting I-35 get longer and give more room for Waco, Austin, San Antonio, and Houston), US-190, US-287, and the roads from Winnie to Galveston to Port Lavaca to Victoria. Nothing in there besides interstates and US-59 (which will someday be part of I-69).

San Antonio will be the most crowded I think. That will need US-90 coming out of it, and we have evidence of US-290 running to the north of it which limits its spread. I was thinking that US-87 from Victoria could be a road cut to alleviate matters, but we have a screenshot of US-87 leaving Victoria. So unless that's just to a prefab, looks like that will be in the mix as well. Add in possibly getting TX-130 for the 85mph meme, and San Antonio is busy busy. Yes, DFW will be hard, but they have a lot of space to play with. San Antonio I think will be really interesting to see what they do with it.
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#3893 Post by Seerman » 29 Jun 2022 13:30

I would like to have unique cargo for NASA's JSCs in Houston. :!:
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#3894 Post by Shiva » 29 Jun 2022 16:09

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#3895 Post by flight50 » 29 Jun 2022 17:14

I think SCS could get as creative as they'd like for the space depot coming. I'd throw HH and ST in that equation as well as dry van and flatbed/step decks. SCS is only capped by their creativity when it comes to cargo. Tons of options that don't involve licenses.
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#3896 Post by Seerman » 29 Jun 2022 18:52

Shiva wrote: 29 Jun 2022 16:09 Supercomputers? Seerman
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#3897 Post by Trakaplex » 29 Jun 2022 19:03

As in the Wyoming thread, I talked about the density issues of cities. Most of El Paso in the devcam is in the southeast, there is barely anything between Anthony and downtown; it's squeezed. Not even Loop 375. I was expecting TX-178/NM-136 and Mesa Dr. The NM-136 route could've been helpful for external mod maps such as Reforma.
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#3898 Post by TruckingWolfUSA » 29 Jun 2022 20:18

Trakaplex wrote: 29 Jun 2022 19:03 As in the Wyoming thread, I talked about the density issues of cities. Most of El Paso in the devcam is in the southeast, there is barely anything between Anthony and downtown; it's squeezed. Not even Loop 375. I was expecting TX-178/NM-136 and Mesa Dr. The NM-136 route could've been helpful for external mod maps such as Reforma.
The airport is the likely culprit. You cut that, you likely have space for Loop 375. I personally am a fan of the trade SCS made but it does suck a bit for sure.
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#3899 Post by oldmanclippy » 29 Jun 2022 21:21

Loop 375 would have been a fun one to get. "That mountain sure looks like a good place to put our ring road" :lol:

The vistas of El Paso and Ciudad Juarez that would be required on that road are probably the main culprit as to why it's not in.
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#3900 Post by flight50 » 29 Jun 2022 22:01

Without seeing the final cut and the entire city, its hard to judge what you can only see a fraction of. Loops, I wouldn't expect too many in denser cities larger than Seattle/Portland. There could be some in the future but don't hold you breath expecting them if we get huge town centers. Both town centers and loops/rings take up space and I'd rather have industry to deliver to rather than drive roads that only offer scenery.
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