Hungary re-research tips

[krmarci]

Motorway M3, Tiszaújváros and Nyíregyháza

The M3 motorway starts in Budapest, close to the City Park (Városliget). However, industries in this part of the city are insignificant, and I wouldn't recommend including the M3 inside the M0 ring road. The only things possibly worthy of inclusion here is the Pólus shopping centre, or the industries at the Szilas pihenőhely rest stop. However, given that more than enough important industries were included elsewhere, I don't think this should be a priority.

The next part for consideration is the M3 between the M0 and the M31, the latter of which is an expressway that creates a shortcut between the M3 and the southern part of the M0. If you plan to include either the aforementioned areas within the M0 ring road, or the Hungaroring - which is located along the M3 between the M0 and the M31 - I would recommend cutting this part of the M3 as well, and connecting the M3 to the M0 only via the M31.

At the intersection of the M3 and the M31, there is a town called Gödöllő. While it is industrially of little significance, it is the location of one of Hungary's most famous palaces, the Grassalkovich-kastély. It was a royal residence in the 19th century, Empress Elisabeth (Sissi) spent a lot of time here.

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Gödöllő Palace

As the M3 progresses eastward, it passes between the Great Hungarian Plain to the south, and the North Hungarian Mountains to the north. This mountain range is where Hungary's tallest mountain, the Kékes (1014 m) is located, which is visible from the M3. There is a tall radio tower located at the peak.

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Radio tower on the peak of the Kékes

The southern slopes of the North Hungarian Mountains are also one of Hungary's famous wine regions. The wine brand "egri bikavér" (Eger bull blood) is produced near the city of Eger. Mining is also common in this region, though I could not find a detailed list of operating mines in the area.

Further east, the M3 intersects with the M30, heading to Košice. A bit more east of this intersection, near the Tisza river, there is a town called Tiszaújváros. While it is relatively small in population, it has a massive industrial complex, with a factory district, an oil refinery and a coal power plant. Its area is even larger than the actually populated part of the town.

East of Tiszaújváros, the M3 crosses the Tisza, and intersects the M35 expressway. The last larger city along the M3 is Nyíregyháza. As the 8th largest Hungarian city, it has some industries, the most significant one of which is the LEGO factory in the west of the city.

Beyond Nyíregyháza, the M3 continues eastwards towards Ukraine and northern Romania. If a Ukraine DLC ever gets made, or northern Romania gets filled in, expanding M3 to its end and adding the minor roads to the border might be necessary.

[ninjawarrior1x3]

@krmarci Since SCS is adding Bus Stations and inner cities to the game, I wonder if you have anything to add here since this slightly changes the plans for the cities (especially Budapest).

Also would you mind moving your attachments to something other than Imgur? I'm in the UK and you already know what happened to Imgur here.

[krmarci]

@ninjawarrior1x3 The difficulty is that we don't know yet whether bus stations will only be in large cities, or in the countryside as well. I added some to the interactive map in the first post.

Can you recommend an alternative to Imgur?