In this particular scenario, I think they did a really good job with the simplification. The junction they do have (US-69 @ US-60 near Afton IRL) and the way it connects up to I-44 is the same as real life, so the only thing they did fictionally in the game was to cut out the segment of US-69 between Chouteau and Afton.
As for US-60 reappearing at that junction, yeah if you think about it it doesn't make a ton of sense, but I think that was sort of unavoidable. I think their only other option would have been to instead model the US-69 @ I-44 junction near Big Cabin, and then skip the segment from Big Cabin to Narcissa basically and just keep US-69 north of I-44 once you get past Big Cabin instead of weaving back and forth over it, skipping the US-60 junction entirely. But since the US-60 junction is a freeway segment and the Big Cabin junction is not, I think this way is better for the gameplay because you don't have to stop to make an unprotected turn onto the on-ramp to I-44 like you would for the Big Cabin one.
At 1:20 scale, I also think that US-412 from Tulsa to I-49 and then I-49 up to Joplin is a decent enough alternative to I-44 if the player wants to use that. So US-60 east of US-69 is sort of redundant in that regard, IMO.
For other people reading this, truckermudgeon's map tool also shows the buildings and roads that were modeled besides the driveable ones, so you can also get a feel for what is possible or impossible in the map editor without having to launch the map editor itself https://truckermudgeon.github.io/flight50 wrote: 16 Jan 2025 18:42 I recommend to go into the map editor or at least use the dev cam to check out how restrictive the terrain is where US-60 would need to route. Sometimes thing will not line up. They do have to shift things that are not realistic. Its not always a deal breaker to have things off a bit. Its nature of the beast at 1:20.
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