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Old 03-10-2013, 04:29 PM   #1677
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Originally Posted by Hemi-Cuda View Post
the Maxis guys who said they were able to get a city population up to a million had to have been full of ####. i get to about 150k before my space is maxed out and i'm crippled by traffic. i don't even know how people are getting up to the quarter million mark, all my stuff is high density and i can't grow it anymore
I think the trick there is to leverage the regional aspects of the game. Rely on other cities for things like power, water, industrial jobs, etc. The less supporting infrastructure you house, the better.

The other problem is the pathfinding is REALLY broken in the game.

See this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zHdyzx_ecbQ
Single highway city breaks 650k population: http://imgur.com/a/gVKs3
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Typical dumb take.
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