[cDnStealth]

There is mounting evidence that, despite EA Maxis' claims to the contrary, SimCity is wholly capable of being played offline -- a capability that would have saved buyers a week of hassle and tons of creativity now lost to server issues.
Let's start with what the gamers have discovered. Lately, some modding has led to a fully playable offline debug version. Fancy that!
There's a snag, of course -- this bit of hackery is unable to save or load all your progress, since EA opted to control your data on its end. Still, the game is able to be taken fully offline for an indefinite period of time, putting paid to suggestions that online play was inseparably woven into the experience.
Interestingly, this "debug mode" of the game still syncs with EA Maxis' servers, and can at least save road placements made outside of the normal boundaries of the game.

Read more at http://www.destructoid.com/simcity-c...lJZmLJgofwu.99

Plus some neat stuff you can do in said debug mode: