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7 Best Cities Skylines Mods You Need to Try

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Like most of the other games Cities Skylines also has mods. We all know how the mods adds up tons of customization to our games. It’s not only about the customization but we also get access to tons of unique features along the way. So, we are gonna look on the best Cities Skylines Mods in this guide. If you go out there and search for mods, you will find dozens of mods. But if it’s your first time getting those mods in Cities Skylines then you may have hard time finding the right mods. That’s why this guide has lined up some of the best mods for you that you should not miss. These mods are going to add great new features to your game. The features you probably never knew existed for Cities Skylines. Best Cities Skylines Mods Some of the features can be quite challenging to deal with when you are building your city. No doubt, building a city of your dreams and controlling all the features that add up the difficulty as your city grows is definitely a real deal. But, you don’t have to worry as there are various mods introduced into the game, mods that are designed to perform a variety of tasks and also add up new things. 7. Extra Landscaping Tools When it comes to structuring your city, the main part is played by the tools and features that allow us to design the landscape. The default landscaping tools are good enough to work on your city’s design. But why not add another layer of extra tools to make things a lot easier? Extra Landscaping Tools is a mod that enables some new tools in the landscaping option. This can come in handy when you are working on the resources or some natural stuff such as water, terrain, and trees. The mod provides you with tools such as the Resources Tool, Water Tool, Terrain Tool, Tree Brush, and Tree Pencil. 6. Crossings Now, this is a pretty simple but unique mod. As the name suggests Crossings lets you place crossings anywhere on roads, the mod allows you to add as many crossings as you want on any type of road. This mod might not seem to you of much use, but trust me as your city grows and more population pops in your city, you will see how useful this mod will become. 5. Ultimate Level of Details Are you tired of graphic details in Cities Skylines? Well, we have got a mod for you. This mod is ready to take your game’s graphics details on to another level. Once you have got this mod on your game, it will let you render the distance of various objects. Ultimate Level of Detail enables the option to render the distance of detailed trees, props, buildings, and network models. After enabling this mod, you will see the real difference. This mod is definitely worth trying if you are having a good graphic card on your PC. 4. Daylight Classic The default in-game daylight can be annoying for some of the players out there. If you are one of them then this mod is definitely for you. What it does is it changes the sunlight color and tints during daytime. The mod has several features such as changing sunlight intensity, changing the sunlight tint, replacing stock LUTs, replacing fog and lighting effect, restoring classic sun position, and removing greenish tint from the fog. 3. Unlock All + Wonders & Landmarks We all love adding those beautiful-looking wonders and landmarks to our city. But, at the beginning, we didn’t have many of them unlocked. We must grind and level up in order to unlock the required items. Now, with this mod in your game, there is no need to wait for a level-up. You can unlock all the landscapes and monuments right from the start of your journey. This will also unlock unique buildings from Level 1 – Level 6, European Biome landmarks, Deluxe Edition landmarks, and also the specific buildings from each DLC. 2. All 25 Areas Purchasable Cities Skylines allows players to purchase only 9 tiles on the entire map. The rest of the space cannot be purchased in the vanilla game. This is where the mod All 25 Areas Purchasable steps in. It makes all 25 tiles on the map become purchasable. But in order to do that you must complete the milestone 13. Before milestone 13 which is technically the last milestone, you can only purchase 9 tiles. That means we have to play the like in the standard way and when the last milestone is completed, the rest of the squares can be purchased. 1. Precision Engineering The Precision Engineering mod is one of the best mods in the entire game. With this mod in your game, you will have access to some advanced features when placing items on the ground. Such as you will see an option that shows angle snapping. Moreover, a few extra details will also be visible when you are placing the roads, train lines, power lines, and other similar items. The angles and distance measurements which are added by this mod give you full control over your city’s structure. These are the 7 best Cities Skylines Mods that you should definitely try. You can find hundreds of other mods out there but obviously, you can’t try all of them. And it will also consume lots of time to pick the ones that are perfect for your city. The ones that are on this list will definitely help you out in crafting your masterpiece more precisely. If you are just starting your game or you are planning to start another city then you should check out 10 Beginners Cities Skylines Best Maps guide. This will definitely help you out in picking your next map for a new city. FAQs How Do I Add Mods to Cities Skylines? Adding mods to your game is pretty simple. This can be done from the Steam Community. … Read more

10 Beginners Cities Skylines Best Maps

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Cities Skylines is the game where you can build the city of your dreams. The game has so many intense details that you can deep dive and work on even the smallest details to bring out the perfection in your very own city. The best thing about Cities Skylines is its long list of maps. But as we all know not all of the maps are worth trying. So, which ones are Cities Skylines Best Maps? That’s what we are gonna look up in this guide. There are actually a few things that make each map different from the other one. And those are the availability of resources, transporting routes, and the land available to build on. Actually, there is one more thing, the terrain and the looks of the map. Based on all these factors, you can go on and choose your very first map to start building your city. Now, that we know all the factors that we must look on, it will become a lot easier for us to choose the right map from the list of best maps in Cities Skylines. So, without any further delay, let’s jump into the list. Cities Skylines Best Maps The list of maps in Cities Skylines is quite long which is a good thing. But for beginners, it can be a little confusing and time-consuming to choose from that list and embark on their dream journey. So, in order to make it easier for you, here is a list of the best maps that will be great to start with. 10. Wolf Creek The nature lovers must stop at this map. Wolf Creek is a masterpiece when it comes to nature based on forests, mountains, and rivers. This map gives you the landscape that is covered with nature, the best place in my opinion for sure. If you are planning to start your journey on a land that has all sorts of nature reserves then this is definitely for you. Now, coming to the available resources on this specific map. You will have access to tons of forest items, water, oil, and ore. The most important thing is the availability of buildable land. It has almost around 60% land available to build on which is a decent amount of area for beginners. The next important thing is the number of routes. So, we have 2 Airways, 2 Rail Routes, and 3 Highways. 9. Windfield This one is another best maps in Cities Skylines to start with. Windfield has tons of resources in abundance plus it has a huge land space available for players to start building. You don’t have to worry about mountains and rivers splitting your city structure. This map has a small number of mountains. Somewhere around 1/4 of the map is covered with ocean, whereas the rest of the space is taken out by the land which is safe to build on. Coming to natural resources, you can have water in abundance, forestry is no exception to it, and you can find fertile land as well. And lastly, we have oil and ore reserves as well. Next, the transporting routes. All the transporting routes are present on this map including 4 Rail Routes, 4 Highways, 4 Airways, and 3 Shipment Channels. Overall this map is a great choice to begin with. 8. Black Woods Black Woods is one of those maps in Cities Skylines that are filled up with a great number of rivers. An increased amount of rivers can be a challenging task to deal with when you are building up the structure of your city. Although, it’s not going to be an impossible task. Just with a little extra effort, you can definitely bring your city into the perfect running shape. Black Woods has a number of rivers that goes around all over the maps and dividing the building land into several pieces. That’s the only challenging phase of this map. Once you are done with this you will be good to go. Now, the resources available on this map are water, forest items, ore, and oil. You will also see some fertile land. Black Woods has around 68% of land available to build. Moreover, it has all the transporting routes including 4 Airways, 1 Shipping Channels, 4 Highways, and 4 Rail Routes. 7. Green Plains Green Plains is another forest based map that comes with a unique river design. This immersive design and its overall qualities make it a perfect map. We have all the green areas on this map which makes it stand out from others. Green Plains fulfills all the requirements that are needed to run a successful city. It has access to rivers, forest areas, and other resources as well. So, it won’t be difficult to design your city structure on this mesmerizing map. The best part is it has a decent number of transport routes like most of the other maps. You will have access to 4 Rail Routes, 4 Highways, 4 Airways, and 1 Shipping Channels. 6. Diamond Coast Diamond Coast is for the perfect city building structure. That’s because this map’s land is divided into several parts which you can use to split your city into several sectors. This is for sure one of the best features of Diamond Coast. It does come with all the resources and nature touch to it. So, you will be getting the best views on this map once your city pops up with all the buildings and other important structures that your city needs. This map has 69% of land available for building. And that’s actually quite a huge space. Next, you have all the resources needed for a city, plus it has all the proper transportation routes as well including 2 Shipment Channels, 3 Rail Routes, 4 Highways, and 4 Airways. 5. Foggy Hills Now, we have got another perfect map and that is Foggy Hills. Let me tell you the best thing about this map. Foggy Hills has rivers running … Read more