Custom Grand Central Station in Cities Skylines 2 | A BRUTAL Build 

Also fellow creator created a mod where every single item on find it now has an accurate thumbnail. Every building, every prop. It's crazy good if you plop your buildings! Look it up!

“I took a break from CS2, playing some CS…” lmao good to see you back, fella

For the parking lots, you need the "Better Bulldozer" mod to delete them. You can also delete invisible networks, cims and cars, surfaces, and basically anything you can't bulldoze in vanilla

If you want to delete the parking lot download the mod Better Bulldozer by Yenyang... Also good to have you back!

You really need the water mod that makes the water look decent at any distance instead of a puddle and also shows currents!

The train station you built, its headhouse really looks like it was designed and built by noted architect Robert A. M. Stern and the state transit authority sometime in the 1980s. So we gotta have a backstory for it. In the late 19th Century the New Dimesburg, Lackawanna and Western built a Victorian station with a glass and steel train shed to match, and ran a ferry across the bay. The railroad prospered through the Second World War but its fortunes started to fade in the 1950s. A merger with the Huron Railway didn't stave off bankruptcy for the newly merged Huron-Lackawanna in the late 1970s. The station was all but abandoned when arsonists struck, damaging the headhouse and train shed so severely they had to be torn down. With rail commuter services, already suffering from disinvestment, were thoroughly disrupted, the state had to intervene and build temporary structures to restore service. This was the beginning of a takeover and 40 year reinvestment scheme by the state into its commuter rail, transit and ferry services. The first task was the clearing away the rubble of the old headhouse and construction of the new A. M. Stern headhouse, then the state moved on to rebuilding the platforms, restoring train service and building up public transport. Recently they completed the replacement of the old ferry docks, which in previous years was reduced to a concrete quay, with a brand new ferry terminal and bus station. Construction of a subway with an option to build a trans bay tube is expected to begin soon and will facilitate the movement of people into New Dimesburg and its suburbs and reduce dependency on cars. $2.20, I hope you like my little narrative!

That's a great asset for a central station. Super weird how the colours slightly change with each plop. I experienced the same thing with trying to place concrete barriers to detail a median. It was very frustrating.

Custom stuff!! Maybe now we can finally see the creators finger prints on a city, this is a classic 2.20 build!

29:22 as a non native speaker of the english language , it does warm my heart that also native speakers see parasol as a wierd name for it, opposed to Sonnenschirm

The clean textures are probably just what the developers were going for. You'd think mods could easily replace these or add decals, but I don't know anything about modding so idk.

They've ammended the geneva convention to add CS2 detailing under explicit examples of Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment

One day, when mods allow it, you could add some extra platforms in that sit above the current ones, perhaps off to one side, so the station becomes 2 layers, which is quite common in Europe. It'd also be a good chance to create interesting track layouts. This might be good for the addition of a city wide metro system for example.

Welcome back Two Dollars Twenty

Wow. What you've accomplished here - bravo! 👏

Glad to see you back. We missed you. Cool episode, and im sure, you'll see with the Icon Asset Library, you are going to have a blast in customization . Can't wait for next week

Great episode & nice to see you back to detailing! 👌

Nice to see you back again!

This looks so much like Flinders in Melbourne. I think you ought to use that as a launch point to make that little peninsula/jetty more dynamic! Either "unlock" a signature building or two, or make this where the city's main subway network also links up!

He's back!!🥳 really appreciate your videos.

Excited to see what other modders make for the game! The idea of using that point grid to make parking lots and paint surfaces sounds like it has great potential. Good to see you back too $2.20!

As an industrial electrician I might suggest that a building of this magnitude would have it’s own mini substation with backup generators. Also, if it’s in the old part of town you would probably have above ground electrical lines for distribution. I’ve noticed that a lot of creators use the road power lines too much for city areas that are older. Throwing in substations around town might be a good way to grunge up and get that old town feel. Also, I’m not sure of other towns but my home city’s older neighborhoods have a lot of superfluous rail lines that are seldom used branching off the main line and in to the factory buildings of old. The lines are rarely ever raised and cross the roads at uncontrolled crossings. I feel like a port town of this magnitude would have relied heavily on rail in their Industrial Revolution stage. You might even be able to repurpose some of these old rail lines in to metro lines as the city requires as the population grows.

bro the color thing is the reason i don't play cs2 that much, it just all starts to blend with bright vibrance.

There’s a mod that you can use your keyboard to cycle through the different variations of buildings.

Wow, kudos for sticking it out!

I decided since about late November that I wasn't going to touch this game until asset modding is supported because while the game is somewhat good it's just not enough for me in terms of creativity that I would like but videos like this make me very excited about what asset modding in this game is going to be, so in the meantime I'll just be waiting patiently until asset modding is supported which hopefully is soon.

This sheltered pathway is so Australian!😂 it remembered me the Cairns airport terminals connection. Also Townsville airport! Also Sydney airport Uber area! Actually things like that are everywhere 😂😂❤

Your cities always look absolutely stunning.

It might be a bit rough but so glad to see you back to detailing, it’s inspiring me to get back to CS2! Glad to see you back!

I miss you a lot ! You are like a CS pioneer who inspire and find new technique. The build is amazing !

I waited so long for this hahah But good on you for taking a break

Wow. I appreciate all the effort and struggles you went through in this video.

When I saw the thumbnail, I immediately thought of Hoboken and just like that, you mentioned your inspiration! Very cool to see my home represented.

I see it like that: the station was rebuild in the 50s or 60s after a massive storm. Unfortunately it was built with that hideous concrete roof. But there will be a day when that concrete needs to be renovated and then the old roof will be rebuilt!

I used the conc footpath raised up to the train door level for my custom station platforms, worked well for the passengers, though any props I put on it would sink to ground level on a game load :(

Yep ELT will definitely make this stuff way easier! Also, if you want a station platform and are feeling bold: go into the Editor and make one! Once you've built your prefab just save it and you'll be able to use it in your builds thereafter... very nice.

Realy looking forward to watch this!

personally wouldnt put a train yard there. But rather a historical area perhaps pedestrian "Dimesyards" Could be an old trainyard converted into a nice industrial commercial mixed use area. The actual big yards should be outside of the city for logistic purposes

CS2's color management is absolutely absimal. I cannot comprehend how a team of professionals, working full time on the project could look at this and say: 'Hey, this looks good enough!' This unfortunately means that doesn't matter how good the build is, it won't look nowhere as good as CS1 city would. Can't wait for full graphical mods for CS2 to cover up CO's deficits.

well well well well well well well WELL

As an FYI, it’s HOE-BOE-KEN, and it’s located in Hoboken, not Jersey City. Hoboken is its own place :)

Need more of this series! Cant wait to see a NYC styled and scaled city in CS2! Especially with the new detailing mods coming out May 10th

Haey man, good to see you back. I hope all is going good for you man.

they DID do marketing about how depending on what your city is producing, those type of businesses would pop up, maybe thats why theres so much effort in the brands and unique store names!

So good! Classic $2.20 content. I love that CS2 is improving each day (even if its because the modding community saved it). Videos like this gives me hope that CS2 is gonna be just as great as its predecessor.

He's back!

I am full of joy to hear toure doing some wim city 4 videos. The music is absolutely perfect and i know you use it all the time but it is sublime. Do have a play around with the silly you drive it missions from the Rush Hour expansion pack. Theyve got some good classic maxis humour and references. Cant wait for the videos. Hoping to see a good Elevated train. They were great on SC4

8:50 So good to see you!

maybe the station can have a modern look towards the harbor by using glass if it is available like many really old stations have like they have a new airport terminal like building and also a old heritage building ... good to see you back !!

you know you could make that parking lot functional with the "two way invisible road w parking" you drwa it in like like the invisible paths and it has parking built in on the sides, then you just use surface tool to add pavement.

There's a mod called Asset Variation Changer that will allow you to lock in the color of an asset so they don't keep changing. Works great for props, but I've noticed the buildings don't seem to function. I'm sure that bug will get sorted out.

For the platform not being raised. Sully was able to compromise with this problem by having the invisible pathway raised to the proper hight and connecting it to the invisible translation, this will make 90% of the platform the correct hight except for when the passengers are boarding the train which will revert back to the same level as the track.

Can't wait to see Simcity 4, recently reinstalled that and can't believe that there are still mods being created for it, it's aged so well

Would be cool if once you get more find it and move it features you change the roof to glass and add in some actual platforms for the tracks. Would be an awesome custom station

this was a fun video

can't wait for the new oceania episode

Can't wait for SC4 content - are you doing modded or just vanilla to start?

Looks so cartoony compared to Oceania. There's some nice mechanics in CS2 - just wish they'd added them to CS1...

The goat is back 🙏

There is a mod you can use to cycle through asset colours (Asset Variation Changer) by just hovering the asset and pressing the arrow key.

If you have any questions, id love to answer them! I have lived in New Jersey all my life.

fun!

To add more realism you should make the railroad connect earlier so their is only one bridge span instead of two.

Hey Dollar, you're gonna want to hear this (If you haven't already). This mod called EXTRA 3.0 on PDX Mods will be coming out on Friday (May 10th). And just by looking at the trailer, It might save CS2 :D

This could be not possible to do but you could make one of the train lines go in a loop around the downtown area underground and have 4 or 5 sunken subway stations the people can use to travel around the city. Then you can extend the train lines from the loop downtown area to the rest of the suburbs. Also, next to the train station where you said you're thinking of building a bus depot. I think it would be cool to extend that land over the water and build an Olympics sports village instead of another harbour because of the transportation accessibility of tbat area.

You could also add a bus depot/main station to this build

Can you pls finish sunset city in CS1??! You had so many good plans, like an airport that I was dying to watch. You’re leaving us on a cliffhanger here! What happens to Mike Burgensy? What happens to Fabian? I would love if you could finish that city once and for all! Hope you have a good day!

Reminds me so much of Rautatientori, Helsinkis central station

HI 2$20, I think you should build an area for buses or trams near your train station; sense the area is still developing and it would be sad to rip out a bunch of buildings layer down the line

The Infrastructurist did a vid on a custom bus interchange that you could try.

Do some extra dead end tracks and fill them in with dev mode passenger train props to represent trains not in use (also have gravel or concrete as suriseva under the tracks)

Very Flinders Street vibes

you should add a connecting path between the harbor road and the waterfront path

Where can we find the mods you're using in this map ?

@twodollarstwenty will we ever get to see Shirly and Sunset city??????? .... btw amazing episode :D

New Mod Called "Extra3.0" Just released, allowing to add wear and tear and decals. You should check it out for next video

See I feel the exact opposite. I don't like the generic burger shops and other generic buildings. One of my favorite things to do in CS1 is building my own shopping centers with all my favorite stores and restaurants. To me, most of the generic options look like they had less than 10 seconds of thought put into them. They feel like "burger shop" "toy store" "shop" - it feels lifeless and uninspired to have all these nameless shops and restaurants. On the other hand, when YOU make your own and your own stories to go with them, now that's a totally different story!

Grand Central terminal*

Land appeared out of nowhere at 39:30

Are you gonna make some manor lords content?

Dude, it reaaallly feels like you're just not enjoying CS2. I'd love some more CS1 while we wait for the mods to kick in!

I can't even get the game to start anymore and that is after doing 2 uninstalls/reinstalls. To be fair though I was playing the Gamepass version and my guess is there is files buried in a "temp" folder somewhere.

What is the mode to get parcking place with road 13:23 we can see it in the menu. This 36:21

In my city the people are sometimes not using the paths, both normal or unvisible. The are just going where they want, even if there is a building, they go through. Wish they would follow the ways I was building like here in front of the station. Don't know how to solved this

bro us making new York while i fail to fix the damn traffic💀💀

I could never do a full custom, i need full assets lol

What mod is that at the 30:02 mark?

I recommend the "Better Bulldozer" mod. You can specifically select to delete paths. I find it useful for seeing and deleting invisible paths.

melbourne vibes

I was about to ask where the video was on your twitter post and HERE WE ARE! Looking forward to your next one with asset icon library 😃

Don’t burn yourself out man, if you wanna go back to OG CS or Sim City 4 I garuntee you nobody would be upset, and hell I’m sure people would wanna see those videos too

Wow that build took an iron will, I felt tired just watching you manually align hundreds of tiny props..

You look like Travis Head

Are mods finally available.?

try manor lords!

there 8000 assets in the game now ,i think thats a lot ,this only vanilla,in 8 years maybe you have 50k assets.

@the dollars twenty Could you not just use the invisible paths to elevate the platforms and then add the “ platforms “ you were trying to use levelling up both so the sims won’t behave like they were ? Idk just a guess , I don’t play the game but I love watching your videos . Take care From London Uk

Sounds different this video

No offense, but why would a main station open up onto the coastline? You want people to be in or at the centre. It would have made massivly more sense to bend the tracks to the right after the bridge and have the central station open up into downtown. A central station is not a destination but more like a central point and that should be...central. As it is right now, its more like a destination to stay at or to visit, like a park at the coast and everyone arriving there needs to take another public transport to get into downtown or have a walk, thats too much for most commuters.

are you going to build the path train system the nyc subway system the hudson bergen light rail and the new jersey transit and the metroi north commuter rail and the long island railroad

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