TOP 5 Tips to make your city look more BEAUTIFUL and REALISTIC | No mods tutorial | Cities: Skylines 

I've been watching Cities Skylines videos for a few years now. I've come to appreciate non-modded builds more than modded stuff.

1. Make your on ramps and off ramps connect smoothly to your highways. Nothing looks worse than awkward ramps that connect with sharp elbows instead of smooth curves. Don't run your ramps parallel to your highway before connecting them if you can avoid it. When you do that you have to connect with an elbow that curves the wrong way. Instead, connect the ramp at as acute (gradual) an angle as the game will allow and add an extra lane to the highway for merging. This is the way real ramps connect to real highways. Learn how to make smooth curves that connect to other curves using the same tangents. It takes practice, don't give up! 2. Pay attention to the heights of your roads. Make slopes very gentle and gradual and leave just enough space to clear the road below. If your roads don't look right, the rest of your city won't look right either. Don't build long, unrealistic stretches of elevated roads. Instead, consider making stretches of sunken highway with landscaped slopes on the sides. In real life sunken highways minimize noise and are frequently used in downtown areas. 3. Don't over-do the trees. Grass, bushes and flowers are beautiful too. It's not realistic to hide the entire ground with trees. In real life trees are expensive to plant so you never see dense thickets of them in landscaped areas. Add rocks for variety too. 4. Use a variety of trees: palms, cypresses, conifers, deciduous. Use a variety of sizes too. Use blossoming trees as well. 5. Don't over-do quays. Don't over-do concrete and asphalt in general. Landscaped slopes and beaches are much nicer than quays. Use quays only in industrial waterfronts and as retaining walls in industrial areas. Consider using more decorative retaining walls instead. Consider using decorative pavements on your pedestrian and bike paths to minimize the amount of concrete and asphalt in your city. 6. Put in more parking lots than you think you need. Real cities have lots of parking lots, and it fills in the spaces between your skyscrapers realistically. Decorate the borders and islands in your parking lots with trees, flowers, bushes and grass. The game considers parking lots to be parks so they increase land values just like parks. 7. Reserve as much space as you can along your waterfront for parks and open space. Don't build a road (or even worse, a railroad) right along a waterfront. That blocks off pedestrian access to the water and prevents the waterfront from being used to best advantage. It's a psychological barrier as well. Nobody likes crossing a busy highway or railroad even if paths are provided. Minimize industrial areas near the water. Keep most of your industrial area near your major highways and railroads instead. Waterfront industrial areas should just have the docks and fishing industry that have to go there. The rest of your waterfront should be reserved for more high value and decorative uses like parks, public beaches, mansions, condos, hotels, golf courses, amusement parks, aquariums, marinas for yachts and sailboats and the like. Now that the game provides an alternative, don't pollute the water. Real cities in first world countries don't do that.

I always spend a long time trying to get my roads to look realistic. Spending more time on something almost always means it's going to look better

Show me the real city. Los angeles. I said the real city. Pro builds his dream city Perfection.

Thanks! Now I can make my dream city more realistic and beautiful! :D

Where did you go imperatur? We miss you

13 Reasons Why (Pun Intended) He left RU-vid! Reason 1: He dead (Not Likely) Reason 2: Vacation or Break (Very Highly Likely) Reason 3: He got hacked (Not even on the likely table) Reason 4: He lost his email and youtube (Maybe) Reason 5: Too much on his plate (Very Likely) Reason 6: Making a LONG video (Just No) Reason 7: Personal Lost (Family Member or PC) (Likely) Reason 8: He is in Prison (Just "Oh Hell No") Reason 9: Kidnapped (OK) Reason 10: Medical Issue (Covid-19, Ebola, Aids) (Very Likely) Reason 11: He bored (probably not) Reason 12: He is working on a different channel (Maybe) Reason 13: FBI webcam guy broke his door down and is now beating him to death (Probably the Realistic Reason and the Most Likely Reason why)

"All you had to do was follow the damn terrain CJ!"

Where are you Imperatur?? I start to worry🥺🥺

Tip for better cities: Use the steam workshop!

Hey, why are you so inactive, r u fine?

Using different road to make pedestrian crossing, especially at the bus stop or near transport hub. For example you have a bus stop in 2 lane road with parking, upgrade the bus stop node on that road with 2 lane road with grass. Then we'll have a zebra cross.

Hey when is your next upload.

Why did you not upload for 2 weeks? Life?

I think the most important tip is don't be afraid. Don't be afraid to make organic shapes, don't be afraid to delete some buildings, don't be afraid to sacrifice some room for aesthetics..... I'm more of practical person, though. Guardrails? Use the sound-barried highway.

When is your next video coming out???? It has been so long!!

First Fluxtrance, then Strictoaster and now Imperatur!?! What is going on?

Danke! Von der Effektivität klappt's bei mir schon ganz gut, aber Effektivität ist eben nicht gleich Schönheit xD Sowelche Videos kann ich also immer gebrauchen👍 Und weil du dich da am besten mit auskennst: Ich hab bei einem anderen RU-vidr Mal gesehen, dass er ein Tool hatte, womit man Flächen auf der Map mit Beton und Rohstoffen ausfüllen kann. Braucht man dafür Mods oder hab ich da was übersehen?

Who are u imperatur ? Plz come back, are u ok?

What I have learned from my first 500 hrs in cities skylines: look to other creators and the real world for inspiration, use more props than buildings in relation to the placed buildings(I think that always works), mix the building levels when popping, and use at least five to ten mods if you want to play modded C:S

I give my downtown area no value and rush it. Leaving spaces between high rises does sound wonderful. I will try all these tips! Thanks Imperatur!

Me when I said the space your highrises:but but I like keeping my highrises dense Edit:changed horses to highrises

Haven’t uploaded in years imperatur are you dead🥺

I agree with some - like don't be afraid :-) Let me put it in positive terms: - Use the BULLDOZER - IMPERFECTIONS are normal - keep them - Have some VAGUE objectives for yourself - be CREATIVE in tackiling problems - Have FUN This may seem like meaningless tips, if there is "no right nor wrong" they make sense.

Yo Imperatur! It’s been a long time since I’ve seen a new upload. To be honest, I’ve just been watching Biffa and other Cities Skyline players. I am anxious for the new uploads!

The damn flute destroyed my ears XD

May i ask you a question? I have a problem with the train, monorail and overground metro ( or metro) road layout. How to make the rails look realistic or at least look better? Btw thanks for the tips and tricks, even though i had to play this game with very low graphic 😥

Do you have any extra tips for console and free2play players?

Could you do a face reval?

Before watch :noob After watch. :Pro Me : watch and watch

I’ve always struggled with road layouts can you do a tutorial on that?

Can you do a how to build perfect cargo port with mods? That’d be great love ur channel :)

I tried to decorate my highway whit fences and trees, but it's an elevated highway lmao. Should I keep it? Edit: some grammatical errors :D

Spaces between highrises is something that really depends on the style of city you're trying to go for. For example, a classic American "concrete jungle" is going to be super-compact with lots of tall buildings packed in a relatively close space. Meanwhile, a supermodern middle-eastern designer city would actually be near impossible with conventional zoning and would require Plopable RICO and Plop the Growables.

this is crazy building😃👍🏻

Imperatur, what visual mod do you use, if you use any?

Fences eats lot of nodes. Net node limit is 32768.

Very nice video! Do you have tips for the steam workshop, assets and mods?

Can u make los santos map in city skylines

What are most the important components in a pc for cities skylines? I want to build a powerful pc for cities skylines.

Hey imeratur I was wondering what dlcs you have as well as which dlc should I get since I have none atm

3:17 I feel you

one of my biggest tips, i wish i used when i started out..dont build to be effecient, its okay to make room for some prettyness, insted of just building square to max out how many people that can be inside it... Be more patient, things will come in time, no need to rush builds! Its OKAY to destroy or move buildings! that must be my top 3, but i can come up with MANY MORE if u need xD

This helped me out a lot thx.

I just put a lot of trees and the city becomes beautiful. But I abandoned this game, it began to lag terribly. My computer pulls PUBG at the maximum graphics settings, and Citis skyline is very buggy (

I use your techniques. Cluster trees and vegetations. Put planters and hedges. Before that I just paint the area with trees.

tip no. 6 ... after 10 hours of work... dont forget to save

Sweet! Can you make one on how to make a downtown better?

Guys whats more important having a messy city but earning big cash or having a clean city but making no cash?

I got this game for free

Can you put a mod list for the video?

Thank you for your Cloverleaf interchange idea I actually made it on the PS4

Im new to this game, and I never knew you could add trees and bushes!

Ooh yeh I’m onna dew that

How do i Unlock more space? When i buy space then there is limit

plz do one with no mods and no dlcs plz

imperatur, is there also terrain info on cities skylines console?

Please, tips for Public Transportation and advantage/disadvantage on all of them!

there's a level of dishonesty here. while the tips he shares don't require mods, he's presenting this video using different themes/mods to make everything better looking. - one of the more obvious examples is the different ruined texture theme. the ruined texture in vanilla is that ugly yellow sand that forms around every bit of concrete/road, but he's using a theme with darker and softer looking soil, which looks a lot more natural and realistic.

0 dislikes it better stay like that :)

I always mix match the zones in neighborhoods back in SimCity 4 days. A lot of people make just commercial zones or residential only, I'm always putting a corner store here and there xD Good video 👍

My tip is: don't use vanilla buildings hahahah. There are some good ones but majority of them are too cartoon lookinh

I wish i had 100+ to pay for the stupid dlcs in this game. Looks so much better with the dlcs but gurl im not about to spend half my paycheck on a game that asks for more money than a brand new 80$ game

Hey @imperatur, everything okay? You’ve been gone awhile and we miss you. Hope all is well in your life.

I’m sad Why? Because console players can’t use info maps whole building. ☹️

can smeone pls tell me the names of the music

Adding to the historic option, set some high density buildings be the first level height on the outer edges of downtown. This will create a stair effect where the closer to the city centre the taller the buildings. It is great that you show tips without mods. I don't use mods very often and the tips are accessible to many

Chief, come back your warriors need you

Next video is a tip how to make realistic Bay

I VERY LOVE YOUR VIDEO!!

Why the vanilla tree always looks godd in your video but not in my game? its the reason why i always remove vanilla tree and use custom assets

really love the tips, I did some changes to my city and it looks beautiful. and still not the full extend that you used to do.

Please comeback!

hello imperatur please can you watch how to ubdate cities skylines video

Best Tip for more Beautiful Cities: Watch this channel lol

what happend with imperatur????? more than 1 month without videos

Where’d he go

Is he german

Early! I wish your channel a successful beginning ❤️

Please make a video on the DLCs ranked

This is beauty hahah

In my opinion, less interchanges and a more walkable city make it so prettier

Sucks cause in console you cant have the terrain level and road TOOLS at the same time

I’m here since you have 25K Subs and I love your videos

inspirational !

I just love your content. Can't wait for next video! Where did you get all that experience with building and everything looking so great? :D

Thats also most likely a summarise of what u learned in ure vanilla dream city :)

Second?

What is game ??

Entertaining as always 👍🏻

Hat mir sehr geholfen, vor allem die ersten beiden Tips! Weiter so!

How Do i make culdusac with vanilla console?

When making a u turn for a dead end road. Do a one unit avenue then place the industries avenue from that and upgrade it to the road u want

Made my city warzone

I didnt even know about these tips. I was so stupid

Wow I didn't know the Historical one! Now I know what they use for and how to use lol! Thanks bro! 😎😉 -Paul

Where did you go?

Every one:beautiful Me :butter?

Thanks for five tips 😀

What is the name from the first song??