InCities: Skylines 2, the grid refers to the streets in your city.

Explore how to meet your citizens' needs for a proper resting place in Cities: Skylines 2.

So, how should your grid be laid out?

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What Is The Grid Placement Tool?

The second click will create the side of the grid.

From here, you canadjust the width, with the future road placement being shown in blue.

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How To Make Custom Grids

Overall, making a custom grid is fairly simple.

Leave No Cell Unturned

The grid placement tool creates grids that are perfectly filled in.

The road placement tool has a blue circle that goes around the edge.

cities skylines 2 grid placement tool

Anything within the circle will be part of the grid, creating one cell.

Try toline up this blue circle with existing cells,creating a seamless cell layout.

Consider Cell Size

One cell is eight meters,which is handy to know when placing streets.

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The streets are placed in such a way that there is a noticeable gap along the edges.

If the street waseight meters shorter,then this gap would disappear.

This may sound a bit confusing, but let’s consider real cities.

cities skylines 2 grids with holes in the center

This is important to Cities: Skylines 2 as well.

Angle your grid to line up with the side!

Real cities typically have a central, downtown area.

cities skylines 2 grids that don’t line up

This isn’t always the case though.

Overall,we highly suggest looking at real citiesto get an idea of what your grid can look like.

These roads flow and curve in a natural way while still carrying citizens where they need to go.

cities skylines 2 main streets with grid in center

Intersections in Cities: Skylines 2 can be a cause of heavy traffic.

Here, you could learn how to build the perfect city intersection.

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