can't explain how incredibly relaxing this series is... usually with content this long I tend to just have it on in the background but... being able to just sit down with these videos for an hour with a cup of coffee, a blanket, and just... not having to think about anything besides fictional traffic solutions, not actually doing anything but keeping my brain busy enough to not have to think " I should be being productive and doing something else right now" .. just incredibly nice.

Flabaliki in Ep2: "I like how this nice little neighbourhood is coming along, nothing too much, just a cosy place to live." Ep6: "Let's shove a railway straight down every single backyard in the entire city"

*watching James get really into the road layouts and lane design* “I like it, Picasso.”

James: "this city is too small for a metro" also James: *proceeds to add FOUR train stations*

Ahh, the train afterthought episode. Yes, thank you. Not many people deliver horror content outside of October. Hands over the eyes for most the episode. Quality.

I can really picture a big uni campus down in that section by all those offices and big train station, could look nice down by the water around there

You could do the area right at the end of the peninsula as an old town (next to the big castle), and then the newer more modern part of the city centre would be next to it!

Seeing the thumbnail, I’m already excited because you’re finally getting to start the train line you want to do! And let’s be honest, creating a public transit network that gets well used is one of the most satisfying things in this game.

I loved seeing the train working and all tucked in between the buildings and fences, makes it so much more realistic. Also we adore hour+ updates. So good!

A European district will be nice, in places where you feel like "I want this to be high density but not big skyscrapers" with a grid pattern. Would feel like the Barcelona blocks system which is amazing.

This series has made me not only buy some of the new DLC, but also watch your old series. They’ve been super relaxing and a joy to watch, so thanks for that!

I feel like trees on either side of the train tracks would maybe look a bit nicer, and that way it buffers noise for the houses around. More green areas!

The Joy of Painting Trains with Flabiliki

"I don't want peace. I want problems! Always!" - James, creating his own problems to solve later

I am living for how frequently these videos are coming, I’m back on a skylines phase and giving sims a bit of a break. It’s funny how you live on the other side of the world (I’m in the uk) we are a similar age and play the same games 😂 I’m pretty sure if your a simulation gamer we all play the same games.

Not gonna lie, I love the hour+ long videos. A guilty pleasure of mine is watching your content when tired because it's relaxing enough to fall asleep to, and the hour allows plenty of time to fall asleep without having to queue up another video. I do go back and rewatch it from where I remember seeing it, but yeah, helps with sleep.

I can’t stand skipping episodes in this because I don’t see the changes you made. It’s like going back to your home town after years to see your high school, only to see that they moved it over a few feet and put a train stain next to it.

Can't wait to get home and fall asleep to your voice now (thats how relaxing these videos are you're not boring I swear)

This is the only stuff that gets me through the week 😂

Seriously loving having these videos back!

Don’t forget you’re using left side traffic, so your roundabouts when you use the builder are right side.

The lines look SO beautiful. It’s a little tough to watch but the results are satisfying, like a finely made model

I love the parallel fence tool! Very satisfying

I definitely think that one road in the Hawthorne district should continue as a bridge onto that mini island and then across the water

It’s alright they still get a two wide house…. With trains 🚂 going through their back garden 🤣

So happy City Skylines is back, makes the perfect background for when I’m working :]

Flabaliki: I'm zoning this area for residential Also Flabaliki: I'm gonna put some high density commercial in here.

Hey, you should download the pick it mode it is very useful and lets you easily select stuff like a road or building by just clicking on it. (works like the eyedropper tool in sims)

I feel like you should do a second train line that goes to the industrial area for people in the "city" that work up there :)

I actually really like replacing stuff in my cities as well. Feels a bit like they're evolving and growing, almost a bit like they would in real life ... just much quicker

Awesome episode, really enjoyed this one. For the bus turnaround by the last station, it would probably work better if you reversed the one way part.

I look forward to these videos so much... Sometimes i dont wanna finish the full video, just so i have some to watch everyday lol

You inspired me to download this game at 3am and build many many terrible towns. I guess there's a steep learning curve and my constituents are paying the price! Living for these relaxing long episodes! Thanks James!❤❤❤❤❤

Thank you for the Mod & Asset list

Honestly, i discovered this series very recently and I am absolutely loving it, its given me lots to think about including what I can do next

Those two random gravel roads in the middle of the city have to go lmao

Those crowds at the bus stops 😂

I love the long content!! It shows that you're really into what you're doing, and having a good time with it :)

I missed this series so much. I used to watch the Sedona playlist all the time. Incredibly relaxing. Thank you for bringing it back!

You made me want to play Simcity 4 again for some reason. Cities Skylines somehow got too difficult to run on my computer, even in vanilla. I'm quite happy that I managed to play a thousand hours of it before it became wrecked.

Absolutely loving this series!! currently is iso with covid and its keeping me entertained, ive missed these style series so much!!

I love this series. It’s perfect, I would personally enjoy watching you stream when you play this game also! How do I not sound like a suck up fan but still say you are so funny and here for your content all day every day… 🙌🏻

James, I really can’t thank you enough for this series! I love it so much, it’s so relaxing and entertaining at the same time! Thank you for going back

Thanks James! This is wholesome! I'm enjoying the long vids

Perfect video for a chill Friday at work :)

Looks great, can't wait for the next part 👍🏻 would love to see the city at night time 🌃

I'm not a train fanatic, but I loved this episode!! Love this city!

James, I just love the way you play! You just play and build how you like, not how anyone tells you to! If you want to build 20 intersections right next to each other because you think it looks great, just do it, even if x comments say how pointless it is. Your way of playing is just inspiring for me! Keep it up!

I am so invested in this city 😅 love it

It's really good to hear you enjoying a game again. You don't have to join all the roads to build a round about. You can use the builder on the end of a road, if you want.

28 mins in - love the idea of a train line, my only gripe is, why cut through communities and roads when you can surpass them via elevated track. It would cause less disruption to existing dwellings and infrastructure, and allow for greater creative control. Plus from a community level a raised track would lessen traffic issues

I could watch this stuff for hours and hours and hours. LOVE IT

When you clean up the roads/fences that are adjacent to the train stations can you also refine some of the zoning? There are tons of 1x1 properties surrounding the new line and they're really bugging me haha

I don't understand why we're dipping the roads down and making all these intersections that will definitely cause problems, when we could just have the train tracks pass above.

If you want trucks to use the main road instead of the little side streets you could always ban heavy traffic on the smaller roads I believe and can make the big main roads a priority road.

I loved this episode. Please do as much train content as you want!

Watching you play this is teaching me how to use these mods. My mind is blown.

I wonder if there’s a way that you can eliminate the amount of railway crossings along the train route? It’s seems there’s a lot of crossings for a railway commuter line. But otherwise really enjoying the series!

Hey! I loved this episode! You had plans, the episode is longer, you downloaded assets, the episode came out shortly after the previous one but not too soon, not too late? Good work!

Oh am loving this series! But a thing that I miss from other series are the timelapses at the beginning of the episode. For example you doing the road line marking will probably look really good during a timelapse.

Please do a little slip lane for the people turning left in the roundabout coming from the bridge. The turn right know seems unneccesarely sharp as they Don’t Even need to enter the roundabout to turn left

I love your episodes :) The length doesn't like me! I could watch these all day! Keep up the great content mate!

James wondering why the episodes are always long while the entire comment section is gushing over how much they love them and appreciate him is so wholesome-funny to me.

you have no idea how much i love this series 😭💞

Your cities skylines videos are old school :) nobody makes fun let's plays like this anymore. I love it.

this was the most stressful episode 😅 watching you demolish all those houses and roads for the tracks lmao

Watching the train go through was soooo satisfying lol, I need to play this game!

Please keep these episodes longer if you can! This series is my bread and butter right now :U

Loved it! You should save the wide river part for fishing / ferries. bridges would make it look wonky.

OMG that median builder mod!! I've always wanted something like that, that's so good!

in order to provide better transport for the residents of the town, james built a train line after evicting residents out of the town.

People using those trains immediately is so fundamentally satisfying to me I can't explain it.

I don't know if it helps to hear it, but for me the longer the episode the better! I am living for this series right now, it's the perfect relaxation series and the long episodes soothe my binge-loving soul. I love this game but I don't understand how to play, so watching you do your thing is incredibly satisfying! Keep doing your thing, and as long as you're having fun, so are we

I love the long episodes

i was just watching your last ep! what a timing

I find it interesting this is called 'Building a train line!' - 2o mins in and no signs beyond the placement of the train station. LOL! Amusing none the less.

I live in a small town in the United States so these roads and traffic things make absolutely no sense to me, but I love watching your process on figuring it all out!

Ooog yea I'm waking up everyday just for this series

loved this episode :)

Love the long ones!

Me an American when james is changing speed limit. "70 is very fast! Someone is going to crash!" Then I remember he lives in Australia

these videos are the best

Trains are the best public transport to watch. So glad you didn't go for the easy option of picking a metro.

I wonder if someone has already mentioned that the Network Multi Tool also has a function to make wonky roundabouts into perfect circles?

The trains are awesome

Good man! - Any plans for some Software Inc?

When doing the IMT if you put a line around the top of where your fill is then it won’t looks weird. Just put a line around the top curve

Builds my house in a nice quiet neighborhood near the school. City builds a train line 3 feet from my back door 😥

Part of me don’t think is healthy and safe to have a High School next to the train tracks, maybe add a fence or just live life on the edge lol

make sure you use node controller to fix the wonkiness of the node separating the overpass from the ground tracks. you can shorten the width of the node and it will look more realistic!

I enjoy this series, normally find it fun and relaxing, but this episode gave me so much anxiety!! Glad the train is in (I think?) but omg tearing through the city was rough on my nerves.

Do a cable car over the river that has a stop on the bridge!

I feel like 70km/h is too fast for a road with pedestrian-crossings. Most roads I know that are 70km/h don't have any crossings, it would be to dangerous (I'd say max 50). Maybe that's the reason why the cars and trucks were avoiding that route along the shore, because they could not really make 70 but had to slow down for pedestrians too often.

I'd get ride of the housing along the rail line by the high school. I'd convert into green space with threes to form a natural sound barrier.

*destroys house* "YOU RE IN THE WAY OF PROGRESS"

On the little island, u should build a park where there are parkways and bike lanes over the water.

70 mph on all those roads is crazy

I AM SO HAPPY THAT FLABALIKI IS BAAAACCCCKKK!

What if daffodil next to the train line was a one way that could only turn away from the train? Wouldn’t that stop the messy intersection right by a rail crossing? Or is it being left hand drive mean that wouldn’t work that way?

i love this so so much oof