So glad this series is back. Originally I used to watch them when I was at uni, I'd fall asleep to them. Then I got engaged when one of them was playing in the background. Now I'm married with 2 cats and a mortgage and I'm watching them whilst doing work 🥲

You should make it so they have to go very slow in front of the elementary school, that’s how it is in my town, and it’d make that route worse for the trucks

I honestly love watching the line markings and all these smaller details! I wish I had the patience to do it in my own cities!

As a British person, for the whole 1st five minutes of this video I was thinking: just make it a roundabout!

I like seeing the line markings being done on screen. There's something satisfying about it

maybe what you could do, James, is start time-stamping the video: that way people who don’t really care about lane marking can skip it

Love the ASMR feel of this series and actually getting to see things with little to no cuts in the video

You can use the "Old town" city planning policy to prohibit vehicles to go into a district if their destination isn't in the district

VERY IMPORTANT< IF JUNCTION IS TOO BIG GAME WILL BUG people cant cross, so the sims get stuck near the crossing, and accumulate. i lost 2 saves like that because after some time theres so many people there that deleting the node with everyone there crashes the game

I'm not a fan of the road lines parts (I do like the results though) but if it's short just like in this video then I can forward it and everyone who do enjoy it can still watch it

I don’t know if you will see this in time, but I think the elevated train line would look pretty cool

8:40 ah yes, the pedestrian path to hell

Thanks for doing this series again, it’s really been helping with my anxiety and makes me want to play the game again

you can use the old time polecie to fors only vehicles that need to be there to use thoze roads

I love watching the lane marking, but maybe timestamp for people who don't like it?

Line-marking is some of my favorite things to do in Cities: Skylines. It's kind of relaxing to watch you do it :D.

I'm eating dinner while watching this and the sudden sinkhole made me laugh so hard I almost choked on a potato. Also thanks so much for the mod list!

This series is just fantastic. My favourite ever Cities Skylines series on yt. All from one of the OG creators on the game. Thank you James 🙏

We want to see everything James! Don't worry!

I think a London City like airport could fit really well

Dude, it's so good to have you back! As for the line drawing, I actually quite like it... maybe speed build line drawing with voice over?

Thanks for these long, chill videos, James

Doing intersections and Line markings are my ABSOLUTE FAVORITE in modded cities! I know not everyone likes it so I wouldn't mind if it was cut out, but at least show us the final results. TY for your work ❤️💯

Some time stamps if you want to skip lane management, node experimentation and lane markings! I personally like to watch them for improving my own gameplay, but since we're learning together it can be a bit slow. 14:00 - 24:00 Lane marking, lane management, custom line making 26:00 - 32:00 Lane marking, lane management and experimenting with new intersection mod 35:00 Back to city planning and city expansion 37:15 - 38:30 More custom intersection experimenting and management 1:00:30 Existential crisis 1:02:30 - 1:03:40 Lane magament, AI management

You don't even know how much I needed this video this evening. I could watch/listen to you lane mark all day, so you've got my approval 😅

I haven't played Cities Skyline in a year but because of James, I stayed up till 3am just to restart and build a new city from scratch because I was so inspired. I wish my city was as well-thought out as yours. You have so much patience!

A bit of line painting is fun, but more than one junction in a row is too much for me! Otherwise, loving this series, the chill pace is just what I needed. I'm so glad you're feeling the Cities mojo again.

I like watching you draw lines on the roads lol. It is pretty chill even when you accidentally destroy your entire work with tree roads 😂 I had a good laugh at that. I’ve been binging this series today. It’s been cool

This series is SO GOOD. You're really good at building and I love attention to detail tbh

These long, chilled out, relaxed videos are always good! Line marking, fiddling with nodes, doing prop stuff - it's all good.

I actually love watching the roads get like customised and stuff, it’s relaxing lmao

I’m in for the lane painting! Idk if it’s my OCD or whatever but I live for those moments!

Normally I don't really like all the fine detailing but there's something about this series that just has me vibing with it. Keep the lining in

In the node controller you have an option "remove markings" it doesn't disable the crossings but just hides the default game ones. This way you can make much more beautiful crossings with the line marking tool. These aren't so janky and crooked as the default game ones

Parker Street turning onto Peters Street, into the new commercial (housing) district, could have an underpass below Edwards Highway to avoid the new traffic lights.

i always enjoy the more slow, chilled out gameplay. things like placing roads and decorations to detail the city.

James, I love the micromanagement of the road lines. I'd love to see more! It's something I wish I had the patience to do 😂 it's very satisfying to watch you do it though. Please carry on!

I love ‘The Joy of Line Marking with flabiliki’ I watch these videos as I unwind for the night and the background music is even spot on. Soothing voice. I will watch you paint road lines and place a happy little tree here and a happy little tree there.

I love the line-markings and other small details. Those things make the city look much more alive and unique.

I'm not a huge fan of the line painting. A little bit is fine, but I don't find it very interesting when it goes on for a long time. My favorite part is when you go to a blank space and start building roads while explaining what kind of area it will be. And you zone it and add parks and pathways and special buildings, then the people start moving in and building it up! I like to imagine what it would be like to live in that area or drive through. I love when you put little corner stores, and I can imagine walking down a block or two on a hot day to grab a popsicle or walking on the little paths to get to a park! Very quaint and satisfying to me to think about the lives these little people can live

I love watching you detailing the city with intersection lines and all that. Very chill and very satisfying. Thank you

I enjoy watching the lane markings being done! When I do my own saves, it's handy to see someone else do them in action first, and if i want to replicate something, follow along!

I’m used to James being a bossy know it all, so I’m really enjoying watching him bumble his way through this. 😂

I find it very relaxing watching you detail the city... I also learn some things, and/or get new ideas for my own gameplay. I just started playing recently again after a few years of not playing, and then I saw you had a new series up and I was like "just in time to get back in the game." I had a decent city going, but then I had a horrible death wave and my whole economy collapsed... it did not recover from that. P.S.: Yeah some of the street marking are strange to me, but like you said you are going by what you know. I grew up in the U.S. but I am currently living in Mexico, I don't drive here since almost everyone I know here has stick shift and I only know how to drive an automatic but I do see the markings on the roads are different here than back home in the U.S.

Love the new area. Would be cool to add some food trucks near the bayside. Maybe throw in a fountain somewhere? Cable cars up the mountain sounds so cool. Love the long episodes too. Mayyybe less time on line marking roads though. ❤❤❤

I love this series! I watch at night before falling asleep as it helps lots with my anxiety. Thank you James :)

Thank you for the regular uploads. I’m sure you’re still busy with unpacking and getting settled and just… life in general. We appreciate it so so much and I am already obsessed with this series!

Is there an option to prohibit heavy traffic through your suburbs? That would help keep the trucks/commercial traffic out of your residential areas. I don't love the lane marking parts, but I suppose it's part of the game, so if you like it, keep going. (That was the most fence-sitting response ever)

The overhead shot at 1:18:15 showed a really nice view of the sprawling cityscape you've built. Seeing how your slow, steady progress builds into something more than the sum of its parts is one of my favorite things about this game

FWIW: More than happy to watch you create the lines, I'm learning all the time, even after almost 1k hours into the game. You need to share your modlist though!

I really enjoy the lane marking. I saw some suggestions for doing a time-lapse of it, but I really like the chilled out feeling of this series so far and a time-lapse/voice over might feel more forced.

Living for the long episodes!! Please keep them coming it’s amazing to unwind to in the evenings ❤️

I've been loving the new series, and the longer episodes are very much appreciated! I enjoying watching them in a few sittings so I can spread out the content.

I love watching you do the road markings!!!

I could happily watch you draw lines on roads for an hour and nothing else - please keep it in the video!

One of the things that always frustrated me into quitting Cities Skylines games was traffic problems, so these videos have been phenomenally helpful for teaching me how to actually do it properly (with the line markings and nodes and such)

I don't "draw the line" at any content just keep giving us it!!

Thank you for the uploads James! I've been really sick with COVID this week and this series has been exactly what I needed to keep me entertained between naps 💕

Think we all felt that moment you upgraded the roads, and it wiped out all your tentative work. I love all the small details, myself.

22:08, That made my heart hurt. Seeing those lines disappear, all that work. I'm pretty sure we all felt that lol.

I generally like the long-form style of these episodes. The lane marking stuff can get tedious, but I do like seeing snippets of it.

I don't mind seeing line markers being done on camera. I like seeing how you process it and make the decisions. Didn't you used to have an external road editing program that lets you add parking and lane markers to existing roads? I feel like that could save time on your end if you were to use tweaked roads frequently in other areas like when you were adding parking lines to the 4+2 lane off the highway in your city.

personally really enjoy the small details like lane markings and all the little things. oddly satisfying to watch

I am loving this new series. Also, I realllllly feel like you need to watch a bit of Biffa's traffic fixes to get the best use out of your road systems and the mods you are using!

the lane marking an fiddling is actually my favorite part lol

Seriously love this series James. Please keep it coming!

Bowser Bay sounds wonderful☺ And I enjoyed your detailing parts. I wouldn't say I'd watch 1,5 hours of road management, but this episode had a nice mix of everything. It's impressive to see this city grow and it all makes sense. I'm not sure the low residential will stay happy next to high commercial in your latest district, but I'm happy to find out next time!!

Obsessed with this series. I watched all 5 episodes in one day after work.

I'll keep coming back for more "line jokes." That's the quality content I'm here for!

Loved the episode! I think as you expand, make another highway, or expansion of the current one, and when you get to the airport, you can build a toll road! That'll generate some hefty revenue!

These videos are incredible. I looked up city skylines and found your account and will never regret it

Huge fan of seeing the line making the first time you LOVE IT, then speed through the rest ☺️

i love watching every little. it if this series, the line marking and everything. i prefer NO cuts if possible

Honestly? I'm seriously just so happy you're doing City Skylines again that yes, watching you do lines on a road is fun! It's relaxing. I have anxiety really bad lately and these videos help me so much so James, THANK YOU for going back to it! I mean I love this so much that I've gone back and started rewatching the Park Life series! So chill, so much fun!

I learnt a neat trick with making sure your one way laneways don’t attract through traffic. Have all the East/west roads run ‘in’ to the centre, and all the north/south roads run ‘out’ to the edges. Then cars that go in have to turn 90deg to turn out and can’t go straight through no matter where they’re coming from or going to.

this series is great to fall asleep to and i mean this in the best way possible, thank you james

In the UK we have things called industrial estates, which are just off smaller motorway-like roads and are a similar size to the estate you built but full of big shops, car dealerships, outlets etc! It would work well with smaller commercial zoning :)

I personally enjoy seeing you do the line markings

I like the lane marking in some measure. A whole video lane marking would get tired but a bit like this I would love.

I agree that I’m happy you’re back to playing cities. I’d like to suggest being careful with the node controller. Some cars have issue moving though intersections larger than 30-35

Dude, I like watching you struggle with the mods. It gives me so many ideas, and I'm learning a lot. This is one of the best Csl series I've watched in the long time

Honestly so here for the LINE DRAWING, it’s so so soothing. Smooth lines, smooth vibes 💆

I love vids like this. its chill to watch and I love how creative you can be! it also gives me an idea of how I can customise my roads when I'm playing, especially since I'm in the UK so I'm left hand drive too

My vote... I LOVE the line markings :) I love watching you make them!

Very happy this series is back in my life. I don’t think you should worry yourself too much with planning out where railways should go or making room for future traffic. Many real cities don’t grow with that level of foresight and the result would be that you come up with more natural and improvised city design. It’s a much easier and much less stressful way to make a city seem more grounded. As for the Lane marking stuff, I personally don’t find it that interesting? It’s getting bogged down in details that ultimately don’t matter too much and could sacrifice being cut. Keep it in though if you enjoy it! Finally, now you’re starting out High Density zoning, you should check out an excellent video that Overcharged Egg put out last week about making early high density looking good. I’ve found it really helped my cities! ☺️ Can’t wait for more

I love your long videos. I can’t always watch them in one sitting, so by the time I finish one the next one is out. Works out perfectly for me. 😂

Hopefully this series will stick around for a while. Im really enjoying this a lot!

That pathway taking a deep dive made my day

Keep the good content flowing, love the videos

I don't mind watching you doing the fine detailing on the roads markings its nice to know how do it its great to see cities skylines back i don't minde if you want edit out the bits from the video iam really enjoy the series

22:35 - The silence and sputtering as you realize that everything you did (and looked good!) was for nothing. far too relatable. We cry laughed together.

Loving this series I would love to see some bike lanes!

You building everything on a slight angle is always the most cursed thing I see every day.

Please continue showing the line marking! It's really fun and relaxing

I like it when you spend some time on road management and lines and similar - much more than parks and deco stuff and trees. Keep up the nice work!

absolutely loving this series

I like when you geek out about line marking. Please take all the time you need ^^

I do not mind watching the intricate road management :D

I’m really enjoying this chill cities content, thanks James!

for the train line you don't know where to go with you could do a tunnel under the city, that's what a lot of cities do when they have to retrofit a train line in