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SC4D Off Topic Section => Matters of General Interest => The Artist's Place => Topic started by: zakuten on September 06, 2008, 04:28:34 PM

Title: RL instances of SC4 items
Post by: zakuten on September 06, 2008, 04:28:34 PM
Ok, so I figured since a Show Us Your had been done for everything else, why not one where you see something in RL that looks strikingly like something out of Sim City 4? If there -is- such a thread, my apologies. Anyways, I was inspired by this viaduct in my town that looks just like a NAM one way overpass.

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Bloomington+IL&ie=UTF8&ll=40.475081,-88.993624&spn=0.002995,0.004828&t=h&z=18&iwloc=addr

The roughly centered pair of one ways is a perfect doppelganger for a NAM overpass. Next few days, I'll see if I can borrow a camera so I can take pictures from the ground better, eh heh. Anyways, if you've seen any like it, feel free to post!
Title: Re: RL instances of SC4 items
Post by: nerdly_dood on September 06, 2008, 05:33:46 PM
All the ones that I've ever seen would use the RL equivalent of hole diggers and on-slope pieces - never any of the regular three-tile slope transitions.
Title: Re: RL instances of SC4 items
Post by: zakuten on September 06, 2008, 05:51:47 PM
Haha, yeah, this one's sort of an on-slope but it has the same sloping ends as the games' do.
Title: Re: RL instances of SC4 items
Post by: Shadow Assassin on September 09, 2008, 07:30:36 AM
How about a RL Maxis Ground Highway? (http://maps.google.com.au/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=Gore+Hill+Fwy,+Artarmon+NSW+2064,+Australia&sll=-25.335448,135.745076&sspn=38.958615,83.320313&ie=UTF8&cd=1&geocode=FacN_P0dMeECCQ&ll=-33.813188,151.202881&spn=0.008878,0.027466&t=h&z=16&layer=c&cbll=-33.817641,151.20192&panoid=IQ5p275VtLVZaLIy7K0xYg&cbp=1,174.8532667120553,,0,11.963678328178384)
Title: Re: RL instances of SC4 items
Post by: zakuten on September 09, 2008, 05:44:48 PM
That thing looks so squished it could fit in one tile... Yeesh, I'd hate to drive that~!
Title: Re: RL instances of SC4 items
Post by: MandelSoft on September 10, 2008, 03:29:58 AM
Station Zoetermeer (http://maps.google.nl/maps?f=q&hl=nl&geocode=&q=station+zoetermeer&sll=52.469397,5.509644&sspn=3.10568,6.987305&ie=UTF8&ll=52.047832,4.47754&spn=0.003062,0.006824&t=k&z=17)
A train station, a tram station, a bus station and a pendestrian highway and avenue overpass in one!
Title: Re: RL instances of SC4 items
Post by: Shadow Assassin on September 10, 2008, 08:05:54 AM
QuoteThat thing looks so squished it could fit in one tile... Yeesh, I'd hate to drive that~!

Actually, believe it or not, it's not too bad driving it. I catch the bus down that section of freeway every day, and everybody stays in their laneĀ  - there's room for buses, etc, etc.

Actually, I'm impressed in how they managed to widen that to six lanes from four lanes in the same space without a narrowing in the lane width.
Title: Re: RL instances of SC4 items
Post by: zakuten on September 10, 2008, 01:38:42 PM
It must go straight to crap any time there's an accident though...   :-[