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Chris 🏳️‍🌈🏗️🎮 @infrastructurenerd.bsky.social · 18h

High end shopping street. Mixing a lot of different styles but still trying to retain that British feel. Thorpeness, UK inspired, population 120k #CitiesSkylines2 #CitiesSkylinesII

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Chris 🏳️‍🌈🏗️🎮 @infrastructurenerd.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I have set myself the task of replacing all of the vanilla junction markings and signs with UK ones in a large city that I've already built. This will probably take until next year 😬. Thorpeness, UK inspired city. @citiesskylines.paradoxinteractive.com #CitiesSkylinesII

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Chris 🏳️‍🌈🏗️🎮 @infrastructurenerd.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

So I've decided to update every junction with UK markings and signs. This could take some time 😬 #CitiesSkylines2

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Chris 🏳️‍🌈🏗️🎮 @infrastructurenerd.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I didn't think I'd be going to this level of detail. But it looks like I'm committed now 😬 #CitiesSkylinesII

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Chris 🏳️‍🌈🏗️🎮 @infrastructurenerd.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

so, it looks like I'll be replacing all the road signs by hand now that I've learned how to use write everywhere #CitiesSkylines

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Chris 🏳️‍🌈🏗️🎮 @infrastructurenerd.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Retail park, car dealership cluster and light industrial area. Thorpeness, UK inspired 2/2 #CitiesSkylines

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Chris 🏳️‍🌈🏗️🎮 @infrastructurenerd.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Retail park, car dealership cluster and light industrial area. Thorpeness, UK inspired 1/2 #CitiesSkylines2 #CitiesSkylinesII

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Chris 🏳️‍🌈🏗️🎮 @infrastructurenerd.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Added a small industrial area to Thorpeness, with a bus station and Waste processing facility. #CitiesSkylines2 @citiesskylines.paradoxinteractive.com

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Chris 🏳️‍🌈🏗️🎮 @infrastructurenerd.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

I know it's only a fictional city built in @citiesskylines.paradoxinteractive.com , but I'm quite proud of this so far. Think it's about 50% complete, with about 500 hours into it so far #CitiesSkylines #CitiesSkylines2

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Chris 🏳️‍🌈🏗️🎮 @infrastructurenerd.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

I wish I'd taken the pictures from the exact same spot. But this is the progress so far on the city centre rebuild. Thorpeness, UK inspired #CitiesSkylines #CitiesSkylinesII

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Chris 🏳️‍🌈🏗️🎮 @infrastructurenerd.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Starting to go back and rework legacy areas, adding new surfaces, custom roads and generally tidying them up. #CitiesSkylines2 @citiesskylines.paradoxinteractive.com

Narrow streets with terraced houses. Thorpeness, UK inspired city

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Chris 🏳️‍🌈🏗️🎮 @infrastructurenerd.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

I don't think I'll be getting a job working on #HS2 any time soon 😅. #ConstructionSimulator

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Chris 🏳️‍🌈🏗️🎮 @infrastructurenerd.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Small farm wip. Trying to recreate a field which is being harvested was/is a bit of a faff. #CitiesSkylines #CitiesSkylines2

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Chris 🏳️‍🌈🏗️🎮 @infrastructurenerd.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Experimenting with colour settings to make Thropeness look a bit more British. ie grey 😅 #CitiesSkylines #CitiesSkylinesII

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Chris 🏳️‍🌈🏗️🎮 @infrastructurenerd.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

It's not exactly as I planned it out, but I'm quite pleased with how this is looking already.

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Chris 🏳️‍🌈🏗️🎮 @infrastructurenerd.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

I think the "story" is often overlooked, but is important before you start building. My story is a bit of a retcon. But I'm developing Thorpeness into an historic port city and important trade route. 3/3

Map showing how I plan to rebuild the city with a large docklands area

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Chris 🏳️‍🌈🏗️🎮 @infrastructurenerd.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Cities Skylines 2, how to make cities more realistic? Other than taking inspiration from real cities, using Google Earth and using mods, I think a big part of it is 'the story' 1/3 #CitiesSkylines #CitiesSkylines2 #CitiesSkylinesII @citiesskylines.paradoxinteractive.com

Fictional city of Thorpeness, built in Cities Skylines 2

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Chris 🏳️‍🌈🏗️🎮 @infrastructurenerd.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Things are getting serious. I'm about to rebuild large parts of the city. But this time with a bit more forethought, so it has a back story. #CitiesSkylines @citiesskylines.paradoxinteractive.com

Map of Thorpeness, showing a major redesign

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Chris 🏳️‍🌈🏗️🎮 @infrastructurenerd.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Finally able to capture some higher resolution 1440p images. Definitely an improvement over 1080p. #CitiesSkylines2 #CitiesSkylinesII

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Chris 🏳️‍🌈🏗️🎮 @infrastructurenerd.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

I know I don't "play" #CitiesSkylines properly, as I have money turned off, but I still like my city to have a comprehensive public transport network. @citiesskylines.paradoxinteractive.com

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Chris 🏳️‍🌈🏗️🎮 @infrastructurenerd.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Also trying to give it that M5/M6 interchange look 2/2

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Chris 🏳️‍🌈🏗️🎮 @infrastructurenerd.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Yeah, the green road, being the old road was a bit of a retcon. It mainly acts as a southern access to the port and the city as I couldn't get a slip road to work coming down from the main bridge.

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Chris 🏳️‍🌈🏗️🎮 @infrastructurenerd.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

This is what the wider Thorpeness city currently looks like. Population 91k. 3/3 #CitiesSkylines2

Cities Skylines 2, Thorpeness, UK inspired city

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Chris 🏳️‍🌈🏗️🎮 @infrastructurenerd.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

I "just" need to complete the open areas around the port now. 2/3 #CitiesSkylinesII

Cities Skylines 2, UK inspired city port.

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Chris 🏳️‍🌈🏗️🎮 @infrastructurenerd.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Still making it up as I go along, but felt the entrance needed a building to further inspect containers if required. The port is almost complete #CitiesSkylinesII

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Chris 🏳️‍🌈🏗️🎮 @infrastructurenerd.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

I'm not sure if ports have dedicated ADR container handling areas, but I spent more than a few hours building one anyway 😅. @citiesskylines.paradoxinteractive.com #CitiesSkylines

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Chris 🏳️‍🌈🏗️🎮 @infrastructurenerd.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

I really like the new #CitiesSkylines2 textures. Not sure if it'll be enough to stop me using surfaces and tonnes of decals for large unoccupied areas though? #CitiesSkylinesII

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Chris 🏳️‍🌈🏗️🎮 @infrastructurenerd.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Just converted my first #Lego Speed Champions set for 6 to 8 studs using instructions and a cvs file from Rebrickable. I'm quite pleased with it.

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