Subj : Test Cities: Skylines 2 on your PC within Steams refund window us
To   : All
From : TechnologyDaily
Date : Wed Oct 25 2023 12:00:06

Test Cities: Skylines 2 on your PC within Steams refund window using this 
enormous, player-built benchmark city

Date:
Wed, 25 Oct 2023 10:47:10 +0000

Description:
A Cities: Skylines 2 player has released a downloadable 100k population city, 
which can be used to test PC performance within Steam's refund window.

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 Cities: Skylines 2 is out now on PC, and for those wondering if their system 
will be able to handle the game as they grow their towns, one player has the 
answer for you. 

Last week, developer Colossal Order and publisher Paradox Interactive 
released a joint statement on the Paradox Forum, in which they acknowledged 
concerns raised about Cities: Skylines 2 performance on the back of the 
announcement regarding the game's minimum and recommended PC requirements. It 
stated:  Cities: Skylines 2 is a next-gen title, and naturally, it demands 
certain hardware requirements. 

Of course, anyone buying the game via Steam can refund the title within 14 
days as long as theyve played for less than two hours, but since the whole 
point of the game is making your city larger and more developed over time, 
its debatable if youd get an accurate measure of performance in that window 
if you started from scratch. Thats where Reddit user kjmcis enormous 100k 
population creation comes in. 

Given the news regarding performance concerns, and Steam's short two-hour 
playtime refund window, several people were asking for early access creators 
to provide a city with a large population to use to benchmark the experience 
on their PC. As an answer to that request, this is Ruston, they wrote. 
Benchmark your PC using this 100k population early-access city, built on the 
release version of Cities: Skylines II from r/CitiesSkylines 

I spent most of this past weekend speed-running to 100k using the base game 
as it comes (although unlock all and unlimited money were enabled). Ruston is 
built on the Twin Mountains map and should have most buildings, zones, 
transport modes, and mechanics unlocked and placed somewhere within the city. 

The user has provided a download link and instructions in their Reddit post, 
but as with any unofficial download, proceed at your own risk. They also 
noted that those who use their city might notice strange, silver rectangles 
on the roads instead of vehicles. However, this isnt anything to do with 
performance - its simply due to them building while having the San Francisco 
set redeemed, and using the muscle car models. 

 For more games like Cities: Skylines 2, be sure to check out our 
recommendations of the best simulation games . You can also read our roundup 
of the best PC games .



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Link to news story:
https://www.techradar.com/gaming/pc-gaming/test-cities-skylines-2-on-your-pc-w
ithin-steams-refund-window-using-this-enormous-player-built-benchmark-city


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