


Yes, the fan-made Network Addon Mod helps a lot, but due to the game's innate limitations it just doesn't offer as fluid an experience as the default toolset. The urban mobility tools are particularly affected, suffering from the Californian roots of Maxis the Rush Hour expansion is essential to get them to even an acceptable level.

Old SimCity 4 is still a very good game in its own right and an excellent time waster for sim fans such as myself, but its advanced age (seriously, it’'s from 2003, a time of Windows XP, PlayStation 2 and H-bomb-proof Nokia cellphones) make its limitations increasingly visible. SimCity is the kind of game which doesn't require a big grand revolution, only an evolution towards the right path.
