
I take over from Phil and find a small, pleasant city buzzing with blimps, and I’m appalled. I email him the save file, only remembering at the last second that I forgot to name the place. I crank up tax, and turn down funding on all the public services. I need to put the city in profit before handing it over-it’s not a utopia if you’re in debt, even if you’ve got an unlimited cashflow.

My tenure flies by, and I’m largely happy with what I’ve created. I drop taxes to 1%, tanking profits, but boosting growth. I panic-build more roads and designate more residential land-I’d vastly underestimated how much you need to support even a small amount of industry and commerce. Six months in, and most of my land is empty. Finally ready, I unpause and wait for the magic to happen. Then I set up a transport network consisting entirely of blimps.

I create a district for agricultural industry, named ‘Farming Simulator 2018’, and a district for nightlife and tourism, named ‘Just Dance 2018’.
