You can colour a few squares blue, which will become shops instead of houses. Next, select your zoning tool and colour the area inside the squares green (it’s best to leave a bit of free room around your four-lane “main” road).Three to six squares on each side of the road should suffice for now. You can then draw a grid-shaped neighbourhood. Drag the two-lane road away from the four-lane road in a straight line. Now, select the two-lane road and click on the small grid icon next to your “tool modes” on the left.Extend the four-lane road that enters your first city tile.Here's how to get started in Cities Skylines 2: You’ve chosen your first Cities Skylines 2 map… Now what? If you don’t know how to shape your first zones, you can follow these steps to get a tiny town up and running.
