Hey y'all! I know from very personal experience that this pack is made by some of the biggest French architecture nerds and perfectionists in the world, and my video definitely doesn't do it justice. You can't imagine the amount of time that went into real-life research, Excel sheets and the models themselves. So check out the French Region Pack for yourself here and support this awesome community made contribution to the game: play.citiesskylines.com/Silvarret
Wij houden van Oranje om zijn daden en zijn doen.. 🇳🇱 Very interesting music choice for a French Region Pack Showcase 🤪 But I do realise that Andre Hazes used a lot of international songs and used them in the Netherlands.. so I guess this is one of the many songs that are not originally his 😅 Still feels very Dutch tho 🙈
Fun fact: most churches are off grid to their respective cities so that they can align perfectly east-to-west. Such that the architecture of the church is optimised for a sunrise-to-sunset day. So if for any reason the nearby town grid is not north-aligned, the church will break the grid to be West-aligned. I guess that way is now west for you!
It's really nice, I almost feel at home! If I can suggest an amelioration, because all french cities were continuously built since antic times, different urban plans were used. Ancients didn't used grids to place buildings and built a lot of curved and traversing streets in the city center. They also are built like Onion layers, with big roads circling around the center. You can look at the city center of Paris, around Palais Royal, Jardin des Tuileries up to Boulevard Montmartre. You can also see a very different urban plan in Toulouse, near Capitole and rue du Taur PS: The social housing blocks looks really accurate !
What an incredible pack and what an amazing job from you Silv! Rennes is of course in Brittany, not in Normandy, and I reckon some Bretons would definitely take you to the guillotine for that if they could, but I think they should forgive you cause you made a stellar job at capturing the essence of a French provincial city. I truly feel at home seeing your city on my screen. Congrats!!
French man here 👋 This is incredible! I am actually amazed of how you capture the feeling of an average french city so well. The train station neighborhood is honestly so well made! With the road layout and the mix of appartements and houses it look really realistic
Very good video! I think you did a great job capturing the structure of a typical French city. If you want to be even more precise, here are some suggestions from someone living in France: Districts from the Roman era: there’s a cardo and a decumanus, creating a sort of grid. However, since they didn’t have very sophisticated tools at the time, the grids aren’t perfectly uniform (e.g., the center of Metz). In French cities with medieval districts, the streets are narrow and winding, often with timber-framed houses, sometimes with overhanging floors. The topography influences the layout of streets and the placement of squares (e.g., the center of Honfleur or Troyes), and you’re right about the traces of old fortifications. In the 19th century, with the arrival of railroads in some cities, neighborhoods gained wide, uncluttered avenues like the ones you created in your video, but also villas in the neo-Norman style, especially near peaceful spots by rivers, large parks, or woods (e.g., neighborhoods along the Marne or Seine in the Paris region, around the Bois de Vincennes or Boulogne). Cities then expanded a lot, and the streets became straight, sometimes orthogonal, sometimes radial (as you showed in the video), or occasionally with gentle curves. They’re usually quite long and largely disregard topography. This approach is also seen in Haussmann’s Parisian avenues, also from the 19th century. There are other types of neighborhoods typical of France, but I think what I’ve written might interest you. 😉 I find all of this fascinating 😀 And I totally approve of the Haussmannian buildings you used in your video.
Hello, thank you for your kind words about my map, I never thought that it would ever make it to a youtube video ! I'm glad that it inspired you to build a perfect city to showcase the French Region Pack with such great city planning skills. One of your subscribers left a comment on my map page and made me discover your channel which was a great finding ! You earned a new viewer. Thanks again, best wishes from France.
These buildings so far look a lot like stuff you would find in berlin as well, at least some of them, so in combination with the german pack this is really gonna create possibilities i think
looks really great. do you also have the problem that hand-placed mixed buildings and commercial buildings almost always have no business and simply remain empty? so the residents move in but almost never the businesses
Trying to find the densest city in the world is actually really difficult because of all the different ways a city can be described. If you go by the "City proper" then Paris is near the top of the list, but if you go by Urban or Metropolitan Area then London is much denser. That being said, the densest city in the world is one of a few places in South/South East Asia, like Manila or Dhaka
I'm loving the new French buildings. I've made like a "banking/political" district in one of my regions using them. I think it turned out quite well. Since the buildings are white it resembles many government buildings around the world if you dont make the entire city out of them it does look quite realistic as a type of "economic" looking zone or w/e you want to call it.
When I was in Paris, I found this older lady, a dame really, wandering around, very confused and saw a family nearby that she may belong to. I went up to the famil and asked if this was their dame, but then they showed me that they already had a granny with them and said, 'Notre dame.'
@ I know. I am glad they are moving forward. This game is really so much better than the first in terms of tools. Once it gets caught up in assets it will be fantastic.
OMG I LIVE IN RENNES YOU MADE ME SO MAD RENNES IS IN BRETAGNE. but really thx for showing the pack but you can't say Rennes is in Normandie without making 100s of thousands of french people angry
It looks so good that it angers me. They still have alot of work to do and unless you have a super computer youre fucked and cant play it. The potential of this game is phenomenal.
I have good hope that the game will get there eventually, but for sure, I'm also not happy with it yet. I'll be sure to support it in the meantime, because it has potential.
Just because they sponsor you to showcase this pack doesn't make the game better. No hate but I'm sick of Paradox sponsoring UA-camrs to advertise their really bad games instead of fixing them so they sell themselves because they're good. And regardless of all the still existing major issues: When will they fix the most ugly farms a city building game ever has seen? When will there be a "farming" pack with good looking fields and farms instead of this eye cancer causing mess they currently call "farms"? Did we really need French buildings before fixing the unbearable pre-alpha looking "farms" and "mines" in this game?
In Paradox' defense (or not), this pack was started in 2019, long before the game was finished, and made by community members who have nothing to do with the game's actual development. I can only applaud Paradox for supporting this kind of community involvement and I'm glad I can be a part of that. That aside, I really hope Paradox/CO will fix the basegame in the meantime because all the hard work put into this Region Pack by dedicated fans is for nothing if the game itself isn't good, for sure.
Hey y'all! I know from very personal experience that this pack is made by some of the biggest French architecture nerds and perfectionists in the world, and my video definitely doesn't do it justice. You can't imagine the amount of time that went into real-life research, Excel sheets and the models themselves. So check out the French Region Pack for yourself here and support this awesome community made contribution to the game: play.citiesskylines.com/Silvarret
The pack is really really good !
PS: I'm french
Exactly what the game needed: Reasonably sized office and low rent buildings.
agreed
For sure! And specific themes, I need those too. I'm looking forward to the German, UK and Japan region packs.
Epic timelapse. Great blend of how to use the FR pack with CS2 vanilla assets! Classic Silvarret masterclass in creativity!
Thanks Teddy! :)
Wij houden van Oranje om zijn daden en zijn doen.. 🇳🇱
Very interesting music choice for a French Region Pack Showcase 🤪
But I do realise that Andre Hazes used a lot of international songs and used them in the Netherlands.. so I guess this is one of the many songs that are not originally his 😅
Still feels very Dutch tho 🙈
Originally from Scotland! Auld Lang Syne is a pretty famous Scottish song in that regard
Also, a german version of this is the song to say goodbye for german scouts acutally :)
Hahaha, ik zat ook al te gniffelen om deze muziekkeuze. Erg leuk 😊👍
Auld Lang Syne indeed :)
Fun fact: most churches are off grid to their respective cities so that they can align perfectly east-to-west. Such that the architecture of the church is optimised for a sunrise-to-sunset day. So if for any reason the nearby town grid is not north-aligned, the church will break the grid to be West-aligned. I guess that way is now west for you!
That's interesting, and makes sense. Thanks for sharing!
"I wont do too much detailing" *hand places every single building*
It's really nice, I almost feel at home!
If I can suggest an amelioration, because all french cities were continuously built since antic times, different urban plans were used.
Ancients didn't used grids to place buildings and built a lot of curved and traversing streets in the city center.
They also are built like Onion layers, with big roads circling around the center.
You can look at the city center of Paris, around Palais Royal, Jardin des Tuileries up to Boulevard Montmartre.
You can also see a very different urban plan in Toulouse, near Capitole and rue du Taur
PS: The social housing blocks looks really accurate !
What an incredible pack and what an amazing job from you Silv!
Rennes is of course in Brittany, not in Normandy, and I reckon some Bretons would definitely take you to the guillotine for that if they could, but I think they should forgive you cause you made a stellar job at capturing the essence of a French provincial city. I truly feel at home seeing your city on my screen. Congrats!!
I've already been taken to the guillotine by quite a few in the comment section here. Ah well, it's what I deserve. Thank you!
Great work!
Thanks, means a lot coming from you 🙌 love your stuff!
I love your explanation! It's like learning urban planning, your explanation on low rent type building, the Le Corbusier building, etc make more!
French man here 👋
This is incredible! I am actually amazed of how you capture the feeling of an average french city so well. The train station neighborhood is honestly so well made! With the road layout and the mix of appartements and houses it look really realistic
That looks great man. Could make this alone a whole series. Good stuff.
Very cool, Silv ! :)
Thanks Bill! :)
Very good video! I think you did a great job capturing the structure of a typical French city. If you want to be even more precise, here are some suggestions from someone living in France:
Districts from the Roman era: there’s a cardo and a decumanus, creating a sort of grid. However, since they didn’t have very sophisticated tools at the time, the grids aren’t perfectly uniform (e.g., the center of Metz).
In French cities with medieval districts, the streets are narrow and winding, often with timber-framed houses, sometimes with overhanging floors. The topography influences the layout of streets and the placement of squares (e.g., the center of Honfleur or Troyes), and you’re right about the traces of old fortifications.
In the 19th century, with the arrival of railroads in some cities, neighborhoods gained wide, uncluttered avenues like the ones you created in your video, but also villas in the neo-Norman style, especially near peaceful spots by rivers, large parks, or woods (e.g., neighborhoods along the Marne or Seine in the Paris region, around the Bois de Vincennes or Boulogne). Cities then expanded a lot, and the streets became straight, sometimes orthogonal, sometimes radial (as you showed in the video), or occasionally with gentle curves. They’re usually quite long and largely disregard topography. This approach is also seen in Haussmann’s Parisian avenues, also from the 19th century.
There are other types of neighborhoods typical of France, but I think what I’ve written might interest you. 😉 I find all of this fascinating 😀
And I totally approve of the Haussmannian buildings you used in your video.
Hello, thank you for your kind words about my map, I never thought that it would ever make it to a youtube video ! I'm glad that it inspired you to build a perfect city to showcase the French Region Pack with such great city planning skills. One of your subscribers left a comment on my map page and made me discover your channel which was a great finding ! You earned a new viewer. Thanks again, best wishes from France.
All we need now is a TGV line! Lovely stuff Silv... A revisit to St Luke when the UK pack is released?
That's actually not a bad idea... I'll consider it.
These buildings so far look a lot like stuff you would find in berlin as well, at least some of them, so in combination with the german pack this is really gonna create possibilities i think
they also look a lot like northern italy. Turin has really similar buildings, though usually with terracotta tiled roofs
For sure, these packs really shine when combined with other buildings!
C’est une belle journée où Silvarret publie une nouvelle vidéo 🎉
Nieuw Silvarret and CS2 content! Yippie!
Looking clean. I’m guessing this is around the middle of France as I’m seeing mixed south and northern buildings
It is! Mostly inspired by Rennes.
@ that’s my hometown sick! I’ve moved out when I was 4 to go live west of Canada haha
looks really great. do you also have the problem that hand-placed mixed buildings and commercial buildings almost always have no business and simply remain empty? so the residents move in but almost never the businesses
Trying to find the densest city in the world is actually really difficult because of all the different ways a city can be described. If you go by the "City proper" then Paris is near the top of the list, but if you go by Urban or Metropolitan Area then London is much denser. That being said, the densest city in the world is one of a few places in South/South East Asia, like Manila or Dhaka
The mix of the French pack and vanilla buildings look like the perfect start for a Belgian city
True! Some of the brick-sandstone buildings look particularly Belgian.
I'm loving the new French buildings. I've made like a "banking/political" district in one of my regions using them. I think it turned out quite well. Since the buildings are white it resembles many government buildings around the world if you dont make the entire city out of them it does look quite realistic as a type of "economic" looking zone or w/e you want to call it.
Man this build is amazing !
Bravo ça fait vraiment une ville typique de la région parisienne 👍
After listening to music, time to watching some Cities Skylines videos on the brand new region pack.
Very good work anyway!
C’est vraiment très français, bravo 🇫🇷🥖🥖
That was great tbh! Good job dude
Absolutely so excited for all these new region packs !!!!!!! Yay
So am I!!
You're a wizard Silv !
Once, I went to the Louvre to give a friend a 'oui.' Apparently, you cannot 'oui oui' in the Lou in Paris.
When I was in Paris, I found this older lady, a dame really, wandering around, very confused and saw a family nearby that she may belong to. I went up to the famil and asked if this was their dame, but then they showed me that they already had a granny with them and said, 'Notre dame.'
Rennes is in Bretagne not in Normandie this is a HUGE mistake you could actualy start a revolution by saying that
I promise I won't forget anymore, please don't take me to the guillotine, merci!!
This is such a cool city
Rennes is in Britanny (it's Britanny's capital city, even...), not Normandy.
Yes you did look at hyper sonic without fainting. Good joob! You are totally better than shadow.
😂😂
like a couple of blocks or so of these buildings in a "Cuban" type environment. BOOM, government center.
That makes sense!
Uh i am so early.
You're actually the first, well done!
Very cool content
Is that a slow version of "nederland oh nederland" as the background song?
Auld Lang Syne, an Irish folk song, which Wij Houden Van Oranje is also based on.
@@Silvarret I'm fairly certain Auld Lang Syne is Scottish. You're trying to rile every nationality up in this video aren't you lol.
@ThisAlbino oops 😂
What vehicles does the region pack add?
I was curious if maybe they added the Paris metro cars.
doesn't add any vehicles
What mygetawayart said.
perfect city
It says 607 elements for you fr_ search result btw. :D because you weren't sure about the number of assets.
Good point! Though that includes many props and upgrades as well.
Still seem a few miles behind the curve when it comes to assets. 🤷
There are other Region Packs coming up too!
@ I know. I am glad they are moving forward. This game is really so much better than the first in terms of tools. Once it gets caught up in assets it will be fantastic.
OMG I LIVE IN RENNES YOU MADE ME SO MAD RENNES IS IN BRETAGNE. but really thx for showing the pack but you can't say Rennes is in Normandie without making 100s of thousands of french people angry
Oops 🤭
It looks so good that it angers me. They still have alot of work to do and unless you have a super computer youre fucked and cant play it. The potential of this game is phenomenal.
I have good hope that the game will get there eventually, but for sure, I'm also not happy with it yet. I'll be sure to support it in the meantime, because it has potential.
Aliasing 💀
Why a lot of youtubers can't use snapping tools...
Make a horse racing track in cities skylines 1 and 2
Please stop using that dev menu. Find it is now a thing.
I know 🥲😂 Stockholm Syndrome for being used to it already, I guess.
👎👎👎
Just because they sponsor you to showcase this pack doesn't make the game better. No hate but I'm sick of Paradox sponsoring UA-camrs to advertise their really bad games instead of fixing them so they sell themselves because they're good. And regardless of all the still existing major issues: When will they fix the most ugly farms a city building game ever has seen? When will there be a "farming" pack with good looking fields and farms instead of this eye cancer causing mess they currently call "farms"? Did we really need French buildings before fixing the unbearable pre-alpha looking "farms" and "mines" in this game?
Shut up my guy
In Paradox' defense (or not), this pack was started in 2019, long before the game was finished, and made by community members who have nothing to do with the game's actual development. I can only applaud Paradox for supporting this kind of community involvement and I'm glad I can be a part of that. That aside, I really hope Paradox/CO will fix the basegame in the meantime because all the hard work put into this Region Pack by dedicated fans is for nothing if the game itself isn't good, for sure.