The upcoming Spring Cleaning patch for Cities: Skylines II is aiming to fix more than just bugs. Colossal Order is introducing a suite of quality-of-life features that city builders have been asking for, including the ability to mark structures as Historical Buildings to prevent them from being leveled or abandoned during urban renewal.
This update, targeted for the end of April, addresses several pain points in the current simulation meta. For those struggling with education, the patch rebalances demand for elementary and high schools to ensure your workforce development feels more organic. Additionally, the office building demand calculation has been overhauled, which should solve those frustrating moments where your commercial zones stagnate for no apparent reason.
Performance enthusiasts are getting a dedicated Benchmark Tool, accessible via the main menu or a launch parameter. This is a massive win for the community, providing a standardized way to test hardware against the game's heavy simulation load. On the UI front, a new Universal Mod button and adjustable toolbar transparency (0-100%) allow for a much cleaner, customizable workspace.
Traffic management remains a core focus. The patch removes the immersion-breaking taxi move-in/out behavior and fixes vehicle boarding jams that often paralyzed transit hubs. Perhaps most interesting for green city builds is the buff to the Urban Cycling Initiative policy; it now boosts bike usage from 20% to 50%, making cycling a viable alternative for reducing road congestion.
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