The topic of roundabouts in Cities: Skylines 2 is causing heated debate among players. The topic is so relevant that one of the gamers even turned to the developers from Colossal Order with a question about why roundabouts work the way they do – and received an answer.
While Cities: Skylines 2 mods already try to fix the way traffic and road systems work in the city builder, they can still be quite a mess. It turns out that drivers in Cities: Skylines 2 can be just as dangerous, selfish, and inconsiderate as people behind the wheel in real life.
Responding to a question about the chaos at the roundabout, Colossal Order writes on X:
Vehicles are always looking for ways to increase traffic flow. If they see an open spot on a roundabout, they will change lanes, even if it means they have to cross the path of another car – just like drivers in real life.
So it turns out that CS2 isn’t so much about road safety as it is about being able to quickly fly into the open at a busy junction. While there are plenty of great mods already available to optimize traffic in Cities: Skylines 2, unfortunately they won’t help you with roundabouts, since the whole point of roundabouts is to not rely on traffic lights.
Luckily, Colossal Order has begun to address the game’s traffic and litter issues, especially with driver routing and their tendency to park on the side of the road when there are parking lots nearby. So perhaps roundabouts will get some work too, but for now it’s worth being wary of the havoc they can cause if left unchecked.
Colossal Order has also decided to delay all DLC for Cities: Skylines 2 by several months as the company has identified a number of issues and bugs that the team intends to focus on fixing before moving on to paid content.
