
Welcome to the consolidated thread for The Greater Terran Region! (GTR for short.) Updates have moved here from Simtropolis and have been scaled back from 121 to 80 for easier browsing.
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Awards:-2008 Best City Journal (Simtropolis)
-2008 Best City Sprawl in the City Journal (Simtropolis)
-2008 Slogan of the Year (Simtropolis)
-2008 Best Urban Mayor's Diary (SC4Devotion)
-2009 'Of Special Interest This Month' Showcase (SC4Devotion)
-2009 Mayor's Diary Hall of Fame Nominee (SC4Devotion)
-2009 City Showcase Spotlight (SimCity 4 Wiki)
-2010 Urban Walrus Award (CSG Design)
-2012 Best "Show Us Your" Contributions (Simtropolis)
-2018 Mayor's Diary Hall of Fame Inductee (SC4Devotion)

Table of contents1: The Restart2: Eyecandy Improvement3: City Expansion In Progress...4: More Development and A Massive Interchange5: Video: Simcity 4 Highway Interchange6: Redevelopment7: Night Time Gallery8: New Transit Station!9: Inter-Region Connections10: The Beauty Of The City11: Video: First drive in Terran Settlement12: Forest Preservation And Development13: What's Happening Around The Region14: Take A Tour Of Escape15: Showcase Of Escape16: Updated Region View17: Developments In Escape18: The Airport Question19: The Results Are In20: Video: Simcity 4 UDI 2: Downtown21: A Classic Development Update22: Development And Seawall Construction23: Then And Now. Historical Update.24: Olympic Showcase (1 of 2)25: Olympic Showcase (2 of 2)26: Industrial Showcase27: The Canopy28: Video: Simcity 4 Superhighway29: A Look At Witburg... And Something Special...30: Downtown Night Showase and "New" GTR Highway Signs31: Infrastructure Construction And Reconstruction32: Steady Growth33: Mega Update. Terran Settlement's New Downtown Core And A Ton Of Other Stuff!34: Video: Simcity 4 High-Speed Collision35: Historical tour of Downtown.36: Prosperity37: When the Sun Goes Down...38: Developments in Witburg (Part 1 of 2)39: Developments in Witburg (Part 2 of 2)40: GLR-In-RHW? (Pictures & Video: Simcity 4 GLR)41: Ongoing Developments.42: What's Going on Downtown? (Part 1 of 2)43: What's Going on Downtown? (Part 2 of 2)44: Video: Simcity 4 Tank Drive45: The Crown Jewel46: Multi-Part update including a Mosaic!47: Nature and Beyond48: GTR Exclusive look at RHW 3.0!49: Prelude to the big one50: The Greater Terran Region Celebrates its Biggest Update! (Pictures, Video: Simcity 4 Witburg, Region View, Region View, Region Stats, and more!51: Back to Normal.52: The Supermosaic Experiment53: The GTR presents SC4's first widescreen video: Simcity 4 Mountainside Drive (HD)54: Land's End.55: Video: Simcity 4 Tour (HD)56: The GTR Turns 1! (12/18/08) New video: Simcity 4 Night Drive (HD)57: The El-RHW Arrives...58: OSITM Update 1: 4-way RHW Interchange. (Pictures and a HD Video: Simcity 4 Highway Interchange 2)59: OSITM Update 2: A Cross-Section of Downtown60: OSITM Update 3: A first look at The Landing61: OSITM Update 4: Planning and a showcase62: The GTR is now a Classic!63: Port preparation and more64: Witburg University65: Video: Simcity 4 Mass Transit (HD)66: New Stack Interchange67: Region developments and updated region views68: Long Term planning.69: Maps and Models.70: The Bullet Train, part 1.71: The Bullet Train, part 2.72: Video: Simcity 4 Train Ride (HD)73: The Bullet Train, part 3.74: A Bigger, Better RHW.75: HD GTR Sign Showcase.76: City Showcase... and video: Simcity 4 Fast Car (HD)77: Transportation Enhancements78: Highway "Retrofit" and more!79: The Witburg Expansion (Part 1)80: The Witburg Expansion (Part 2)Original Updates (restored as part of my SimCity 4 Archives project)12

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NOTICE: Please Read!
Before I post some pictures of my cities, please know that I strive for the best quality of my images possible. Every picture from here on-in is not photoshopped in any way, and is taken directly from the game to show you exactly what I see in the game. The only editing done is converting the .PNG file to .JPEG.
***IMPORTANT*** Also, please know that my pictures are COMPRESSED, and are NOT RESIZED! When you resize a picture, a ton of the image's quality is lost, and is shrunk to comply with STs picture size limits (800x600). Compressing the image retains the quality, but looks terrible when squeezed to comply with site limits.
But, I have found a loophole in this problem. Each compressed picture displayed will be linked to the actual uncompressed, true image. All you have to do to view the image in its FULL RESOLUTION (1920x1200) is to simply click on the compressed image displayed in this City Journal (800x500). The reason that the images are not 800x600 is because I present my pictures in widescreen (16:10 aspect ratio), making the image much more appealing for the human eye's stereoscopic vision.
If you have any questions or comments about how I display my images, feel free to post a reply.
Disclaimer: updates made before March 28th, 2008 are 1440x900, not 1920x1200. (I got a larger monitor that day.)
Example:
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Development is coming! This update will sum up some of the last areas of Terran Settlement to be "Urbanized".
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Grading and roadwork completed in this valuable area.

Area zoned, props added, and slopes smoothed. Its all ready to be developed!

This highway divides the industrial area from the other zones. A raised RHW provides local connections while the large highway interchange will handle longer distance traffic.

A new causeway crosses both land and water.

A Skyline Soars!
What's this? A skyline in the making???

Looks like Landmark Row is going to get some new neighbours!

Remember this hilly section that was tricky to plan? Looks like it paid off, developers love it!

Construction along the highway:

The industrial area is beginning to take shape too!

A look at the riverside interchange with the new red textures. Also note the development occcuring around it.

Across the river, you can see that those mansions have been quickly replaced with high-rises as demand continues to rise.

A look at the new city hall:

New interchanges have also been built for the new highway. Here is where the highway originally widened:

Here is the newly constructed interchange.

A look in the New City!
A rich, dense part of town. I think the new red brick sidewalks really adds to this picture!

You can barely see the curved avenue intersection anymore due to the amount of highrises in the area!

High-mast lighting has now been installed along the RHW to improve safety during the night. This stretch is currently handling a lot more traffic than I anticipated!
-Also shown here is the current demand bars for the city. I guess I better get zoning more areas while it is high!

This interchange was upgraded to have access in all directions. This should really help traffic flow in the area.

Looking north from the new elevated avenue interchange/intersection from the last update.
-The road used to narrow to two lanes at this point, but has been upgraded to a highway with full interchanges due to increasing usage of the route as the area continues to develop.

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Edited: fixed dead image links.