This is a bit misleading. From what I've read, the modeling in sim city is heavily influenced by Urban Dynamics by Jay Forrester, a 1969 book which was highly r

This is a bit misleading. From what I've read, the modeling in sim city is heavily influenced by Urban Dynamics by Jay Forrester, a 1969 book which was highly regarded in urban planning circles when it came out and has since fallen out of favour [1]. The "optimise for gameplay" quote was in reference to how developers decide between two equally valid but conflicting outcomes to a given scenario.[2] [1] https://logicmag.io/play/model-metropolis/ https://logicmag.io/play/model-metropolis/ [2] https://www.princeton.edu/~starr/17star.html https://www.princeton.edu/~starr/17star.html