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TM:PE allows to forbid lane switching close to the intersection forcing them to pick a lane earlier at higher speed and not break the flow. To do so use the ye

TM:PE allows to forbid lane switching close to the intersection forcing them to pick a lane earlier at higher speed and not break the flow. To do so use the yellow+red circles tool, pick a road node and press Shift+S. Repeat until traffic goes smoothly. Demo https://youtu.be/ex2PfNktryk?t=1260 https://youtu.be/ex2PfNktryk?t=1260

sumtechguy 6y ago
This methods does not always work if the intersections are too close to each other in some small edge cases. You usually just need to space things out more which will in turn tear up part of your city. Another method he uses with that mod is to sometimes not allow changes anywhere on the road. Then he forces them to pick a lane when they cross an intersection that connects to the road. Also along main roads with lots of intersections he has all the feeder roads yield and tells all the intersections to go on through.
zxcvbn4038 6y ago
This is another thing they do in Washington D.C. that really annoys me. GPS tells me that I need to turn left ahead, no problem I work my way over to the far left lane. However when I get near the intersection it turns out I needed to have turned into parallel side street a quarter mile back. Other times those side streets are really long freeway ramps or turn off before the left turn. Other times they stop traffic at the intersections and you have to turn left across multiple lanes that don’t turn left. It’s a wildcard every time.
waiseristy 6y ago
Oh yeah! That is usually what I end up doing, but even as you forbid lane switching on the nodes preceding the turn, the sims still will all switch lanes at the node closest to the turn which does not have lane switching forbidden. Causing the backup to happen, not at the exit, but 3-4 nodes before the exit! Lol, I don't know how to solve it
- sumtechguy 6y ago
  A good way to handle that is to make sure they pick their lane at the start of the road (if you can). You do that by having no lane switching except at entrance intersection. Does not always work but does sometimes. Another trick he has used sometimes is 2 lane picking. Basically you can only 1 lane at a time. The thing will sometimes get confused and try cutting across 3 lanes of traffic holding up all 3 lanes. He usually stacks 2-3 of the 1 lane switches after each other and that sometimes clears it up.

sumtechguy 6y ago

This methods does not always work if the intersections are too close to each other in some small edge cases. You usually just need to space things out more which will in turn tear up part of your city. Another method he uses with that mod is to sometimes not allow changes anywhere on the road. Then he forces them to pick a lane when they cross an intersection that connects to the road. Also along main roads with lots of intersections he has all the feeder roads yield and tells all the intersections to go on through.

zxcvbn4038 6y ago

This is another thing they do in Washington D.C. that really annoys me. GPS tells me that I need to turn left ahead, no problem I work my way over to the far left lane. However when I get near the intersection it turns out I needed to have turned into parallel side street a quarter mile back. Other times those side streets are really long freeway ramps or turn off before the left turn. Other times they stop traffic at the intersections and you have to turn left across multiple lanes that don’t turn left. It’s a wildcard every time.

waiseristy 6y ago

Oh yeah! That is usually what I end up doing, but even as you forbid lane switching on the nodes preceding the turn, the sims still will all switch lanes at the node closest to the turn which does not have lane switching forbidden. Causing the backup to happen, not at the exit, but 3-4 nodes before the exit! Lol, I don't know how to solve it

sumtechguy 6y ago
A good way to handle that is to make sure they pick their lane at the start of the road (if you can). You do that by having no lane switching except at entrance intersection. Does not always work but does sometimes. Another trick he has used sometimes is 2 lane picking. Basically you can only 1 lane at a time. The thing will sometimes get confused and try cutting across 3 lanes of traffic holding up all 3 lanes. He usually stacks 2-3 of the 1 lane switches after each other and that sometimes clears it up.