I actually took inspiration from nature and designed a trunk + branches kind of traffic system, where most of the traffic would go through a large series of "tr

I actually took inspiration from nature and designed a trunk + branches kind of traffic system, where most of the traffic would go through a large series of "trunk" roads and rail, and the rest of the traffic would be distributed like branches. I thought it would get me into rigid patterns like SimCity did, but it was actually very organic.