> Some years ago I tried it and found that it is quite easy to reach a state where there is too much clashflow, post that there isn't much of a further challeng

> Some years ago I tried it and found that it is quite easy to reach a state where there is too much clashflow, post that there isn't much of a further challenge? Is that still the case? Making cash was never the goal, it was a means to the end. The original goal is to score more points than the other players and make it to the top of the leaderboard in the year 2050. But there's so many add-ons anymore than almost nobody plays that way. It's either sandbox, build pretty looking virtual model railroads, or just make up your own rules. Many players now use multiplayer to either build massive and efficient networks (co-op style), or to build fantastic model worlds (cooperative play). The latter is often achieved using the JGR Patch Pack with the Infrastructure Sharing patch activated. You also have communities such as n-ice and CityMania where the community has a collective online scoreboard and run customized contests using game scripts and AIs.