In terms of urban planning this is a nightmare to walk, drive or whatever. In a game, this makes the are look and feel way larger than it really is. You can’t see too far, so you have to actually walk to see what’s around that corner.
Most roads are connected at 90 deg angle, there’s no substantial altitude change, direct visibility is at least 500 meters. Won’t work in my game. So I had to add some curves in all axis. Here’s a WIP map of the location from the game.
Let’s start with refs. Tailgate takes place in the village of San Pedro. This is a real village where I live. In Ukrainian it’s called Svyatopetrivs’ke. Villages are made for people, so in general they are very straightforward in navigation. So it’s not easy to make it interesting just by copying.
