Sim City 4: Rush Hour Expansion Pack

by Aspyr

Product Features

• Expansion to Sims 4 allows god-like control over city infrastructure
• Players take complete individual control of roads, rail, air, waterways, and even vehicles
• Choose from modern European or three historical architectural eras
• Introduce new disasters into your city
• For 1 player

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B0001DB6L8
• Media: CD-ROM
• Release Date: September 7, 2004
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #14,150 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
  • #46 in Video Games > Mac Games > Strategy

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

Your City is on the move! Take complete control of your city's transportation system including roads, rail, air, and waterways. Watch you approval rating skyrocket as you get your Sims on the go. Test your nerves with a new UFO disaster, snarl traffic with car accidents, and wreak havoc with train derailments. Seize control of vehicles and complete the all-new U-Drive-It Missions to improve your Mayor rating, unlock new buildings, and earn other rewards. Name streets, neighborhoods, mountains, and bodies of water to personalize your city.

Features:

• New U-Drive-It Missions:
• Race through canals and waterways
• Conduct your Sims on a railway excursion
• Chase down criminals before they leave town
• Take out undesirable businesses with force
• Wow your Sims with skywriting
• New Transportation options:
• Build elevated rails
• Create a ferry system
• Connect far-reaching areas with a monorail network
• Add wide avenues to your metropolis

Note to Customers: This expansion pack requires SimCity 4 to play.

Product Description

SimCity 4: Rush Hour is a new game of strategic planning, letting you get up close with your city! Expansion Pack; Requires SimCity 4 to play Generate unique city terrain from a database of the 48 contiguous United States Download hundreds of new lots to add to the excitement

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A very good expansion pack overall, February 25, 2005

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I. Dawkins "videophile" (Kentucky) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Sim City 4: Rush Hour Expansion Pack (CD-ROM)

Rush Hour is a very good addendum to the already great SimCity 4. With it, you wil have more options to build your perfect and more realistic city. The addition of a new category of building type (Euro-Contemporary) adds variety to all your cities and new rewards and landmarks adds a great deal more visual interest. There are also more options for customizing your city, such as a greater variety in size of schools, police departments, fire departments, and recreational areas. If you crave a little action now and again, the U-drive it missions will also be of some interest to you.

Some things to keep in mind:

1) My computer exceeds all of the system requirements and the basic SimCity 4 ran fine on it. But Rush Hour made the scrolling action very choppy. If this happens to you, contact Aspyr tech support and see if you can get a replacement file entitled: "graphics rules.sgr." This solved my problem and the game runs smoothly now.

2) The code of your SimCity 4 will be slightly altered. If you have existing cities, be prepared for explosive growth after installing Rush Hour and possibly a massive deficit. You might need to greatly restructure some of your existing cities to become solvent again. In one large city, I went from breaking even in taxes to a $8000 deficit in a few months. Try to build up your funds to the millions before installing Rush Hour by running a surplus for many years so you have time to make your changes.

3) Rush Hour doesn't sound as good. Inexplicably, many sound effects, such as the destruction of buildings and roads have been virtually eliminated. I preferred the old sound effects.

Despite the nit-picking, Rush Hour is definitely a worthy purchase and makes a fun game even more so. Just be sure to prepare your cities properly before installing.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Makes SC4 so much better..., September 11, 2004

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Andrew Schultz (New York, NY) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Sim City 4: Rush Hour Expansion Pack (CD-ROM)

At first I was unsure of the value of this game. I wasn't interested in the traffic or the You Drive It missions. However, after playing, these make the game so much more interesting. Also, the ease of play is much improved. Highly recomended to purchase with Sim City 4.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Don't bother just buying Sim City 4, August 18, 2006

By 

Anthony Yandow "tyandow" (St. Albans, VT United States) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Sim City 4: Rush Hour Expansion Pack (CD-ROM)

I first installed Sim City 4 and thought I wouldn't need the expansion pack. After a week of playing the game it was clear I really needed the expansion pack. I went to the Sim City web site and all of the cool add on buildings and such required that you had the pack.
I made the purchase, completed the install and was impressed. Not only did the program run faster and crash less, but the added features took a good game and made it outstanding. The added transportation tools take the game to a whole new level. If you can't buy this, don't bother with just Sim City 4.