Gaming News - April 2003

Redwood City, CA (April 8, 2003) - Electronic Arts/Maxis has released a second SimCity 4 update that improves game performance for both minimum specifications and high end machines.

From Maxis:

The performance improvements include more responsiveness when scrolling and zooming, as well as faster simulation in large cities. Additionally, in response to fans initial feedback, Maxis has delivered on many of their suggestions to augment the gameplay of SimCity 4. A sample of the enhanced features include graphs, improved user interfaces for tax, budget, and region views, as well as better visual distinction between distressed and abandon buildings. Other fixes include issues related to highway connections, neighbor deals, and life expectancy. In addition, the update adjusts tuning to make the creation of large cities with skyscrapers easier and quicker.

Downloading this update will include fixes from the first update released in February.

The update can be downloaded from simcity.com.

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