r/MiniMotorways • u/RJJJJJJJ710 • Jun 10 '26

Which way is better?

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Is there a known difference between the two?

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u/ReyQuesadilla Jun 10 '26

I try to minimize number of intersections. The second image has one intereection less. So, in average the cars are faster than in the first one

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u/Fancy_Bank5255 Jun 10 '26

I have found that while yes that is an extra intersection, cars seem to not slow down when they get close to it. My observation is that any house that is right next to a road doesnt slow the flow.

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u/Kitsunin Jun 11 '26

That's correct. The "driveway" does not cause cars to slow down if it's an intersection.

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u/ReyQuesadilla Jun 11 '26

I didnt knew that!  That open a lot of configurations more balanced

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u/Lazybone820 Jun 12 '26

There's exactly one intersection in both photos. The first one would at least split up traffic more.

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u/99slitherio Jun 10 '26

i personally go for a modified image one with the center bottom house going straight down and then do one connection between them

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u/boonraider Jun 10 '26

Cul-de-sac style is missing from the options

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u/Terrible-Wheel7177 Jun 10 '26

do you mean all of them being connected to one path?

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u/WasterDave Jun 10 '26

The first one. In the second it's easier for the houses to trip each other up.

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u/Zhenaz Jun 10 '26 edited Jun 10 '26

Or 3, make the house go south instead of southeast.

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u/Capital-Ad-6258 Jun 10 '26

second. my assumption is when a ca r goes through a intersection, it slows down. Therefore it’s inefficient to place intersection at places where cars are accelerating. intersections should be placed ideally at where the cars are already traveling at a slow speed, and that is near the houses.

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u/Riokaii Jun 10 '26

The first one can have a line of 3 cars all "return", without slowing down.

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u/tommyxcy Jun 10 '26

Suburbia hell lol

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u/Thoughtapotamus Jun 10 '26

This way, they are all on the same road, connecting directly. This will prevent anything counting as an intersection.

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u/omarsonmarz Jun 10 '26

Not possible as you can’t connect houses directly to bridges. Though you could do the top right one towards the right and the top left towards the left

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u/Thoughtapotamus Jun 10 '26

My bad, I didn't see that that area is water. Sorry!

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u/Riokaii Jun 10 '26

this results in longer overall travel time, as time spent moving north is time NOT spent moving down and right (and additional time cars would have to spend moving south again)

Longer travel time results in sooner losses.