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Cities that grow

• Cities change over the years: new buildings go up, downtowns rise and quiet streets fill in.

• Each city has its own look: tall grey downtowns in New York and Dubai, a peninsula for San Francisco, paved centres, local ground and a landmark of its own.

• City targets: each year the mayor sets each city goals. Meet them all for a new achievement.

Build big

• Towers: build downtown in the big cities. Pools, gyms and clinics inside are let to operators. You stay the landlord.

• Shopping centres: on a large enough plot, build a centre with a walkable gallery, escalators, a food court and a cinema. Choose a tenant for each shop unit from the applicants.

• Shops now succeed or fail by their surroundings. The map shows who each shop reaches.

A market that breathes

• Fewer homes for sale. In a downturn, or when a city's interest rates are high, owners hold on.

• When the market is thin, go off-market: ask a local agent and approach quiet sellers privately.

Running your homes

• Rent collectors: hire them like managers. They chase late rent, agree payment plans and visit tenants.

• Joining two flats: furniture in the way of the new doorway goes into storage on its own.

• New rugs (kilim, shag, Persian, runner, round) and wall art.

• Catalogue search, colour swatches and "Same again": press I on desktop to pick up the same piece, paint or floor.

Smoother play

• Faster game days with several cities open, and quicker city loading after the first visit.

• The game saves at each month's end, when you save, and after big decisions, so no more stutter from saving mid-play.