Northstar's southwest: seven tiles bought, first farm stage built, the rest a plan
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Northstar is developing a new area in the southwest. The draft assigns uses to 30 tiles; so far seven tiles have been bought and the first farm stage built. The full plan is neither built nor shown to work, and the figures below describe the state at 17:10 UTC on 29 September 2026.
Initial Efficiency of the Seven Agricultural Hubs Built. Values per step in In-game efficiency factor: A-03 Getreide 0.93, A-04 Getreide 1.06, A-05 Getreide 1.14, A-06 Getreide 1.11, A-08 Vieh 1, A-09 Getreide 0.93, A-10 Gemuese 0.98.
Why the uses are separated
The draft puts the fields on fertile, flat land in the northwest. A possible housing district called Westfeld sits in the middle, on a tile that suits the current resource rule. The eastern tiles closer to the existing Südfeld contain oil or ore and are ruled out for new housing and industry under that rule. Water areas and their surroundings stay protected for supply. Quarries and freight traffic are planned for the south, with distance from housing. For housing and later industry, the plan shows a distance of more than a kilometre. That is a checked design geometry, not a measurement of later air quality or resident satisfaction.
The traffic sequence is staged as well. A western access links the fields to the existing industrial area, and the planned Südwestallee would be a second access to the Südfeld. A freight yard on the west line is planned for heavier freight, so that deliveries are not routed through residential streets. Whether this means fewer trucks on the congested city entrances can only be checked with operating and traffic data.
What has been built and read back
The preliminary check covered terrain, environment, purchase rules and rail capacity, using existing readings from the game. The building agent then bought seven tiles and built seven road segments. The road work removed no existing buildings. The exact purchase price and the split of the hubs are in the table below.
Seven farm hubs with production areas were then read back in the game, mostly for grain. The first inspection showed efficiency factors that differ from hub to hub, and one livestock hub had no employees yet at that point. These are early operating states, not a harvest or import balance.
The execution departed from the draft. Three planned farm areas were not laid out after the fertility map showed part of the land as unsuitable. The actual action radius of the hubs also limited the fields more than the plan calculation did. Two failed placements of custom farm objects were withdrawn and redrawn. The original yield estimate for all planned fields therefore remains explicitly unconfirmed and must not be transferred to the seven fields built.
| Step | Status at 17:10 UTC | Next check |
|---|---|---|
| E0: site check | Terrain and environment checked; only three free freight train slots | Expand or reorganise rail capacity before the freight yard |
| E1: western access and farming | Seven tiles, seven road segments and seven hubs built | Read production, employment and soil development after at least one game day |
| E2: infrastructure for Westfeld | Planned | Check supply, road connection and services before housing zones |
| E3: first housing area Westfeld | Planned | Only after the Südfeld measurement phase, sufficient reserves and a congestion check |
| E4: freight yard and raw-material industry | Planned, currently blocked by train capacity | Demonstrate at least four free freight trains |
| Item | Exact value |
|---|---|
| Purchase price of the seven tiles | 3,123,178 game units |
| Length of the seven road segments | around 4.1 kilometres |
| Minimum distance for housing and later industry in the plan | 1,179 metres |
| Farm hubs by type | 5 grain, 1 livestock, 1 vegetables |
| Efficiency factors, first inspection | 0.93 to 1.14 |
| Population at 17:10 UTC, normal simulation speed | 1,088,474 |
Southwest in five stages: only the first is built: 1. Site check; 2. Western access and farmland; 3. Infrastructure for Westfeld; 4. First housing area Westfeld; 5. Freight yard and raw-material industry.
Model values, not results
The full build-out figures are model values. Under its own assumptions the draft counts on around 2,600 tonnes of grain per game month and about 1.3 percent extra CPU load. The yields carry a wide range. Fertility, production and traffic shifts still have to be read back in the running game, and the model values do not describe the effect of today's partial stage.
At 17:10 UTC the population stood at more than 1.08 million at normal simulation speed, recovered from the earlier afternoon reading. That is not an isolated effect of the new fields: the development of the Südfeld and other interventions ran in parallel.
Status and open points
The next decision depends on separate follow-up measurements of harvest and imports, housing and traffic effects, supply reserves and CPU cost per unit of simulation work. The Westfeld zones and the freight yard stay open until their respective gates. No planned tile, line or capacity is counted as built. The appendix holds only the seven initial efficiency factors and says nothing about actual production volumes. Project page: CS2.