If I turn off the sound, it seems that overloaded menus come up almost instantly. But with sound on there is a pause. The length of the pause doesn't really change.

I've been creating the city of SimCity within Cities Skylines 2, and it got me thinking, how exactly did SimCity become the cultural epicenter for our Sims' lives? You hear a lot about SimCity within TS1 and 2, but yet it still has an allure... a mystic aura. Not much seems to be known about this place even to our very own Sims.

SIm City 2000 and on will enlighten you as to how and why this became our north star!

I've played SC2, 3, and 4 but oddly enough I don't ever recall there actually being a premade city in those games called "SimCity". So, playing those don't really give full proper insight into why or how the city of SimCity itself became what it is.

All I can really gather from research is that the city of SimCity seems heavily based on San Francisco, as evident by Golden Gate bridge being depicted on SC2k's artwork and on a painting in TS2. It also seems to take some influences from Manhattan as evident by SC4 renders and the SC3k artwork.

I might be mistaken but if I recall correctly "Sim City" is a neighbor to your city in Sim City 2000. If you face a disaster but doesn't have the means to fight it, Sim City sends troops to help you out. I think Sim City is also mentioned in the newspaper?