I liked the smaller maps in this version of SimCity. I played right at launch and I remember how awful all of the traffic was. It felt like no matter how you built your city it was destined to be a huge traffic jam.
I might have to pull this one out and j=give it another shot.
Yes! Let me know if you do decide to start playing again. I'd love to hear all about it. Apparently the traffic AI had some serious issues when the game launched, too. It doesn't seem to be that big of an issue now. I try to give my Sims good public transportation options haha
Attempting to manage traffic was like a very frustrating mini-game at launch. Rest of the game was still fun though.