Downtown (The Sims 2)

The Sims 2


Downtown ships with The Sims 2: Nightlife. There are residential lots for sale as well as community lots. When viewed in neighborhood view, it is nighttime as opposed to the usual daytime for other neighborhoods and sub-neighborhoods (It can be daytime when the player's Sim visits it).

Downtown has a wide variety of townies.

Downtown does not come with any families ready to play, or in the Sim Bin. However, there is a family of ghosts that can be resurrected and played, the Tricou family as well as the Tricou family victim, Rainelle Neengia. Most of the Tricou family are buried in Gothier Green Lawns, the graveyard next to the family mansion.

Downtown is also where Grand Vampires lurk. Wait there for about an hour at night, a Grand Vampire should show up.

Going downtown is free of charge, as is going from one lot to another.

Sims may dine at restaurants. Sims can buy all food that can be prepared by a Sim with maxed Cooking skill, except for instant meals and snacks.

A common mistake is that it is thought that Sims can not live in Downtown, though this is possible.

Across the road from the water tower there is a crashed UFO site (in a significantly smaller crater than Strangetown's), this may be a reference to the SimCity games, and their infamous UFO attacks.

Players who want a Sim to eat for free have two options:


 * Skip out on the bill, which involves getting out of the restaurant before being seen by the host/ess. If no one is at the stand waiting for a seat, the host/ess will follow the Sim who is attempting to skip. The Sim has a better chance of getting away if he or she has a car, as calling the taxi and waiting for it to come takes too long, and the Sim might get caught while waiting for it to arrive. With Bon Voyage or later, the player can have the Sim walk off the lot, which should also be quicker than calling the taxi.


 * A Sim who eats at many restaurants may get coupons for a free meal in the mail.