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The City Life

A British open-world life sim where you start with nothing, take jobs, build vehicles, buy property, pay rent, and work your way up from trailer park to full city living.

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About the Game

City Life is an open-world life simulation and vehicle-building sandbox set in a modern British town. Start with nothing, take jobs, earn money, buy garages and homes, build and modify vehicles, and work your way into the proper city lifestyle.

🛠 Core Gameplay

  • Begin living in a small trailer community

  • Take paid jobs: parcel delivery, bin collection, post service, taxi runs, bus routes, hydrant maintenance and more

  • Earn wages and daily allowances from the Job Centre

  • Buy vehicles, maintain them, and customise parts

  • Upgrade from a small shed to full auto garage ownership

🚗 Vehicles & Building

  • Find, buy, repair, and assemble vehicles part-by-part

  • Tyres, engines, batteries, panels, interiors and tuning upgrades

  • Authentic car physics and handling

  • Tow, scrap, sell, and rebuild

🏙 Open-World Living

  • Explore shops, petrol stations, garages, housing districts

  • Purchase apartments, garages, work bays

  • Pay rent, maintain property, and keep them before eviction timers expire

👥 Multiplayer

  • Dedicated multiplayer server support

  • Every player has individual missions, wages, garages, and home waypoints

🌧 Simulation Systems

  • NPC routines (work, sleep, relax, eat)

  • Economy with shops, repairs, property rental and resale

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