Downtown (The Sims 2)

Downtown ships with The Sims 2: Nightlife. There are residential lots for sale as well as community lots. When viewed in the neighborhood view, by default it is nighttime as opposed to the usual daytime for other neighborhoods and sub-neighborhoods. The player can toggle daytime/nighttime view in the bottom-left corner of the screen.

If The Sims 2: Seasons is installed, the seasonal progression of the sub-neighborhood is; Summer, Autumn, Winter, Spring.

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

Downtown has a wide variety of townies and also introduces Grand Vampires. Townies will spawn as normal, while Grand Vampires only appear at night. 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. 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.
 * A Sim who eats at many restaurants may get coupons for a free meal in the mail.

Downtown offers many community lots, and these lots are the main attraction of Downtown and The Sims 2: Nightlife itself. There are various kinds of lots, including nightclubs, restaurants, karaokes, bars, hangouts, bowling alleys, boutiques, groceries, and so on. These lots contain many elements that reflect nightlife lots. If The Sims 2: University is installed, some lots will feature objects from that Expansion Pack as well, such as Sellafone Gadget Kiosk, bubble blower, pool table, and many University decors.

Some residential lots are also featured in Downtown. Some of these houses are starter homes, and all of them contain a driveway, and possibly a garage attached to it. Most of these houses are remodeled version of the pre-made houses in the Lots and Houses bin that were shipped with Nightlife.

Residential lots

 * 31 Mendoza Lane
 * 33 Mendoza Lane
 * 34 King Street
 * 35 King Street
 * 35 Mendoza Lane
 * 36 Greaves Avenue
 * 37 Mendoza Lane
 * 38 Greaves Avenue
 * 103 Custer Boulevard
 * 105 Custer Boulevard
 * 107 Custer Boulevard
 * 201 Custer Boulevard
 * 205 Custer Boulevard
 * House of Fallen Trees

Community lots

 * Bernard’s Botanical Dining
 * Cold Issue Clothing
 * Comandgo Emporium
 * Crypt O’ Night Club
 * Deh’Javu Modern Art Museum
 * FM
 * Fresh Rush Grocery
 * Go Here Sunshine Park
 * Gothier Green Lawns
 * Hans' Trap Door Corp
 * Londoste
 * Lost in Love Hedge Maze
 * Lucky Shack Cards and Drink
 * LuLu Lounge
 * Maple Springs Pool and Spa


 * Midnight Flows
 * One-Twenty-Five Café
 * Oresha Family Dining
 * P.U.R.E.
 * Red’s Famous ‘50s Diner
 * Rodney's Hideout
 * Sim Center North
 * Sim Center South
 * SimBowl Lanes
 * Similar Sights Sculpture Park
 * Sims Gone Wired
 * Speedy's Fast Lanes Bowling and Eats
 * Sugar Cube Bowling
 * The Corner Shoppes
 * The Hub

Deceased Sims

 * Rainelle Neengia
 * Fricorith Tricou
 * Gvaudoin Tricou
 * Jennail Tricou
 * Jennicor Tricou


 * Jon Smith Tricou
 * Kiernan Tricou
 * Kvornan Tricou
 * Nylissit Tricou

Downtownies

 * Ash Alioto
 * Justus Andersen
 * Grayson Butler
 * Ivy Butler
 * Ian Byall
 * Lakshmi Byall
 * Ash Creelman
 * Vamsi Custer
 * Hailey Dalton
 * Tyler Dalton
 * Ray Fleig
 * Rebecka Garth
 * Chase GilsCarbo
 * Grand Vampire
 * Dominic Gray
 * Remington Jitmakusol
 * Nolan Kosmokos
 * Sadie Kosmokos
 * Shanna Landry
 * Warren Landry
 * Cara Livingston
 * Christa Mazza


 * Asia McCarthy
 * Victor McClellan
 * Celeste Midlock
 * Rose Miller
 * Trista Phelps
 * Zion Phelps
 * Tina Phillips
 * Christy Raha
 * Donte Raha
 * Abhijeet Roennigke
 * Zack Sartor
 * Samuel Shahan
 * Dagmar Tan
 * Lilly Thayer
 * Kerie Toyonaga
 * Amin Turner
 * Travis Vijayakar
 * Jessica Walter
 * Gretchen Walton
 * Shanna Walton
 * Lindsay Wilson

NPCs

 * Mrs. Crumplebottom
 * Grand Vampire

Trivia

 * A common misconception is that many think that it is not possible to live Downtown, however this is not the case.
 * When Sims attempt to skip out on the bill at a restaurant, if no one is at the stand waiting for a seat, the host/ess will follow the Sim who is attempting to skip.
 * Sims have a better chance of getting away when skipping out on the bill 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.
 * Sims can make skipping out the bill easier with the Ninja Teleportation skill .They can teleport around until the timer hits zero or teleport to a location that the host/ess can't get to, such as the bathroom.

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