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 neighborhood view, it is nighttime as opposed to the usual daytime for other neighborhoods and sub-neighborhoods but it can be daytime when the player's Sim visits it.

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 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. 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.

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

Trivia

 * A common mistake is that it is thought that Sims can not live in Downtown, though this is possible.
 * When the sim skip out on the bill, 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 when skip 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. It is also possible to make skipping out easier with the Ninja Teleportation skill.  Just wait for the host/ess to become busy, then get up and teleport to the roof.  If the roof is accessible, wait for them to try to get up, then pause and teleport down.  Good time to run, or you can continue the show by teleporting around until the timer hits zero.  If the roof is unaccessible, you win.  The host/ess can't get you.  Wait for the timer to hit zero, and you're home free.  Just try to find a place the host/ess can't get to (I prefer a bathroom the host/ess can't enter.  It doesn't matter if both of you are male, your sim can teleport in, he can't. :P  Problem solved!).