Downtown (The Sims 2)

Downtown
Downtown has everything you are looking for, from dancing, to dining, to dating and so much more. Come visit our Downtown and find out what the NightLife has to offer.
Name	Downtown
Game	The Sims 2: Nightlife
Onomatology

Not to be confused with Downtown (The Sims).

Downtown is a sub-neighborhood shipped 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, either in the town 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 the Sellafone Gadget Kiosk, bubble blower, pool table, and many University decors.

A common misconception is that many think that it is not possible to live Downtown. However this is not the case, as Downtown features its own selection of residential lots. 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.

Lots

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

Sims

Deceased Sims

Rainelle Neengia (Fright) Fricorith Tricou (Satellite) Gvaudoin Tricou (Fire) Jennail Tricou (Starvation) Jennicor Tricou (Starvation)

Jon Smith Tricou (Starvation) Kiernan Tricou (Starvation) Kvornan Tricou (Starvation) Nylissit Tricou (Starvation)

Downtownies

Ash Alioto Justus Andersen Grayson Butler (Slob) Ivy Butler Ian Byall Lakshmi Byall Ash Creelman Vamsi Custer Hailey Dalton Tyler Dalton Ray Fleig Rebecka Garth (Slob) Chase GilsCarbo Dominic Gray Remington Jitmakusol (Mr. Big) Nolan Kosmokos Sadie Kosmokos Shanna Landry Warren Landry Cara Livingston (Diva) 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 Kestrel Teens Loren Teens Orion Teens Patrick Teens Swan Teens Tiave Teens Lilly Thayer Kerie Toyonaga Amin Turner Travis Vijayakar Jessica Walter Gretchen Walton Shanna Walton Lindsay Wilson Caryl Gray (Hidden) Cheryl Miller (Hidden)

NPCs

Count Armando Roennigke (Grand vampire) Count Cooper Baena (Grand vampire) Contessa Arcadia Andrews (Grand vampire) Contessa Shannon Copur (Grand vampire) Lakshmi Wilson (Gypsy matchmaker) Margaret Collins (Gypsy matchmaker) Amy Pai (Gypsy matchmaker) Andrea Fleig (Hostess) Joseph Ng (Host) Katy Kimbrell (Hostess)

Shanna Ajjanagadde (Server) Pong Hutchins (Server) Cassidy Jayapalan (Server) Serdar Lewis (Cook) Joanne Harris (Cook) Calvin Ng (Cook) Chuck Larrea (DJ) Holly Kosmokos (DJ) Amin Graham (DJ)

Gallery

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  A neighborhood view of Downtown