Downtown (The Sims 2)

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Not to be confused with Downtown (The Sims: Hot Date).
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(s) The Sims 2: Nightlife
Onomatology


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.

Lots

Residential lots

Community lots

Families

Deceased Sims

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.
  • 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.
  • Sim can make skipping out the bill easier with the Ninja Teleportation skill[TS2:BV] .They can teleporting around until the timer hits zero or just try to find a place the host/ess can't get into such as bathroom.