Many of the features in SimCity 2000 have been improved, giving the user greater control. Plus the game has many new features that will make players happy to be back in the city. The first obvious change in SimCity 3000 is that it now supports 3D acceleration. The graphics, needless to say, are excellent. The new SimCity supports various resolutions and therefore everything is shown in much higher detail.
Every building is exquisitely detailed and even the most minute details have been accounted for.
Small touches like laundry hanging outside of the miniature houses, or garbage on front lawns waiting to be picked up go a long way. And yes, the water and trees and disasters also look much better than what you might remember from SimCity 2000. The graphics certainly demonstrate that Maxis paid careful attention to detail. Thus, you can expect SimCity 3000 to be the most polished SimCity yet. The sound in SimCity 3000 is also vastly improved.