GearCity: Some Research for understanding the market of Alaska

Introduction

Looking at this video, a thought came to mind about Glasgow in GearCity. This led to asking what other cities are located around the city in an effort to create a cluster for the automotive industry. This question led to an inquiry through artificial intelligence (AI), generally the first response when searching: "Scotland has eight official cities: Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen, Dundee, Inverness, Perth, Stirling, and Dunfermline" (Bing, 2026). After the search, Glasgow was the only city for Scotland in GearCity. This prompted possibly the return to SimulationGC7 edits to create the cluster needed for corporations to operate only in the country they choose to expand, increasing the likelihood of success for the automaker.

Success

This notion of success is not centered on winning but on creating the ability for a corporation to operate within one location or city if it is programmed to or simulated. This is a missing component in GearCity, and SimulationGC7 edits offer this ability through file adjustments.

Changed Direction

After consideration given to the recent crash, research changed from Alaska to Scotland. The reasoning for this is, United States is well represented in GearCity currently with Catty taking the lead with good success as a first mover. So, it seems reasonable to shift the direction to Scotland for this latest update.

What Changed

The population of Scotland was adjusted by adding a "VAT rate" and "tourist tax," along with other "taxes," to generate income for the country (Shout Hotels Journal, 2026).

What is SimulationGC7

The thought of describing what this is comes from a chat with an application that had questions about what the additions were and what the purpose of this project is. At the time of reading this, it did not make sense, but as time has moved forward, it still does not. So, the need called for reading The Free Dictionary (2026), which lists:

that a "simulated adjective" is "Made to imitate something else:

artificial, imitation, manmade, mock, synthetic.

Informal: pretend." 

After reading this, SimulationGC7 consists of the editing of files past 2019 in a game called GearCity, which is an automotive game. This started after the purchase of GearCity from GOG.com and the start of a corporation called Emerson Motors, which was under the direction of its CEO, Edward J. Emerson. This character ran the corporation from the beginning until they passed the job on to their children. Those children passed the corporation down to their children, and the current generation's grandchild holds the position of CEO.

This makes this child, along with the generational chain leading back to Edward J. Emerson, based on the definition of what constitutes a simulated environment: "artificial, imitation, manmade, mock, synthetic."

Video

https://youtu.be/6NH6SrQzqa0

References

Bing. (2026). AI Overview. Scotland cities.

Geoff. (2026). Inside America's Most Complicated Coastline. https://www.youtube.com/

Shout Hotels Journal. (2026). Scotland’s Tourist Tax: How Much It Is and Who Has to Pay. https://www.shouthotels.com/scotland-tourist-tax-explained/

The Free Dictionary. (2026). Simulated. Simulated - definition of simulated by The Free Dictionary

Visual Entertainment and Technologies. (2026). GearCity. https://www.gog.com/en/game/gearcity