Rush Hour adds several new features to the original Sim City 4:
U-Drive It!
Aprehending law breakers in a U-Drive It mission. Rush Hour lets you get behind the wheel of any of the city's vehicles, from cars and buses, to helicopters and planes. U-Drive It! also allows the player to partake in missions, such as putting out fires, responding to calls in an ambulance, even flying through targets in a stunt plan and water skiing. Rush Hour lets the player reek havoc in any of the military vehicles.
Transport Options
The expansion adds new modes of transport, road types and ferry systems.
Structures
Over 100 new items are added to the selection, such as a news station with a helipad, a light house, space shuttle launch center.
Building Sets
Control the look of your city with one of 4 building sets. Once selected, the city will begin to resemble 1890's Chicago, 1940's New York, 1990's Houston or ultra modern European.
Disasters
Destroy Rush Hour's many new buildings with new disasters! Unleash a U.F.O. invasion on your city, or pilot your own U.F.O. to take out that section of town you were going to demolish anyway.