Is this weird ?

[MPJB1974]

Just wondering how accurate the science victory tab is ? Because;

I am just coming out of the medieval age into gun powder and have a tech count of 33.

China who is slightly behind has a tech count of 30 or so, but

Their cities look very modern, with traders being little trucks and cities looking like sky scrapers.

Does sound like a glitch because as far as I can see their units are reasonably on track ie they have knights.

Being new to civ 6 is it possible that the texh tree works a little differently and there is not the need to grab all tech and to push through eras faster? Even so truck in the colonial era seems weird.

Thoughts?

 

[Linklite]

How is their culture? They can enter into new eras by maxi g their culture as well.

 

[MPJB1974]

Quite high. But I read a bit more and apparently civ 6 cab beeline tech more. I sent a spy over and they have a combined arms tech, but are still using knights. Seems like a design flaw really as in the other civs no way yoy could say,

Research combustion but then leave lots of other tech behind.