should I build roads to tile improvements?

[raginaot]

noob question here.... should I make roads from the cities to the improvements or is it just a waste of gold?
haven't played civ in a long time, but I think I used to make roads to everything in civ IV and it gave some kind of bonus.

 

[SomethingWitty]

No, don't. You get heavily penalized for spamming roads on all your available tiles. It's one of the major design flaws of Civ IV.

 

[raginaot]

No, don't. You get heavily penalized for spamming roads on all your available tiles. It's one of the major design flaws of Civ IV.

ok thanks... good to have that clear