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I got mine, base game + Rush Hour, on e-bay last month, for under $7, including shipping.
Sim City 4 small terrains are the only terrains that can be created and imported into Sims 2. Only the central portion, about 36 squares in all directions, can be viewed with the normal camera. The terrain elevation features (to make a water feature, use the valley tool), roads (not streets, bridges, or highways), and changes to terrain from two of the disasters, the meteor and the volcano, will transfer directly to SC4 and getting the scale right can be tricky. It is gobs of fun making your own terrain, though, and playing SC4 itself is absorbing. The learning curve is high, though. At least, I haven't been able to make a city work yet.
Shop around. You can get a better deal than that, especially if all you're interested in is building terrains for Sims 2. As far as I can tell, none of the EP features will translate into S2 terrain. (I haven't actually installed Rush Hour, just the base game.)
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