Overview

The Rialto Islands form a graceful chain of six artificial residential islands strung along a historic causeway spanning Biscayne Bay between downtown and the barrier beach. Characterized by lush sub-tropical landscaping, quiet residential streets, and elegant Mediterranean revival villas, the islands provide affluent serenity within arm's reach of the bustling urban core. In gameplay terms, the Rialto Islands causeway serves as a vital low-traffic transit link between downtown and the coast. The narrow bridges, residential driveways, and private seawalls present dynamic urban evasion routes where sharp maneuvers can outsmart pursuing police cruisers. In the real world, Rialto Islands is modeled after the Venetian Islands in Miami, constructed in the 1920s along the Venetian Causeway as an exclusive residential garden archipelago.