Gridwork

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There is a different gridsize in operation in SimCity 4 and in The Sims 2. 

To demonstrate the difference, I made a city with a simple grid in SC4.

Moved it into Sims 2 to try the different sizes of Lots.

These are the sizes we have available.

The tiniest Lot (2x3) fits into2/3 of a SC4 1x1 tile. With room for some decor.

Two of the tiny Lots fit back-to-back into a 2x1 SC4 tile. With room for some decor.

Here are SC4 blocks 1x2, 1x3, and 2x3. 

For larger lots, most of them do not fit exactly. Here's a screenshot of the only three that do. There's a 3x3 Lot, a 3x5, and a 5x5.

So if you want a Sims 2 city with houses exactly surrounded by roads, you need to make it with a SimCity 4 grid of 1x1 and 1x2 and 2x2, and then use these house sizes.

The large image above shows how the SimCity layout constrains the Sims 2 layout.