TrackMania is a racing game for the personal computer. It is developed by the French team Nadeo. Instead of following the usual trend of choosing a set car and track for playing in the game, TrackMania allows the player to create their own tracks using a simple 'block' process in the spirit of the 1990 game Stunts.
Tracks
TrackMania includes some pre-made tracks for racing on. These unlock 'Coppers', TrackMania's unique currency. These are used to buy blocks of varying track, for example: checkpoints, long bends, loop-de-loops and jumps. The user then makes up track by joining the blocks together. There are three themes to choose from: Rally, Alpine and Desert.
Cars
TrackMania has 3 styles of cars: Rally superminis, Alpine 4x4's and Desert muscle cars. Each has varying skins already avaliable, but by using a bitmap graphics editor the user can create their own skins, modifying them to suit their tastes when imported into the game.
Other features
TrackMania features a network option, which lets players compete via LAN or over the internet. Also, the game's website allows players to upload their created tracks or skins for others to download and use on their copy of the game.
TrackMania Sunrise
The next installment of TrackMania, TrackMania Sunrise, is currently under development. A demo has recently been released and the full game is due out on April 27, 2005.
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