DS #2924: TrackMania (Europe)

[Ferrariman]

trackmania series?....has there been more than 2 trackmanias?,i just recall the free pc game.

There has been a few. Five (including the DS version), two of them being freeware (although I would just call them demos).

 

[Vague Rant]

This might be a weird question, but does anyone know which studio at Firebrand developed this? They have two offices, one in Scotland and one in the USA; I like to play the "native" version of games, so for games developed in the UK, I prefer the (E) version, etc. So does anybody know which group developed this one?

 

[mkoo]

trackmania series?....has there been more than 2 trackmanias?,i just recall the free pc game.

Trackmania
Trackmania SunRise
Trackmania Nations (Free)
Trackmania United (Nations + SunRise)

Current games:
Trackmania Nations Forever (Updated version of Nations, free)
Trackmania United Forever (Updated version of United)

 

[beethy]

Awesome, it's out!
I'm a pretty big TM fan and this one rocks. It feels and plays pretty much like the PC version except that the physics feel a little floatier and on my R4 there is some slowdown.
But it still kicks ass. I love it

 

[tinymonkeyt]

ive been flying off the tracks >.<
i think the graphics and feel of this game would be awesome for like
maybe a crazy taxi DS
or like the driving part of GTA
but thats just me

 

[Raika]

Woot it's out! Bye CoD!!

 

[Edgedancer]

I am waiting for Hadrians opinion because I know he has been waiting for this for quite a while.

 

[redviper]

No WiFi makes this fail.

It definately has WiFi!

 

[VISHI SO FISHI]

No WiFi makes this fail.

It definately has WiFi!

No its dosent , i am sorry to hear that too!

 

[liger13]

No WiFi makes this fail.

It definately has WiFi!

omg, where?

 

[superkrm]

My hope is someone makes a save editor or application for transferring maps, so trackmania ds maps can be stored online for sharing.

 

[Frog]

Yay it's finally out!

 

[Sir-Fritz]

GENIOUS, toobad its 25mb...

 

[OrR]

This is, and always has been, mostly a single player game. It's all about record times and trying tracks a hundred times to beat the time. That's the only place where competition comes into it.
Yes, it's somewhat sad that this doesn't have online track sharing but it's easily the best (single player) DS racer up until now so that's easy to forgive. It beats the hell out of Mario Kart on everything except online competition.

 

[teonintyfive]

Awesome, but a bit buggy on the desert levels.

 

[VISHI SO FISHI]

I thought this game was gona be good, this feels like that 3-D rally game on the mobile phone, deleted it after 20 mins of play, there is no way this can compete mario kart!

 

[Joey90]

YEAH!

It's finally out.

There are 3 main draws to trackmania (that most racing games do not have) - firstly, the slightly unrealistic (but much more fun) physics (you can't do huge loops in many freestyle racing games) - secondly, the huge element of trackbuilding (people can get very inventive) - thirdly, the LACK of collisions with other players, which means that any time you get is ultimately YOU, not 'Oh I just got cut up by someone'

Hopefully the DS version will be as good as this.

 

[Frog]

Just tried the level editor, and it's awesome!

 

[updowners]

GENIOUS, toobad its 25mb...

Whats bad about that?

Bangai o Spirits was like 64Mbit.

 

[Sir-Fritz]

GENIOUS, toobad its 25mb...

Whats bad about that?

Bangai o Spirits was like 64Mbit.

I have slow internet at the moment, and it took like 30 mins to download.