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TrackMania (2003 video game)

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automatically. Regular roads can be dragged to create straight sections as well as 90 degree corners. Most other blocks are automatically connected by placing them next to each other. There are three environments to choose from: Rally (Countryside), Snow (Alpine), and Desert (Speed), each of which offers a unique car and handling characteristics. There are also three modes: Race, Puzzle, and Survival, each of which features an equal number of tracks for each environment. The "Survival" mode does not appear in the later games, though Platform bears some slight similarities in map styles.
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includes some pre-constructed tracks that players can race on to unlock "coppers", the in-game currency. These can be used to buy different building blocks, usually called "blocks", for their track, including regular roads, checkpoints, long bends, loop-the-loops, and jumps, which all snap to a grid
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called the game "completely worth it if you have any interest in PC driving games or ever liked miniature cars as a kid." Saying that "the driving mechanics aren't perfect, and it isn't much to look at," he nevertheless called it "a great game with plenty of depth and lasting appeal." Scott Osborne
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called the races "fast-paced and reasonably fun," but also said that "they're often too easy and always much too short," criticizing the brevity of the game's single-player and puzzle mode. Tom McNamara of
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described the game as the best computer game of July 2004. The game was also a runner-up for the site's "Most Surprisingly Good Game" award, which went to
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effects. This version also allows the player to import 3D models for the cars, which can also be skinned. It was released free of charge for owners of
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said that "the game looks pretty good," but that it was "not fun to play so much as being fun to play around
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making a total of 87 different looking cars available. Using the built-in car painter or an external
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The game features a multiplayer option, which allows players to compete via
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graphics engine. It features over 10 new block types, from
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has three styles of cars, rally super minis (similar to a
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The game received "average" reviews according to the
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Developer(s)
Nadeo
Publisher(s)
FRA
Focus Home Interactive
UK
Digital Jesters
US
Enlight
Director(s)
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Composer(s)
TrackMania
Platform(s)
Windows
FRA
UK
NA
Genre(s)
Racing
puzzle
racing video game
Nadeo
Focus Home Interactive
TrackMania
Renault 5 Turbo
Suzuki Jimny
Ford Escort
skins

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