The first Trackmania is one of the most fun racing games ever made. One of its crowning features was its VERY user-friendly controls and editor, which let people make tracks and upload them for the community to play. None of this 3-D modeling know-how needed to make maps - just point and click.

In addition to the sequel to Trackmania, currently in development, there will also be Shootmania, where people can design FPS-styled maps/games, and Questmania, where people can design RPG-styled maps/games. Not much info being given about the latter two just yet, but the video below discusses Maniaplanet, the community that Nadeo - the developer - is going to use to link all the 'Mania' communities into one giant super community.


Here is a nice promo video:

http://www.gametrailers.com/video/e3-2010-maniaplanet/101448



BETA Trackmania 2: Q4, 2010
BETA Shootmania: Q1, 2011
BETA Questmania: Coming Soon

...Yeah.

The only complaint - and it's a MAJOR one - is that Ubisoft is going to be this game's publisher, and Ubisoft has gained a notorious reputation of late for using horrid DRM methods in its games. I'll probably pass until it's available on Steam.

I actually passed on the first Trackmania until it was put on Steam because the boxed versions (and even demos) came with that Starforce DRM bullshit that was known to fuck PCs up. No joke, I waited YEARS. I fell in love with the series back in 2003-2004 with the Trackmania Sunrise demo but once I realized that Starforce was put onto my PC for a fucking DEMO, that love was lost.


Stay tuned...

Ughh, not another trackmania game (sorry ) My partner plays this, among many other games, I hate racing/shooting games.