TrackMania
Track Mania is much more than a typical racing game. Here, you get to come with the tracks. Design and build it from the ground up -- then test them in real-time with competitive races!
TrackMania Accessories
 TrackMania: Sunrise
Dirt
Trackmania United
Race 07: Official WTCC Game
RC Cars
Heroes of Might & Magic 5
Trackmania
Need for Speed: Prostreet
GTR 2: Realism Redefined
TrackMania Reviews
Fabulous game, tons of fun, tons of customizability. I downloaded and played the FREE game made by these guys (Trackmania Nations), and loved it so much I decided to purchase the Original. If you like arcade driving, with a good dose of statistics, buy this game. I wasn't disappointed in the least.
Now, not only can I not get the game to run, but I've got all these drivers which are *impossible to remove* and MAY HAVE TO FORMAT AND REBUILD MY WHOLE HARD DRIVE. I STRONGLY RECOMMEND THAT YOU PASS ON THIS GAME AND LOOK AT OTHER RACING GAMES. Google "TrackMania Starforce" if you don't believe me. IT INSTALLS A COPY PROTECTION SOFTWARE WHICH WREAKS HAVOC ON YOUR OPERATING SYSTEM. (Although this game is a ton of fun and highly addictive for people of all ages.). If you think it's worth risking your whole computer setup for just a little bit of fun, go ahead an buy TrackMania.otherwise,.
It's obviously built for fun. The box claims the min system req's are 450 Mhz, but the recommended system req's are 900 Mhz and a 32 MB 3D graphics card. Great fun. My son's reflexes are already far better than mine, but I found the game quite addictive as well. Lots of levels to work through, and the graphics are great. There's nothing in it that I mind my son getting exposed to.
My son really enjoyed discovering that it let him go off track and explore the mountain ranges. I don't know what the target age for it is, though I'm sure it's older than my son.
There may even be an element of logic to it, in the puzzles, but that's stretching it. (I'm not a gamer, myself, just his mom).
We tried it on mine (3 Ghz), and it was beautiful. We installed it on "his" pc, (800 Mhz), and it was painfully slow to respond.
My five year old saw this on sale locally and had to have it. In fact, my son claims that nobody's even driving the car, so there's not even any blood when the car wrecks.
We're at the very early stages of the game.
It is the best racing game ever. I recommend it to anyone who is looking to buy a gift for someone.
This game has great potential, but was a huge disappointment for me. I tried installing the game on 3 different computers, but it only worked on one. Switching between tracks and moving between menus was sooo slow; I spent as much time waiting as racing. I haven't tried the multiplayer feature yet. It looks like this game was made by some clever programmers with a great concept, but the final product is unpolished. There is no online help (except for one file which describes the installation process), and no printed documentation. I could live with the installation hassles if the program was easier to use, but the navigation and usability is terrible. For example, during the installation it asks if you want to install Direct X (which is needed to run the game), but if you answer 'yes', it says the installation is successful, but you still have to go install Direct X manually.
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