The future of TrackMania

Dec · **Posted:** Sat Sep 19, 2009 3:45 pm

Finally the long desired option to create costum blocks. Tho I'm curious what it'll look like ^^

Zooz · **Posted:** Sat Sep 19, 2009 3:49 pm

No release date was announced so it'll probably be a while.

Pics from twitter of the presentation:
http://twitpic.com/iai2y
http://twitpic.com/iahyp
http://twitpic.com/iahx1
http://twitpic.com/iahsr
http://twitpic.com/iahqc
http://twitpic.com/iahnv
http://twitpic.com/iahdl
http://twitpic.com/iahbe
http://twitpic.com/iah4j

http://twitter.com/TaxiGamer

Lancer · **Posted:** Sat Sep 19, 2009 3:52 pm

nadeo designed a completly new game!! :gobananas:

very very good Nadeo!!

edit:\\ the forum-style changed ^^ looks good!

Snowy · **Posted:** Sat Sep 19, 2009 4:04 pm

More pics, more pics!! Native screenshots!

Release dates!

Zooz · **Posted:** Sat Sep 19, 2009 4:08 pm

I wonder how they're going to prevent custom blocks with 3d block model importing from becoming a huge mess...
edit: I read it'll be out in 2010, so be patient

abradab · **Posted:** Sat Sep 19, 2009 4:08 pm

New game..bad news for me...I want new environment for TMUF.
I don't have powerful PC

Insomnia · **Posted:** Sat Sep 19, 2009 4:09 pm

Zooz wrote:

I wonder how they're going to prevent custom blocks with 3d block model importing from becoming a huge mess...

I doubt it'll be that.
Rather that you can define a start and end in a box and then twist, rotate, stretch, squeeze or whatever the road, which makes a new block then. Like always in TM games: Easy for everyone

Rax · **Posted:** Sat Sep 19, 2009 4:13 pm

Looks and sounds awesome, Now to think of some evil combinations

Zooz · **Posted:** Sat Sep 19, 2009 4:16 pm

Insomnia wrote:

I doubt it'll be that.
Rather that you can define a start and end in a box and then twist, rotate, stretch, squeeze or whatever the road, which makes a new block then. Like always in TM games: Easy for everyone

Unfortunately I heard there would be importing of 3d models, unreliable source though.

So there's the Valley environment, and another one is called Arena and seems to be a bit like desert and bay. Don't know the name of the third one but apparently it "looks asian".

bara · **Posted:** Sat Sep 19, 2009 4:21 pm

Zooz wrote:

I wonder how they're going to prevent custom blocks with 3d block model importing from becoming a huge mess...
edit: I read it'll be out in 2010, so be patient

the pessimistic voice has spoken^^

Edit: wooohooo i got the 10000th Post in this section :roflol:

xis101 · **Posted:** Sat Sep 19, 2009 4:33 pm

Insomnia wrote:

I do like it

Though it'd be cool to import the old environments to TM2

maybe it´s possible, but probably just the look of the old environements to one of the 3 new envis. otherwise Nadeo would have to import the physics of all the old environements

jamie_macdonald · **Posted:** Sat Sep 19, 2009 4:39 pm

wow ...just wow ...this is v good news for the future of tm.

I know some might miss the old env. But a new game engine will definately be a better stance. Scince tmf (that i love dearly) has been riddled with some oddities (bugs) on the joining sections of track pieces, starting afresh is probably the wise way to go. Giving nadeo a clean slate to add more too at a later date.

TM's future has just been extended imo. Good going nadeo team!

Wonder how the league pro's will take the change hmm ^^

Zooz · **Posted:** Sat Sep 19, 2009 4:45 pm

Yeah, it's probably the best option. It does depend on how the new physics and handling will be - the simple controls and physics was one of the main strengths of TM and changing that would probably alienate a lot of the long-time players. I doubt they'll turn it into a sim, but even something like making the gas/brake control analog would not work with the control schemes many of us use

But it's better than the other options:
- New environments for TMF. While some of us would enjoy this quite a lot, it will make the game even more complicated and bloated and harder to get into for new players, and the game engine isn't getting any newer either. It's probably harder to market too.
- Another TMF-like patch with more features that almost no one will use.
- More blocks for the current environments, They were already grasping at straws with the insane TMS eXtreme blocks, and the editor is already complicated enough with all the different block types for the environments.
- Abandoning TM for Shootmania and Questmania, with only small updates to update the game engine.
- Focusing on expanding TMN (they don't seem to like any sort of changes)

So thanks Nadeo, you probably did the right thing as far as I can see, as long as you don't mess it up :mrgreen:

EmRe · **Posted:** Sat Sep 19, 2009 4:56 pm

I said

EmRe wrote:

I hope it´s a new Game! (TrackMania #2 for PC) - And not only a Uptade ! :thumbsup:

Since many Years we are driving the same Environments, TMO;TMS;TMN - its boring! We want to see other things --> New Game or New Environment!

I'll wait, and let me surprise!

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Nice News! I Hope it will be nice envi. !

Domi · **Posted:** Sat Sep 19, 2009 5:00 pm

this made my day

Good job NAdeo once again :lovetm

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