The race cars all look unique and the lighting and shadows look great too. The tracks vary with time of day, road, grass, and mud surfaces. The textures are higher resolution and the ads are gone with the exception of the Nadeo logo on blimps and banners. The formula one cars are now shinier and get messier on the dirt tracks. The graphics have been vastly improved in Stadium which says a lot since TM Nations Forever had great graphics for its time. While you could pass through opponents in TrackMania 2: Canyon, I miss the ability to have the car take damage from the environment. You don't have to worry about bumping into people since you can pass through them without taking damage to your car. Depending on the game mode, you may actively race against players or race solo and keep aiming for the best performance until the time runs out. There are plenty of active servers and finding an online match to join was pretty easy to do. As you race you'll see your competition or even a shadow of your last performance to race against. When playing in solo mode you can choose which medal (time) you want to aim for. Moral Warnings: Possible language in online gameplay. Weak Points: Some of the tracks are difficult and confusing. Strong Points: Easy to play but hard to master. Needless to say, I never unlocked any of the black tracks. In both of those scenarios you need a lot of speed to complete the maneuver. The red tracks are just plain crazy with stunts like doing loops and jumping from one end of the track to the other.
You cannot play any of the tracks in Black until you have gold medals on all of the other tracks.īy the way, this is not a realistic racing game. The tracks are separated by five difficulties: White, Green, Blue, Red and Black. The medals are earned by how fast you can complete each track. Not all of the tracks are available at once, so you have to unlock tracks by earning bronze, silver and gold medals. The solo mode has sixty five tracks that get progressively harder. You can play TrackMania 2: Stadium by yourself, online, or in a LAN party mode. There are lots of new tracks that are guaranteed to keep you at the edge of your seat. There are over 12.5 million racers that have enjoyed TrackMania Nations Forever and while TrackMania 2: Stadium is not free, it does bring a lot to the table. Besides racing, there's a built in track editor that allows you to create and share your tracks with the massive online community. Like its predecessors, there's a worldwide ranking database that keeps track of your skills globally, as well as your rank by country and state! As more people play, my rank drops lower and lower so I don’t think I’ll pose a threat to anyone.
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TrackMania 2: Stadium is a follow up to TrackMania 2: Canyon but it feels more like the popular and free 3D racing game TrackMania Nations Forever. Thank you Ubisoft for sending us this game to review!