Trackmania 2 Canyon Beta Pre-Orders + Beta live NOW NOW NOW GO MOVE NOW
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Maybe they already talked about it and I didn't see it, but I'd like to know if the user created content is going to be as open as United. I'm talking about custom icons, re-textures, custom soundtracks, etc. There were a lot of copyright infringement stuff in United and I'd like to know if they are allowing that in TM2.The_Player said:
The_Player
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Yeah, that's a great question, have been intending to ask them for myself.Dizzy-4U said:
Caesar III
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I'm so getting this 
Can't wait! I hope it's not that big to download.
Can't wait! I hope it's not that big to download.We have quite a few 1080p 60fps videos of the current beta up, played by a quite good driver too
http://www.gamersyde.com/news_trackmania_2_canyon_multiplayer_beta_in_videos-11631_en.html
http://www.gamersyde.com/news_trackmania_2_canyon_multiplayer_beta_in_videos-11631_en.html
Looks amazing in those videos, especially at 60fps. Can't wait to fire this game up.Blimblim said:We have quite a few 1080p 60fps videos of the current beta up, played by a quite good driver too
http://www.gamersyde.com/news_trackmania_2_canyon_multiplayer_beta_in_videos-11631_en.html
Blimblim said:We have quite a few 1080p 60fps videos of the current beta up, played by a quite good driver too
http://www.gamersyde.com/news_trackmania_2_canyon_multiplayer_beta_in_videos-11631_en.html
So good.
Tuesday can't come soon enough.
SneakyStephan
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Looks amazing in the 1080p video.
Gorgeous IQ and framerate.
For some reason I had to loop it first till it was fully buffered to properly play it, fucking hard drive dying on me I guess.
vvv : everything you want to know is in the trackmania 2 thread.
Nations and united were a lot of fun, nothing generic about trackmania.
Gorgeous IQ and framerate.
For some reason I had to loop it first till it was fully buffered to properly play it, fucking hard drive dying on me I guess.
vvv : everything you want to know is in the trackmania 2 thread.
Nations and united were a lot of fun, nothing generic about trackmania.
Blimblim said:We have quite a few 1080p 60fps videos of the current beta up, played by a quite good driver too
http://www.gamersyde.com/news_trackmania_2_canyon_multiplayer_beta_in_videos-11631_en.html
Oh, man. I giggled like a little school girl watching those. So good.
Teknopathetic
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Yeah, I'm not really convinced he understands the meaning of generic.
Edit: Gorgeous videos, as usual, blim.
Edit: Gorgeous videos, as usual, blim.
questionmark
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StuBurns said:
3/4 guys in the TM WCG09 final used gamepads. Obviously it is very viable.
Rodney McKay
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I own Trackmania on the PC, but I've hardly played much of it yet.
I actually used to own Trackmania for the DS (the first, kinda iffy version) and I played a lot of that. The quick races and puzzle-y levels made it perfect for a handheld. The version I had was a bit buggy and didn't control as well as the PC, but I still had a lot of fun.
Since I've barely touched TM1 on the PC I'll probably hold off on getting TM2 for a little while (coming to Steam would help twist my arm!). I would instantly get it if they made a Vita version that allowed for track building and sharing. Oh, who am I kidding, I'd get it for the Vita no matter what.
I actually used to own Trackmania for the DS (the first, kinda iffy version) and I played a lot of that. The quick races and puzzle-y levels made it perfect for a handheld. The version I had was a bit buggy and didn't control as well as the PC, but I still had a lot of fun.
Since I've barely touched TM1 on the PC I'll probably hold off on getting TM2 for a little while (coming to Steam would help twist my arm!). I would instantly get it if they made a Vita version that allowed for track building and sharing. Oh, who am I kidding, I'd get it for the Vita no matter what.
The videos sold me on the idea of Trackmania. I decided to download the free version to try it out, and I'm getting 60fps with high settings in solo mode, and 30fps in multiplayer. Do you guys set graphics to minimum in multiplayer since performance should always win out in a competitive environment? The game seems overwhelming at first.
butter_stick
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You said Trackmania is generic. The only explanation is you don't know what the word means.Ulchie said:
-Mikey- said:
Controller, I steer using the DPad, I havent experienced the lag people have mentioned. DPad works excellent for me. Hate the keyboard hehe
Ulchie said:
Noone insulted you, its just TM is as far from a generic racer as you can get. Even the games playmodes (time trials with timed duration) are just as far from generic as possible, Ive never played another racer with that kind of multiplayer vs design.
butter_stick
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I'm not insulting you. The reason you got the responses you got is because you said something untrue.Ulchie said:
If you want to know why people like the game, it's because it's a very arcadey racing game with great controls, fantastic online play and crack-like addictive qualities.
Teknopathetic
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"I'm not really sure how you can extrapolate a lack of understanding of such a basic word from what I said. I basically asked why you guys liked this game, but instead I get insulted with no explanation as to why you like it at all."
I'm sorry if you feel insulted, but that was a really big misuse of the word. Trackmania is a pretty unique experience in the racing genre.
Someone already summed it up, but people like Trackmania because of its tight controls, unique tracks, and the heavy focus and integration of leaderboards. It is also the definition of an easy to learn/hard to master game. There's not really any secret techniques that the fastest people use or hidden information that new players might not figure out. It's a very pure, approachable, challenging game and it's one that players of all skill levels can easily find some way to comfortably challenge themselves. It's also very easy to learn how to improve via the replays on the leaderboards.
Furthermore, the track editor guarantees an almost limitless supply of tracks.
In summary: Great controls, great features, great customization, huge emphasis on community and sharing. And obviously, the tracks themselves contain plenty of interesting elements that you don't really see in pretty much any other modern racing game.
I'm sorry if you feel insulted, but that was a really big misuse of the word. Trackmania is a pretty unique experience in the racing genre.
Someone already summed it up, but people like Trackmania because of its tight controls, unique tracks, and the heavy focus and integration of leaderboards. It is also the definition of an easy to learn/hard to master game. There's not really any secret techniques that the fastest people use or hidden information that new players might not figure out. It's a very pure, approachable, challenging game and it's one that players of all skill levels can easily find some way to comfortably challenge themselves. It's also very easy to learn how to improve via the replays on the leaderboards.
Furthermore, the track editor guarantees an almost limitless supply of tracks.
In summary: Great controls, great features, great customization, huge emphasis on community and sharing. And obviously, the tracks themselves contain plenty of interesting elements that you don't really see in pretty much any other modern racing game.
Teknopathetic
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Should run fine on your PC DieH@rd. Are you using the WMV or MP4?
VLC won't use hardware accelerated codecs installed on your windows PC (since it's the main point of VLC to use its own codecs), so especially for WMV files it's going to stutter a lot more than WMP. Personally I use MPCHC, ffdshow + the awesome LAV Cuvid decoder http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=160290, so I basically get the best of both worlds.Gav47 said:
Domstercool
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Not long till preorders open!!! I'm going to jump right on that!
Teknopathetic
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I will make my body ready.
Cipherr said:
So I guess using a wheel is out of the question for this game? I looked through the TM2 forum and from the few posts I could find about controller support - it looks like there was no centering force / FFB for wheels - only rumble and much delay from analog steering.
if any GAF'ers get the BETA that have a wheel - please post results!
I'm sure someone will beat me to it but I'll give it a go with a G25 tomorrow evening. Can't imagine doing well with a wheel in this game though and using a wheel with a third person/behind the car view feels so weird. In my opinion trackmania is perfect with a 360 pad.Raudi said: