I am a huge fan of the Trackmania games that use formula-style cars like Trackmania: Nations Forever or Trackmania (2020). This game takes a lot that I find impressive about those games and utilises them here, the simple, addictive playing loop and the great car control. So what's the problem?
The track design is abysmal, and the game does not flow well. The tracks are confusing, sometimes where the driveable area starts and ends barely exists resulting in you crashing out on an invisible wall or a tiny bush. Tracks that have enough difficulty to them can grow even more difficult by annoying multi-laps, getting gold on E05 was a miserable time. The game feels purposefully designed to stump you at certain points, especially on some of the road tracks where you have to watch the ghost's line to see where you even have to go in the first place.
Unfortunately, this game is just overlong and horrifically irritating at points which is a shame because its base gameplay is great classic Trackmania. Avoid this one play Nations Forever.
The track design is abysmal, and the game does not flow well. The tracks are confusing, sometimes where the driveable area starts and ends barely exists resulting in you crashing out on an invisible wall or a tiny bush. Tracks that have enough difficulty to them can grow even more difficult by annoying multi-laps, getting gold on E05 was a miserable time. The game feels purposefully designed to stump you at certain points, especially on some of the road tracks where you have to watch the ghost's line to see where you even have to go in the first place.
Unfortunately, this game is just overlong and horrifically irritating at points which is a shame because its base gameplay is great classic Trackmania. Avoid this one play Nations Forever.