Thanks, TMarc, that actually did the trick.
I was worried it could've been futile, but- no- works perfectly now!

After apparently 123 days I finally was in the mood to play some TM2 again, but following an 8mb update, it never reaches the menu again... Something significant must've changed that really doesn't work with my machine anymore!? Here's the beginning of the crash log, just in case it seems familiar (...

I have the same trouble and Maniaplanet will never get to the menu. It allwed me to pick my profile, went through some update, then connects to the server, does a few flickery things in the title bar and pops off with this crash log. I haven't been playing for 123days (apparently) and it seems like ...

By all means! I've been talking about asking them directly anyway. Count me in!

And in 1.5 years nobody has responded to this?
I'm just running into that same problem. Have you ever found a solution or given up?