Got it to work by manually launching the ManiaPlanet application in Steam\SteamApps\common\ManiaPlanet.exe. This in turn installed the Shoot Mania beta that I did not have installed. After Shoot Mania installed I was able to play any three games without incident. Strange? Why do I have to have the S...

I own TrackMania Canyon, Stadium and just purchased Valley last night on Steam. When I went to launch the game. the Mania Planet application tells me there is an optional update with choices to restart the application and apply the update or to skip the update. Either selection I make, the applicati...