See here http://forum.maniaplanet.com/viewtopic. ... 341#p44341 for official response.

I will be buying straight from the developer as well through their main website, you can always add TM2 to stream through the add a non steam game to steam so you can still shift-tab to talk to friends.

I look forward to August 17th, I forgot all about Trackmania 2 (hey that's a good thing as now it's just day's away from my fingertip's :thumbsup:) I seen the post on reddit linking to the video by the name of... [tmActu] Trackmania² Canyon : Gameplay and just wow I had to shovel my chin of the flo...

I prefer download version more eco friendly and not having the anxiety of waiting on the postman coming.