One thing that I find very confusing and complicated, is to explain how Trackmania is for my friends, especially the ones on Steam, I have all the TM Titles, and I play them via Steam, sometimes it's very difficult to explain them what each game is.
"United Forever? Is that the new Trackmania?
No, that is technically the Trackmania 1 games in one
But why the sequels are called Trackmania 2 and not this one?"
Or
"Why is there Trackmania 2 games and Trackmania Turbo? Is Turbo Trackmania 3?"
I have other examples that I can't get in my mind right now but, hell, the way the games are being sold is very confusing for newcomers, I just wonder how you guys explain the games when a friend shows up interested to get in the series.
How do you recommend Trackmania to your friends?
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Re: How do you recommend Trackmania to your friends?
I tell people that Turbo is a separate, more Arcade/Console version of TM2 which is the Current Trackmania with multiple environments that are purchased separately but played from one main Hub called Maniaplanet.
Yea, it is a bit confusing especially because no one around here has ever even heard of any of them.
Yea, it is a bit confusing especially because no one around here has ever even heard of any of them.
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Re: How do you recommend Trackmania to your friends?
I install them the demo version of e.g. Stadium and play with them. 

Re: How do you recommend Trackmania to your friends?
Just show the game to them. If they like, they will know about other TrackMania games easily.
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Re: How do you recommend Trackmania to your friends?
Show the awesome trailers and let them experience it with VR on cinematic mode.
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Re: How do you recommend Trackmania to your friends?
It's easy to start listing up the whole Trackmania history if you want to explain the games, but a shorthand that is easy to get:
- United Forever: First generation
- TrackMania2: Second generation
- Turbo: Arcade spinoff of second generation
And yes, show some trailers and let them download demos if they still wonder about how the games work
- United Forever: First generation
- TrackMania2: Second generation
- Turbo: Arcade spinoff of second generation
And yes, show some trailers and let them download demos if they still wonder about how the games work

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Re: How do you recommend Trackmania to your friends?
Ouf, you are missing a few years prior to that, don't you think?
Re: How do you recommend Trackmania to your friends?
It's a compilation of the first generation 

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Re: How do you recommend Trackmania to your friends?
I was generalizing it a bit
I do know that United Forever is a final combination of the releases of TrackMania, Original, PowerUp, Sunrise, Sunrise Extreme, Nations, United and the Forever extensions. But it's still a full game with all environments included, and there aren't many players who still play the older games beside Forever. Considering that TM2 (with Maniaplanet) utilizes a completely different engine and a different way of using environments (so-called titlepacks), and being a new 'game' altogether, I figured that it made sense to categorize it in this way. Sorry if I seemed a bit incorrect in my statement

I do know that United Forever is a final combination of the releases of TrackMania, Original, PowerUp, Sunrise, Sunrise Extreme, Nations, United and the Forever extensions. But it's still a full game with all environments included, and there aren't many players who still play the older games beside Forever. Considering that TM2 (with Maniaplanet) utilizes a completely different engine and a different way of using environments (so-called titlepacks), and being a new 'game' altogether, I figured that it made sense to categorize it in this way. Sorry if I seemed a bit incorrect in my statement

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