Old modes back (Platform, Stunt, Puzzle)

[MegaAndy]

Can't help but notice these modes aren't in 2, platform was a pretty enjoyable mode. you would have thought as it only has 1 enviroment it would have been fleshed out a bit more in other areas, so far this game seems like a standalone enviroment for trackmania forever not a sequel.

Edit: And party play

[EnaiSiaion]

It does use the TMNF/TMUF engine with a few graphical tweaks.

[G2Wolf]

With the new mania scripting, it's probably possible to create the mode yourself

[MegaAndy]

Maybe, i just hope they get re-added, like they added star tracks.

[Dietomaha]

I very much agree. The Platform mode was probably my favorite in the old game, I was really hoping to see it when I booted this up

[Snakejuice]

I agree with the OP, and yes maniascript is a very nice feature but it doesn't replace Platform/Stunt/Puzzle as there are no official maps for those modes. Oh well no biggie still lots of other stuff do to in game!

[_Domi]

as an old TM player, I've always enjoyed playing Puzzle, so I would like to see that in TM2 also

[ricky1981]

There's no puzzle/platform mode?! It gets worse and worse, I haven't even been able to get this to install properly yet (5GB of downloads and counting) and now I find out they've taken out some of my favorite parts of the first game

[sunrise]

Ouch. Well that settles it, and it pains me to say it, but I'm not buying this :(

Nadeo, what are you thinking?! Platform was the best mode in Trackmania!! Dropping it is madness.

This is less TM2 and more like Nations 2 :/

[Marmaduke]

Agreed- I thought this would be in as standard, but it turns out it isn't. Even in the editor the only thing you can create is a 'race', and without any sort of documentation for ManiaScript I really can't see it happening any time soon. And, even if you did, would you still be able to create a puzzle map?

Furthermore, the game menu itself doesn't support more than just 'race'. 'Play Solo' just goes straight to choosing one of the pre-made cups- there's not even an option to load in a custom tournament. So you can create to your heart's content, but it's a total nightmare working out how to share things. You know, maybe I'm missing something- I'll just check the manual OH WAIT THERE ISN'T ONE.

There is so much missing from this game right now. I sincerely hope Ubisoft aren't going to simply charge us extra to get the features back.