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Revision as of 15:12, 4 February 2024
This page is for the original game. For the 2020 game, see Trackmania (2020).
Developers | |
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Nadeo | |
Publishers | |
Enlight Software | |
Digital Jesters | |
Focus Home Interactive | |
Deep Silver | |
93 Games | |
Release dates | |
Windows | November 21, 2003 |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 58 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase |
Modes | Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | Third-person, First-person |
Controls | Direct control |
Genres | Racing, Tricks |
Vehicles | Track racing |
Art styles | Stylized |
Series | TrackMania |
⤏ Go to series page | |
TrackMania (2003) | 2003 |
TrackMania Sunrise | 2005 |
TrackMania Nations | 2006 |
TrackMania United | 2006 |
TrackMania Nations Forever | 2008 |
TrackMania United Forever | 2008 |
TrackMania 2: Canyon | 2011 |
TrackMania 2: Stadium | 2013 |
TrackMania 2: Valley | 2013 |
Trackmania Turbo | 2016 |
Trackmania 2: Lagoon | 2017 |
Trackmania (2020) | 2020 |
Warnings
- StarForce DRM for this game does not work on modern versions of Windows (see Availability for affected versions).
TrackMania (2003) is a singleplayer and multiplayer third-person and first-person racing and tricks game in the TrackMania series.
Key points
- The TrackMania Original upgrade uses the new engine from TrackMania Sunrise.
- Has problems running on modern machines. See Update StarForce for operating systems newer than Windows XP and Issues fixed.
General information
- Official website
- Official forum
- TrackMania Exchange (custom track database)
Availability
- StarForce DRM for this game does not work on modern versions of Windows (see above for affected versions).
- A faithful, higher quality icon can be found on SteamGridDB.
DLC and expansion packs
Name | Notes | |
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Power Up! | Adds Survival mode and more blocks for custom tracks. | |
TrackMania Original | Upgrades the engine to that of TrackMania Sunrise and adds Platform and Stunts modes. |
Essential improvements
Patches
- Applying the patches and upgrades in the order specified below is recommended.
- TrackMania 1.1 update - Updates TrackMania 1.0 to 1.1
- TrackMania Power Up! installer - Upgrades TrackMania to TrackMania Power Up!
- TrackMania Original installer - Upgrades TrackMania Power Up! to TrackMania Original
- TrackMania Original 1.5.2 update - Updates TrackMania Original 1.5.0 to 1.5.2. TrackMania Original is required to be version 1.5.2 in order for the StarForce version to be updated.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>Default.SystemConfig.Gbx[Note 2] |
- Graphics settings are stored in the
GfxDevicePerfs.txt
file.
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\GameData\Profiles[Note 2] <path-to-game>\GameData\Tracks[Note 2] <path-to-game>\GameData\Scores[Note 2] |
- The profiles folder stores all configuration information and preferences.
- The tracks folder stores all tracks along with any custom tracks.
- The scores folder stores all medal information and race data.
Video
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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Widescreen resolution | Listed as > 4:3 (large) . Text and other display objects will stretch. |
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Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | HUD stretches significantly. | ||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | Only supports resolutions up to 1280x960. Can be toggled with Alt+↵ Enter. | ||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | 2x, 4x, 8x, and 16x. | ||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | 2x, 4x, and 6x. | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | Listed as Display VSync . |
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60 FPS and 120+ FPS | No FPS or refresh rate limit. | ||
High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. |
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | Every input is remappable in the profile settings. | |
Mouse acceleration | Mouse not used in gameplay. | |
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | Mouse not used in gameplay. | |
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support | ||
Full controller support | ||
Controller remapping | Only available in-game through player's profile. | |
Controller sensitivity | ||
Controller Y-axis inversion |
Controller types |
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XInput-compatible controllers | ||
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Xbox button prompts | ||
Impulse Trigger vibration |
PlayStation controllers | Trigger axis are inverted | |
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PlayStation button prompts | ||
Light bar support | ||
Adaptive trigger support | ||
DualSense haptic feedback support | ||
Connection modes |
Generic/other controllers | Any DirectInput or XInput device is supported. | |
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Button prompts |
Additional information | ||
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Controller hotplugging | ||
Haptic feedback | ||
Digital movement supported | ||
Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | Sound, Music. | |
Surround sound | 7.1 or 5.1 Surround. EAX. HRTF. DirectSound 3D | |
Subtitles | The game does not have voice acting. | |
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
EAX support | ||
Royalty free audio |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
French |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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Local play | 8 | Hot seat |
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LAN play | 127 | Versus, Co-op |
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Online play |
Connection types
Type | Native | Notes |
---|---|---|
Peer-to-peer | Peer-to-peer is used to download other players' skins and horns. | |
Dedicated | Offical Dedicated Server available from Nadeo. | |
Self-hosting | "Local Internet Connection" option in "Multiplayer" in-game. Default port: 2350. | |
Direct IP | Forcable IP address option along with server port. |
Ports
Protocol | Port(s) and/or port range(s) |
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TCP | 2350 |
UDP | 2350 |
- Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.
Issues fixed
Update StarForce for operating systems newer than Windows XP
- StarForce is blocked on Windows 10 and later, and can prevent Windows from booting.
Update the StarForce DRM to a newer version[5] |
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Notes
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White screen/freeze
- Newer hardware configurations can cause the game to freeze and remain at a white screen.
Use dgVoodoo 2[5] |
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Use WineD3D[5] |
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Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 9 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
System requirements
Windows[6] | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 98 | 2000, ME, XP |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium II 450 MHz | Intel Pentium 4 1.0 GHz |
System memory (RAM) | 64 MB | 256 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 300 MB | 450 MB |
Video card (GPU) | 16 MB of VRAM DirectX 8 compatible | 64 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible |
Sound (audio device) | 16-bit compatible |
Notes
- ↑ This version of StarForce DRM does not work on Windows Vista or later.[1][2][3][4] For supported versions of Windows the StarForce driver may need to be updated manually using SFUPDATE.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below
%PROGRAMFILES%
,%PROGRAMDATA%
, or%WINDIR%
might be redirected to%LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore
on Windows Vista and later (more details).
References
- ↑ Windows Vista support - StarForce Support
- ↑ Windows 7 support - StarForce Support
- ↑ Windows 8.1 support - StarForce Support
- ↑ Windows 10 support - StarForce Support
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 TMO on Windows 10 - TM-FORUM (retrieved) - last accessed on 2023-07-09
- ↑ http://www.cavalierdevache.com/media/index.php?file=TMO_Manual_001.pdf - last accessed on 9 June 2023