Official Trackmania Links
Here we hope to compile enough information that will be useful, to players new and old of the latest Trackmania instalment.
If you believe you have some information that will be useful to other players and would like to see it listed in this thread, please let us know in this Player Support or Feedback section of the forum, thank you!
Trackmania News, Updates and Streams
Trackmania Website > https://www.trackmania.com/news/: (https://trackmania.com/news)
Trackmania Twitter > https://twitter.com/Trackmania
Trackmania Discord > https://discord.gg/trackmania: (https://discord.gg/trackmania)
Trackmania Reddit > https://reddit.com/r/trackmania
Trackmania YouTube > https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs98eSEpjDWhFZ-nj0RVKQg
Trackmania on Twitch > https://www.twitch.tv/trackmania
Trackmania Player page
Manage your Clubs, submitted maps on the Map Review server, dedicated server accounts, and ManiaPubs here >
https://players.trackmania.com/: (https://players.trackmania.com)
Trackmania Grand League (official eSports league)
https://www.trackmania-grand-league.com/: (https://trackmania-grand-league.com)
https://discord.gg/a8FSFMYq: (https://discord.gg/a8FSFMYq)
Trackmania Code of Conduct
https://forums.ubisoft.com/showthread.php/2241228: (https://forums.ubisoft.com/showthread.php/2241228)
Trackmania Community Links
Community events and tournaments (non-official, thanks to @ClearwaterTM for the links)
Trackmania Seasonal Series > for individual countries and regions > https://discord.gg/7dKfq7YFh9: (https://discord.gg/7dKfq7YFh9)
Trackmania Formula League > endurance races > https://discord.com/invite/mthQn7B: (https://discord.com/invite/mthQn7B)
Trackmania ZrT Cup > https://discord.gg/tmcup: (https://discord.gg/tmcup)
Trackmania Challenge Series > https://discord.gg/hPE3zjYUZM: (https://discord.gg/hPE3zjYUZM)
Community websites and resources (non-official, thanks to @ClearwaterTM for the links)
Trackmania eSports Twitch channel > https://www.twitch.tv/TrackmaniaEsports
Trackmania Exchange > for browsing player-created maps > https://trackmania.exchange/: (https://trackmania.exchange)
Trackmania Exchange Discord > https://discord.mania.exchange/: (https://discord.mania.exchange)
TrackMania.io > a dashboard for checking player stats, leaderboards, campaigns, clubs etc > https://trackmania.io: (https://trackmania.io)
TrackMania News > updates and information for official and community-ran tournaments, championships, events, cups and team changes > https://discord.gg/fwQ72SNN: (https://discord.gg/fwQ72SNN)
Non-official Trackmania Discord's > http://bit.ly/TrackmaniaDiscords: (http://bit.ly/TrackmaniaDiscords)
TRACKMANIA GAME MODES
Campaign mode
Campaign mode consists of 25 Nadeo-created maps/tracks of increasing difficulty, which will refresh every season in Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter
Royal Mode and Super Royal
A selection of 20 randomized fun and challenging maps, including one new map every day. Try to stay on the track and be the last team alive to win the match! Super Royal will match you against the best players of this game mode. Leaderboard points will reset every month.
Arcade Mode
The Arcade channel is a multiplayer mode that highlights different rooms created by the community. Every hour, the room changes and another one is highlighted.
Track of the Day (TOTD)
The Track of the day can only be played in the Standard or Club access versions of the game. The Track of the Day is selected from the most highly-rated player maps found in Map Review.
Cup of the Day (COTD)
Cup of the Day is a competition that will take place on the current Track of the Day selected map. When entering Cup of the Day, you will play a 15-minute Time attack phase, then based on your performance, you will be placed on a server with players of similar skill to compete against. Cup of the Day takes part every day, at 8-hour intervals, 1 AM UTC, 9 AM UTC, and 5 PM UTC.
Map Review
Play on other players created custom tracks/maps and vote for your favourite tracks, which may then be included in the Track of the Day.
BEGINNER TUTORIALS
Controller options and how to race
The officially supported peripherals for the game are > Mouse and keyboard, Dualshock 4, Xbox One Wireless, XInput gamepads, DirectInput gamepads
You can also now press the 1 key, for a maximum of 20% steer, 2 for 40%, 3 for 60%, 4 for 80%, 5 for 100%. This change will make the use of action keys easier with a gamepad
Ghost cars
The following key binds will show either your previous runs ghost car or another player's run ghost car in-game whilst racing >
Press 'O' key = to display other players' Ghost cars on the track
Press 'G' key = to display your personal Ghost from your previous fastest lap time
You can change which ghost cars you wish to race against in the pause menu, by selecting bronze, silver or gold opponents
Download and play player-created tracks
You can download specific tracks from this website > https://trackmania.io/#/campaigns: (https://trackmania.io/#/campaigns)
Place the downloaded .Gbx map/track file in this location > Documents/Trackmania/Maps/Downloaded
To locate this map in-game, go to > Play > Play A Map > My Local Tracks > Downloaded > then select the track you just downloaded to begin playing!
Create a car skin (Club Access only, please make sure skins are under 25MB)
To save your work-in-progress car skins, please select 'Save Project' in the skin editor once you have finished creating your skin - this will save your project as a .zip file which can be accessed later on.
To upload your car skin as a finished product, select 'Export Skin' then select the text that says 'unnamed' and enter a name of your choice.
You can upload your car skins to your 'Garage' for quick access, by selecting the 'upload skin' option in the Garage menu and selecting your desired car skin .zip file from this folder > C:\Users\username\Documents\Trackmania\Models\CarSport
Trackmania Ubisoft Support guides
https://support.ubisoft.com/en-GB/Games/6428
HANDY FILE LOCATIONS (PC)
Settings file location for Ubisoft Connect and Epic Launcher:
C:\Users\username\Documents\Trackmania\Config
Map Editor file location:
C:\Users\username\Documents\Trackmania\Maps\My Maps
Custom car skin location:
C:\Users\username\Documents\Trackmania\Models\CarSport
Trackmania crash logs:
C:\Users\username\Documents\TrackMania\LogCrash
ADVANCED TUTORIALS (PC)
Viewing world-record ghost cars
To select a specific player's ghost car or world record run, you will need to use a mod called Open Planet where you can install a plugin that will allow you to view any player's Ghost run and compete against them > https://openplanet.dev/: (https://openplanet.dev/)
Viewing other players replay in Replay Editor mode
If you wish to watch another players run in the 'Replay Editor' mode, you can also import other players' ghost cars runs (.Ghost.Gbx file), and import them into your game using the website > https://trackmania.io/: (https://trackmania.io/)
You will first need to make sure you save your own run on that specific track to your Autosaves folder.
Next, please place your downloaded Ghost Car runs in the Documents>Trackmania>Replays>My Replays folder to access this in the Replay Editor mode
Car skin downloads .zip file
https://www.trackmania.com/uploads/2021/02/StadiumCar_SkinDetailsUVs.zip: (https://trackmania.com/uploads/2021/02/StadiumCar_SkinDetailsUVs.zip)
Logo .zip file resources for Clubs
https://trackmania.com/uploads/2020/06/LOGO_PACK.zip: (https://trackmania.com/uploads/2020/06/LOGO_PACK.zip)
Assets .zip file for Clubs
https://www.trackmania.com/uploads/2021/02/CUSTOM_ASSETS.zip: (https://trackmania.com/uploads/2021/02/CUSTOM_ASSETS.zip)
Nadeo Importer guides for importing custom 3D models and blocks into your map creations
https://doc.trackmania.com/nadeo-importer/: (https://doc.trackmania.com/nadeo-importer)
Mania Script guide for Trackmania 2020 (Trackmania's own programming language)
https://maniascript.boss-bravo.fr/: (https://maniascript.boss-bravo.fr)
Open Planet add-on's (a non-official alternative programming language for add-ons, plug-ins and advanced editing tools)
https://openplanet.nl/: (https://openplanet.nl)
https://discord.gg/PXwYDfsPvD: (https://discord.gg/PXwYDfsPvD)
DEDICATED SERVERS INFO (PC)
Latest dedicated server .zip file
https://nadeo-download.cdn.ubi.com/trackmania/TrackmaniaServer_Latest.zip: (https://nadeo-download.cdn.ubi.com/trackmania/TrackmaniaServer_Latest.zip)
Dedicated server tutorial for Windows
https://wiki.trackmania.io/en/dedicated-server/Setup/Windows: (https://wiki.trackmania.io/en/dedicated-server/Setup/Windows)
Dedicated server tutorial for Linux (in German)
https://hoerli.net/trackmania-2020-dedicated-server-pyplanet-installieren-linux/: (https://hoerli.net/trackmania-2020-dedicated-server-pyplanet-installieren-linux)
TROUBLESHOOTING
System requirements for Trackmania (PC)
https://support.ubisoft.com/en-GB/Article/000081203
Common issues/error messages you may encounter and their fixes (PC)
https://discussions.ubisoft.com/topic/112928/
Connection issues and disconnecting from the game on (PC)
If your game is taking a long time to load, you are being disconnected from the game, or you are experiencing rubberbanding and lag in-game, please check our troubleshooting connectivity guide for Trackmania, here > https://support.ubisoft.com/en-GB/Article/000081176/
We also always advise players to delete and clear their Cache folder in-game, to help delete any temporary files that can be causing connecting issues. You can find the clear cache option in the games in-game settings.
UBISOFT CONNECT, ACCOUNT, CLUB ACCESS ISSUES
If you can not find the answer in our forum, or perhaps you need help with your Ubisoft Account, Connect launcher or your Trackmania Club Access packages, please contact us about this privately, over one of the following links >>
Ubisoft Email/Live Chat support - https://www.ubisoft.com/help/contact
Twitter Support - https://twitter.com/UbisoftSupport
Facebook Support - https://www.facebook.com/UbisoftSupportUK/
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