[2021] [Crash/Freeze]Game does not launch

Originally Posted by ZaraStocher
Hello,
I don't know why that happens because until yesterday (9.1.), where I took part in the COTD, it worked just fine. The game now only opens its window but then instantly freezes before it transitions into fullscreen. The game then does not respond at all and remains in that state. I also checked the game files with UbisoftConnect but according to the check everything is fine.

I also looked into the Trackmania2020\LogCrash folder, but it didn't contain any recent logs.

Any ideas?

Update: all TrackMania games that I have do not work anymore, this includes ManiaPlanet and TrackMania Turbo but strangely enough TrackMania United Forever as well. They have the same issues as I have described above. I have not encountered any issues with other games yet, so my guess is that the TrackMania engines ran into an issue today. However, I do not remember changing anything on my PC that could have caused such an issue. This includes not installing any updates afaik.

Originally Posted by ZaraStocher
Hello, thank you for your reply!

This has indeed been a very strange issue... I don't exactly what fixed it or why it happened in the first place, but after simply restarting my PC it worked again. (I must admit, I don't do that everyday)
I first thought that it was caused by my Nintendo Switch Controller being plugged in, but that didn't seem to be the case. It does, however, not get recognized by the game by default, so I have to start the game with a link through Steam to make the controller work.

I'm glad that it wasn't a bigger problem, but I'm still very confused by the fact that the problem affected all TrackMania games.

Anyway, have a nice day!