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Revision as of 05:54, 26 January 2022

This page is for the original game. For its sequel, see TrackMania Nations Forever.

TrackMania Nations ESWC
TrackMania Nations ESWC cover
Developers
Nadeo
Publishers
Focus Home Interactive
Deep Silver
Release dates
Windows January 27, 2006
Taxonomy
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
TrackMania Nations on MobyGames
TrackMania Nations on Wikipedia
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

Key points

Also known as TrackMania Nations ESWC.

General information

Official website
Official forums

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
StarForce 3.07.012.005 DRM[Note 1]
Windows
Official website
DRM details are not known
StarForce 3.07.012.005 DRM[Note 2]
Windows
StarForce DRM for this game does not work on modern versions of Windows (see above for affected versions).
Online play requires registering an account in-game, which can also be linked with TrackMania and TrackMania Sunrise keys.

Essential improvements

Patches

The games launcher can't update the game directly anymore, download the latest official patches (1.7.9 / 1.8.0)
1.8.0 updates StarForce to 3.7.19.5 which enables SFUPDATE to be used on Windows 7.[4]

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\Default.SystemConfig.Gbx[Note 3]
Graphics settings are stored in the Default.SystemConfig.Gbx file.

Save game data location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\GameData\Profiles[Note 3]
<path-to-game>\GameData\Tracks[Note 3]
<path-to-game>\GameData\Scores[Note 3]
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 settings
Graphics settings
Compatibility settings
Compatibility settings

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
Listed as > 4:3 (large). Text and other display objects will stretch.
Multi-monitor
GUI elements are severely stretched.
Ultra-widescreen
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)
Only available in "Compatibility" section of launcher
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
No FPS or refresh rate limit
High dynamic range display (HDR)
See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Input

In-game input settings
In-game input settings
Input settings
Input settings

Keyboard and mouse State Notes
Remapping
Only available in-game through player's profile
Mouse acceleration
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 through in-game menus
Controller sensitivity
Second settings menu in the "Input" tab. Includes Deadzone slider.
Controller Y-axis inversion
Controller types
XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration
PlayStation controllers
Generic/other controllers
Any DirectInput or XInput device is supported.
Button prompts
Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio

Audio settings
Audio settings

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Sound, Music
Surround sound
Surround, 5.1, 7.1
Subtitles
The game does not have voice acting.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
EAX support

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French

Network

Network settings
Network settings

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
Local play
8 Hot seat
LAN play
Online play

Connection types

Type Native Notes
Matchmaking
Peer-to-peer
Peer-to-peer is used to download other players' skins and horns.
Dedicated
Self-hosting
Direct IP

Ports

Protocol Port(s) and/or port range(s)
TCP 2350, 3450
UDP 2350, 3450
Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9.0c
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Cutscenes Bink Video Version 1.8g

System requirements

Windows[5]
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 98, 2000, ME, XP
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium III 500 MHz
System memory (RAM) 128 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 900 MB
Video card (GPU) 16 MB of VRAM
DirectX 9 compatible
Sound (audio device) 16-bit compatible


Notes

  1. This version of StarForce DRM does not work on Windows 7 or later.[1][2][3] For supported versions of Windows the StarForce driver may need to be updated manually using SFUPDATE.
  2. This version of StarForce DRM does not work on Windows 7 or later.[1][2][3] For supported versions of Windows the StarForce driver may need to be updated manually using SFUPDATE.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 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