TrackMania United Forever
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This page is for the upgraded version. For the original release, see TrackMania United.
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| Developers | |
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| Nadeo | |
| Publishers | |
| Focus Home Interactive | |
| Deep Silver | |
| Ubisoft | |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | April 15, 2008[1] |
| Taxonomy | |
| Genres | Racing, Tricks |
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| ⤏ 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 |
Key points
- Free upgrade for owners of TrackMania United.[1] No longer uses StarForce DRM or any form of disc check.
- Features all of the content from TrackMania Nations Forever. Both games can play online together on Stadium environment servers.
General information
- Official website
- Official forums
- Steam Community Discussions
- Player page allows for external management of certain aspects of the game, such as dedicated servers and registering TrackMania Original and TrackMania Sunrise keys for bonus Coppers.
- TMX features community-created tracks for use in both solo play and online servers.
- Trackmania Carpark features community-created car models and skins to import into the game.
Availability
| Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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| Retail | |
Has also been re-released as Star Edition. Most releases come with a pair of anaglyph 3D glasses. | |
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| Developer website | |
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| Steam | |
Star Edition | |
DLC and expansion packs
| Name | Notes | |
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| Star Track | New campaign consisting of tracks created by the community. Included in a free update. | |
- Star Edition is already updated up to the Star Track campaign.
- Online play requires creating an account in-game, which can also be used with TrackMania Nations Forever.
- While playing with an account lacking a registered TMUF key, the game is restricted to TMNF content.
- Once the TMUF key is registered, the standalone game can be re-downloaded from the Player Page, even if originally bought from Steam.
Essential improvements
Patches
- Latest version is 2.11.26 (2010-03-15). Star Track campaign is included with the updates.
Other
- Sometimes the game can get confused with what region it is in. Edit the
Nadeo.inifile to fix this issue.
Unofficial Visual and Music Extension
- Features various graphical improvements, widescreen assets and adds music from the previous games in the series.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
| System | Location |
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| Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\TrackMania\Config\ |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/7200/pfx/[Note 1] |
- Graphics settings are stored in the
GfxDevicePerfs.txtfile.
Save game data location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\TrackMania\Profiles\ %USERPROFILE%\Documents\TrackMania\Scores\ %USERPROFILE%\Documents\TrackMania\Tracks\ |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/7200/pfx/[Note 1] |
- 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.
Save game cloud syncing
| System | Native | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| OneDrive | Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers. | |
| Steam Cloud |
- Player stats, medals and scores are synced through the in-game account.
Video settings
Advanced video settings
Display compatibility settings
| 3D modes | State | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Native 3D | Red-blue glasses | ||
Input settings
Profile input bindings
Input settings
Audio settings
In-game Audio Sliders
Audio Settings
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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| English | ||||
| Simplified Chinese | ||||
| Czech | ||||
| Dutch | ||||
| French | ||||
| German | ||||
| Hungarian | ||||
| Italian | ||||
| Japanese | ||||
| Korean | ||||
| Polish | ||||
| Portuguese | ||||
| Brazilian Portuguese | ||||
| Russian | ||||
| Slovak | ||||
| Spanish | ||||
| Turkish |
Network
Network settings
Multiplayer types
| Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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| Local play | 8 | Hot seat No split-screen. |
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| LAN play | ||||
| Online play | ||||
Connection types
| Type | Native | Notes |
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| Matchmaking | ||
| Peer-to-peer | Peer-to-peer is used to download other players' skins and horns. | |
| Dedicated | Dedicated server files and instructions available here. | |
| Self-hosting | ||
| Direct IP |
Ports
| Protocol | Port(s) and/or port range(s) |
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| 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 |
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| Windows |
Middleware
| Middleware | Notes | |
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| Audio | OpenAL | |
| Cutscenes | Bink Video |
Issues fixed
Low-res textures with 2 GB+ VRAM GPUs
| Change operating system distribution code.[2] |
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System requirements
| Windows | ||
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| Minimum | Recommended | |
| Operating system (OS) | 2000 | XP, Vista |
| Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium 4 1.6 GHz AMD Athlon XP 1600+ | |
| System memory (RAM) | 256 MB (512 MB with Vista) | |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 1.5 GB | |
| Video card (GPU) | 3D accelerated 16 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible | |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in
~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/7200/in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (7200) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.