Trackmania Turbo

Quick Score: 5/5
Notes: This is the final challenge of trackmania. Containing an entire campaign for Canyon, Valley, Lagoon, and Stadium coming out to 200 total tracks. The author (Trackmaster) medals in this game are harder than any of the other games, and to top it off there is an additional medal beyond that called "Super Trackmaster" which are so difficult only 22 people in the entire world have all of them. I would consider this one of the hardest "official" gaming challenges in the world, only rivaled by getting all diamond medals in "Trials Rising".
I only have 2 real complaints with this game, though they are quite annoying.
#1. This game includes a Valley campaign, and Valley sucks.
#2. 90% of the tracks in this game include a freefall section at the start which adds 3-6 seconds to the start of every track, resulting in a highly frustrating experience if you are resetting often/early in a track.
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My tier list for the trackmania games. (Not including 2020) This is only in regards to the experience of going for the author medals and is not considering any custom levels or online content.
1. Stadium
2. Canyon
3. Nations (Would recommend most people start with this one because its free and will help you decide if you should bother with the rest)
4. Turbo
5. Lagoon
6. Valley
7. United (Only game I really wouldn't recommend at all)

This game is overflowing with charm and character and it’s insanely fun, best trackmania frfr mixed reviews is CRAZY

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Honestly, there's a lot to like about this. To this day it feels like the most gamey Trackmania game, but at the same time it has one big flaw in my opinion, especially if you're like most Trackmania fans who like the Stadium car and environment. The Lagoon car physics just feel terrible to drive, which is something I never thought I'd say about a car that handles exactly as I input it. It's too responsive in my opinion, and makes lightning quick reactions to your input, and will cause you to fly into walls or obstacles. The rest of the game is like every other good Trackmania game, and is very fun, but the Lagoon physics are almost enough to make me drop the game. If you're here for just the Stadium/TMNF experience then move along to Trackmania 2020, but if you really like the other styles we got with Trackmania 2, then pick this one up. It isn't as much of a pure PC experience as other titles, but is still worth the fun from the 150 courses that don't have an overly sensitive physics model.
The biggest strength and weakness for Turbo to me as someone who started with TM 2020 is that you have to go through the white/green/blue/red/black series with every car type before moving on to the next color. I haven't played much of TM2, but I definitely will after playing this. Canyon and Valley each have their own unique styles of driving that are very fun. Stadium is as Stadium always has been, and is still great. Lagoon is the reason it's a weakness. One out of every four courses is extremely frustrating in a way that comes down to the physics engine feeling too responsive and making it very easy to fling yourself into scenery at a moments notice. It's a bit of a black mark on what would be a fantastic game when after 30 courses of fun I have to deal with the Lagoon physics that just flat out aren't fun to play to me, and yet, I keep sticking to it, plugging along to keep playing the rest of the styles and the frankly very different aesthetics of this compared to any other Trackmania game. At the same time, as someone who got into the series with TM 2020, I never really got into the other environments and car types, but this one has managed to do that for me. Drifting around courses in the Canyon car feels great and like a drift game that I've always wanted. Sliding around the offroad sections of the Valley environment feels like a good arcade rally game with more depth than is out there in most rally games, while still trying to be a fun game. The Stadium car is still the Stadium car at it's core and is fun, but challenging to drive, and I love it like I do for every other Trackmania game it's been in.
If you liked Lagoon and all the other styles were at least a bit fun, this is definitely worth picking up. If you are only here for the Stadium car then you should pass on this. If you liked most of TM2 then this is probably worth it. It's a ton of fun, but has some big downsides to me just because you're forced to play every environment in sequence instead of focusing on the ones you like.

I've been a Trackmaniac for a long time, and this might be the best Trackmania ever.
The Trackmania series seems to be known for having incremental changes over time. I avoided getting Trackmania Turbo for a long time, because I thought it would basically just be more levels for the environments from TM2. However, I was very pleasantly surprised to see that the physics engine has been changed, for all 4 environments. It's a lot more nuanced. The cars feel "weightier", and in general you will need to do more throttle control, and brake earlier before sharp turns. The gameplay is very satisfying due to this.
More random notes on the physics: The car in the Valley environment drifts more easily, which is a welcome change and makes drifting more useful. The sand and wood in Lagoon is like driving on ice. Also, it's harder to maintain control in loops in general. This is neither good nor bad, just different.
Of the Trackmania 2 environments, I only enjoyed Canyon, Stadium, and Valley. I could never get into Lagoon. However, I'm pleasantly surprised to report that Lagoon is actually really fun in Turbo. I look forward to getting to more Lagoon levels.
Random other stuff: The interface is so much better than the TM2 series. It loads fairly quickly, and is easy/intuitive to navigate. I'm also really interested in the "Random Track generator", although I haven't used it much yet... I feel like once I've gotten tired of the built in tracks (Which is going to be a while!), I can always generate new ones (and save the good ones), and of course I can always pore through tracks that other people have made.
My ONLY complaint is that there's no way to turn off ghosts. I generally prefer to play without them.. but I'll just have to get used it.
Overall, this is a deep, rewarding game. I've played a considerable amount of the older Trackmania games, but I think i can solidly say that this one is improved. It's a joy to play. It's definitely going to be a "forever game" for me
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has a decent campaign and a fun vr mode. pick it up on sale

who be up turboing their trackmania