After the succes of the first Trackmania, the long awaited sequel is finally here... Trackmania Sunrise is the name and is in stores starting today. Crazy stunts, amazing speed, but most of all a ton of fun, Trackmania Sunrise has it all.

The singleplayer offers 4 different modes: Challenge, Puzzle, Platform and Crazy. The goal of the challenge mode is to reach the finishing line as the first player. The puzzle mode is a bit more complicated than that, in this mode you receive some lose pieces of a racingtrack and a starting and ending position. Your goal is to create the fastest way from point A to point B, this can be very difficult in some cases, but it sure as hell is a lot of fun. In the new platform mode, you have to try and reach the finishing line in as few attempts as possible, the player will soon find out that this is not such an easy task as it sounds.

Trackmania Sunrise also has a very intresting multiplayermode, it offers an integrated p2p network that allows players to easily exchange creations, but more important, it stands for great fun...

Also, Sunrise has an improved editor mode in wich you can easily costumize the look of your car to your needs, it doesnt offer engine tuning and stuff like that, but since it's an arcade racegame this isnt needed. The editor also allows you to easily create your own tracks with the most amazing stunts you can think off.

A big improvement in this sequel are the graphics and the soundtrack. The soundtrack is done by unknown musical bands, but they sure as hell rock. The graphics have been given a serious boost, the weather elements are amazing, doing a looping with a beautifull sunset over the ocean by your side... simply a dream.

Trackmania Sunrise is a game that will conquer many harts, it sure conquered mine. People that want something else than realistic racers like DTM Race Driver and such, and are just looking for a blast, what are you waiting for? Go get Trackmania Sunrise!


To those people that don't instantly want to go out and buy the game, Digital Jesters have launched MiniTrackmania, a web-based game where you can start racing immediately aswell :)

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