TrackMania Nations Forever Released (It’s Free!)

When you hear the word “free”, do your ears perk up? If so, then you’ll love the fact that TrackMania Nations’ “sequel” is just that… free! With it comes 65 brand-new tracks, full ability to customize and edit those tracks and also the ability to play online with owners of the full-blown $40 game.

So what does “Forever” lack that the full version doesn’t? Forever is maimed in that it allows Stadium races only, so for everything else, you’ll need to fork over the money. However, this is one game I’ve never heard a bad thing about, from anyone, so chances are that this free offering will sell you. It’s a quality game from a quality company who actually cares about… quality. If only we had more of that in this industry.

Many sites are hosting the game, but I tend to have good luck with either Gamers Hell or FileFront. For you Steam users, you can download the game that way. If you happened to have already owned TM on Steam, it should now be converted to Forever and auto-update next time you log on.

The latest version of anything-goes arcade/puzzle racer Trackmania is out, and it’s free. Unfortunately the Trackmania Nations Forever website is currently taking more of a hammering than would, if I had a hammer, the morning, and the evening, all over this land. Having eventually had it working long enough to reach the download page, turns out it’s actually a forward to Filefront. The download is 504 of your Earth megabytes.

Source: Rock, Paper, Shotgun