TrackMania Nations Forever

This page is for the 2008 sequel. For the original game, see TrackMania Nations.

TrackMania Nations Forever

Developers
	Nadeo
Publishers
	Focus Home Interactive
	Ubisoft
Engines
	GameBox
Release dates
Windows	April 16, 2008
Taxonomy
Monetization	Freeware
Microtransactions	Currency, Free-to-grind
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 Forever is a singleplayer and multiplayer third-person and first-person racing and tricks game in the TrackMania series.

It can be played online together with TrackMania United Forever players. Restrictions have been placed over what servers free accounts can join (FreeZones), but a minor workaround exists.

General information

Official forums

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
Official website
Steam

Online play requires creating an account in-game, which can also be used with TrackMania United Forever.

Having TMUF registered in said account removes online restrictions.

Essential improvements

Patches

Latest version is 2.11.26 (2010-03-15)

Other

Sometimes the game can get confused with what region it is in. Edit Nadeo.ini 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
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\TrackMania\Config\
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/11020/pfx/

Graphics settings are stored in GfxDevicePerfs.txt.

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\TrackMania\Profiles\ %USERPROFILE%\Documents\TrackMania\Scores\ %USERPROFILE%\Documents\TrackMania\Tracks\
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/11020/pfx/

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

Advanced video settings

Display compatibility settings

Graphics feature	State	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution			Listed as > 4:3 (large). Text and other display objects will stretch.
Multi-monitor			GUI elements are severely stretched.
Ultra-widescreen			GUI elements stretched.
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)		Use this FOV changer to set a custom FOV value.
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)		Bilnear, Trilnear, 2x, 4x, 8, and 16x.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		2x, 4x, 6x, 8x, and 16x.
High-fidelity upscaling		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Frame generation		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)		Listed as Display VSync.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS		No FPS or refresh rate limit.
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.
Color blind mode		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.

Input

Profile input bindings

Input settings

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		Every input is remappable in the profile settings.
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse acceleration
Mouse input in menus		Mouse not used in gameplay.
Keyboard and mouse prompts
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping		Only available in-game through player's profile.
Controller sensitivity		Accessible in-game only.
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger support

DirectInput-compatible controllers

PlayStation controllers

Nintendo controllers

Other controller(s)		Any DirectInput or XInput device is supported.
Additional button prompts

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Input prompt override
Haptic feedback
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio

In-game audio sliders

Audio settings

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Music and sound effects.
Surround sound		Uses system config.
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
EAX support		EAX 5.0.
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English				Metric measurements
Traditional Chinese
Czech
Dutch
French
German
Hungarian
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Polish
Portuguese
Russian
Spanish
Slovak

Network

Multiplayer types

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

Connection types

Type	Native	Notes
Matchmaking
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated		Dedicated server files and instructions available here.
Self-hosting
Direct IP		Not available for free accounts (registered TMUF key required).

Ports

Protocol	Port(s) and/or port range(s)
TCP	2350, 3450
UDP	2350, 3450

Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.

VR support

3D modes	State	Notes
Native 3D		Dual-View Rendering Side-by-Side, Line-Interleaved and Anaglyph Red-Blue.
vorpX		Dual-View Rendering (G3D) User created game profile.

Issues fixed

Circumventing FreeZone restrictions

Add a server to in-game favorites

Type in a web browser tmtp://#addfavourite=<serverlogin> Make sure it asks to open the link with TMNF, enable it. Server will be added to in-game favorites once the game loads. The server should now be accessible from the favorites menu. Notes If playing with a free account, having a server in the in-game favorites enables joining it even if it's not FreeZone. The server's login name must be known, and ensure the game's tmtp protocol is installed. Free accounts can only have 5 servers max in their favorites list.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9.0c

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Audio	OpenAL
Cutscenes	Bink Video	Version 1.9e

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum		Recommended
Operating system (OS)	2000		XP, Vista
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium 4 1.6 GHz AMD AthlonXP 1600+
System memory (RAM)	256 MB (512 MB with Vista)
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)	750 MB
Video card (GPU)	16 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c or better compatible