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Think You’re Quick? Check Out Our Local TrackMania Talent

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If you’re a fan of racing, you’ve more than likely checked out the TrackMania series at some point in your gaming life. Thought you were king? You may change your mind after watching this excellent video by local speed demon Neil Cross.

TrackMania Nations Forever is free to play, so there really is little excuse for not giving it a spin. The game is simple in that you just need to go around the designated track as fast as possible. What sets this series apart though, is that its filled with insanely high speeds and crazy obstacles. Obtaining a good time not only means finding the perfect balance of cornering and speed, but also figuring out how to navigate the track, which can be pretty difficult depending on the obstacles at hand. Just watch the video, and you will see exactly what I mean. The timing and precision needed to get the best out of this track is just mind boggling.

I haven’t played the game in years, but it really is a lot of fun, not to mention addictive thanks to the desire to shave those split seconds off your best times. The amazing laps demonstrated in the video are taken straight from the 5th week of performances in the local DoGaming League.

Anybody can join the league and post their best times. The server run two maps; one technical which has lots of turns and braking, and one speed which entails full throttle and just about no braking. Each map is run for a whole week, and the best times by each player on both maps is then recorded.

This week for example, had Dream Flavour as its technical choosing, a crazy maze of a track. The speed track of choice was Nevermad, a track that saw many players constantly restarting thanks to the deceptive dip/right turn right at the beginning. CMaster (the driver who put together the video above) proved to be too strong, taking both tracks for week 5.

The overall Top 10 leaderboard is as follows:

1. CMaster  1495
2. Tmnt/Zymbaco 1475
3. Chucky 1474
4. Heckers 1473
5. []=BUD Peetie 1452
6. SSG Pixelated 1451
7. KTS Elf 1438
8. ~Ols~ ThE_DuC 1394
9. xTc. M33T-uP 1382
10. hacKME H4wkee 1371

Think you can do better? Then sign up right here.

Last Updated: July 6, 2014

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  1. its a pity the old TMN players arent around anymore.
    the only name i recognised on the roster was Nussy, who didnt compete enough =/
    the oldfags would have rekd, i couldnt hold a candle to those guys.

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    • Juan-Claude Oosthuyse

      July 6, 2014 at 14:53

      Matthew these guys are actually getting really close to the desdimania records especially cmaster

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      • Matthew Holliday

        July 6, 2014 at 18:56

        yeah Pein, dallah and the guys were competitive on an international scale, wouldnt care to count the dedis they had.
        even Ive come close to a few of the dedis on the tech tracks.

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        • Neil Cross

          July 16, 2014 at 11:23

          Matthew I played with Dallah for OZR. Iv got several Dedi’s myself but does anyone in this country have one for ESL? No. Why not come join us? Server name is dogamingtwo

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          • Matthew Holliday

            July 16, 2014 at 12:48

            I came to join you guys that night actually, the ESL times were pretty damn impressive, never really bothered with it befor.
            the times from some of the local guys were good aswell, the newer crowd really surprised me.

            Not sure if Pein had any ESL dedis, but he used to be on that kind of pace, there were a few others that were up there aswell.

            I hadnt played in a while, the tech tracks were quite tricky and I wasnt consistent enough to get the drifts right on many of the runs, but I managed to get up to 6th on the local records for it
            was still a good 2 seconds off the pace of the top guys though and its probably dropped back down after you guys carried on with it.
            still using my -=BenDover=- nick on TMN i think.

    • Heckers

      July 6, 2014 at 18:44

      CMaster is very fast, i doubt he would get rekd, he is usually only +-1 second behind the world records.
      Why not come join the server and have some fun with the people and see for yourself.
      Anyone can join the server.
      Some really cool and friendly people in the trackmania community.

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      • Matthew Holliday

        July 6, 2014 at 18:54

        yeah, i tend to exaggerate, CMaster is a recognizable name from the old GRT server

        whats the server called? dogaming2?
        keen to see how much difference using a controller makes.

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        • Heckers

          July 6, 2014 at 22:11

          Its dogamingtwo

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          • Matthew Holliday

            July 7, 2014 at 09:23

            ah, no wonder i was coming up with the dgl unofficial one.

        • Heckers

          July 7, 2014 at 08:07

          Using a controller makes no difference really.
          Its just about personal preference.
          Forgot to mention, all tracks are ESL tracks.

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          • Matthew Holliday

            July 7, 2014 at 09:23

            i noticed.
            sort of.
            steering is pressure sensitive, but the triggers for braking and accelerating arent.
            the steering with the joysticks is pretty awesome though.

          • Danie Nell

            July 7, 2014 at 09:50

            I switched from keyboard to controller and find it more comfortable.
            When i had a xbox controller i used the thumbstick for steering, now i have a logitech and use the d-pad. Yes, triggers dont work properly, just use buttons.
            Cmaster uses keyboard for tech and controller for fullspeed I believe.
            Tonight is the last night for this weeks tracks and should be a busy evening.

  2. Juan-Claude Oosthuyse

    July 6, 2014 at 14:45

    Matthew these guys are actually getting really close to the desdimania records especially cmaster

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  3. Alwyn Venter

    July 6, 2014 at 21:52

    Good video. Any chance of TM Canyon ever being added to the DGL? Tons of SA racers on there as well.

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    • Danie Nell

      July 7, 2014 at 08:27

      Stadium was chosen because it is free and there were a lot of entries.
      How many are “tons”?

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      • Matthew Holliday

        July 7, 2014 at 09:45

        “tons” is probably more than are on TM 2 stadium.
        that games is like a ghost town. should have put that friggen money into a TMN key…

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