<s>
TrackMania	B-Application
is	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
racing	B-Device
games	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
,	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
,	O
PlayStation	B-Device
5	I-Device
,	O
Xbox	B-Device
One	I-Device
,	O
Xbox	B-Device
Series	I-Device
X	I-Device
and	I-Device
Series	I-Device
S	I-Device
,	O
Nintendo	B-Device
DS	I-Device
,	O
and	O
Wii	B-Operating_System
developed	O
by	O
Ubisoft	O
Nadeo	O
and	O
Firebrand	O
Games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Instead	O
of	O
following	O
the	O
usual	O
trend	O
of	O
choosing	O
a	O
set	O
car	O
and	O
track	O
to	O
play	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
in	O
TrackMania	B-Application
the	O
players	O
can	O
create	O
their	O
own	O
tracks	O
using	O
a	O
"	O
building	O
block	O
"	O
process	O
similar	O
to	O
games	O
that	O
existed	O
before	O
the	O
first	O
TrackMania	B-Application
game	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
1984	O
game	O
Excitebike	B-Application
,	O
the	O
1985	O
game	O
Racing	B-Application
Destruction	I-Application
Set	I-Application
,	O
and	O
the	O
1990	O
game	O
Stunts	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
TrackMania	B-Application
games	O
typically	O
have	O
a	O
time	O
trial	O
format	O
,	O
with	O
medals	O
awarded	O
for	O
beating	O
set	O
times	O
in	O
single-player	O
mode	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
submit	O
times	O
to	O
various	O
online	O
rankings	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
OnJanuary	O
27	O
,	O
2006	O
,	O
Nadeo	O
released	O
TrackMania	B-Application
Nations	I-Application
,	O
also	O
called	O
TrackMania	B-Application
Nations	I-Application
ESWC	I-Application
partly	O
as	O
a	O
promotion	O
for	O
the	O
Electronic	O
Sports	O
World	O
Cup	O
,	O
and	O
also	O
for	O
TrackMania	B-Application
itself	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
June	O
30	O
,	O
2006	O
,	O
TrackMania	B-Application
United	O
was	O
announced	O
,	O
a	O
version	O
that	O
amalgamated	O
all	O
previous	O
TrackMania	B-Application
editions	O
into	O
a	O
single	O
game	O
that	O
includes	O
all	O
the	O
environments	O
from	O
the	O
earlier	O
games	O
,	O
and	O
subsequently	O
future	O
installments	O
of	O
the	O
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
TrackMania	B-Application
United	O
features	O
a	O
peer-to-peer	O
networking	O
system	O
allowing	O
players	O
to	O
share	O
custom	O
content	O
more	O
easily	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
unified	O
ranking	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Focus	O
announced	O
on	O
November	O
9	O
,	O
2006	O
,	O
that	O
10,000	O
copies	O
of	O
TrackMania	B-Application
United	O
could	O
be	O
bought	O
and	O
pre-loaded	O
online	O
then	O
activated	O
from	O
November	O
16	O
,	O
2006	O
onwards	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
made	O
available	O
for	O
pre-order	O
and	O
pre-load	O
on	O
Steam	B-Application
on	O
June	O
7	O
,	O
2007	O
and	O
unlocked	O
on	O
June	O
14	O
,	O
2007	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Players	O
who	O
previously	O
purchased	O
TrackMania	B-Application
or	O
TrackMania	B-Application
:	O
Sunrise	O
can	O
earn	O
a	O
daily	O
copper	O
bonus	O
in	O
TrackMania	B-Application
United	O
by	O
registering	O
their	O
product	O
keys	O
through	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Trackmania	B-Application
United	O
Forever	O
is	O
an	O
updated	O
version	O
of	O
Trackmania	B-Application
United	O
featuring	O
seven	O
environments	O
and	O
an	O
all-new	O
mediatracker	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
published	O
by	O
Focus	O
Home	O
Interactive	O
and	O
developed	O
by	O
Nadeo	O
and	O
has	O
a	O
similar	O
layout	O
to	O
Trackmania	B-Application
Nations	I-Application
Forever	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Four	O
main	O
modes	O
are	O
available	O
:	O
"	O
Race	O
"	O
,	O
"	O
Stunt	O
"	O
,	O
"	O
Platform	O
"	O
,	O
and	O
"	O
Puzzle	O
"	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
all	O
the	O
tracks	O
from	O
Trackmania	B-Application
Nations	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
October	O
7	O
,	O
2007	O
,	O
Ubisoft	O
Nadeo	O
announced	O
that	O
they	O
were	O
working	O
on	O
updated	O
versions	O
of	O
TrackMania	B-Application
United	O
and	O
TrackMania	B-Application
Nations	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
TrackMania	B-Application
Nations	I-Application
Forever	I-Application
includes	O
the	O
new	O
stadium	O
blocks	O
and	O
physics	O
system	O
introduced	O
in	O
TrackMania	B-Application
United	O
,	O
which	O
allow	O
TrackMania	B-Application
United	O
Forever	O
and	O
TrackMania	B-Application
Nations	I-Application
Forever	I-Application
players	O
to	O
compete	O
on	O
the	O
same	O
(	O
Stadium	O
)	O
servers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
TrackMania	B-Application
United	O
Forever	O
,	O
for	O
instance	O
,	O
no	O
longer	O
requires	O
the	O
CD	O
to	O
be	O
in	O
the	O
drive	O
due	O
to	O
different	O
copy	B-Application
protection	I-Application
and	O
anti-cheat	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
TrackMania	B-Application
United	O
Forever	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
April	O
15	O
,	O
2008	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
free-to-play	O
variant	O
TrackMania	B-Application
Nations	I-Application
Forever	I-Application
released	O
the	O
following	O
day	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
changes	O
were	O
made	O
as	O
an	O
incentive	O
for	O
players	O
to	O
upgrade	O
to	O
the	O
paid	O
TrackMania	B-Application
United	O
Forever	O
as	O
Nadeo	O
could	O
no	O
longer	O
make	O
money	O
from	O
in-game	O
advertising	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
June	O
30	O
,	O
2009	O
,	O
a	O
TrackMania	B-Application
game	O
for	O
the	B-Operating_System
Wii	I-Operating_System
,	O
titled	O
TrackMania	B-Application
Wii	B-Operating_System
was	O
announced	O
by	O
jeuxvideo.com	O
in	O
an	O
interview	O
with	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
developers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
features	O
all	O
the	O
environments	O
from	O
TrackMania	B-Application
United	O
apart	O
from	O
"	O
Bay	O
"	O
,	O
due	O
to	O
the	O
complexity	O
of	O
its	O
scenery	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
supposed	O
to	O
be	O
released	O
in	O
North	O
America	O
under	O
the	O
title	O
TrackMania	B-Application
:	O
Build	O
to	O
Race	O
on	O
July	O
20	O
,	O
2010	O
but	O
on	O
July	O
19	O
,	O
2010	O
,	O
Michael	O
Mota	O
of	O
Dreamcatcher	O
Interactive	O
,	O
TrackMania	B-Application
Wii	B-Operating_System
's	O
publisher	O
,	O
told	O
the	O
"	O
We	O
made	O
the	O
announcement	O
to	O
the	O
major	O
retailers	O
about	O
the	O
TrackMania	B-Application
delay	O
;	O
I	O
’m	O
not	O
sure	O
why	O
that	O
has	O
n’t	O
been	O
changed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
updated	O
Wii	B-Operating_System
release	O
date	O
on	O
the	O
Nintendo	O
website	O
for	O
the	O
UK	O
version	O
published	O
by	O
Focus	O
Home	O
Interactive	O
has	O
been	O
given	O
as	O
September	O
23	O
,	O
2010	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Like	O
previous	O
TrackMania	B-Application
games	O
,	O
players	O
can	O
race	O
on	O
tracks	O
while	O
doing	O
various	O
stunts	B-Application
as	O
well	O
as	O
build	O
their	O
own	O
tracks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
features	O
the	O
classic	O
Stadium	O
environment	O
that	O
was	O
introduced	O
in	O
TrackMania	B-Application
Nations	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
this	O
environment	O
ported	O
from	O
TrackMania	B-Application
Turbo	I-Application
(	O
2016	O
)	O
,	O
ManiaPlanet	O
was	O
given	O
a	O
large	O
update	O
called	O
"	O
ManiaPlanet	O
4	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Announced	O
at	O
Ubisoft	O
's	O
E3	O
2015	O
conference	O
,	O
TrackMania	B-Application
Turbo	I-Application
is	O
a	O
spin-off	O
heavily	O
inspired	O
by	O
90s	O
arcade	O
racers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
has	O
been	O
released	O
in	O
North	O
America	O
on	O
March	O
22	O
,	O
2016	O
for	O
the	B-Operating_System
PlayStation	I-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
and	O
Xbox	B-Device
One	I-Device
and	O
on	O
March	O
24	O
,	O
2016	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
remake	O
of	O
Trackmania	B-Application
Nations	I-Application
was	O
announced	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
on	O
February	O
29	O
,	O
2020	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
due	O
to	O
be	O
released	O
on	O
May	O
5	O
,	O
2020	O
,	O
but	O
was	O
delayed	O
until	O
July	O
1	O
,	O
2020	O
,	O
due	O
to	O
the	O
COVID-19	O
pandemic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Due	O
to	O
the	O
success	O
of	O
the	O
TrackMania	B-Application
series	O
,	O
Guinness	O
World	O
Records	O
awarded	O
the	O
games	O
six	O
world	O
records	O
in	O
the	O
Guinness	O
World	O
Records	O
:	O
Gamer	O
's	O
Edition	O
2008	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
include	O
"	O
Biggest	O
Online	O
Race	O
"	O
,	O
"	O
Most	O
Popular	O
Online	O
Racing	B-Device
Sim	O
"	O
and	O
"	O
Largest	O
Content	O
Base	O
of	O
Any	O
Racing	B-Device
Game	O
"	O
,	O
with	O
hundreds	O
of	O
thousands	O
of	O
user-created	O
tracks	O
and	O
hundreds	O
of	O
unique	O
cars	O
available	O
for	O
download	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
PC	O
games	O
in	O
the	O
TrackMania	B-Application
series	O
used	O
a	O
copy	B-Application
protection	I-Application
system	O
called	O
StarForce	O
,	O
which	O
silently	O
installed	O
a	O
driver	B-Application
with	O
all	O
versions	O
of	O
TrackMania	B-Application
Original	O
,	O
TrackMania	B-Application
Sunrise	I-Application
and	O
the	O
original	O
TrackMania	B-Application
Nations	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Many	O
sources	O
falsely	O
reported	O
that	O
TrackMania	B-Application
Nations	I-Application
updated	O
the	O
StarForce	O
drivers	O
only	O
if	O
they	O
were	O
already	O
installed	O
,	O
although	O
versions	O
released	O
after	O
May	O
28	O
,	O
2007	O
,	O
installed	O
the	O
StarForce	O
drivers	O
on	O
all	O
computers	O
even	O
though	O
TrackMania	B-Application
Nations	I-Application
is	O
freeware	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
original	O
TrackMania	B-Application
United	O
features	O
StarForce	O
restrictions	O
built	O
into	O
the	O
executable	O
to	O
check	O
the	O
software	O
's	O
key	O
,	O
but	O
it	O
does	O
not	O
install	O
the	O
driver	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
Valve	O
originally	O
included	O
it	O
in	O
the	O
system	O
,	O
on	O
June	O
29	O
,	O
2007	O
,	O
the	O
company	O
announced	O
that	O
the	O
version	O
of	O
TrackMania	B-Application
United	O
distributed	O
via	O
their	O
Steam	B-Application
digital	O
distribution	O
platform	O
would	O
no	O
longer	O
include	O
StarForce	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
TrackMania	B-Application
United	O
Forever	O
and	O
TrackMania	B-Application
Nations	I-Application
Forever	I-Application
do	O
not	O
include	O
StarForce	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
If	O
they	O
are	O
applied	O
as	O
upgrades	O
to	O
version	O
of	O
TrackMania	B-Application
United	O
or	O
TrackMania	B-Application
Nations	I-Application
which	O
include	O
StarForce	O
,	O
they	O
attempt	O
to	O
remove	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
the	O
TrackMania	B-Application
games	O
have	O
grown	O
in	O
popularity	O
,	O
Nadeo	O
started	O
plans	O
for	O
two	O
completely	O
new	O
games	O
;	O
namely	O
,	O
they	O
began	O
work	O
on	O
role-playing	O
and	O
first-person	O
shooter	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
were	O
first	O
announced	O
in	O
2009	O
through	O
TrackMania	B-Application
United	O
Forever	O
,	O
where	O
the	O
player	O
's	O
loading	O
screen	O
was	O
replaced	O
with	O
images	O
announcing	O
either	O
Shootmania	B-Application
or	O
Questmania	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
19	O
February	O
2012	O
,	O
Nadeo	O
officially	O
announced	O
Shootmania	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
10	O
April	O
2013	O
,	O
Nadeo	O
released	O
Shootmania	B-Application
on	O
Maniaplanet	O
.	O
</s>
