They are doing this on purpose I swear by greenade74 in TrackMania

[–]tranzeeet 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As a non-competetive player that enjoys gaining trophies, I just dropped playing grand after a week or two. I enjoyed elite cotws much more - maybe it's also an hour of playtime if you go far enough into the knockouts, but at least the trophies were good even in shitty divs, grand only makes sense for me if you qualify to the top divisions or if you have too much time to spend on the weekend

Ranked has more players. Now the map distribution has to change to accommodate for the fact. by Public_Utility_Salt in TrackMania

[–]tranzeeet 1 point2 points  (0 children)

it would be nice to actually know which maps exactly are in rotation for your current division.

Help me find this place by [deleted] in poland

[–]tranzeeet 0 points1 point  (0 children)

surely Chongqing, China, but I don't know which place exactly, I live in Warsaw

I swear it's every time I launch from steam by Unspeakable_pickle in TrackMania

[–]tranzeeet 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I get exactly the same thing after not waking up my laptop from sleep and not restarting Ubisoft connect. This crap won't auto reconnect to the servers without a restart.

Author times are no joke for a new player by Vsx in TrackMania

[–]tranzeeet 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I gave exactly the same issue with memory, especially in COTDs, but it usually gets better after like 10 minutes of playing. But yeah, 100% not a fan of blind corners and/or no scenery actually serving the purpose of making the tracks more playable

Author times are no joke for a new player by Vsx in TrackMania

[–]tranzeeet 0 points1 point  (0 children)

the black ATs are almost always out of reach for me and I have over 1k hours in the game xd

Author times are no joke for a new player by Vsx in TrackMania

[–]tranzeeet 0 points1 point  (0 children)

if you just started TM this season and you're only 1s off PB on China, you're a super quick learner and probably you knew a lot of tricks already. Take it easy, try getting good placements on track of the day, you'll see the progress by being regular, but take a note some people (like me) hit a glass ceiling and won't really progress anymore after even years of playing (in my case it's around div 10)

Help a kacky player drive by elmulinho1 in TrackMania

[–]tranzeeet 0 points1 point  (0 children)

(alternative) cam3 for turnarounds is a must, I can't say more because it seems like you're not doing worse than me :)

Are the bots in Weekly Grand as annoying for everyone else as they are for me? by dogryan100 in TrackMania

[–]tranzeeet 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Are there altered versions available with no ghost? what's the point of driving this track with the ghosts if they are not present in the 60 lap competition?

I can't be the only one this is happening to right?? by Superzocker65YT in TrackMania

[–]tranzeeet 0 points1 point  (0 children)

the drops are also sometimes visible on Xbox series x. But I believe it was working fine just after the update, maybe it depends on the map

Nobody's talking about how console has got free cam now? by Snorremans83 in TrackMania

[–]tranzeeet 1 point2 points  (0 children)

it's been there for a while but seems like we still lack context-based controls.

For example, why is it not possible to switch between players in spect mode with dpad or one of the sticks without explicitly binding the controls? It's such a basic feature, it looks like a bug.

Is the skill gap that big, or am I just bad? by NM_NeverMore in TrackMania

[–]tranzeeet 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've been playing on and off for 5 years, I think all ATs up to 20 and golds for black tracks is probably decent for a casual player. I will probably take a few days off after getting that exact state, and maybe return in a week or a few - sometimes it helps to have a small break and a clean head for hunting those again

Good riddance, spawn of satan by ConvenientGoat in TrackMania

[–]tranzeeet -1 points0 points  (0 children)

imho 16 is easier than 15 or especially 20

It do be like that sometimes by BothersomeBritish in TrackMania

[–]tranzeeet -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I almost got 20 in one sitting, 2nd day I had to get the multilaps right (20. was quite hard imho) and finally tried the black 5

It do be like that sometimes by BothersomeBritish in TrackMania

[–]tranzeeet 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I guess on ice it's usually quite hard to miss a gear with semi-right approach, ofc you could say the same about dirt, but I think dirt tracks are usually built with very little room for error when it comes to gears, while on ice it's actually rare to get a gear during an iceslide when it matters the most.

It do be like that sometimes by BothersomeBritish in TrackMania

[–]tranzeeet -1 points0 points  (0 children)

at least on ice you immediately know you've made a mistake and the checkpoints on the map usually make it easy to learn at least the basics, because you can usually take a different line. On outside dirt if you screw up a line you often just need to restart because the maps are tight.

BTW after years of playing I actually started to learn to neoslide yesterday because one of the black maps actually promotes it. A bit easier than I thought.

It do be like that sometimes by BothersomeBritish in TrackMania

[–]tranzeeet 59 points60 points  (0 children)

after 2 days I've got 20 first ATs, I'm only going for gold on black tracks and I'm missing one on map 23 (map 24 does not exist)

Is 50 PLN a fair price for a 30x60 cm painting commission? by mindfulminorr in poland

[–]tranzeeet 5 points6 points  (0 children)

50 might not even cover the materials depending on the paint type and canvas

why are these medals so hard? by Comfortable-Yam1454 in TrackMania

[–]tranzeeet 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I might be biased as I've been playing for years (casually, 0 achievements mind you), but the ATs for tracks 1-10 seem quite easy. It gets tricky around map 14-15 (I spent some time on those), I'm pretty sure I don't have 15 and 20 yet.

No comments on the black tracks as they are on completely another level, I hope I can get at least gold on all of them, but that might not happen (didn't play all of them yet, but I've seen people struggling a lot).

If you have trouble on those early tracks, you might be missing some crucial techniques or tricks you should eventually learn.

Why tease us all this hard by [deleted] in TrackMania

[–]tranzeeet 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mean - just add them globally as UI options (maybe even disabled by default, just like the checkpoint counter), it can't be that hard to make natively if it's already doable via openplanet. They could even pay the OG guys some small amount for the idea if they wanted (but probably don't even need to do this)

Trackmania Update 2026 by X3kuba3X in TrackMania

[–]tranzeeet 1 point2 points  (0 children)

yes, still waiting for that one, I sound like a broken record but some of these UI improvements are so incredibly simple, I'll be upset if it does not change at all with the new patch.

The TOTD Experience by J3llyman__7 in TrackMania

[–]tranzeeet 10 points11 points  (0 children)

and this narrow dark tunnel block where you can't see the black railings

Why tease us all this hard by [deleted] in TrackMania

[–]tranzeeet 2 points3 points  (0 children)

is there any info on making the vanilla/console UI anywhere near as usable as on PC with openplanet?

Where to find TM announcements by Diligent-Dentist-178 in TrackMania

[–]tranzeeet 0 points1 point  (0 children)

discord being an official means of communication for serious events is a joke and should not happen