After teasing the announcement a few weeks back, Ubisoft have released a trailer for the aptly-titled TrackMania 2: Canyon, featuring TrackMania larks (i.e. lots of fast cars, loops and loose physics) in a canyon. Suffice to say, I came.
Currently a PC exclusive, due to it’s heavy reliance on user generated content, it’s expected to be released late 2011. If you haven’t sampled the delights of this modern-day Micro Machines, there’s a free version of the original available to download through Steam.
French developer Nadeo also have ShootMania and QuestMania in the pipleine, and if they bring as much joie de vivre to the FPS and RPG genres as they have to racing, then… tres bon! Adam