In a year when everyone's getting excited about community-generated content, thanks to Little Big Planet, Spore and the rest, it's worth remembering that the PC has been quietly doing this sort of thing for years. Similarly, as the ‘back to basics' gameplay bandwagon builds momentum, it should be noted that it really kicked off in the indie games scene on the PC. You'll find both elements in TrackMania United Forever, the latest in the TrackMania series, and newly downloadable from Steam.
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Inexcusably and rather embarrassingly, this is the first time we or I have looked at TrackMania. If the same is true of you, you might be wondering what it's all about. Well, it's basically a simplified driving game built around some cool community features and an integrated track editor. The simplicity is key; the tracks are relatively short, the controls use the cursor keys for accelerate, brake, left and right, and all you need to worry about is getting from the start to the finish as rapidly as possible. The physics system is sophisticated enough to make things interesting, but unrealistic enough to make things accessible and fun. You can pick it up, play it and get it within five minutes. Putting it down again is another thing altogether.
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MINIMUM
Windows 98/2000/ME/XP
Pentium III or AMD Athlon 800MHz Processor
256MB RAM
2GB Hard Disk Space
Nvidia TNT2, GeForce 1, 2 or 3, ATI Radeon 7000, 7200, 7500 or 8500, or Matrox G450 Video Card
DirectX Compatible Sound Card
DirectX 9
MAXIMUM
Windows 7/Vista (32 or 64 bit)
Intel i7 Quad Core 2.8Ghz or AMD equivalent
3GB System RAM (High)
30 GB Hard dDisk Space
nVidia GeForce 9800 GTX / ATI Radeon HD4850 Video Card
Direct X 9.0 compatible supporting Dolby Digital Live
DirectX 9.0 - DirectX 11
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