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With the release of Trackmania Sunrise in 2005, I had found my favorite racing series at the prime age of 3. Since then, Trackmania has grown to be much more than a niche franchise, and has allowed its community to expand past the bounds of PC play. Thank you Trackmania for an amazing 20 years, and welcome to those just entering the franchise!

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We used to play TM Turbo a lot during University. We'd spend the night chillling building a map for hours, and then trying to get the fastest time. After, we'd make a leaderboard next to the TV and while in classes the people who were home were grinding the maps improving the times. We had a leaderboard showing all the improvements and who was the record holder. Did this for years!

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I don't remember exactly how or when my journey started but it was about a decade ago. I was a kid back then and I only have some blurry memories of magical moments with TMNF and TMUF, both playing myself and watching others play (mostly my dad).

After a while I completely forgot about the game for years to come.

It was only on 6th of December 2021 that fate decided to bring me back to TMNF again, as for a while I was on a mission to find games that I have played in my childhood. I had TMNF on my mind but I couldn't remind myself of how it was called.

After I have finally found it on the internet, I've played TMNF almost every day and achieved all author medals in just two months. Once again I got the opportunity to watch my dad play as he has soon rediscovered TrackMania too.

I quickly got into other TrackMania games as well and after a year I found myself already having all author medals in all official Race campaigns across all TrackMania PC games. Which was absolutely unimaginable when I struggled to get medals as a kid.

It's amazing to see how times have changed comparing TMNF to TM2020. When I first played TMNF I wouldn't even imagine what TrackMania will look like after a decade or whether new games will even be made. TM2020 looks and feels more modern but at the same time keeps the spirit of the original Stadium games. I really hope to see new TrackMania games and environments in the future as well!

I will definitely stick with TrackMania for another decade and more.

Thanks Hylis. Thanks Nadeo.

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As a new player, I might not have a lot to say. However, I have always been a racing fan, and this has been game has held some of my best memories I have ever had. It feels great and this game is also one of my relaxing spaces. Love y'all. Thank you so much.

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Me showcasing the best TM2020 community maps in front of 600 spectators and 60K+ Twitch viewers at SpeeDons 3

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I have always been into racing games, it started with Mario Kart, Moto GP 2, and Gran Turismo. I played my first TrackMania game on DS but the physics were junky as it was an off-brand studio who made it.

Then in late 2015 I stumbled across the trailer for TrackMania Turbo and I have never ever been so hyped about a game.

Before the Turbo release I discovered the TM2 games and got addicted, playing online on community maps and chasing for the best time. I became friend with another player and we ended up playing in vocal chat for more than a year, and we attended together the first 2 offline ZrT Trackmania Cups. Sadly my mate passed away in 2018 and I got to honor him with a memorial sign at the ZrT Cup 2022 in Bercy which was signed by so many TM community members and various top French streamers.

I continued playing mostly TM for the past 8 years, spending all my highschool evenings on live servers and watching Riolu and Spam streams.

And then I started speedrunning the campaign of TrackMania Turbo and I created the TrackMania speedrunning community. In 2020 I submitted to my first major speedrunning event and managed to showcase the Canyon campaign in front of thousands of viewers.

Since then, I've travelled to several countries for TrackMania, I met hundreds of community members and I represented the community in the biggest speedrunning events, which is my proudest achievement.

Thank you TrackMania and Nadeo for all these memories, and see you in 2 years for my 10-year TM anniversary !

Rastats

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I became an addict to this game when i found out it was free on PlayStation. I originally was wishing to have this game for a few years. Only game I played of the TM series is Turbo, as it was the only one i had. Amazing game doe, keep it up! ^w^

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Building the Tracks for the Acer Minitechnet Tournament in 2011 was a big Privilege to do i never forget

We have the greatest community in a Competetive Video Game! Trackmania will be a Part of me Forever!

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my uncle used to play Trackmania nations back in the day, and when i was 10 (20 now), he introduced me to this game<3 also he bought me tmuf and tm2 :) big love to my uncle for introducing this game series for me, i love it.

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The place where it all started - a legendary RaceA1

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It was 2007, I was 2 years old. My dad decided to buy a CD with TrackMania Power-Up! for me. At that time we had a computer with Windows Vista and, unfortunately, it could not run Power-Up due to the StarForce drivers, however, my father decided to install the first game instead of this game - TrackMania 1.0. It was a long time ago, but I already realized that this game would change my life.

And so from that moment on, I was completely imbued with the world of TrackMania! The next games for me were Sunrise Extreme, Nations ESWC and United Forever. I wildly enjoyed creating countless tracks and going through a Solo campaign.

Somewhere in 2009-2011, I discovered a community site: TM-Exchange, Carpark and TM-Tube, which was still working at that time. For me, it was a new experience in learning tracks from other players, watching various videos on TrackMania and viewing various 3D and 2D skins.

In September 2011, TM2 Canyon was released - the first title for the Maniaplanet platform. And then my parents decided to purchase this game for me. It was with this game in the TM series that I got my first experience in multiplayer. That was the first time I discovered Manialinks, server competitions, official races and many other delights of online gaming! And so gradually I played the following games: Stadium, Valley, Turbo 2016 and Lagoon.

In 2016, I became a complete member of TM community. Then I started laying out my first cards in TMX. In 2018-2019, I joined the official TM discord server, where I was able to find a large number of people who also love TrackMania!

In July 2020, Trackmania 2020 was released, which we have all been waiting for. The game was able to evoke positive emotions to me, but I still continue to play the old TrackMania games.

During this time, technology has developed rapidly and, unfortunately, during that time, launching old TM games on modern systems has become an incredible difficulty. And so, in 2020, I accidentally came across a list of various old PC games that had patches to run on modern systems. Among all the games were also TrackMania Nations ESWC and TrackMania Sunrise Extreme. I got curious and decided to try running TMN ESWC on Windows 10. And you know what? Everything turned out successfully! I didn't expect this and I decided to quickly record a video tutorial on how to run TMN ESWC on Win10. This video became the most popular on my YT channel and I was motivated to develop further in the community!

After installing those patches, the game files became decrypted, which opened up new horizons in the development of TM game modding! And so, in April 2021, I announced "TrackMania Sunrise Speed-Up!" - a beta content mod for TrackMania Sunrise Extreme. In this mod, my team and I were focused on researching a lot of archival materials: screenshots, trailers, demos, forums, and so on. And already in September 2021, TMSSU was released, which gained quite a lot of popularity among fans of old TrackMania games.

I am very glad that I am a part of this giant close-knit community! During this time I met many interesting people and was able to work on various projects! Happy 20th birthday, TrackMania! ^_^

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Track seen on the game box art, remade in TrackMania Director's Cut

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My memories are a bit foggy, but the first time I saw TrackMania was at one of my friends house around maybe 2010-2012. I'm not exactly sure if what I saw there was a TM game, but it made a strong impression on me. I only seen it once.

Fast forward to 2016 and life was way different. I had way different interests back then, but when I saw a random gameplay video in my recommendations, I noticed something familiar about it. I got the name of the game and immediately got hooked. My first ever TrackMania game was TM2 Stadium demo.

I had a lot of fun driving on these crazy tracks (even if I wasn't really good), but the best feature was in my opinion the track editor. I love games that let create custom content for it. Ever since, I began "doing my homework" on the older TrackMania games and before I knew it, i was a huge TrackMania fan. For the first time, stuff that I made was visible for a wider audience and I felt a strong sense of community.

TrackMania changed my life forever.

(btw, Nadeo Team, or anyone "up there", if you're reading this: if you have any alpha builds, screenshots or other media of the older games, we would love to see them, it would be great for archival)

So yeah, happy birthday TrackMania!

Hope to see the franchise continue!

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6 year old me playing Trackmania Nations Forever in 2012

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Back in 2011 my dad started playing Trackmania Nations Forever and little me wanted to play it and I liked the game so much that I continued to play the game for the years after. No other game managed to attract me like Trackmania. In 2020 my dad was reading the news and told me that Trackmania made a new game and that its going to be released on 1st July and I was so happy to hear that. And since then I'm playing Trackmania almost everyday. Recently I got my first ever official World Record on Winter 2023 campaign on track 03 and I'm so proud of it. I have very fond memories playing Trackmania and I believe I will have more in the future.

Sundj3rBob

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20 years already, yet only 15 for me. A long journey. But it ain't over yet. It seem like so many things are forgotten, yet I can still remember the day, literally, which Nations Forever took to download. And a day of waiting turned into years of creating.

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I found TMNF on my dad's laptop. And I liked it of course. But later I saw him playing TMUF. But I didn't know what that was, so for a year i used to refer to it as "Trackmania With The Blue Globe". I also remember playing the canyon demo and downloading a cannon item from maniapark. Though I mostly played stadium because I only had TMNF and TM2 Stadium. IN 2018 I picked up the rest of the TM2 games and TMUF. And in 2021-2022, I started doing proper mapping if you could call it that. And now, I'm working of a full port of Coast from TMUF to TM2 :)

- 💚 Zai

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I have been attached to this franchise since TrackMania Sunrise! Once I found the editor, it was incredibly difficult to dig me out once I got started as a kid. It's easier now of course, but back then I was stuck to it like glue! I love all the block combinations you can do plus all the ways you can decorate your map, even with the simpler blocks in United/Nations Forever.

I first discovered TM when I was about 4 years old. I am now in my mid-twenties. I'M STILL PLAYING!! Not many games have that kind of staying power with me (let's not talk about the 2nd game xDD), and it's a testament to the power and uniqueness of TM's UGC in that lets you unleash your imagination and engineering like nothing else out there.

While I've come away from TM throughout the years, it has never managed to slip out of my sight, and with the release of TM2020 the franchise found its way back home, and I'm glad it did. Wouldn't trade the past three years for the world.

No matter where I go, or where I end up when I get there, I'll never forget the joy and sense of community this franchise has brought to my life. And I know all too many people who would agree with me. Cheers!

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My very first interaction with the game was when I was like 7 or 8 years old. My father decided to gift me a videogame. In the store I chose Trackmania Original. When I opened the game the first time I instantly fell in love with it... And today I'm 24 and it's still my favourite game of all time... After TMO i rapidly discovered the other TM games which were Trackmania Sunrise and TMUF. I bought all the TM2 games and of course subscribed to TM2020. Even tho i'm not a fan of stadium envi, i got used to it and enjoyed it a lot, since for me the environments are the reason why I love TM. I don't play the game as often as I did when I was a child or a teenager (a time when I could spend entire days everyday only playing TM). But the passion for the game is still there and will always be :) Trackmania is definitely my favourite franchise and I hope we can expect something big coming for this new TM decade :) my wish would be to play new environments within the game, more official daily or weekly competitions or showcasing the custom gamemodes such as Pursuit or Capture the Flag which could add to the diversity of possibilities of the ways to play the game. Happy birthday Trackmania ! <3

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It was 420% just luck on my end, but hands are still shaking from that day. It's definitely something that will stick in my brain for a LONG time.

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Without Trackmania we wouldn't even know each other. Trackmania is more than just a game. Despite the occasional drama we are all one big family! Thank you Nadeo for creating a game with unlimited possibilities.

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It was early 2009. I was sick at home, missing school. Coughing, fevers, all that stuff.. I got a delivery, local magazine came with a copy of TM Sunrise Extreme. Booted that thing up, surprised that my computer could run it at all.

Played the first map. I'll never forget SkidOrDie, the DirtyBlue skin, or the "Fill your pages" song.

I've been playing TrackMania since. Thank you Nadeo for everything <3

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Trackmania was something special to me my entire life. I started around 5 years old playing the Trackmania Sunrise Demo on Download.com (which is now known as CNET) and then I somehow got my parents to convince me to get Trackmania United... which turned into Forever. I used to play tons of Freestyle servers (TEP Freestyle, NSX Freestyle, etc), and also lots of RPG. I would not be so into online gaming if not for this wonderful game. Thanks for everything! Even if I don't play it as much nowadays, I always come back to TM2020 to set some times on the campaigns, play some random RPGs, or play ranked mode for fun.

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The Trackmania LAN party in Pruszków 2015

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The Trackmania LAN party in Pruszków 2015

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In 2015 we hosted a LAN party where 10 people who've never met before IRL sat together for four days in a tiny apartment to play Trackmania and do other wacky things! I can't speak for every single person, but to most it's likely their best TM memory.

You can watch the epic video summarizing the event at the top of the post, and here's also the link to the map that we built together (5 minutes per person) during the event (you can see the process in the video!): https://tmuf.exchange/trackshow/4646794

Huge Thanks to Nadeo from the entire Polish United community because without TM most of us would've never met. Enjoy the video it's really worth the watch!

PS. Hoping to see more environments/cars added to TM2020, we were never the biggest fans of Stadium ;)

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I started playing back in 05/06 with ESWC as a teen and I had an absolute blast. I made lots of friends and the community was always awesome, but I stopped when I left home for University. I rediscovered the game with the latest iteration now in my 30's, and I'm so glad I did. Its even better now. 

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I started playing back in 05/06 with ESWC as a teen and I had an absolute blast. I made lots of friends and the community was always awesome, but I stopped when I left home for University. I rediscovered the game with the latest iteration now in my 30's, and I'm so glad I did. Its even better now. 

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I discovered Trackmania Nations Forever around 2015-2016 when I was 7-8 years old. The editor was my favorite part, and I spent a lot of time building long tracks with my younger brother. After a few months, I started playing online and was drawn to RPG servers because I watched Spam's TM2 RPG videos a lot. I was addicted to RPGs and mini trials at that time. One of my first RPGs was the map "Gold Mine," and I continued playing the game for about 3-4 months.

I stopped playing because my PC was very old, but I got a new one at the end of 2019. I started playing TMNF again in February 2020 and actively played the game for a year and a half. I played hard trials, hunting RPGs, and playing LOL maps. In December 2021, I got the standard access (thanks to my friend) and bought Club in the second quarter of 2022. When I was still a starter access player, I casually played the usual starter stuff.

I've become really skilled at the game and can compete against world records and reach Division 1-3 in the Cup of the Day. My best result so far is a top 4 finish in Division 1.

Thank you Nadeo for creating these amazing Trackmania games! <3

Hayiom

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It was Kacky Reloaded 2, map #80/ drifting along the plastic wall on ice, then flying through a bunch of random objects to hit a small hole with a fin inside. It required nothing but RNG. I was on a call with some of my friends when I said" Jesus take the steering wheel" - and I finished in that run. I said that in chat and player guenilletm instantly wrote the same in chat, and proceeded to finish. Every kacky season since then, this story has been retold, followed by the proof because no one would believe it, if not for this screenshot.

-Maxesit

ps. guenilletm I've never heard of you after, if you see this feel free to say hi :)

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Discovered TM in 2021. Best decision of my life.

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I use to play tm eswc with my brother. We played so much of it our old pc might have died because of it.

But after that i forgot about the game sometimes playing trackmania ds.

Until i found some streamer named Zerator playing the game with his friends, and i remembered how good this game was. So i wanted to see more of trackmania had to offer on youtube. Thats when i discovered the best thing about tm, the community. I watched so many nadeo cuts videos, once i saw what people where capable of doing in that game it blew my mind !

Combine that with Zerator making one of the first IRL twitch events in France, seeing names that i didnt see in the cuttings teams that where as impressive, with driving skills that are sometimes not human (usinature chicane). So much talent into one game.

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Back in 2016, I saw a video compilation where they showcased a clip of a cool stunt in TM Turbo and wondered what game was that, then I saw another video of a PF track on TM2 Stadium and was also wondering what game that was, later I somehow found MrLag's YT channel and watched it for hours without knowing what I was watching (Got to watch quite a lot of TM content in general back then). I never got to know the game in that time until someday in 2020, where a friend on a Discord server fully unrelated to TM sends an image of his custom name on TM2, I asked what game that was (Completly forgot all the previous memories of the TM content I watched), then he sends me the link to download TMNF (Except that my brother downloaded the Steam version) and that's how I started playing and loved it ever since. It did felt a bit weird when I re-watched some of the content I enjoyed many years later but knowing not only the game, but the series as a whole.

Thank you, TrackMania :)

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...has allowed me so, so much. Thank you, Trackmania.

From talking to people from all around the world since 2011 while playing, to having the opportunity to visit other countries (and continent), to playing professionally, to the feeling of belonging to amazing communities, thank you.

Thank you for such a solid core you guys have built all throughout these years, these amazing environments and amazing physics. There are multiple reasons so many of us keep playing after so many years, and the plurality of those makes this such an amazing nando universe we're all part of.

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Screenshot of Trackmania² Lagoon from Steam

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More people need to play this game! I love it!

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More people need to play this game! I love it!

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The franchise has other games that are interesting as well such as the Trackmania 2 series of environments (my favourite is lagoon), I spent so much grinding on the medals and had so much fun! Many thanks for the great memories along the way!!!

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I started playing early 2013 when the beta of Tm² stadium came out and I instantly fell in love with the game, then I bought Valley the day it came out and Canyon. My favorite memories on the game was playing the Planets Millions Cup, an endurance cup on maps that are 7min+

I just loved playing this cup with my friends, I even had the chance to make a map for it and it's one of the best evening I had in the game

Thank you for everything <3

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One question that you can ask many new community members is: "What got you into trackmania, and which Wirtual video was it?" No matter how we got in, or how long we've been playing, all the eye can see is people loving this silly little game and the community that has sprung up around it. While the 2020 game is most active, the previous games hold up super well, and it's really cool to see where people came from and the evolution of this awesome game. From the limitless track editor to the addictive grind, thanks for this game!

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Years ago, around 2016/2017, I was in a tech team called Hydro. With our leader Blaze and the entire gang I had some of the most fun ever. We were a really tight-knit team, and it's very awesome to see where some of us have ended up. I really miss those days. They will forever be an awesome memory.

-Hydro Dark <3

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J'ai commencé Trackmania avec Nations ESWC en 2006. Nous avons commencé à jouer régulièrement avec un copain de collège à qui j'ai présenté le jeu, en 2007. En 2008 j'ai acheté United Friends Edition et lui ai donné la seconde clé.

On s'amusait à se faire les circuits les plus longs et difficiles possibles (pour notre niveau moyen).

Nous n'avions aucune connaissance des grass-slide, drifts et autres mécaniques de la Stadium Car.

Nous étions à années lumières des meilleurs, mais qu'est-ce qu'on s'amusait.

Cet ami est aujourd'hui mon meilleur ami, nous avons 30 ans et il nous arrive toujours de jouer quand il vient à la maison, sur United Forever. On refait nos vieux circuits et on s'amuse toujours autant !

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The Trackmania series is something i can never stop loving, i satrted with watching my dad play Trackmania United Forever around 2012, we even have the original CD with 3D glasses, and then i started playing too and i loved it, i met a lot of awesome people in the community, some of them later even in real life. Trackmania is special to me.

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Made a lot of memories through the different games, met some wonderful people as well, and as of today my only regret is to not have started playing sooner :) I discovered the game through a music sync PF track, and honestly the impact it had on me still surprises me today !

Thank you Nadeo for all your work 💪🏻

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I remember watching the 20k Project video, it was beautiful, and a masterpiece showcasing a ton of talented people, including one in particular. And psst, I know the 100K Project might look dead, but be careful...looks can be deceiving...

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Trackmania has been a staple of my life for close to 16 years now, and while I may be disagreeing with some of the developers' decisions at times, I can't deny that it's the most fun video game series I've had the pleasure of playing.

I've met wonderful, incredibly talented and passionate people through this game and am lucky to be able to call many of them my friends.

Thank you Nadeo, thank you Trackmania community, here's to another 20 years!

Stay classy!

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I discovered trackmania around 7-8 years ago at a science club where we would do small 30m LANs at the end of each session, it was really fun and it introduced me to all this

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I discovered the games through Trackmania² Canyon, which I still play the most to this day. The concept of racing against other people, but not being able to directly influence the other cars was new to me, and it convinced me to keep playing as everyone could put their real, independent skill to the test

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Started playing Trackmania in 2020 (with TM Turbo). Quickly fell in love! The mediatracker tool definitely is one of my favourite parts of Trackmania games. I've done screenshots in The Crew 1/2 in the past, but in Trackmania the possibilities are endless. Here's a screenie I made for the "10 years of Valley" titlepack in TM2! And if you're looking for something I did in TM2020, maybe check the all-time top rated screenshot on steam ;)

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Love the game, the community and the devs

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Love the game, the community and the devs

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I spent a long time making tracks and I don't regret a single hour!