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TrackMania Sunrise
Generally favorable reviews
Based on 31 critic reviews
How did we calculate this?
Based on 12 votes
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Game Info
Publisher: Digital Jesters
Developer: Nadeo
Genre(s): Racing, Driving
Players: 2
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone)
Release Date: April 8, 2005
Summary
The high octane, free wheeling insanity that is Trackmania returns to PC CDROM. Trackmania Sunrise takes everything that made the original an instant online classic amazing speed, ultra competitive multiplayer races and easily accessible tools to create and distribute outrageous tracks and still manages to add more and more. New sports cars that burn up the highways at a breathtaking 400kph as they tear around gorgeous new environments including the beauty of the Pacific Coast. The most insane stunt blocks ever, send perilous track building to a whole new level with sweeping bends, winding tunnels and ramps designed to send you soaring. Two new play modes Platform and Crazy mean that even the most experienced of trackmaniacs will face a totally fresh racing experience. A new day has dawned are you up for the challenge? [Digital Jesters]
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What The Critics Said
All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
2404.org
Unlike most such games Sunrise is packed full of features and what you get with it--besides a unique solo experience--are tools to effortlessly create custom content and share it and enjoy it together with everyone else. It is less than a year old and the community has already made an incredible amount of tracks and vehicles, and Nadeo released a free expansion pack.
Read Full Review >Pelit (Finland)
An addictive arcade racing experience with lots of personality and many surprising elements. Fun, fun and more fun. [Aug. 05]
Computer Games Magazine
Everything about TrackMania Sunrise comes together beautifully. [Aug 2005, p.75]
Eurogamer
Compared to its predecessor, it looks better, moves faster, throws you further and loves you more. The track design is more extraordinary than ever and full of flourishes that I can barely begin to emulate with my own creations, the new gameplay modes fit right in, and indeed Platform is arguably more addictive than anything in the first game all by itself.
Read Full Review >Pelaaja (Finland)
Did you play with Scaletrix as a kid? And did you have wild fantasies about tracks with loops and jumps? Do you have the reflexes of a hyperactive weasel? If you answered ‘yes’ on all the afore-mentioned questions, Trackmania Sunrise is a game made just for you. [May 2005, p.84]
GamerFeed
If you enjoy zipping Hot Wheels through loops and off your front porch, TrackMania is an essential selection as it's one of the best PC games of 2005.
Read Full Review >Play.tm
A deceptively simple game, one of those classics that you can instantly pick up and play but which colludes with the pleasure seeking part of your brain into compelling you to keep on playing until you master all its little nuances.
Read Full Review >Game Chronicles
The best thing about Sunrise is that it doesn’t take a huge time commitment. The load times are fast and you can keep this game on your hard drive for months and years to come and just pick up and play whenever you have some spare time.
Read Full Review >PC Format
Despite clumsy menus, the game itself looks utterly beautiful, and as the community grows, the game will expand and become more involved. [May 2005, p.98]
3DAvenue
It manages to further establish the series as one of the PC's most playable games to date. If you liked the original then you will love Sunrise.
Read Full Review >Gamers Europe
It delivers racing thrills and the right amount of mental challenge, all wrapped up in a package that's inventive and - yes - easy on the eye.
Read Full Review >Jolt Online Gaming UK
Racing that feels so fresh and sharp reminds of the sheer pulse-racing style of F-Zero GX. To get this kind of breezy, clean, no-holds-barred racing action on the PC is a delight, and implicitly suggests that Gran Turismo 4 should be made to write out “I must learn the meaning of fun” 5,000 times on a blackboard.
Read Full Review >GameSpot
Throw in a better overall sense of presentation and an insanely deep track editor, and what you've got is a truly great sequel.
Read Full Review >Games Radar UK (Pre-2006)
Fast, varied and exacting, although its near-scientific dedication to perfection leaves it empty in the heart. [PC Gamer UK]
Read Full Review >Gamer's Hell
If you are a speed freak who likes a serious single player challenge, you absolutely should check out this game for its solo modes. They are unlike anything found in a PC racing title to date, and will provide you with hours of high octane thrills and spills.
Read Full Review >GameSpy
If you want outrageous arcade racing action, along with the chance to solve some puzzles and get creative, TrackMania Sunrise is a safe bet for your gaming dollar.
Read Full Review >Total Video Games
TrackMania’s name really depicts the real essence of the game, different tracks, different challenges but most times you will find yourself driving like a loon and everything is so over the top you can’t imagine how this can be topped.
Read Full Review >Sydney Morning Herald
The best inclusion is a compulsive Platform mode requiring death-defying leaps. Trial and error repetition can frustrate but improving your scores by performing perfect jumps is addictive.
Read Full Review >games(TM)
It’ll be the online community that makes or breaks Sunrise. Given the way the support for the first game surpassed even the developer’s expectations, we’re inclined to think that this superior sequel should have no trouble in getting fans to rally behind it. [May 2005, p.94]
Computer Gaming World
Casual gamers may find a hefty learning curve, but the tracks are so inventive; it's ultimately worth the work required to unlock them.
Read Full Review >VideoGamesLife
Online, Sunrise is beyond fault. There are plenty of games to join (albeit most of which requiring a minimum of GCSE French) while if playing on your lonesome happens to be your thing, plenty of tracks are available for download, with your creations - if any good - are guaranteed an eager reception.
Read Full Review >Thunderbolt
Truly a different game, and it’s different enough to warrant a spot in your collection.
Read Full Review >IGN
TrackMania Sunrise is an improvement in virtually every way, but the extreme stunt nature of the tracks, combined with the heavy emphasis on unlocking content (which itself rests upon racing very well), can mean repeating the same track several times until you get it just right.
Read Full Review >G4 TV
While the "car" portion of TrackMania: Sunrise is indeed shallow, the focus on wild, custom race tracks and unique modes of play really puts this game in a class by itself.
Read Full Review >Loaded Inc
Racing fans looking for something a little different, whether you have the original or not, should check this out, it's fast, furious and fun, essential ingredients for a racing game.
Read Full Review >GameZone
But the tracks seem to be an issue this time because they just feel broken and incomplete compared to the first TrackMania. In the first game I didn’t have the sense of having to replay the tracks over as much as I did with TMS.
Read Full Review >PC Gamer
The absence of any damage or collision modeling will rankle some (cars pass right through one another), and the insane difficulty of some of the later stages - exacerbated by pneumatic Hot Wheels driving physics - will drive many players bonkers. [July 2005, p.69]
Game Informer
I'm honestly very excited to see what this team comes up with next, and hopeful that future title will have a little more polish to it. [July 2005, p.125]
Da Gameboyz
A middling offering. What it offers in great visuals, it loses in making those visuals static.
Read Full Review >Edge Magazine
Sunrise does nothing truly brilliant, but does it with such engaging raw excess that it’s hard not to be sucked in by its fairground attraction. [May 2005, p.88]
What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this game is 9.6 (out of 10) based on 12 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Analogue Bubblebath gave it a10:
Sumptuous graphical style, brilliantly tuned arcade racing, and some truly unique gameplay modes. Nadeo really hit the nail on the head with this one (and managed it again with their *free* follow up, Trackmania Nations). Sheer, unadulterated fun as both a single- and multi-player experience, and easily the most addictive experience I've had in years.
Jack C. gave it a10:
The best maniac racing game ever, EVER made.
John H. gave it a10:
Tm Sunrise is superb! If you havent played it get the demo for a sample. Its basically a mix of burnout 3 speed and the fun of the old classic Stunt Car racer. The community support is superb offering new cars,skins and huge amount of exellent tracks. The track editor is also amazing. Can you tell I like this game :-D
James L. gave it a10:
The best arcade racer avaialable for PC bar none! All the single player modes are addictivte and the new platform section highly original. Couple this with the amazing multi-player aspect with on-line play and you have a winning formula. Every race is different and an unlimited number of tracks available thanks to the easy to use track builder. Top marks for a top game!
