Trackmania Nations announced, a remake coming only to PC
Ubisoft recently hosted the Trackmania Grand Finals in Lyon, France and at the end of it, they announced that Trackmania Nations would be getting a remake and coming only to PC. The remake will include an official season campaign and daily track selections, along with new track-creation options featuring new surfaces and special blocks.
Announcing it, the Ubisoft Blog shared an interview with Florent “Hylis” Castelnerac, the Managing Director for Ubisoft Nadeo, the studio that created and still makes the series.
Since the release of the original Trackmania, how has Nadeo changed and grown as a studio over the past several years?
Florent Castelnerac: Creating a studio is a big challenge, and having it evolve in the right direction is equally difficult, but I think we succeeded in doing just that over the years. The team grew five times bigger than when we first began, and we have new spirit and strengths as a result, which is a very satisfying feeling.
What would you say were some of the biggest lessons learned from previous games in the Trackmania series, and how are you applying that knowledge towards the upcoming release?
FC: At first, we had a simple approach. Then we moved toward more rich, beautiful, and complex creations, including map-making, but lost simplicity in the process. Today, I would like to combine depth, beauty, and lightness. I think it is what people expect from modernity: to be powerful yet simple. I hope that’s what we’ll be with Trackmania.
For the rest of the interview, head on over to the blog post, as there is some really good information in it. You can also watch the replay of the livestream from the event, if you want to see it all.
