Technical

The technical style of TrackMania maps was started in the 1990's.

Players at first built a simple map that often consisted of a start block, a turn (either to the left or right) and a finish line.

As the years progressed and players got more skillful, using advanced techniques such as the famous "Drifting" technique, the maps started to increase in difficulty.

The year 2003 is considered to be the "golden age" of technical (tech) tracks, as over 20 maps were built in that year.

In 2020, one of today's most decorated Tech players is KarjeN. KarjeN has won multiple awards for the best drifting technique and is famous for playing in the newly-introduced Cam 9 mode. See list of cameras.

In 2021, a ground-breaking discovery was made by the popular TrackMania streamer Pioter00000. Pioter found out that you can quickly release your steering key, press brake, and immediately start steering again and preform the so-called Neoslide.

In August 2023, a Tech competition was held in Tibet, and it featured some of the most difficult Technical maps, such as WWCL.Doma, Lolsport Z845, C01-Race and B02-Race.

The winner of this competition was of course KarjeN, finishing with an outstanding time of 9:34:23.65.

Unfortunately, the Tech style is slowly dying, as more and more players are quitting this genre, to move onto other map styles, such as RPG.