Technical

Technical (mostly called Tech by the community) is a style of TrackMania Nations Forever maps that was started in the year of 2006. Players at first built a simple map that often consisted of a start block, a turn (either to the left or to the 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 2008 is considered to be the "golden age" of technical (tech) tracks, as over 20 maps were built in that year.

History
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.

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 (Lhasa, China), and it featured some of the most difficult tech 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 of September 2023. More and more players are quitting it to move onto other more sophisticated and enjoyable map styles, such as RPG.