Backwards

Backwards (oftentimes shortened to B) is a gamemode in TrackMania Nations Forever map style, as well as a game mode taking advantage of the game's tomfool mechanics to create "the most original trackstyle ever imagined". The player goas is to complete tracks specifically built to be driven backwards (gear stick on “R”).

History
Backwards driving was invented quite late compared to other gamemodes due to it's non-existent use in regular maps. The first intended backwards map ever published to tmx is "Unnamed1backwards" by the now legendary builder aronfisken.

Specificities
Since driving backwards is way slower than forwards, the mappers had to come up with convoluted ideas to make driving backwards faster,