4D Racing

Four Dimensional Racing
Four Dimensional Racing (shortened 4D Racing) is a TrackMania Nations Forever mapstyle that takes advantage of the Hermann Minkowski's theory, stating that, similarly to when the car jumps in the air (the third dimension) it could derivate in the Minkowski space (the fourth dimension). This allows to use a plethora of tricks, bugs and shortcuts.

This mapstyle is oftentimes called Intelligent Track Racing or ITR.

Origins
4D Racing, similarly to its real world tantamount, was always in the game and players were using it's benefits even if they were not realizing it yet. Around the 24/09/2011 at approximately 6:00:07 CEST, an anonymous player from the team IQ+ aquired the world record on the tendentious A01-Race.

This tremendous feat was achieved thanks to an in-depth understanding of the Minkowski space, allowing the incognito player to perform a new trick : the Speed Derivation. This trick is the equivalent of a Fourth Dimensional Speed Drift.