Hosting a LAN multiplayer game & playing with friends, forgot how I do this

[ReL0aDed]

I love playing this game with my buddies, but as of this time after meny updates to this core game, it has in my opinion become insanely hard to actually host and join a multiplayer game.

We can find each other and all that, the other players find me when I host the game. The problem is that as soon as a game is started, the timer starts but we can't actually play the game. The game shows different but fixed camera angles all around the selected track while the timer counts down, but we can't actually play.

This is in my huge Steam libraries of games the single most difficult game to play a LAN game in. I figured out half a year ago by a coincidence how to actually host & play a LAN game with my friends. However, I forgot how I did it; I need to write down a recipe if I happen to figure this out another time.

I almost want to throw my computers out the window when this happens while creating a time attack game in LAN multiplayer, when the timer runs down while no one can actually play the stage, with the game showing footage from the track itself through various camera angles on the track itself.

[Ubi Milky]

Hello ReL0aDed, sorry to hear about this issue you are experiencing, but thank you for reaching out to us.

So when you try to play with your friends in-game, the tracks load up but you are unable to move as in spectator mode?

Have you all tried to disable the custom effects like skins in the game to relieve the peer to peer stress of the connection?

I know there are some steam guides located above that may help you with this issue, created by other players.

I have seen some players recommend using virtual LAN software to play with friends. I am unable to recommend any particular software you can use but it may help you better connect.

You may want to try setting up your routers network ports to this configuration also through port forwarding to see if this can help you connect to one another -
https://www.ubisoft.com/en-gb/help/article/internet-ports-for-maniaplanet-and-trackmania-2-canyon/000074517?origin=search

-Ubisoft Support