Can I just confirm there is no split screen time attack mode?

[adante]

As above. Basically bought the game for this.

[Thrawn«¦]

When playing locally with two players there is (you need a second input device though). Locally you can even go up to four players on one screen.
Check the menu under Multiplayer --> Splitscreen for that.

If you mean online, with two people on one pc on a public server, then to my knowledge, no.

[adante]

When I go to multiplayer -> splitscreen I get a game mode that is most decidedly not time attack. It is more like cup or race modes. I don't see an option to change the game mode. I've googled for the bonus modes and don't see anything that suggests time attack is possible in split screen.

Just wanted to confirm this basically, as it seems like a real shame to have omitted this. Multiplayer time attack has been a mainstay of trackmania since there basically WAS a trackmania.

http://nadeo.wikia.com/wiki/Time_Attack
http://nadeo.wikia.com/wiki/Rounds
http://nadeo.wikia.com/wiki/Cup

[Thrawn«¦]

Originally posted by adante:

When I go to multiplayer -> splitscreen I get a game mode that is most decidedly not time attack. It is more like cup or race modes. I don't see an option to change the game mode. I've googled for the bonus modes and don't see anything that suggests time attack is possible in split screen.

My bad, I totally missed the "time attack-part" of your question, apologies.

Originally posted by adante:

Multiplayer time attack has been a mainstay of trackmania since there basically WAS a trackmania.

True, but only for one player at a PC, however to my knowledge TrackMania never had a splitscreen timeattack mode. In both United Forever and TrackMania² it's basically identical to the one you see in Turbo.

[adante]

As far as I know prior to Turbo, Trackmania never had a split screen mode, period. I appreciate it's a bit of caveat emptor as I should have done my research before buying, but to me it is basically tantamount to buying the sequel to an FPS that advertises split screen multiplayer only to find you can't shoot or jump in it.

Anyway glad it was clarified. Had heard a lot of rumblings about how things had changed since Nadeo's acquisition by Ubisoft - I shall consider this an expensive lesson to re-enforce the point.

[Lampenkoning]

Originally posted by adante:

As far as I know prior to Turbo, Trackmania never had a split screen mode, period. I appreciate it's a bit of caveat emptor as I should have done my research before buying, but to me it is basically tantamount to buying the sequel to an FPS that advertises split screen multiplayer only to find you can't shoot or jump in it.

Anyway glad it was clarified. Had heard a lot of rumblings about how things had changed since Nadeo's acquisition by Ubisoft - I shall consider this an expensive lesson to re-enforce the point.

I get where you're coming from.

I bought this game solely for the time attack mode, which is the one unique thing of TrackMania and for me and my friends the only reason to play this game. Bought it for 40euro's and never touched it again since it only contains awful unplayable splitscreen mode games.

Too bad I got the game but could at least could protect others of making this abismal purchase as well.