Official Race?

[Malthe]

I really don't get the point of this. Why is every run not official. They complain that people don't play the game enough anymore. This is one of the reasons i play less. There should also be a highscore system for the official tracks, just between yourself and your friends.

Anyone knows the point of paying coppers for official races, or does everyone agree that they should remove that wall for people who actually want to play their game?

[TMarc]

1. United is oudated and there is not any support anymore besides account issues. Hence there won't be any improvement or new features here. It is like this since several years, therefore any query in this direction is futile, sorry to say.
2. In Maniaplanet they changed the mode that you have to wait 5 minutes between each official try. And you need to have gold medal in inofficial run already before you see the "try again for official record" sign.
3. In Turbo there it is like you want: every run is official.

The point to have you spend coppers or need to wait some time is both a fee for too many retries, and it should make you train more before you try in official mode.

[Malthe]

But Turbo is far from as popular as United was and maybe even still is. Making every run official shoulden't be a whole lot of work, and if they set the price down for United, they might actually start getting new players again. You are probably right about it never being changed though (sadly)

I don't see why training should penalize you :/

[TMarc]

Training itself is never penalized, as it helps you to get better ;-)
It is the way how they manage the official runs which is questionable.
But the solo campaign is not the most important part of the game. Sure it helps to get to know the game, the different blocks, and to get points and coppers respectively planets.
But what made Trackmania even more famous was the multiplayer, and there every run is always official, at least on public ranked servers.

[I have quit gaming]

I think it's a good thing that not all races are official. It adds a little bit of a mental tension into the game. You can compare it with your singing career Justin, you have to do many rehearsals to reach your potential and when the concert arrives you have to be on your best.

Don't you think it takes away the fun and meaning of trying to get a good official time if you can do it as much times as you want in a row? Sure, it's more fun because you can keep playing but this way it seems a bit more competitive.

[Malthe]

well in my singing career, i can try as many times as i want, when recording my albums. I don't have to pay copper and only have 5 tries a day. When i go to a concert, i have to perform (just like you would, if you go to a trackmania tournament or just on an online server), but i can still show off my music talent on my albums, where i can try untill i get the best result (just like highscore records should be)

How does copper make it any more competetive? :O