This month, on the 29th of april, it’s an entire year since the TMU Blog officially closed. 530 posts, almost 250 000 visits and four and a half years since the start.
To celebrate that, I’m opening up the old Tracks I and Tracks II pages again – that’s 147 TMX tracks (from November 2006 to November 2007) rated and listed for you to download and enjoy 
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Posted by Jozii
Written by Pjotr.
Beginner 
Slightly underrated
Quote:
“Life is full of possibilities and chances”
SCREEN
First Impression
What on earth does a TMU Coast track have to do with Halloween, was my first impression. Well the GPS say it all: the copper contest is related to a Halloween search. Find the hidden elements. This makes this track a “Ghost” track instead of a Coast track J. Concentrating on the track itself it seems a well designed smooth track with some really nice original ideas. Lets Trick or Treat!
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Posted by Jozii
Written by Pjotr.
Hard UnderratedQuote:
“If you dare enter, you will be rewarded.”
First Impression
Ooooohhh, looking at the title, reading the quote, then looking at the intro… Mommy I’m scared! What shall happen to me? If I enter this track will I ever get out? Will I ever race again? Will I see my mommy ever again? Shall I try it? Whatever, life sucks when you’re having fun.
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Written by Pjotr.
Average Slightly underratedQuote:
“Pretty speedy (…) some cool jumps and drops”
First Impression
Well… using an impressing Mod with “speedy parts”, “jumps and drops” has my attention! So my first impression is very good! Then suddenly the surprise hits me: the jumps and the drops and the tricks are countable on one hand (you may cut off one of your fingers). Can this track fulfill my first impression? Let’s see…
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Written by Pjotr.
Average Slightly overratedQuote:
“It offers u some tricky spots, but should always be fair“.
First Impression
Is it a speed track? Is it a tech-track? Is it a maze track? I don’t know… The author calls it tricky, does that conflict with the speed? Lets try! The tricky part in the beginning is clear: lots of parts where you can stumble. The maze part is clear too: lots of signs, help! Where to go? Then finally the speed part, that’s fun. But what if we get round the bumps and know where to go, then it all gets clear to me: a challenging track well suited for WR-hunting.
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Average SuitableQuote:
“An edge of your seat, pedal to the metal, tight as a tiger, and tough as nails speed track. Can you do it FS? I dare you to.” - KiWiNiNjA in the Author Comments.
First Impression
The Author Comment says full speed. It probably is, but an unusual slow one. It seems possible to complete without letting go of the gas, but at the same time there are plenty of technical aspects the driving appears kind of slow. But that’s not bad… I like this one already!
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This review is a gift from HeaH to Rasjt. Written by Homie.
Average Suitable
Quote:
“Damn hard track !
But nice when you can completed it !” – the_king90
First Impression
The track is a bit confusing and the signs aren’t working. It isn’t too hard to find the way but it would be much better if the signs would work.
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Average Slightly overratedQuote:
“I think this is one of those tracks only die-hard Desert lovers will like” – Andree.
First Impression
Confusing. And looks poor. I don’t have high hopes for this one 
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God knows I would never use this blog to advertise my own tracks and such. But God also knows there’s an exception to everything.
Today I was meant to write a Track Review. I was also meant to work on an oral presentation for school (thank God it’s not due to tomorrow!), call my grandmother (which I did, just not at the time originally planned), etc. So what is it that’s been holding me up?
TrackMania. What else? 
Since the good old days when Nations was still in the center of the spotlight and ever since my own first days playing TrackMania I’ve been trying to make a good track. We all know the stage when you’re new to the game and produce tracks at the speed of rabbits multiplying. We’ve all been there, but to be honest I think I got stuck there longer than most. I hid in shame behind my contests and projects (ever seen me produce a good track since I started this blog?) :P
When United came out I was no longer new to the game, although I was new to all the older environments. I’ve done plenty of experimenting but learned not to upload all of the results. Still, if you have a look at all my old tracks on TMX United you’ll find that none of them are very good.
We’ve all got to learn sooner or later, don’t we?
Where exactly am I going with all this, you ask. Hell, who am I trying to kid? Ignore everything I’ve written so far and start over from here:
SHAMEFUL ADVERTISING FOR PERSONAL GAIN!
My latest track, as you may have guessed – and in the Island environment even. What I tried to say earlier was that I think I’ve actually made it – after almost two years of playing TrackMania I’ve actually created a track that I think meassures up with “international standards”, so to speak. And now that I’m already so shockingly advertising this track of mine, let’s put some extra butter on it:
Fast
Challenging transitions
Cool stunts
Full MT (the essentials plus some quite cool extra in-game stuff – best MT stuff I’ve ever made!)
Now, as I already hinted there is at least one somewhat more justified reason for me to advertise my track like this: the fact that otherwise I wouldn’t have posted at all. I’ve spent 5-6 hours on this track today (MT only, not 5-6 hours on the entire track), so that planned Track Review never stood a chance.
Anyway, I hope you’ll enjoy racing the track as much as I enjoyed making it. Tomorrow I’ll feel ashamed for having used the blog for personal gain, so better publish this before I change my mind…
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Average Slightly overratedQuote:
“Loading Intro … Aborted” – From the intro that claims it doesn’t exist.
First Impression
Fast but slide-free Island. Requires precision.
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