E3 2015 – Trackmania Turbo Could Be Huge on Consoles

One of the most pleasant surprises of E3 for me this year was the announcement of Trackmania Turbo for consoles.

The series has been huge on PC for years, and has made a few forays into the console space, yielding mixed results. I’ve played a good amount of Trackmania Forever on PC, and Trackmania DS is still one of my favorite games to come out on Nintendo’s handheld.

And if you’ve played Trackmania, then you know the track editor is amazing. It’s very easy to create tracks, and because a lot of Trackmania’s charm is playing through short and crazy tracks, there is potential for this to be huge on consoles. Allowing players to create and share tracks is something the Trackmania franchise has been good at for years, so even though they haven’t announced specifics yet, I expect those features to be present and very polished when the game comes to the Xbox One and PS4. Ubisoft did mention that there will be a random track generator option, which will create new tracks at the push of a button. You can watch a gameplay demo below from the Ubi presser.

I expect to hear more about Trackmania Turbo in August when Gamescom rolls around. The game is currently slated for a November release.