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Welcome to the very first Monthly Track Contest (MTC) in the new Trackmania!
Once a month, Trackmania Exchange organizes a mapping competition for the community that requires every participant to build a map following a changing theme. Participating is easy: Check out the theme for this month, build a map, upload it to the site, and post it in this forum thread!

All tracks will be rated by our official MTC judges and a winner is determined.

For this month, everyone playing the free version of the game can participate, too! If you enjoy mapping for the Monthly Track Contest, you might consider buying the standard version, though, as future themes will not take the simple editor into account.

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Theme of the Month: Scratching the Surfaces

What does this mean?

In Trackmania, the material of a block is considered to be its surface (for example, road or ice). There are many different surfaces, some more obvious than other.

I am building in the simple editor...
Build a map that includes the four main surfaces of the simple editor (road, sausage road, dirt, ice).

I am building in the advanced editor...
Build a map that includes at least 7 of the surfaces that Trackmania has to offer!

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Theme Information

A surface is considered to be included if the route of the map leads over that part of the block. If the fastest route does not go over the surface, the surface does not count towards the overall surface count.

Examples of surfaces are:

Road

Dirt

Ice

Sausage Road

Platform

Structure (Folders 11-3, 11-4)

Wood

Dark Platform

Signs

Pillars (Item Folder)

Grass

If you think you've found another surface or if you'd like to know, if some part of a block is considered to be a different surface, mention it in this forum thread or visit us on Discord!

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General Rules

You may submit one track maximum

Duo tracks are allowed, but each map counts as one track for each author involved

MTC should be present in the track name. Example: "swim (mtc)" or "MTC - H2Woah That Was Fun" (check that any special characters do not break in the TM or MX track name)

The track should be built in the most recent version of the game

Blockmixing is allowed

Offgrid Mapping is allowed

Embedded items are allowed

Mods are allowed (remember to include locators!)

Press Forward, Left, Right, or similar tracks are NOT allowed

If you have any questions or would like to contest a rule, feel free to ask!

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Deadlines

Your track should be uploaded before July 26th at midnight EST. Submissions will continue to be accepted until I officially announce closure in this thread, which will likely occur the following EST morning.

Tracks submitted within the deadline will have 24 hours after submissions close to make any last minute edits.

Public voting will go from July 27th to August 2nd or until the internal judging is finished, whichever occurs later.

Results are calculated and posted soon after public voting closes

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Prizes
The winner's track will be a featured track on TMX!
The top 3 winners will receive a showcase of a track of their choice (< 10 awards)

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Submission
Definitely upload your map to this mappack. And if you want, link it in this thread

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Rating
Information on the map judging will follow later.

Good luck, and if you have any questions, please ask!

Last edited by Sky,

Good theme to start things off!

Here is my entry!

Just a question, do you have to actually drive on the surfaces ? Or just use it in the track as scenery is enough ? And if you do have to drive on it, are there minimums amount of time you need to spend on the surface ? Or can you just use the surface for a very small section ? (For example, you could use dirt to start a speed drift on the road surface, does that count as 2 surfaces ?)
Anyway, nice theme and good luck to participants !

The post says this under Theme Information

Sky says:
A surface is considered to be included if the route of the map leads over that part of the block. If the fastest route does not go over the surface, the surface does not count towards the overall surface count.

So you have to drive on it, but using it on a short section should be fine as long as the fastest route needs to use it
Try to make it as hard as possible to avoid, in order for it to count

Ok thank you, I'll probably participate !

Depresivie says:
The post says this under Theme Information

Sky says:
A surface is considered to be included if the route of the map leads over that part of the block. If the fastest route does not go over the surface, the surface does not count towards the overall surface count.

So you have to drive on it, but using it on a short section should be fine as long as the fastest route needs to use it
Try to make it as hard as possible to avoid, in order for it to count

that's exactly right, thanks for helping out

Here is my map for this month of MTC !

Edit : little adjustements made on the platform and dirt sections.

Have fun with my map, first time taking part in MTC. Looking forward to all the other maps