Trackmania Nations: Forever
Trackmania is a free, arcade-esque online MMO racer.
Goddamit, this is one of the best racing games I've ever played. The gameplay is centered around getting the fastest time possible and it's main appeal is focused on the incredible tracks available for play.
It comes with a comprehensive track builder and the community is incredibly large, and is (thankfully) devoid of faggots.
It is also incredibly competitive, the main attraction being the global leaderboard. So get out there and get some points for your country.
The trackbuilder is probably the crux of the game. Without it, we'd be stuck with stock maps. The track builder is in game, graphical and easy to use, as well as being very extensive.
And tracks aren't the only thing you can mod. You can paint your car, too, and if you upgrade your account (by either purchasing trackmania united [a seperate game, twice as awesome as this] or by paying upfront) you can use custom models for your car. It's not really something worth paying for, but if you want the option, there it is.
As I mentioned before, it's focused on getting fast times. It does this through a few different mechanics. For example, you pass through opposing cars. Yeah, you do. So you can't bump your competition off the map. This is probably the best quality of the game, since you'll be flying through wallrides, jumps and loops at incredible speeds, and the last thing you need is a kidiot troll faggot knocking you off. Or, another guy who is also trying to get the record knocking you off by accident.
Anyway.
I could show you a million screenshots, but you still won't get a feel of the gameplay. So, here's a Youtube video doing just that.
This is the best I could find showing the TMN gameplay on some good tracks. It was edited by some 13 year old, so just ignore the childish music and editing and watch the gameplay.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVcWrBr-Ea0
Finally, the graphics.
Ooooh dem graphics. You probably couldn't see it in that video, so here are some more ideal screenshots.
So, I really do recommend this game. It's free, has a fantastic community, extensively moddable and, all in all, definitely worth 250 mb of your bandwidth.
Get it from Nadeo's official site.
http://www.trackmania.com/http://www.trackmania.com/index.php?rub=nations
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Definitely worth your download.
Downloading it now.
Downloading now.
The name you log in with is your in game ID, so I'm going to compile a list in the OP of all fellow TOTSEan bros so we can get together for a good game.