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<tip><title>Official Times</title><text>Once you master a track well enough, try to set an official time o

n it by clicking the "Offical Race" button. An official time allows you to be ranked among other players. You can also gain some coppers by setting a good official time.</text></tip>

<tip><title>Respawn/Reset a race</title><text>Use the "return" key to respawn to the latest checkpoint you went

through. Use the "del" key to reset the race and start from the beginning.</text></tip>

<tip><title>Skill Points</title><text>Skill Points can only be won by making an official time on a track

in the solo campaigns. You can gain Skill Points on race, puzzle and platform tracks.The amount of Skill Points you gain on a track is proportionnal to your rankingcompared to other players.</text></tip>

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<title>Ladder Points</title><text>Ladder Points can only be won by racing against other players onli

ne. You need to be there at the beginning of a round to be registered as an official player and win LadderPoints at the end of the round. For every player you beat in a round, you win an amount of Ladder Points proportionnal to his ranking.</text></tip>

<tip><title>Get New Challenges</title><text>You can extend your Solo campaigns by downloading new challenges m

ade by other players for some coppers. Simply select a difficulty level and click on the "Get a new Challenge" button.</text></tip>

<tip><title>Upload Challenges</title><text>Want to create a track that will be easily available for other pla

yers? In the "Editor" menu, choose "Upload Track" and select a slot. Create yourchallenge as usual, and once you're satisfied with it, you will be able to upload it. Your challenge will then be downloadable for all the other players in theSolo Campaign.</text></tip>

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<title>Coppers</title><text>Coppers are the TrackMania currency used for many online operation

s such as getting tracks, replays, using a ManiaCode or setting an official time.You get some coppers every day you log in. And you can also gain coppers by making a good official time.</text></tip>

<tip><title>More Coppers</title><text>Additional ways to gain more coppers:

- sharing your creations with the community by using ManiaLinks- if you own TrackMania Original or TrackMania Sunrise, you can register them for a daily income bonus!</text></tip>

<tip><title>Air control</title><text>The cars in TrackMania have a variable amount of air control: hold

ing the acceleration key will allow you to jump further, while braking will makeyou land sooner. Turning while getting airborne will give a rotation movement to your car while jumping.</text></tip>

<tip><title>Groups</title>

<text>Create a group with your friends to access customised rankings. Tojoin a group you need the click the "Add" button in the "Group" thumbnail of your profile, and enter the group's name and password. Once in a group you can easily compare all your scores with your friends's!</text></tip>

<tip><title>Options Toolbar</title><text>The Options Toolbar is available by moving your mouse cursor on th

e upper right side of the screen. There you can exchange messages with your friends, or set the sound and music volume.</text></tip>

<tip><title>Ranking in your zone</title><text>When you make an official time, you will be ranked in your ManiaZo

ne. If your manage a great score, you might be able to promote to national ranking or even world ranking!</text></tip>

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<title>Platform Mode</title><text>The goal of the platform mode is to reach the end of the track wit

h as few respawns as possible. Platform tracks are very tricky, but remember you

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can take all the time you want to pass an obstacle.</text></tip>

<tip><title>Puzzle Mode</title>

<text>In the puzzle mode, you have to build a track by respecting some constraints. There are a lot of tricks to build an easier or a quicker track. Remember that all goes, as long as you go through all the checkpoints and the finish line!</text></tip>

<tip><title>Add a custom challenge to your campaign</title><text>Found a nice challenge and want to make some official times on it?

You can manually add a challenge to your campaign by selecting the "Custom" serie and clicking the "Get a new Challenge" button.</text></tip>

<tip><title>ManiaLinks</title><text>Explore the ManiaLinks to discover the TrackMania community's best

creations. Tracks, cars, videos, musics and all kind of informations are only afew clicks away!</text></tip>

<tip><title>New Opponents</title><text>You can download another player's replay by selecting his record i

n a challenge card and clicking on the "Get Replay" button. It's a great way tosee how the best players tackle a track, or to see a friend's replay while trying to beat him!</text></tip>

<tip><title>Buddies</title><text>In Multiplayer mode, click on the smiley in front of the name of a

player to make him a buddy. Your buddies will be put in evidence in the list ofplayers and servers. To display all your connected buddies, switch from the server list to the player list by clicking on the head-shaped icon.</text></tip>

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