SpaceRace by Just (TMN ESWC)

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Published on May 4, 2024 11:20:15 AM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgtH4i4gxjg

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Space Race (1973)

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SpaceRace by Just - 21 Mar 2006
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL60BYZIWIy-0z5b9ts18zwIeM7pe-Z53b
https://nations.tm-exchange.com/trackshow/90983

" Hostile troops have broken through our defece lines. The rebel leader has called for retreat and gathers his forces at Osira-Station. Head for the meeting point. Unfortunately, your ship has been damaged, therefore you have to find a jumpdrive before you can make your way to the Osira System. "

Today is May the 4th, so a fitting day to showcase a classic :D
Before describing the track, let me point out the author, just, who, in march 2006, only made 4 tracks in the space of 2 weeks, none of the tracks except this one went above 18 awards. He made a return in jan 2007 with a simple track that didn't caused much impact and that was his entire career, which would make him a forgetable author if it wasn't for this masterpiece with over 190 awards, sitting confortably at the top 20 most awarded of all time in tmn eswc tmx!!
This was released on a period when mappers went all out on mapping creativity. There were 6 tracks that went above 140 awards during the month of march 2006: Black Velvet (GanjaRider), Angel (RonTurbo) or Ride (IronDragons) just to name a few and this one stood side by side with them. It even predates crusard's first story track (Mission:Speedtek) by a month!!!
That's how inovative this one is.

What's the story? I guess the intro says it all, altough I personally never been a starwars fan so I'm not keen on the references, I apreciate the creativity and work behind the scenes.
My favourite part(s) is the warpdrive. Such a cool effect which altough it used simple methods (text and fade), applying them it's not easy. The rest is pretty simple with mostly sound effects extracted from the movies that give a really cool imersion and uniqueness to the track that go along with the scenery which makes an excelent use of the big inflatable and stadium blocks that give such a starwars vibe, not even needing a mod and I have to point out the digital green hud (nav-system) that goes along, which adds to the track's unique character and gives a more imersive experience. The only weird thing in my opinion is how the music was applied: It's the starwars theme for sure but the music file it's just 44 seconds long, ence that loop, but that's just a minor nitpick, the track is fantastic.

0:00 Intro
0:26 Ingame
2:45 Outro
3:08 Noooooooooooo!

This one despite being released early in tmn, still held on for a couple of years, I remember playing this track in 2015 and the files still worked, so thankfully it was on a time I was starting the content retrival iniciative and I managed to save the sound files.
It is possible to play without files, the track still looks awesome but with the added files, the experience is diferent and the track feels more complete.

All files are avaliable on our discord channel aswel as many other classics you can check here
https://discord.gg/F3EmQ69cFN

More classic trackmania content here
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL60BYZIWIy-0z5b9ts18zwIeM7pe-Z53b

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