Game Music

Many players of the TrackMania series have found that the default music becomes tiresome, especially due to its often repetitive nature. Fortunately, it is possible to append new selections of music to the game and even remove the default music entirely.

[edit] Folder Structure

In every TrackMania game released, music files are located in roughly the same place. For environmental music which plays while driving, the path is:

[game]\gamedata\skins\[environment]\music

It is also possible to add music to the menu. The music files should go in:

[game]\gamedata\skins\menu\music

[edit] Tutorial

For this tutorial, we'll assume that you want to convert an MP3 file into a format compatible with Trackmania United Forever and play the file while racing in the Island environment.

1. Locate the path of the music file and copy it to the clipboard. (e.g. my documents\my music\file.mp3)
2. Download and install Audacity if you haven't already got it.
3. Click open and paste the file path into the text box.
4. Make whatever changes you like, then click on the File menu choose Export as Ogg Vorbis.
5. Save the file in C:\documents and settings\[your username]\my documents\trackmania\skins\island\music\race
6. Now every time the game plays an island track, a random file in the race folder will play and will loop through all the songs in alphabetical and numeric order.

[edit] Fitting the theme

If you're planning on finding music to fit the environments unique personalities , you'll need an idea of what to look for in a song. Here, I've compiled a list of qualities to look out for in a song so you can find new songs for yourself. It's important to pick music that's paced just right for the game - music too fast or too slow will put you off.

Environment	Genre	Examples
	90's Dance/Electronic (some melodies with organs/synths)	Apollo 440 - Hustler Groove Blow Me Up - Heath Whitelock
	Electronic/Techno Drum/Bass	Pendulum - Propane Nightmares Daniel Mansury - Death Of A Moralist
	Classic/Contemporary Rock/Metal	Lostprophets - To Hell We Ride Rob Zombie - Two-Lane Blacktop
	Classic Glam Rock Hair Metal	Europe - The Final Countdown Bonnie Tyler - Holding Out for a Hero
	Electronic/Techno with urban influences	Plump DJs - Get Kinky BT - Kimosabe
	Trance	The Future Sound of London - Papua New Guinea Juno Reactor - Pistolero
	Breakbeat/Dubstep	The Forth - Reality Detached BT - The Hip Hop Phenomenon