TMUF vs TM2 - Stadium Screen Compares

Nadeo seemed to be going for as close a replication of the original Stadium as possible... but the environment looks a bit better in the TM2 engine.

I took GanjaRider's "Dutch Delight" map from TrackMania Nations, copied it to my ManiaPlanet\Maps\My Maps folder and recomputed its shadows for TM2: Stadium.

I then played the map in each game and took some screenshots to compare. Below you'll see the comparisons.

To compare:

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First compare - notice the textures on the road blocks (both the road and the guardrails. Also check out the Flags in the back.

Replay - notice the lighting differences in the tunnel and outside in the sky.

Close-up of car getting ready to fly through the finish gate - notice the difference in the sky and the bloom on the TM signs

Shadows - notice the overhead grid and the shadows from it

The rest are all from TM2: Stadium

I didn't have time to get comparison shots of these (and some of them would be impossible because I don't have the same track in TMUF -- but I'm quite positive these next shots wouldn't look near as good in TMUF.)

TMUF vs TM2 - Stadium Screen Compares

To compare:

First compare - notice the textures on the road blocks (both the road and the guardrails. Also check out the Flags in the back.

Replay - notice the lighting differences in the tunnel and outside in the sky.

Close-up of car getting ready to fly through the finish gate - notice the difference in the sky and the bloom on the TM signs

Shadows - notice the overhead grid and the shadows from it

The rest are all from TM2: Stadium

Check out the glass windows

My car in the water on Stadium

Night tracks are hard to see, but way cool looking with the lighting effects. etc.

One of the TMNF mods came through while on a TM2 Stadium server