If the same is true of you, you might be wondering what it’s all about. Inexcusably and rather embarrassingly, this is the first time we or I have looked at TrackMania.

You’ll find both elements in TrackMania United Forever, the latest in the TrackMania series, and newly downloadable from Steam. Similarly, as the ‘back to basics’ gameplay bandwagon builds momentum, it should be noted that it really kicked off in the indie games scene on the PC. In a year when everyone’s getting excited about community-generated content, thanks to Little Big Planet, Spore and the rest, it’s worth remembering that the PC has been quietly doing this sort of thing for years.