SnowCar

3D Model of SnowCar

The SnowCar is the vehicle used for the Snow environment. It has been added to Trackmania 2020 in the 20th Anniversary Update.

When driving on the snow surface with the snowcar in TMNF or TMUF, the max speed driving forwards is 500km/h, and backwards -30km/h. On normal road, the max speed forwards is 1000km/h and backwards -150km/h. The snowcar is known for its ability to accelerate to max backwards speed on road in just over a second.

The Snow Car in TrackMania United Forever & TrackMania Original has a notoriously strange hitbox due to the fact a small sphere hitbox which is near enough on the ground was left attached to vehicle, causing the car to jolt and bug on various surfaces, as well as from jumping or dropping from any height.

A mod has been created which actually removes said hitbox to match alongside the Trackmania 2020 Snow Car's hitbox. (which also on release also had the extra sphere on release)

The Snow Environment is also home to surface that is unique to Snow in TMUF, having also been present in TrackMania Original, That being Ice. Ice has some strange properties allowing for some unique interactions to happen between the Ice and the car, besides the low amount of friction.

Snow-Specific Interactions

Term	Description
Ice "Zoop"	A slang term describing a technique where the car gains speed from a booster, then quickly transitions onto ice while turning the car almost fully left or right. Because the booster duration has not fully ended, the remaining boost is applied on ice, resulting in additional speed gain. By rotating the car back to face forward afterward, the gained speed can be preserved in the original direction of travel.
Ice Clip	A technique most notably present on SnowA4. It involves briefly dipping one or more wheels off the edge of an ice patch, then returning to the surface due to momentum carrying the wheels over the gap. On SnowA4, when performed while traveling backward, the car lifts multiple wheels and gains speed, as the Snow car’s 150 speed limit does not apply in reverse (this behavior can also be seen in the TAS of PuzzleB4). The technique can also be performed while traveling forward, not only in reverse.
Suspension Tricks	Techniques used to avoid speed loss and awkward or bugged landings, particularly on Snow environments. These tricks manipulate the car’s rotation and wheel contact so that fewer than four wheels touch the ground initially, reducing the chance of severe speed loss on landing.

Trivia

• Also in TrackMania United Forever there is no Snow Platform Tracks for no apparent reason.

• In TrackMania Original there used to be a "pitfall" Camera whenever you fall off the Ice Surface into a hole in the ice

• The Snow Car in TrackMania United Forever has 3 unique Camera perspectives (and in TrackMania Original it has 1 more additionally):
  • 4 - A closer perspective than the the usual Camera 3 perspective, the POV of the camera is attached to the truck bed of Snow Car.
  • 5 - A top down view of the car from a rather large height
  • 6 - A further away view similar to the Camera 1 perspective.
  • 8 (Exclusive to TMO) - A view of the front of the vehicle from the north cardinal direction, the reasoning for this is unknown, this being extremely impractical, however was likely removed due to the fact camera 1 shows behind the vehicle when reaching a certain speed in reverse.
  • 9 (Exclusive to TMO) - The same as Camera 8, but more zoomed in.