Playing Trackmania With EVERY Input Device I Can Find 

I would never guessed someone would ever play a map of mine with a dance pad 🏝️ Maybe you could try some electronic Bongos, digital instruments, voice commands, like speech or holding different notes, eye tracker, heart rate, RC Car, remote, Xbox Kinect tracking your real life movements, Wii Balance board, Tony Hawk Skateboard...The possibilities are quite endless.

That steering wheel reveal was hilarious. I also have tried playing Need For Speed Most Wanted on a guitar hero controller for the lols one time, and it actually wasn't too bad once I disabled any tilt or whammy inputs. Granted I'm a keyboard player for that game and Trackmania so anything with binary inputs I can personally work with.

Fun fact for playing Trackmania with a GameCube-shaped controller at 2:01 dignitas XeNoGeaR became the 2007 World Champion with an actual GameCube controller seen on his lap here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ukw9hUdBU5I.html Totally different time back then when this was a readily available controller that made total sense to use as a competitively viable controller, maybe this decision came from inspiration from Smash players already from that era, who knows. I guess he would have had to find some kind of USB adapter for it, but whatever.

-clic on this video -saw my map as intro background -happy

I remember making an analog mouse python script. I would be glad to help you if you want it, just give me some way I can send the file

For the mouse you need a controler emulator. The only one free i’ve found is one that accelerate always and the steer mouvement is based on mouse acceleration. At first it’s weird but it’s nit that hard to learn and it’s quite usefull for the wood in tm 20

Really enjoying your videos mate. I hope you start to get more views. Definitely deserves it

There's actually a tilt sensor inside of a Guitar Hero controller, so I assume that's what was messing up the inputs.

ok ok, before the last device I was going to ask where LOLMAPS in the video on the channel named "Stadium of LOLMAPS"? But you nailed it)

6:50 Funny you say that but many pros actually have used or are using the same finger (thumb) and adjacent face buttons to both accelerate and brake simultaneously. Some random examples that come to mind are 😱riolu😱(A and X), and racehans (A and B) on Xbox controllers. Source: their Twitch bios.

You mentioned you use your triggers on controller, have you tried using LB and RB as acc and brake? I recently switched because I'm trying to get better at ice on TM2020 and overall the game just feels much more responsive and better to play.

there's a video by bozbez where he' s playing with a mouse. the video has a github link with the script/program in the description

I've been thinking of buying a 25 bucks flysky radio controller for RC cars with an adapter - it seems great for TM2020. It has precision you need for rally/snow car, and I think you can turn the wheel really fast so it also works for tech. The only downside is that you only get two analog inputs, so you'd need to either use the unwieldy analog acc/brake, or have some other input for those. You could maybe use regular simracing pedals? Unless you could just firmly attach the controller to the desk, and use one hand for the wheel, so the other is free to use the kb. That would be ideal I think. By the way, I actually got a steering wheel and pedals via a Craigslist listing almost for free lmao - someone agreed to swap a sweet Driving Force GT in perfect condition for a very old near-worthless Celeron laptop. Felt a bit like I was scamming the guy, but he was totally happy with the swap. So I think it's a good idea to look around Craigslist for such deals, who knows.

Need to stand 90 degrees to your desk with the DDR pad so that one foot can be solid standing on gas and the other foot can more easily shift from the left to right steering.

I basically started with a N64 controller since the major time trial game I played before was MK64. After a couple of seasonal campaigns it became apparent that it was holding me back on Stadium. Now that the more sensitive cars are in TM2020 I may give it a try again. Also as someone who uses face buttons instead of triggers its better to bind the accelerate to the most left button so your thumb is still hovering over your brake button, this is what I did with N64 and currently a Xbox controller.

The DDR one was fantastic

0:05 great memories with this game

Ha ha epic video. I want to try the dance matt xd

Ok, I was NOT ready for the last device D:

Full hotas would be cool. Maybe even just a Arduino with a slide resistor and buttons for forward brake.

I have the same controller as you, just blue. I use the normal trigger for acceleration but I use B for brake.

i understand you didn't wanna spend a lot of cash on making this video, but this wheel doesn't show you the benefits of a wheel. it's not just about sensitive steer, but you can accelerate and brake with your feet. and the forced feedback in a real wheel can be implemented by the game to give you feedback on the amount of tracktion left. it is not just some random mechanical resistance

The reason i play TM on Keyboard is not that ive no Access to a crontroller, its that i don't like playing on a controller

1:18 I was just working a program to bind the touchpad as a controller, and when I finish it, I might make a version for mice

some other weird input devices people have played with: there is a korean player that plays with a wii nunchuk riolu has tried playing with donkey kong bongos ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ZDtnxRAXjN8.html luckersturbo has tried playing with voice commands ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-DqCiOAB1IXA.html luckersturbo has also played with a dance pad ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ocRyqrbepGY.html

I'm still have a video somewhere where I played A01 on the IIDX controller back in the day, sadly I lost the in-game footage though. :D EDIT: 10:10 Imagine learning footswitches in TrackMania. x)

You should try and play with a phone, there is a program called "chrome remote laptop" or something like that

didnt bozbez make a tool to make the mouse act like a analog input i think he still plays with mouse

try the spaceorb 360 controller >:3

I have controller i use for other games on pc, but controllers where joystick accuracy is important just arent nice to use for me, i prefer keyboard. guess cause of arthritus and fine motor control

Foot reveal

I use keyboard despite having access to a controller if I wanted. I've been playing with kb all my life and I find playing any game with a controller really uncomfortable

I had a dream of using a dance pad the other day/wondering how good I could get

now beat every lol map with guitar hero controller

The amount of tm players that are metalheads is unexpectedly high.

Use a keyboard, but instead of your fingers you have to use one banana.

Free feet in this economy 👀

chad move while keyboard players are whining :D