I've been playing with the v1.2.5 (RC3) patch for a while now and I must say it is very close to final v1.2 state. Each day I'm more impressed about the add-on. It brings even more richness to the tracks with all the different blocks and other stuff and also, the mappers love it very much. Can't wait to race the Team League playoffs with v1.2 tracks
I've been playing this widowmaker of a game non-stop ever since the beta demo, which was released in October 2003, and all the other games have been getting less and less of my time. Let's see if Far Cry can break the spell =)
TrackMania has already been a great, great success and with the worldwide retail release (finally) in May the future certainly looks bright for TM.