HighballWhich renderer to use
Highball can run each game through three different Direct3D translation layers. This is what the database knows for this title — empty rows are open questions, not failures.
| Renderer | Verdict | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| DXVKDirect3D 9-11 over Vulkan | Untested | no report yet — send one |
| DXMTDirect3D 11 over Metal | Reported | community reports |
| D3DMetalApple's Game Porting Toolkit | Untested | no report yet — send one |
No dated Highball run yet. When one lands it records the renderer, the engine build and the macOS version it was seen on — which is what stops a verdict quietly rotting. Send one.
Notes
ManiaPlanet is Nadeo's platform that runs the Trackmania² games (Canyon, Stadium, Valley and Lagoon, each sold on Steam). Reported playable on DXMT on an M1 Pro with the default engine r11 after a five-minute session. The report does not say which title or which store. Nothing was measured here.
Provenance
Reported by LotharieSlayer (highball-db#247, 2026-09-28), the Trackmania² games through ManiaPlanet, Apple M1 Pro, macOS 27.0, Highball 0.9.39, engine x64-sikarugir10.0_6-r11, DXMT, sync none, recipes vcrun2022, controller-sdl, fakejapanese, corefonts and battle-net (DXMT_ALLOW_CROSS_PROCESS_SWAPCHAIN=1 set in the environment), rated 4 of 5 after 5 minutes. Not verified by the maintainer.
Before installing anything, it is worth checking whether the game already ships a native Mac build.
Common questions
Does ManiaPlanet (Trackmania²) work on Mac?
ManiaPlanet (Trackmania²) has no native Mac build, but it is reported to run on Apple Silicon through Highball, a free open-source compatibility layer. This comes from community reports rather than a Highball test run, so treat it as a reasonable expectation rather than a guarantee.
Which renderer should I use for ManiaPlanet (Trackmania²)?
DXMT. Highball can translate Direct3D through DXVK, DXMT or Apple's D3DMetal, and the right choice varies by game. The database records DXMT for ManiaPlanet (Trackmania²). Highball uses it automatically when the game has a row; to set it by hand, open Settings, then Environments.
Contribute a result
This page is generated from an open database. If you have run ManiaPlanet (Trackmania²) on Apple Silicon, working or not, a report takes a minute and fills in the empty rows above. Send a report, or read how the data is put together.