Is there combat in this game? EIther within races or in deathmatch or both?

In the beta, I believe there's 4 weapons, which can upgraded 3 times each. Weapons are upgraded by driving through another weapon pick-up, so it becomes a chose of whether you'll use your level 1 weapon right away, or whether you'll save it and upgrade it to a level 2 (or even 3) one.

Missile:
1 - Single missile, no heat seeking.
2 - Two missiles, heat seeking (I think)
3 - Swarm missiles, heat seeking.

Electric:
1 - Single electric jab, straight ahead. Delays enemy.
2 - Electric jab that targets a player (I think).
3 - Thunder bolts rain from the sky.

Pulse:
1 - Emits a short ranged pulse from you, delaying any enemies nearby.
2 - Throws a ball forwards, which explodes into 3 (I think) pulses.
3 - Tornado.

Speed boost:
1 - Short speed boost.
2 - Longer speed boost.
3 - Shoots a portal up ahead, which will teleport you further up the track.

Each weapon can also be thrown backwards. They have a different effect, based on either which weapon you have or how upgraded it is (not sure which) - some explode instantly, others lay there as a mine, etc.

In addition to this, you also have your boost meter (which is built up by doing big jumps, skidding around corners, and stuff), which can be spent on a side slam (which will hurt and delay the person you hit) a shield, or a short speed boost.

That's just in the beta. Think there may be more in the full game, but I'm not sure.

Oh, also, just an update:

Servers are much, much better today. The game is now playable.

There seems to be a weird sound bug that keeps randomly turns on, though. Makes a horrible noise which won't go away until you quit the game (which causes your PS3 to restart, for some reason).

I hate to break it to you but TrackMania is a free PC game. Get on Steam and DL it for free. I doubt MNR will live up to TrackMania. So, if Sony pays me to play MNR, I may do it. Otherwise, I'll wait for the 9.5+ reviews before I become really interested in it.

TrackMania isn't a kart racer though? =/

Sony should do some interconnectivity of their franchises, then i could ride the Penis-shaped car a Friend made for my Eyepet on these tracks!

:D

yeah

Do you want me to lap you in Mario Kart too?   

I did this to Megaman and he left the site in disgrace shortly afterward.

Fire fifteen blue shells at me if you want.   

haha lol...yeah just like LBP eh? whats so good about that?never mind the fact that there will probably be some levels from the makers anyway plus its so much more fun making levels than playing "professional level designers".You obviously havnt played LBP ,if you have,how much innapropite stuff did you see there?

I got mine from gamespot (website), they had 2000 keys to give away, I would presume they are all gone now because the article had over 1600 replies before the keys were given, but its worth a try.