did anyone else play that shit religiously years ago and then completely forget about it until they read the RPS article about Trials 2 and got a terrible yearning to play it then started playing it again and had a blast? i did.

No but the site has the worst design in existence.

An award that used to belong to IGN. But their new site is a lot better, I have to say.

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played it a lot. religiously? cannot say. don't have the yearning :)

I remember playing it quite a lot several years ago and have completely forgotten about it, but I don't have any kind of yearning or anything, I'm pretty much fine without it. :P Used to play the same levels over and over again however, it was kinda fun.

Guilty!
I still don't care much for Trials 2 though ;)

Both Across and ElastoMania were a huge part of my childhood. I never read any article but when I learned about Trials 2, I did play a couple of levels of ElastoMania.

Never heard of it but I'm certainly interested in Trials 2, Trials HD was awesome