Trackmania

These are the equivalent to Trackmaster medals from Trackmania Turbo, bonus times to beat that aren't listed in-game. Naturally, the white tracks (#01-05) with the least difficult obstacles will give you the best chance at unlocking these.

After getting all authors in the first five tracks of the Spring23 campaign, I found #3 to be the easiest, though #5 has the most lenient time if you get a good flying turn at the end.

Trackmania is a game about staying fast, and knowing when to temporarily lose speed or take a wider angle is what gets you better times. Advanced stuff like gears aside, I have three main points -

Cut corners as closely as you can, within reason.

Keep your wheels on the ground, that's how you accelerate. This is especially important on track #1 - you want to take the sloped turn wide to stay on the ground.

Whether to drift depends on the tightness of the corner - on the last corner of track #1, drifting from going too fast/turning too hard will lose you speed compared to maintaining traction.

Below I'll link a video showing author medals on all 25 tracks of the current season. There's a bunch of high-level shenanigans on display, but it shows good lines through corners and where to position your car on sloped sections to keep it on the ground.

(if using it for #3, don't worry about getting right up against the wall at 1:23, it's a minimal time save compared to just taking the middle)

List of all author times, white tracks below:
https://simracing-pc.de/en/2023/03/31/trackmania-spring-2023...

#1 - 28.610
#2 - 27.254
#3 - 29.442
#4 - 20.583
#5 - 29.355

Edit - For author guides on current seasons, please check this youtube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/@Xmilek62
White tracks have always been the easiest tracks to achieve author medal on.
You don't need to know about speedslides, drifting or gears to get author on white and green tracks, I don't

Original launch solution:
These are the equivalent to Trackmaster medals from Trackmania Turbo, bonus times to beat that aren't listed in-game. Naturally, the white tracks (#01-05) with the least difficult obstacles will give you the best chance at unlocking these.

After getting all authors in the first five tracks of the Spring 2023 campaign, I found 03 to be the easiest, though 05 has the most lenient time if you get a good flying turn at the end.

Trackmania is a game about staying fast, and knowing when to temporarily lose speed or take a wider angle is what gets you better times. Advanced stuff like gears aside, I have three main points -

Cut corners as closely as you can, within reason.

Keep your wheels on the ground, that's how you accelerate. This is especially important on track 01 (Spring 2023) - you want to take the sloped turn wide to stay on the ground.

Whether to drift depends on the tightness of the corner - on the last corner of track 01 (Spring 2023), drifting from going too fast/turning too hard will lose you speed compared to maintaining traction.