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* NASCAR Thunder 2004 was the last in the "Thunder" series of games. | |||
* The driver in the game cover is Tony Stewart, the 2002 Winston Cup champion. (Note the game was originally released in 2003.) | |||
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Developer(s): EA Tiburon
Publisher(s): Electronic Arts
Genre: Racing
Wikipedia: Link
Game review links: Metacritic: 88/100
Game description: The green flag has dropped with NASCAR Thunder 2004. From 200 MPH super-speedways to hairpin turns on 11 fantasy tracks, tuning your car and finding the line is no longer enough. Now you're running to the edge against 42 other unique NASCAR personalities every race, drivers who remember your every move and won't think twice about paying you back. Out-smart and out-drive them as you battle three-wide from green to checkers. Online or on your own, racing just became a contact sport.
Test configurations on Windows:
| Environment | Configurations | Comments | Tester | ||||
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| Region | OS | CPU/GPU | Revision | Graphics | Sound/Pad | ||
| NTSC-U | Windows 8.1 Pro |
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1.2.1 r5875 | GSDX10 | SPU2-X 2.0.0 LilyPad 0.10.0 | BIOS: USA v02.20(10/02/2006) Game runs above full speed on GSDX Hardware mode. Small FPS drops (1-5fps) at random times. Random screen flickering not a big issue. | |
| NTSC-U(824) | Windows 10 Pro 22H2 |
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1.7.5491 | Vulkan @ 2x Native | Default | BIOS: EU v02.30(20/02/2008) On average runs 100% but at times when many cars are on screen can slow down to 70%. Mipmapping faulty: shows low-res textures at times when high-res textures should load. Had to move the game from HDD to SSD because it was freezing too much mid race (AKA frequent disk reading.) | Grester |
Trivia
- NASCAR Thunder 2004 was the last in the "Thunder" series of games.
- The driver in the game cover is Tony Stewart, the 2002 Winston Cup champion. (Note the game was originally released in 2003.)
Known Issues
Low resolution textures on cars
- Status: Active
- Type: Minor
- Description: On parade laps when the camera zooms in on the cars, some of them load the low-resolution texture instead of the high-resolution one.
- Workaround: Changing the mipmapping setting might help.
"Tests on 'PS2 Forced' don't seem to improve the emulation judgment of the mipmapping. Issue not officially reported on forums." - Grester 01/2024
Mid race freezing
- Type: Note (not an issue)
- Description: Game often freezes mid-race many times.
- Workaround: Moving the ISO from an HDD to an SSD solves the frequent disk accesses freezes.
Game slowdowns
- Type: Note (not an issue)
- Description: When many cars are on screen the game can considerably slow down.
- Workaround: Lower resolution or upgrade hardware.