NASCAR Thunder 2004 is a racing simulator by EA Sports, released in 2003 and available in separate versions for PlayStation, PlayStation 2, Xbox, and PC. It features the 2002 champion Tony Stewart on the cover with a scowling look to represent the new Grudges and Alliances feature. It was the only game as of 2002 to feature the previous Winston (Sprint) Cup Champion on the cover. The game had the most extensive soundtrack of the series up from four songs from the previous game. The game also has a career mode, season mode, Lightning Challenge mode, SpeedZone, as well as a tutorial mode featuring Richard Petty. The game is an EA Sports Bio game, and is compatible with other EA Sports Bio games like Madden NFL 2004 and NCAA Football 2004.[3] A Nintendo GameCube port was planned but was cancelled, as the console did not support Online Play.
| Minimum System Requirements | Recommended System Requirements | |
| CPU | Pentium III or Athlon equivalent | Pentium 4 or Athlon XP |
| CPU SPEED | 800 MHz | 2 GHz |
| VRAM | 32 MB | 128 MB |
| RAM | 128 MB (256 MB if running Windows 2000 or XP) | 512 MB |
| OS | Windows 98/ME/2000/XP (NT & 95 & 2000 Server not supported) | Windows XP |
| Graphics Card | 32 MB video card with DirectX 8.1 driver and one of supported chipsets(NVIDIA GeForce2+ /ATI Radeon 7500+ ) | 128 MB DirectX 8.1 compatible video card (NVIDIA GeForce FX or better) |
| SOUND CARD | Yes | Yes |
| HDD Space | 1 GB | 1 GB |
| CD-ROM | 8X speed CD-ROM or DVD-ROM | 8X speed CD-ROM or DVD-ROM |
| Game Analysis | NASCAR Thunder 2004 is a racing simulator by EA Sports, released in 2003 and available in separate versions for PlayStation, PlayStation 2, Xbox, and PC. It features the 2002 champion Tony Stewart on the cover with a scowling look to represent the new Grudges and Alliances feature. It was the only game as of 2002 to feature the previous Winston Cup (Sprint) Cup Champion on the cover. The game had the most extensive soundtrack of the series up from four songs from the previous game. The game also has a career mode, season mode, Lightning Challenge mode, SpeedZone, as well as a tutorial mode featuring Richard Petty. | |
| High FPS | 0 FPS ( GTX 1060 ) | |
| Optimization Score | 10 | |
