NASCAR Thunder 2003
NASCAR Thunder 2003

NASCAR Thunder 2003

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Item Description

Dale Earnhardt Jr. on the cover and the 2002 Winston Cup field on the grid: NASCAR Thunder 2003 is EA Sports' stock-car series in its PlayStation 2 prime, a full-season racer that pairs serious oval driving with a career mode deep enough to lose a winter in.

The career is the centerpiece. You start a team from nothing and run it across 20 seasons, signing sponsors who expect results, hiring an 11-person pit crew, repairing cars and putting money into research and new parts. Season mode lets up to four players chase a points title through a Winston Cup schedule you can shorten or run in full, and a create-a-car tool puts your own paint scheme into the field.

Two modes give it real personality. The Lightning Challenge drops you into real moments from Winston Cup history, complete with the actual radio race call and an introduction from the driver who lived it, and asks whether you can change the outcome. The Thunder License is a set of track-by-track challenges that earn Thunder Plates, unlockables in the spirit of Madden cards that open up extras such as legendary drivers and tracks. On race day crashes can send cars rolling and airborne, damage has to be repaired, and every pit stop is a decision about fuel and tire pressure, with your pit chief in your ear.

For racing fans it is a time capsule of a specific season, with 2002 drivers, paint schemes and the Winston Cup name the series retired a couple of years later. Split-screen racing keeps it a living-room game, too.

Fast factsgame data via IGDB
Released
2002
Publisher
Electronic Arts
Developer
Image Space Incorporated
Players
Single player, Multiplayer, Split screen
About the game

NASCAR Thunder 2003 is the sixth edition of the EA Sports' NASCAR racing simulator series. Developed by EA Sports and Budcat Creations and published by Electronic Arts, it was released for PlayStation, Xbox and Nintendo GameCube on September 19, 2002, then for PlayStation 2 on September 29 and for PC on October 16. The product features Dale Earnhardt, Jr. on the cover. It was the first time the NASCAR's Most Popular Driver Award recipient was featured on the cover, although he did not win the award for the first time until the following year. Dale Earnhardt appeared in the game as a driver as a result of entering his name as a Create-A-Car driver's name; he did not appear in the previous game due to his death. He appeared as a legend in subsequent games.

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