Customer Reviews

NASCAR Thunder 2003

5 star:		(10)
4 star:		(6)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(2)

 

 

Nascar thunder is defienitely the best game I have ever played. THere are so many race options to choose from. YOu can race multilpayer or start a season.
WHen I started this game it got frustrating because I couldn't make any of the turns. After a week or two of playing, you get used to it.
SOme of the cool features for this game are create-a-car, lightning challenge, and thunder plates. IT was fun to pick the paint shceme that suited me best and putting my favorite sponser on my car. THe game has sponsers that range from Outback Steakhouse to Goodyear. THe lighntning challenge puts you in a scenario where you usually have to copy a feat a racer accomplished. THis can range from staying out of a wreck, holding off others with old tires, and taking the lead from someone. A weird thing in the challenges is that most of the time you are supposed to beat Earnhardt Jr. for the win. When you win one of these challenges you get a thunder plate. THis can range from a bush series regular, a legend driver, or paint schemes.
THis game is really addictive. When I got it, I played for a week straight even though I was awful. THe tracks are drawn to look lifelike and you can even choose to race a racer's alternate car.
THere are alot of optoins you can choose to make the game different. YOu can change the difficulty, put on auto repair, change the AI's aggressiveness and others.
Career mode can be really frustrating. YOur car is really the worst by far on the circiut. WHen all of the cars are going 180 at Talladega you are goin 160. Go figure. To fix this problem, you can go to R and D to improve different parts of your car. RIght now I am doing engine power.
One thing that I found fun to do for 2 players is turn the cautions off. After this when you are racing you go backwards and start huge wrecks. It is a great feeling to watch 8 cars catch on fire at one time. One goal while doing this is to get out all of the other cars so you are the only two cars left. YOu have acchieved victorory when you do this.
TIP: To open different courses, you must win the other race on that track on MEdium of Difficult. ONe easy way to do this is with two players put on auto repair, turn off cautions, and drive backwards to wreck everyone. Afer everyone is gone, you finish the race and get the track.
THis is an awesome game and I reccomend you buy it

This is the most exciting, clean game for a kid, not to mention for the parents too! My 8 year old can't get enough of this game. He doesn't even play his other games anymore. The graphics are excellent. I actually find myself leaning while going around the corners like I was actually in the car. I would highly recommend this game to everybody. I only wish it had Dale Earnhardt to choose from.

Don't buy Thunder. It's not a bad game, just that you can better spend your money on NASCAR HEAT: Dirt to Daytona. Thunder only offers stock car racing whereas Heat offers *4* games in 1: Dirt/Go-Kart(modifieds)/Truck/Car and therefore Heat offers a lot more variety and fun. Buy NASCAR HEAT: Dirt to Daytona instead.

This is the best most realistic racing game ive ever played. It is a great buy for anyone no matter the age. Its worth every cent and then some. I recomend it to all.

Nascar Thunder 2003 is definitely the best racing game ever created. The graphics are unbelievable, the cars look awesome, and the racing is so realistic that any NASCAR junkie would love to buy this game.

First of all, you can choose from over 50 NASCAR drivers and what seems like over 100 different paint schemes. You can even unlock legendary drivers such as Richard Petty and (the infamous) Dale Earnhardt!

The racing itself is fantastic. Rubbing fenders and smashing into other cars-awesome! Nothing like seeing Jr. falling back out of sight. Throw in spectacular wrecks and knocking others out of the way, and you've got the perfect racing game.

One of the most fun features of the game is Lightning Challenge. Battle your way through over 20 challenges ranging from easy to extremely difficult. I've been able to unlock Legends, Busch Series drivers, and even Tiburon, a 3 mile fantasy track where you race over 230 mph with no restrictor plates-sweet! I've also been awarded alternate tracks. It's awesome being able to race on everything from a night race at Rockingham to a road course race at Pocono.

All in all, don't even bother renting this game before you buy it. It is amazing! Get Nascar Thunder 2003 while you can!

This game is awesome! It has excellent graphics and it lets you change your view to differnt angles. You move very fast and can make sharp turns. It has many tracks you can choose from. Also, it gives you a choice on which car you want to use for a driver. In addition, you can create you own car and driver and race against the pros.

I've always been a huge fan of racing,but being able to control the
cars is a lot better.Not only can you control the cars,you can make
them!It's got all the drivers like Jeff Gordon,Bobby Labonte,Ward Burton,etc.Don't waste your time renting it,buy it,now!!!It's worth every penny.

This game was so much fun. I built a Dodge car and made it to first every race. You can race with tons of racers and you can build anything you want on looks. There is tons of diferent things to do besides race. It is a must have game. The bad thing is it is hard to turn around in the middle of a race to hit all the people coming at you it just puts up a flag and automatically puts you back in the race. In some parts the graphics are bad and others there perfectly mint. Like the crashes they are so crystal clear on graphics. It is definetly fun, my opinion get it.

I'm not much of a fan of car racing. In fact I put it in the same catagory as watching a guy hit a golf ball and then walking after it. But.... watching an event and playing an event are two different animals. NASCAR Thunder 2003 is a total rush. I play on a six foot T.V. screen and this game litterally puts you behind the wheel. Every race is pure adrenalin start to finish.
Multi player is a total blast. This game is a must purchase. Renting it would be a waste cause you're only gonna end up buying it.

Nascar Thunder 2003. I bought this game thinking I will have fun,but this game is awful in the ways the cars turn. I don't know if the PS2 version is like this or what. But I do know that the Gamecube version make the cars MAD LOOSE TURNING WITH DEFAULT SETUP. How loose you say WELL STUPID LOOSE!!!!! IT'S LIKE IF YOU DRIVE INTO A CORNER WITHOUT STABLITY CONTROL YOU WILL RAM INTO OTHER CARS OR SPINOUT UNLESS YOU ARE USING THE RIGHT AMOUNT OF BRAKE EVERY TIME,OR ARE A PRO AT THIS GAME. LIKELY I CAN MY RETURN GAME TO GAMESTOP BY THEIR USED RETURN POLICY. I DO NOT KNOW SHOULD I RETURN IT OR NOT YET. Also Daytona and Talladega races are very unrealistic. Watch a Daytona and Talladega on YouTube the cars are always very close to each other during the whole race not all spread out across the track like the days before plate racing.