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Nascar Thunder 2004 Cheats

  • Xbox | Submitted by bdawg

    Get Paint Schemes and tracks

    Set the race mode to either 3% 5% 10% 25% 50% 75% or 100%. Then set it on veteran or legend. Then pick the driver you want to unlock a special paint scheme for. Then select the track you want to unlock. Win the race and you now have a new track and car.


  • Xbox | Submitted by GamesRadar

    EA Sports Bio

    If you have previously played a EA sports 2004 game and have your EA Sports Bio saved, whatever level you are in will be the level you are in in Nascar Thunder 2004, so you can also unlock Thunder Plates!


  • Xbox | Submitted by Dale_jr._fan

    Get Kitt Paint

    Kitt Paint is a plain car with no paint or sponsors on the car.

    To get him you need to beat career mode 1 time and if you get more career mode championships you can get more plates.


  • Xbox | Submitted by Jeremy Petrachonis

    Get Bobby Aillison

    To get bobby aillison you have to complete all of the lighting challenges.


  • Xbox | Submitted by GamesRadar

    Easy Win at Superspeedways in Career Mode

    When in Career Mode qualify at the super speedways and if in the Daytona 500 do the Gatorade 125's and finish the best you can. In the race try not to get any damage but move up spots on the track and also share draft to conserve fuel. Go as long as you can on fuel then come down pit road and take no tires and no repair damage and just take 11 gallons of gas you will be ahead by a long ways but the field may catch up with you don't worry just block like there ain't no tomorrow and you will win!!!!!


  • Xbox | Submitted by thunderstix

    Platinum Plates

    After your EA Bio reaches level 44, you will start getting Platinum Thunder Plates. These include Unlock all Career Mode Create-A-Cars, Unlock all Create-A-Car Sponsors, Unlock all Create-A-Car Templates, Unlock all pro Paint Schemes, and at level 60 (Bio Complete) Unlock all tracks. Once you reach level 60, there should be nothing else to unlock. I have all the Thunder plates, paint schemes, tracks, cameo videos, Thunder licenses, Lightning Challenges, Speedzone Challenges, Season and Career modes, all completed, and at level 60 in my EA Bio.


  • Xbox | Submitted by Eric Parks

    Access All The Cameo Videos

    Go to Main Menu, select Features, then select "Create-a-Car". Where you're asked to type in a name, type in:

    First name: Seymore
    Last name: Cameos
    ** Make sure you have a capital S and C since the name fields are case sensitive


  • PS2 | Submitted by Jeremy Petrachonis

    Access All Fantasy Drivers

    Go to Main Menu, select Features, then select "Create-a-Car". Where you're asked to type in a name, type in:
    First name: extra
    Last name: drivers
    Access All The Cameo Videos
    Go to Main Menu, select Features, then select "Create-a-Car". Where you're asked to type in a name, type in:
    First name: Seymore
    Last name: Cameos
    ** Make sure you have a capital S and C since the name fields are case sensitive
    All Paint Schemes
    Go to Main Menu, select Features, then select "Create-a-Car". Where you're asked to type in a name, type in:
    First name: Albert
    Last name: Ternate
    Platinum Plates
    After your EA Bio reaches level 44, you will start getting Platinum Thunder Plates. These include Unlock all Career Mode Create-A-Cars, Unlock all Create-A-Car Sponsors, Unlock all Create-A-Car Templates, Unlock all pro Paint Schemes, and at level 60 (Bio Complete) Unlock all tracks. Once you reach level 60, there should be nothing else to unlock. I have all the Thunder plates, paint schemes, tracks, cameo videos, Thunder licenses, Lightning Challenges, Speedzone Challenges, Season and Career modes, all completed, and at level 60 in my EA Bio.
    Get Kitt Paint
    Kitt Paint is a plain car with no paint or sponsors on the car.
    To get him you need to beat career mode 1 time and if you get more career mode championships you can get more plates.
    Get Bobby Aillison
    To get bobby aillison you have to complete all of the lighting challenges.


  • Xbox | Submitted by GamesRadar

    All Paint Schemes

    Go to Main Menu, select Features, then select "Create-a-Car". Where you're asked to type in a name, type in:

    First name: Albert
    Last name: Ternate


  • Xbox | Submitted by GamesRadar

    Access All Fantasy Drivers

    Go to Main Menu, select Features, then select "Create-a-Car". Where you're asked to type in a name, type in:

    First name: extra
    Last name: drivers


  • Xbox | Submitted by GamesRadar

    How to unlock peoples other cars

    The first thing you do is go to race now. Then when you get to the race now settings set it for one player, and set the difficulty for medium. Then pick the driver that you want to get their cars for and win the race and you will unlock one of their cars. (note; you can't keep doing the same track with the same driver or else it won't work.)


  • Xbox | Submitted by Jason Wachenschwanz

    Dale Earnhardt Sr.

    Win at Daytona 500 in Season mode and you'll unlock Dale Sr's Bass Pro Shops car, Silver car, Black #3 car, Coca Cola car, and Legacy car


  • Xbox | Submitted by Young Gun

    Quick Wins In Career Mode

    For easy wins in your career when coming up through the ranks try when racing at Talladega and Daytona taking 2 tires or fuel only pit stops. You will come out of the pits 10 to 15 seconds ahead of the rest of the field and they will only have 2 or 3 laps to chase you down. Also until your tire wear increases try 2 tires at Daytona because you will blow a tire on the last lap if you don't.


  • PS2 | Submitted by Young Gun

    Easy Win at Superspeedways in Career Mode

    When in Career Mode qualify at the super speedways and if in the Daytona 500 do the Gatorade 125's and finish the best you can. In the race try not to get any damage but move up spots on the track and also share draft to conserve fuel. Go as long as you can on fuel then come down pit road and take no tires and no repair damage and just take 11 gallons of gas you will be ahead by a long ways but the field may catch up with you don't worry just block like there ain't no tomorrow and you will win!!!!!
    Quick Wins In Career Mode
    For easy wins in your career when coming up through the ranks try when racing at Talladega and Daytona taking 2 tires or fuel only pit stops. You will come out of the pits 10 to 15 seconds ahead of the rest of the field and they will only have 2 or 3 laps to chase you down. Also until your tire wear increases try 2 tires at Daytona because you will blow a tire on the last lap if you don't.


Nascar Thunder 2004 Hints

  • PS2 | Submitted by GamesRadar

    How to unlock peoples other cars

    The first thing you do is go to race now. Then when you get to the race now settings set it for one player, and set the difficulty for medium. Then pick the driver that you want to get their cars for and win the race and you will unlock one of their cars. (note; you can't keep doing the same track with the same driver or else it won't work.)
    Get Paint Schemes and tracks
    Set the race mode to either 3% 5% 10% 25% 50% 75% or 100%. Then set it on veteran or legend. Then pick the driver you want to unlock a special paint scheme for. Then select the track you want to unlock. Win the race and you now have a new track and car.
    Dale Earnhardt Sr.
    Win at Daytona 500 in Season mode and you'll unlock Dale Sr's Bass Pro Shops car, Silver car, Black #3 car, Coca Cola car, and Legacy car
    EA Sports Bio
    If you have previously played a EA sports 2004 game and have your EA Sports Bio saved, whatever level you are in will be the level you are in in Nascar Thunder 2004, so you can also unlock Thunder Plates!


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