NASCAR Thunder 2003 Cheats - PlayStation 2
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Eight Championships
Win all eight championships and get the Eight Championships
video with a New Lightning challenge.
Easy win
Make sure all races are set on ten percent race length.
Drive into the grass and spin out on lap four, rather than crash.
This way, your car is not damaged and you are better able to draft.
It also works on lap 7 of all 26 lap races under the 10 percent
setting, and on lap 12 or 13 of 39 to 40 lap races.
Go to career mode and set it up at either 12, 24, or 36 races
at 25% or more. Turn cautions off and when you start, slam on
your brakes and turn around. Hit the cars at high speed (especially
in the back by the fuel tank, which is their weak spot) and they
will sometimes catch on fire. When this happens, the car on fire
is out of the race. You can also do this by hitting the car and
blocking its movements while it is up against the wall. This will
also knock a car out of the race after about a minute. Keep on
doing this, and if you are good enough, you can knock all the
cars out. Then, turn around and finish the race by yourself in
first place. This is a good way to increase your prestige and
earnings, especially in the early years of your new career.
At any short track, set your psi (tire pressure) all the way to
60 and just run on the wall. Keep the wheel turned all the way
to the left and you should have an easy win.
Road courses
Under "Car Set-up", go to "Gear Ratio".
Change gear 4 and the rear end gear all the way to the left. Accept
the changes. During the race, you will fly by the other cars,
but will blow your engine. Once this happens, quickly press [Square]
to repair your car. The caution flag will appear. Get enough gas
for the rest of the race and the others will stay out. Keep doing
these steps, accept and do not pit, and you are guaranteed a top
ten finish.
Easy paint schemes
Use the following trick to unlock your favorite driver's
paint schemes easily. First, set the difficulty level to veteran
or legend. Then, set the race length to 3%. Turn on unlimited
tires and fuel and turn off damage. Go into quick race and choose
the driver whose paint scheme you want to unlock. Choose Daytona
Night (Pepsi 400). Before you qualify, go into car setup and set
the transmission to manual. Set the gear ratio to 5. Exit out
and qualify. You will notice your car is much faster than the
others. You are running it at over 9500 rpm (about 193 to 198
mph). No one will be able to catch you. The race is very quick.
In less than an hour's time, you can unlock many driver paint
schemes.
To unlock paint schemes, instead of using the veteran difficulty
setting, go to the rookie setting switch the speed one level to
the right. It will become custom. This will also unlock paint
schemes.
Win two titles to unlock the Driver Kitt paint.
Get pole position
Before running a veteran race in quick race mode, take
the Thunder license and complete all three levels of the test
for the desired track. This will give the first (pole) starting
position.
Better acceleration and easier handling
For all of the tracks except for Daytona and Talledega,
go into car setup before the race. Change your tire pressure down
to 15 psi for better acceleration and easier handling. For Daytona
and Talledega, leave it at 25 psi.
Pass easily
Draft with the car in front of you for awhile. When
you just come out of a turn, move over and you should pass him.
You can also do this on a straight away, but it works much better
coming out of a turn. Also, drafting helps fuel mileage and your
speed.
Faster donuts on celebration
When you win a race and start to celebrate, begin to
do a donut. When you are spinning, hold the brake and your car
will spin even faster.
Tiburon Speedway track
Go into the Lightning Challenges. Choose the one with
Jimmie Johnson (Home Sweet California) and win the race to unlock
the Tiburon Speedway and another Thunder Plate.
Bristol: Easy win
First, turn on the running line, and unlimited fuel
and tires. Qualify as you would for any track. During the race,
when the running line turns red, wait a moment before letting
off the gas. Then, press the gas when you reach the green again.
The car will automatically go high, and the other cars will slow
down. You can go around them. It may take a few laps, but eventually
you will be running in the front. This tactic can be adapted for
all short tracks.
When at Bristol Motor Speedway on the second lap, on the second
turn the other cars will slow down.
Bristol: Great crash
Go to Bristol, turn around, and run directly into the
lead car. If yellow flags are on, you will not be able to turn
around.
Daytona: Easy win
Make sure the race is set on ten percent race length.
Then, cause a crash on lap four. If done correctly, there should
be a caution. Go into the pits, and ignore that fact if no one
else also enters. You will probably be last, but there will soon
be another caution and the leaders will come in. Stay out and
do not pit. After the stop, you should be in first or second place.
You will run low on gas, but you will not run out. Block and you
will be able to win.
At Daytona in career mode in the Datona 500, when you pit instead
of taking four tires or right side tires, take on left side tires
and enough fuel to make it to the finish. You should leave the
pits in first place, providing that you came in first or near
it.
Daytona: Super speed
Go to Daytona Super Speedway at any length. At a round
of pit stops, before you enter, go to speeds of 71 to 75 mph.
Do your pit stop with a penalty; your speeds should be at around
207 mph. This will work about 50% of the time.
Set your gear ratios to preset 6 and tire pressure at 21 psi.
You will go up to 194 mph. Note: It will take your car some time
to get up to speed, but on the second lap you might even reach
speeds of 197 mph (because you will be drafting).
Lowe's Motor Speedway: Car setup
The following setup is to be used with caution. With
this setup, your car can and will slide out of turn four and hit
a wall if you are not careful. Change the car setup to the following
settings. Tire Pressure: 23 PSI; Down force: Fender Flare, 74";
Rear Spoiler, 51 degrees; Suspension: Front and Rear Springs at
100%, sway bar at 1/4 ", and Wedge at -4.0; Gears: first
to 1.30, second to 1.10, third- 2.00, fourth- .80; and Rear End
to 4.60. This setup takes away the handling needed to succeed
on Lowe's, but the speed will give you an advantage. The acceleration
combined with the speed will get you up to about 195 mph by turn
four, lap one. Also, this setup allows you to not let off the
gas if you have all assists on. Use unlimited gas/tires for this,
as it will eat your tires.
Talladega: Easy win
Go to the car set-up then select the gear ratios. Set
the ratio number to "5". Make sure damage is off, and
tire wear is unlimited. Also, use a manual transmission. Note:
This can also be used at Daytona.
Talladega: Car setups
Go into car setup. Go into "Gear Ratios"
and change the two down at the very bottom to "89" and
"4.45" respectively. Note: "4.45" for the
bottom one and "89" for the one above it. Accept the
changes, start the race, and by the end of the back stretch on
the first lap, you can get up to and over 200 mph.
Go into car setup. Then, select "Auto Transmission".
Set the tire pressure to "30". Loosen or tighten the
car as desired. Finally, go to the gear ratios. Leave the first
gear as is. Set second gear to "1.85", third gear go
"1.35", fourth gear to "1.01" or "1.02",
and leave rear end as is. When you start the race, second and
third gear will be a little slow, but when you get to fourth you
will blow them away. At the end of the first lap you should be
going about 190 to 195 mph.
Tiburon: Great crash
Let all the cars pass you at the star of the race.
Line up on the start/finish line so that the front of your car
is facing the wall and the back of it is facing the pits. Hold
the brakes and wait for the other cars to come around. With you
parked out on the track and the other cars coming around, they
will hit you. When they do, you and other cars will go flying
up in the air. Sometimes this takes out four or more cars, and
perhaps even all of them.
Watkins Glen: Easy win
Set the race length to 5%. On the first lap, cause
a caution. When asked to pit, do not. On the second lap, cause
another caution. This time when asked, pit. You will be 43rd place,
but just before lap 4 everyone else will have to come in and pit.
You will coast to an easy win with enough fuel and tires.
Bud Shoot Out
On the first lap, go into the pits and take on left
side tires only (no gas or repairs). When you leave the pits,
cause a caution. After all of the caution laps, there will only
be one lap remaining and not enough time for anyone to pit.
Pay At The Pump lightning challenge
During the Pay At The Pump challenge, step on the gas
all through the track. Put a big enough lead on Bobby Labonte
and Sterling Marlin so that it is about a two to three second
gap. You will run out of gas at the exit of turn four, depending
on how hard you have been pushing the car. If the lead is big
enough, just block and you will win the challenge. This may take
a few attempts, but if you drive the car correctly it will be
an easy way to win.
Pocono thunder challenge
Press [Start] during the race. Go to the settings
and set "Auto Brake" to "Off". Set "Stability
Control" to "Limited". You will be able to catch
your opponent. Try to stay off the wall; if you hit it too much
you car will be gone.
The Big One lightning challenge
At the start of the challenge or a few seconds after,
slow the car to 181 to 183 mph. Do not let the meter at the top
of the screen transfer below 24th or you will be out of contention.
When you feel that you have enough room between the cars that
will wreck and yourself, accelerate. You should have enough speed
to get to about 4th place. Stay alert to dodge the wrecking cars.
Do not slow if you happen to drive through some smoke. You have
to time it correctly in order to catch the lead pack.
Career mode set-ups
During your first years in career mode, your crew chief
will not be as experienced in choosing the correct setup for Superspeedways.
If you go with his decisions, you will not finish well. Instead,
go to practice mode and get a feel for the track. If your lap
times do not come close to the pole sitter's time (about one or
two seconds), then make changes on your car. Increase your fourth
gear ratio by four or five notches; you will see your acceleration
increase. This will allow you to achieve your top speed faster,
and you can accelerate out of the corners faster. It is also a
good idea to pit at the halfway mark on a 5% race, as most cars
will take the next lap to pit and you will not run into pit road
traffic. Remember to draft, and you can finish with a good position,
and perhaps even win.
Rookie stripes
When in career mode, the back of your bumper has yellow
stripes on it. When you get to the second season, they will be
gone.
