Extra Drivers
Go to features select create a car and go in and select driver info put in first
name: Extra and Last Name:Drivers and exit and go to a race and
there will be more drivers in yellow
Dale Earnhardt Sr.
Go to Create-a-car. Type first name as Dale. Then last name as
Earnhardt. Your Done You don't have to save the car. You get the license
plate.
Get Thunder Plates
Finish the challenges in Thunder
Challenge or Lightning Challenge to get new plates
Get Tiburon Speedway Track
Use any memory card that has a saved game file
from any EA Sports 2003 Game
Easy Daytona 500 WIN
On create a career mode when you go to the Daytona 500 on the third
lap cause a caution don't pit. When your fuel is very low pit. After you come
out spin your car to cause another caution. You can go all the way but they
can't they have to pit on the last lap you pass every body but one will be
behind you
hold him off to win
Extra paint Jobs
First change difficulty to veteran or legend. Set race length to 3%, turn damage
off and unlimited fuel/tires on.
Start up a quick race. Choose a driver that you want to unlock paint job.
Pick the night race in Daytona Pepsi 400
Before qualifying go to car setup change your transmission to manual and your
set the last gear in the gear ratio to 5.00.
Finish first and you will unlock a new paint job
Getting Driver's Paint schemes and Special Tracks
Pick a driver that has a special paint scheme and a track that has a special
feature (i.e Daytona has the Shootout) and race at the veteran level and win the
race you will open up thunder plates and get the paint scheme as well as the
special track.
Unlock the Sandstorm 500K at Phoenix
To unlock the Sandstorm 500K at Phoenix, do a race with any driver at the
Checker Auto Parts 500.When you win the race, after the celebration ends, you
should get the Phoenix Road Course-the Sandstorm 500K.
All Kyle Petty Paint Jobs
First, win a race with Kyle Petty's 2002 Sprint PCS Car to get the 2001 Sprint
PCS Car. Then,win a race with Kyle Petty's 2002 Charity Ride Car to get the 2001
Charity Ride Car. Congratulations! You have all of Kyle Petty's paint jobs.
Unlock Dale Jr.'s Oreo and Nilla schemes
Beat the Steve Park Thunder Challenge
Unlock Night Tracks
In order to unlock a night track, make sure that this
specific track has this option, then simply race on that track on Veteran or
Legend and win the race
Unlock Driver(s) Paint Schemes
To unlock a paint scheme for a certain driver (John
Andretti, Dale Jarrett, etc) you must do a race under Veteran or Legend mode and
win the race.
Unlock Cars
To unlock a paint scheme for a specific driver, win a race underVeteran or
Legend mode.
Best car setup
Tire Pressure: 30psi
Front shock:default
Rear shock:default
Sway Bar:default
Wedge:-0.5turns
Gear 1:3.00
Gear 2:2.40
Gear 3:2.00
Gear 4:1.45
Rear end Gear:2.50
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.
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.
Richard Petty:
To unlock Richard Petty, enter his name at the create a car screen.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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).
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.
Unlock championship win
videos, Thunder Plate:
Win 1 championship on the career mode racing the 36 race mode. You will
unlock Thunder Plate Championship win 1. Win 5 championships on the career mode
racing the 36 race mode. You will unlock Thunder Plate Championship win 5. Win 8
championships on the career mode racing the 36 race mode. You will unlock
Thunder Plate Chamionship win 8.
Unlock fantasy driver- Kitt Paint:
Win the 36 race championship in career mode twice on easy and you will
unlock the fantasy driver Kitt Paint. His car is the primor car thats on the
create a car screen.
(supplied by: nascar d08)
Unlock fantasy driver - Buster Auton:
When you win 170 thunder plates you will be awarded Buster Auton. He is the
last thunder plate. He is a fantasy driver and he drives the pontiac pace car.
This car has no damage but you can cut a tire.
Submitted by: Michael
Unlock Busch series cars/and legends:
Each time you beat a race on the lighting challenge, you will unlock 2
drivers as thunder plates. The first driver will be Richard Petty, then you will
unlock up to 23 Busch series cars plus other legends. Besides Petty there is
Beny Parsons, Bobby Allison, Alan Kawicki, Tiny Lund, Elmo Langly, Junior
Johnson, Cale Yarborough. Dale Earnhardt will also be one of the legends but he
can be unlocked automatically by typing in his name.
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.
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.
Better acceleration and easier handling:
For all of the tracks except for Daytona and Talladega, 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.
Eight Championships:
Win all eight championships and get the Eight Championships video with a New
Lightning challenge.
NASCAR Commentary:
If you want to bend the rules a bit turn off caution flags, turn on
unlimited fuel and tires, move the race progress past 5%, and then do a quick
race. When the race starts, go to the side of the track or just go backwards on
the track. Either way, you'll hear some really funny commentary from your pit
crew as you break the rules of NASCAR.
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.
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.
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.
Richard Petty
Enter Richard Petty as a name at the create a car screen
