NASCAR Thunder 2004 Is Better Than NASCAR Chase For The Cup 2005

In this video I list off 5 reasons why I think NASCAR thunder 2004 is better than 2005 chase for the cup.

Video footage credit:

KamikazeGames
Whatifracing
RealRadman

Music:

Speed Channel Theme Music
NASCAR Thunder soundtrack - Depswa - This Time (Instrumental)
Gran Turismo 3 Soundtrack - Car Dealership

[lexjhz]

In NASCAR 05, a long time ago, I figured out in that game, when making turns, the best way to slow down is to keep your finger on the gas while lightly tapping the brake, instead of letting off the gas entirely. It made it so much easier and I was no longer sliding in the turns.

That’s actually what the assists does in the game when making turns if you have it turned on. You’ll notice when making a turn (on let’s say Atlanta) only the little red light blinks (brake) while the yellow light (foot off the gas) doesn’t. It’s all about just tapping the brake while staying on the gas in that game. That’s the key. And the car won’t slide everywhere.

[joshlehnertz-dxej]

04 05 06 are honestly 1a 1b 1c.

04 has the most in depth career mode

05 has Busch and truck and you can move through the ranks

06 has the cool feature of controlling other cars and buying teams

[eze]

Great video. I would have to say that Thunder 2004, Chase for the Cup 2005, and Dirt to Daytona are by far the best 3 Nascar games ever made. But I really preferred 2005 Chase for the Cup because I loved the idea of working my way up from featherlight to cup and eventually owning my own team. Finally winning a cup championship really made you feel worthy because you paid your dues, especially if you played on the hardest difficulty like I did. You really felt proud of yourself for running decent enough in terrible equipment to get offered better contracts and seats in top rides. I think it would be a tie for first with Dirt to Daytona if they had included the Busch series.

[PaperBanjo]

I agree 100% EA cheaped out once they got the exclusive license, the damage model is better in Thunder 2004, and in 2005 of you had enough money you could just buy the upgrades and instantly be the best, in 2005, Kasey Kahne, Scott Riggs, Scott Wimmer, Brian Vickers never lose their rookie stripes...Carl Edwards had a contract with another company to sell a plug and play game and that's why he's not in NASCAR '07 and '08.

[monarchm]

As a die hard Nascar fan myself. I would say 2004 is the best Nascar game for console. The presentation. The in depth career mode. You actually feel like your in the game. The car handling. I could go on. I’ve played the new heat games. Yes the graphics are better in the new ones but the overall gameplay in this beats them all. Just my opinion.

[mikebipping]

great video bro! i still play my copy of Chase for the Cup 2005 on my ps2, but i got used to all the issues with it. it seems like EA's recurring trend in their sports games is to remove features they had in previous games. Madden, FIFA, even NBA LIVE.

[joshlehnertz]

05 Dover tire wear is so damn frustrating.

[WastdTrashPanda]

The difference is that when Thunder 04 was made, there was still the possibility of a competing company making a nascar game. In 2004 EA bought the exclusive license for Nascar, which means they could slack off because nobody had any other choice but to buy their games. It's something that killed nascar games for 20 years, and possibly even hurt the sports growth since then.

[brandonbowling]

Thunder 04 is the best nascar game period

[splash]

I feel like EA purposely made the handling twitchy in '05 probably to encourage players to make wedge adjustments to their cars according to their own liking, since increasing it makes them less twitchy and more responsive, perhaps somewhat the only way to adjust steering sensitivity in-game. On my playthrough, I would set them to either 1.0 or 1.5 in most tracks no matter what series it was except in Superspeedways where I would set it around 3.0-4.0 to avoid loss of speed when taking high speed corners. So yeah.. a weird decision they made if that's the case.

[justinturley]

Chase for the Cup has Jeff Gordon’s rainbow paint scheme and Thunder doesn’t, but it does have his Pepsi scheme. I wish Thunder would’ve had his rainbow scheme.

[jc]

Carl Edwards couldn't be in some NASCAR games because he signed an exclusive license to make his own game.

[justinturley]

I noticed this every time and maybe people need to hear me out, competition makes a product better. Without it you can do whatever you want and not have to worry about another company making a better game.

[jduke]

I just bought a ps2 a few months ago also. I bought madden 06 ncaa football 06, 07 nfl 2k5 and Mlb the show 06. All games I loved as a kid. I just bought NT2004 on eBay and it says it will be here tomorrow. I’m so excited to play it again. I had NT2004 when I was kid but it was so scratched up and didn’t work and it crushed me and I haven’t played it since.

[m]

NASCAR thunder 04 is the best NASCAR game ever! The only thing that would make the best game ever is if it had the team control added to it that came out 2 years later.
The presentation
The rivals
It felt really going 200 MPH
The paint schemes
The difference voice for the spotter and crew chief.
The soundtrack.
Damage really effecting the car.

NASCAR thunder 2004 is GOAT

[justinturley]

For me, the idea of hiring and firing crew chief’s/crew members, would’ve worked better in Chase for the Cup. Let’s just say, you own a team, and you have about 5 drivers, but only 4 of them are actually winning, so you look at who the crew chief is and the driver is, you find out both are talented, but they can’t click, so you swap crew chief’s around and then all 5 are winning. Or the same can be said about crew members. A missed opportunity that would’ve worked in Fight to the Top.

[Jtplaysgames]

For the paint schemes yes. I always hated how the paint schemes seemed to become less and less from 05 and on

[josem.castorena]

2:08 Tokyo Drifting lol.
But you're right man NASCAR THUNDER 2004 is BETTER and what you said about the car having weight your right about that 2.

[trevorcollum]

Love your videos bro. You're dope. Peace 💯

[chiefhawk]

They are the best, I do prefer 2005 to 2004 but that's just me. I didn't own 2004 back in the day but had 2005 and it was one of my most played games on the PS2. So that's probably why I prefer it to 2004, but both are definitely must own Nascar games. Too bad that these games are the peak, definitely wouldn't have foreseen that as a kid. I must say though as an adult I am leaning more towards Thunder 2004. I wish both games could have a baby, it would be the best Nascar game. Also I have to bring it up, I love that you can pick your favorite driver in 2005, but that's something else they didn't bring back in 06, 07, 08, or 09.