NASCAR Thunder 2004

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NASCAR Thunder 2004

Developers
	Image Space Incorporated
Publishers
	EA Sports
Engines
	isiMotor
Release dates
Windows	September 16, 2003
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Modes	Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Perspectives	First-person, Third-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Racing
Vehicles	Track racing
Art styles	Realistic
Themes	North America
Series	NASCAR

Warnings

SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see Availability for affected versions).

GameSpy online services have been shut down (see Network for solutions).

Key points

Different game compared to the console versions.

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		SafeDisc v2 DRM

SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected versions).

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\Save\[profile name]\[profile name].plr <path-to-game>\Config.ini

Config.ini can be edited with a text editor.

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows

Video

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		Default highest resolution is 1280x768, however some modification can increase this resolution. Simply take the 3DConfig file from Nascar thunder 2003 and replace the 3d config file in Nascar thunder 2004 with the '03 one. you will then be able to run the game at higher resolutions
Multi-monitor		Does not support the use of multiple monitors
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD		Even with modification it seems this game is unable to run at 4k.
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed		Does not support windowed gameplay
Borderless fullscreen windowed		Does not support borderless windowed gameplay
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
High-fidelity upscaling		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS		Supports 60hz but does not mention framerate
120+ FPS		Seems to be unable to run at 120 fps
High dynamic range display (HDR)

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		Under settings, you can modify the controls
Mouse acceleration		Game only uses mouse for menus, so there is no settings for the mouse
Mouse sensitivity		.
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Touchscreen optimised		Does not utilize touchscreen hardware
Controller
Controller support

Controller types

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
LAN play		16
Online play		16	GameSpy services have been shut down; see GameSpy for workarounds.

Other information

API

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Multiplayer	GameSpy

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	98
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium III 800 MHz
System memory (RAM)	128 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	1 GB
Video card (GPU)	ATI Radeon 7500 Nvidia GeForce 2 32 MB of VRAM