Play Days of Thunder (Europe) Online
Steering feels like wrestling a shopping cart at first, but once you stop crashing every turn, scraping past rivals on those tight ovals hits just right. The AI drivers play dirty, slamming you into walls like it’s personal.
Days of Thunder for the NES came out in 1990, developed by Beam Software and published by Mindscape. It was part of that wave of movie tie-in games on the system, trying to capture the high-speed drama of stock car racing without much flair or depth. If you played a lot of NES racers back then, this one didn't stand out much; it was just another licensed title hoping to cash in on the film's name.
You control Cole Trickle's race car, aiming to win a series of NASCAR-style oval track events. The main objective is straightforward: finish first in each race to advance. Signature mechanics include drafting behind opponents to gain a speed boost and managing tire wear, which affects handling over time. The pacing is relentless, with aggressive AI drivers that frequently bump and block you, raising the difficulty through sheer obstinance rather than clever design. It feels like a barebones, sometimes frustrating attempt to translate racing tension into 8-bit form.
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