Kamikaze Productions presents: Refuse to Lose: Road 2 Destiny An original USA-produced motorsport anime about NASCAR racer Ryan Hemphill and his road to glory in his rookie season in 2003. But much like every other racer out there, Ryan soon learns that the road to glory isn't without its bumps and turns.
FUN FACT: turns 1 and 2 at Bristol are shorter than 3 and 4, meaning that you’ll be going faster out of 3 and 4 than 1 and 2. That’s why people always wreck at 1 and 2 but 3 and 4 are usually smoother
I've noticed that Bristol track map looked a bit asymmetrical, but I just thought that it was shown on the screen like it had a little perspective and wasn't perfectly top down. I've been a NASCAR fan for 21 of the 26 years I've been alive and never knew this
yeah, i remember i came onto his stream when he was doing the 100% charlotte race in his career, there was 6 to go, then he dnfed, i was devistated, thankfully he restarted that because well that was a pretty bullshittery finish if i say so myself
I've never watched Nascar before. But i binged a bunch of Mark Liefer's videos, and now my reccomended is forever filled with Nascar. I'm not complaining, though. These videos are far more entertaining than i thought they would be.
Texas: Blew an engine Charlotte: Wrecked Michigan: SOMEHOW blew an engine in pits Pocono: Almost 22nd, blew an engine After this I quit realizing how horrible I am
@@nascardonuts if it's any consolation I blew an engine right at the start of the Daytona 500...and then finished no higher than 40th the next 5 races, crashing out or blowing an engine in each of them
When I remember first playing this game pretty much all of my wins were from ending under caution or pretty much everybody not pitting due to a caution and running out of gas. I remember the Pepsi 400 were most of the pack ran out and ended under caution.
I did that in my first season at Talladega and was laughing my ass off when I realized what happened. IIRC, I spun and pitted ~lap 8 under caution but the AI stayed out. Another caution came out when a bunch of them ran out of fuel and I got the lead. We restarted 1 more time and they all ran out again since they still didnt pit but thankfully didnt cause another caution for a GWC and I snuck away with my first career win. I love how gloriously derpy NT 2004 is.
Adding tire pressure does actually aid in top speed (not a huge amount) since there's less rolling resistance. Acceleration on the other hand is a bit of a head-scratcher.
Hey it’s like the Smoke games’ precursor lol. Gotta beat smoke rather than everyone else. Fun fact: the fun fact in the middle of the video was indeed not the final fun fact of the video.
Honestly I'm pretty sure if you have a good setup, a championship on Veteran like this might be possible. Legend though? Hell no. You might get a top 10, top 5 at best?
Just started an attempt at this challenge, results are as follows Daytona 11th Rockingham 10th Vegas DNF (got spun, flipped, and rear ended, resulting in a blown fuel cell) Atlanta 10th Yet to run Darlington.
Update Darlington was garbage (qualified 43rd and finished 43rd after getting slammed into the wall by Sprague on the last lap causing me to DNF) Bristol was no fun (started 43rd finished 38th) Texas..DNF Went last to first at dega Martinsville started 28th finished 11th after a last lap pileup at the entrance to the pits
Tossed the attempt in the trash after 3 straight DNFs after Martinsville.... I have decided to start again and play through career the proper way...with 100% length races.
Decided to do my own version of this challenge (I'll make sure to update) Race 1/36 Daytona: Qualified 22nd, Finished 2nd behind Mark Martin after trying to fend off the hard charging Roush cars of Kenseth & Martin. Race 2/36 North Carolina: Qualified 31st, Finished 20th, accidentally gave Joe Nemechek a -60 on lap 1, spun out on lap 17/19 going into 3 while in 8th which sent me back to 25th place... Race 3/36 Las Vegas: Qualified 37th, Finished 41st, had a good run going for a top 20 finish until I got very loose into turn 1 on the final lap... Race 4/36 Atlanta: Qualified 31st, Finished 8th, very fun race, got a top 10 too. Race 5/36 Darlington: Qualified 43rd, Finished 42nd (DNF), cautions cautions cautions! Get your free cautions here!, Michael Waltrip had no talent while going into the pits on lap 7/14, causing him to DNF. DNF'd myself after lightly tapping the wall with my right rear quarter panel coming out of turn 2 on lap 13/14, causing my fuel cell to explode, my first DNF of the season.
Race 6/36 Bristol: Qualified 42nd, Finished 43rd (DNF), kept getting caught out by the AI braking into the corners way too early (I'm so used to playing on Veteran & Legend difficulty), causing me to spin into the turn 1/2 inside wall and my engine exploded, causing my second DNF of the season. Race 7/36 Texas: Qualified 23rd, Finished 6th, Pretty good race and a motivational boost for me and my crew ^^ Race 8/36 Talladega: Qualified 30th, Finished 1st, SWEET HOME ALABAMA! *Guitar riff* WHERE THE SKIES ARE SO BLUE!, Finally won my first race of the season after fending off a hard charging pair of Dale Jarrett and Kevin Harvick! Race 9/36 Martinsville: Qualified 27th, Finished 43rd (DNF), Third DNF of the season, this time caused by my poor exit coming out of turn 2... Race 10/36 California: Qualified 43rd, Finished 14th, Pretty fun race with Atlanta, nothing special to note about this one.
Race 11/36 Richmond: Qualified 40th, Finished 42nd (DNF), Pretty okay race until lap 18/20, was in the running for a top 15 finish until my car decided it didn't want to turn anymore and Kyle Petty getting into the back of me, causing me to spin out while coming out of turn 2, then on the restart while going into the final lap, I got slammed into the wall and my engine exploded. My fourth DNF of the season... The All Star Open (Exhibition Race): I decided to participate in this race for funsies. Before this race I decided to check out the points standings, Ricky Rudd was leading the championship with 1567 points, followed by Mark Martin in second with 1502 points (a 65 point difference). Meanwhile I sat down in 23rd with 1058 points, anyways, onto the race. Finished 21st out of 22 cars, bleh. Race 12/36 Charlotte/Lowe's: Qualified 43rd "GoOd ThInG wE hAvE pRoViSiOnAlS", Finished 43rd (DNF), would've been a much better race if Kyle Petty wasn't so pissed off with me, he spun me while coming out of turn 4, causing my fuel cell to explode thanks to Jeff Green slamming into the back of me while I was spinning out... My fifth DNF of the season... Race 13/36 Dover: Qualified 43rd, Finished 10th, a surprise top 10, I'll take it. Especially after the past few races. Race 14/36 Pocono: Qualified 43rd, Finished 40th, pretty okay race, was up in the mid pack of the field during the mid point of the race, unfortunately my car didn't want to work for the latter half of the race. Race 15/36 Michigan: Qualified 43rd, Finished 36th, was on a good run for a 25th place finish until Kyle Petty slammed into me on the final lap while going into turn 1, but I managed to save it and get a 36th place finish, at least it wasn't 43rd.
Love it bruh (Now I'm gonna bump n run) 200 MPH at Pocono (Gears) Same gears for Daytona (I won) always pit on lap 5 through 9 (Can I win by Technical Elimination Intimidation? Smiles pits on lap 43) ... Bruh that fool left caution so I pushed the lower car into him and then pitted next lap lol now pit every 11 after or caution (Craftsman) Custom DEI #7 / #14 / #77 (What restrictor plate ... My psi is under 2 lbs? Smiles)
I never played this I’ve always wanted a good nascar game. I was born in 03. I really wish I could’ve played the ps2 nascar games but I never got any of them when I was little I had gta 3 and vice city but no nascar :( I still have a ps2 tho so I’ll have to pick this up at some point unless yall wanna send me a copy lol. The best nascar game experience I’ve played to this point is the nascar game at chucky cheese. That game was actually so good tho. The arcade nascar was so good
Fun Fact: Bobby Labonte put Valterri Bottas and Sergio Perez to shame with his good teammate maneuvers
VaLtErRi, It’S JaMeS
Bobby is a legend
The not nice 69 joke was gold.
Kamikaze Productions presents:
Refuse to Lose: Road 2 Destiny
An original USA-produced motorsport anime about NASCAR racer Ryan Hemphill and his road to glory in his rookie season in 2003. But much like every other racer out there, Ryan soon learns that the road to glory isn't without its bumps and turns.
That’s a Disney original movie line
1:12:57 “if I was going to win this race I wanted to earn it.” that line killed me man 😂😂
Me and my wife laughed our asses off at your funny commentary
Excellent narration dude. This brings me back to when I used to watch NASCAR a ton
FUN FACT: turns 1 and 2 at Bristol are shorter than 3 and 4, meaning that you’ll be going faster out of 3 and 4 than 1 and 2. That’s why people always wreck at 1 and 2 but 3 and 4 are usually smoother
I've noticed that Bristol track map looked a bit asymmetrical, but I just thought that it was shown on the screen like it had a little perspective and wasn't perfectly top down. I've been a NASCAR fan for 21 of the 26 years I've been alive and never knew this
So what you're telling me is Bristol is a miniature Darlington?
one small correction is dale reynolds did it on legend difficulty but he won a championship in his rookie season.
Uh oh...
yeah, i remember i came onto his stream when he was doing the 100% charlotte race in his career, there was 6 to go, then he dnfed, i was devistated, thankfully he restarted that because well that was a pretty bullshittery finish if i say so myself
@Nedums it isn't legit if you have to restart cuae you don't get the finish you want.
@@thatonefatguy9043 oh well
Had no plans to watch an hour and a half video before work but here I am. Your one liners had me urinating myself. Automatically subbed.
I've never watched Nascar before. But i binged a bunch of Mark Liefer's videos, and now my reccomended is forever filled with Nascar. I'm not complaining, though. These videos are far more entertaining than i thought they would be.
Man I love this to death.
I'm gonna do it. Wish me luck
Daytona: 18th
Atlanta: Blew an engine in the first turn
Texas: Blew an engine
Charlotte: Wrecked
Michigan: SOMEHOW blew an engine in pits
Pocono: Almost 22nd, blew an engine
After this I quit realizing how horrible I am
@@nascardonuts F
were your engines built with corn chips? lmao
@@flareog134 IDK
@@nascardonuts if it's any consolation I blew an engine right at the start of the Daytona 500...and then finished no higher than 40th the next 5 races, crashing out or blowing an engine in each of them
YES. I loved the days of the 8 hour streams of dnf ing in every race and getting one driver to retire 😂
Man, never thought I would find a fellow North Dakotan on TH-cam. Cheers from Minot!
Listening to your fun facts makes me think there should be a thread or something on the mechanics of these games 🤔
1:14:25 - "... which was enough for a *full course caution."*
_At Martinsville._
Video idea:
*Can You Lead By 200 Points For an Entire Career Season in NASCAR Thunder 2004?*
Nascar Thunder 2004, Heat 2002, and Dirt to Daytona are the top three Nascar console games
Thank god you didn't choke the championship, Also very good video
2:42 Just wanted to mention that if you can somehow find the time to do them, I would love if you brought back the DNF streams again.
5:00 Rockingham is notoriously easy on both qualifying and race. IM SORRY WHAT? you wanna run that by me again chief
Rockingham is hard as shit, he must be joking
tbf it's piss easy if you nail the setup, but you'll qualify 43rd if you run the default one
You can always get the pole at The Rock by sliding the car against the wall in 3 & 4.
@@jesseyoungblood6265 So what you're saying is that all my practice into actually "getting gud" at this track was completely wasted?
Fun Fact: I very much enjoyed watching this video.
1:10:40 lmfao I was waiting for this
Lmao
Kami: dont be surprised
Tony Stewart: wins
Me: surprised pikachu face
Currently watching this for the 3rd time
this shit is hilarious i love your sense of humor and delivery
Please do more of these I love the mitten squad vibe you had going with this video
This is very weird seeing this now he's just passed and I was here last year when this came out too :/
Jacoby popping up at 0:19 is super random 😂
0:20 Jason Jacoby appears
im late but i love the crash bandicoot soundtrack just playing in the background
At least you are consistent in your expectations hoping to be 200 points ahead in every point in the season.🤔
Why have I just now found this content?? BRAVO
I for one loved your fun facts!!!
Dale never played on rookie, although he did say he was playing a rookie difficulty career offscreen during a stream once.
45:10 that’s what you get not realizing Gordon is one of the best at superspeedways
When I remember first playing this game pretty much all of my wins were from ending under caution or pretty much everybody not pitting due to a caution and running out of gas. I remember the Pepsi 400 were most of the pack ran out and ended under caution.
I did that in my first season at Talladega and was laughing my ass off when I realized what happened. IIRC, I spun and pitted ~lap 8 under caution but the AI stayed out. Another caution came out when a bunch of them ran out of fuel and I got the lead. We restarted 1 more time and they all ran out again since they still didnt pit but thankfully didnt cause another caution for a GWC and I snuck away with my first career win.
I love how gloriously derpy NT 2004 is.
Fun fact tired pressure does affect speed and acceleration IRL…
Fun Fact: the final year of the (20 year) career for NT 2003 would be 2022
Crazy that the best NASCAR Career mode is literally in a 19 year old game.
1:23:19 HOLY SHIT I DIDN'T KNOW YOU WERE AN ACE COMBAT FAN!?!
This is your best video yet
KamikazeGames you should more of these types of videos and do it as a series.
A very interesting challenge to say the least.
Adding tire pressure does actually aid in top speed (not a huge amount) since there's less rolling resistance. Acceleration on the other hand is a bit of a head-scratcher.
less tire pressure = larger contact patch = more grip = more acceleration
It's why drag cars run such deflated tires
@@d1a2n3n4y6 Googled why that happens not long after I made that comment. It made sense when I thought about it for a while.
Please go back to the breaking the game NASCAR thunder 2004 series.
This was awesome. Thanks KG
Hey it’s like the Smoke games’ precursor lol. Gotta beat smoke rather than everyone else.
Fun fact: the fun fact in the middle of the video was indeed not the final fun fact of the video.
I, too, dreamt of losing a Bud Pole Award to Ryan Newman 😄
I love when KG says funny or stupid things, but in that usual documentary style of speech.
I'm more interested to see if it's possible to make a Gamecube ISO of the game from PS2 and Xbox files since it got screwed out of that gem
This is the 5th time I’ve watched this. Too damn good.
Love the rando Jason jacoby vid in the scroll lmao
22:39 UrinatingTree used this song in his Dan Snyder video.
Your commentary is so funny dude.
1:02:11 the true race that saved Darlington.
When you said you’re awful in turn 1 but amazing in turn 3. I felt that
Best video yet
Dude the Ace Combat music at the end ♥️♥️♥️
Dale Reynolds is such a legend. The GOAT at this game.
Damn bro. Rip mitten squad.
To be honest you good at this
Time to upgrade your car now!
More videos like this please KG 🙏🏾
Yes you can through strategic cautions in 5% length races.
Honestly I'm pretty sure if you have a good setup, a championship on Veteran like this might be possible. Legend though? Hell no. You might get a top 10, top 5 at best?
Always bothered me that the dev's never used the correct headlight decals for the Chevy in Thunder 2004, 2005
Just started an attempt at this challenge, results are as follows
Daytona 11th
Rockingham 10th
Vegas DNF (got spun, flipped, and rear ended, resulting in a blown fuel cell)
Atlanta 10th
Yet to run Darlington.
Update
Darlington was garbage (qualified 43rd and finished 43rd after getting slammed into the wall by Sprague on the last lap causing me to DNF)
Bristol was no fun (started 43rd finished 38th)
Texas..DNF
Went last to first at dega
Martinsville started 28th finished 11th after a last lap pileup at the entrance to the pits
Tossed the attempt in the trash after 3 straight DNFs after Martinsville....
I have decided to start again and play through career the proper way...with 100% length races.
I wish the games today had better options for career modes. Stuff like custom schedule or change to old points sysyem
Dale played on legend lol
Amazing video
Why is Dover 2 at night?
"You already know all the pomp and circumstance" ah... yeah sure...
Decided to do my own version of this challenge (I'll make sure to update)
Race 1/36 Daytona: Qualified 22nd, Finished 2nd behind Mark Martin after trying to fend off the hard charging Roush cars of Kenseth & Martin.
Race 2/36 North Carolina: Qualified 31st, Finished 20th, accidentally gave Joe Nemechek a -60 on lap 1, spun out on lap 17/19 going into 3 while in 8th which sent me back to 25th place...
Race 3/36 Las Vegas: Qualified 37th, Finished 41st, had a good run going for a top 20 finish until I got very loose into turn 1 on the final lap...
Race 4/36 Atlanta: Qualified 31st, Finished 8th, very fun race, got a top 10 too.
Race 5/36 Darlington: Qualified 43rd, Finished 42nd (DNF), cautions cautions cautions! Get your free cautions here!, Michael Waltrip had no talent while going into the pits on lap 7/14, causing him to DNF. DNF'd myself after lightly tapping the wall with my right rear quarter panel coming out of turn 2 on lap 13/14, causing my fuel cell to explode, my first DNF of the season.
Race 6/36 Bristol: Qualified 42nd, Finished 43rd (DNF), kept getting caught out by the AI braking into the corners way too early (I'm so used to playing on Veteran & Legend difficulty), causing me to spin into the turn 1/2 inside wall and my engine exploded, causing my second DNF of the season.
Race 7/36 Texas: Qualified 23rd, Finished 6th, Pretty good race and a motivational boost for me and my crew ^^
Race 8/36 Talladega: Qualified 30th, Finished 1st, SWEET HOME ALABAMA! *Guitar riff* WHERE THE SKIES ARE SO BLUE!, Finally won my first race of the season after fending off a hard charging pair of Dale Jarrett and Kevin Harvick!
Race 9/36 Martinsville: Qualified 27th, Finished 43rd (DNF), Third DNF of the season, this time caused by my poor exit coming out of turn 2...
Race 10/36 California: Qualified 43rd, Finished 14th, Pretty fun race with Atlanta, nothing special to note about this one.
Race 11/36 Richmond: Qualified 40th, Finished 42nd (DNF), Pretty okay race until lap 18/20, was in the running for a top 15 finish until my car decided it didn't want to turn anymore and Kyle Petty getting into the back of me, causing me to spin out while coming out of turn 2, then on the restart while going into the final lap, I got slammed into the wall and my engine exploded. My fourth DNF of the season...
The All Star Open (Exhibition Race): I decided to participate in this race for funsies. Before this race I decided to check out the points standings, Ricky Rudd was leading the championship with 1567 points, followed by Mark Martin in second with 1502 points (a 65 point difference). Meanwhile I sat down in 23rd with 1058 points, anyways, onto the race. Finished 21st out of 22 cars, bleh.
Race 12/36 Charlotte/Lowe's: Qualified 43rd "GoOd ThInG wE hAvE pRoViSiOnAlS", Finished 43rd (DNF), would've been a much better race if Kyle Petty wasn't so pissed off with me, he spun me while coming out of turn 4, causing my fuel cell to explode thanks to Jeff Green slamming into the back of me while I was spinning out... My fifth DNF of the season...
Race 13/36 Dover: Qualified 43rd, Finished 10th, a surprise top 10, I'll take it. Especially after the past few races.
Race 14/36 Pocono: Qualified 43rd, Finished 40th, pretty okay race, was up in the mid pack of the field during the mid point of the race, unfortunately my car didn't want to work for the latter half of the race.
Race 15/36 Michigan: Qualified 43rd, Finished 36th, was on a good run for a 25th place finish until Kyle Petty slammed into me on the final lap while going into turn 1, but I managed to save it and get a 36th place finish, at least it wasn't 43rd.
2005 Chase for the cup is my favorite
Love it bruh (Now I'm gonna bump n run) 200 MPH at Pocono (Gears) Same gears for Daytona (I won) always pit on lap 5 through 9 (Can I win by Technical Elimination Intimidation? Smiles pits on lap 43) ... Bruh that fool left caution so I pushed the lower car into him and then pitted next lap lol now pit every 11 after or caution (Craftsman) Custom DEI #7 / #14 / #77 (What restrictor plate ... My psi is under 2 lbs? Smiles)
man vs tony stewart
Half way through the video I realized it was a hour video
0:15 Well shit. I guess I'm a never was 😄
Uh. Dale played on Legend his entire season and made it a joke at the beginning of every episode that he played it on Legend.
This is the shit I sub for
Have some race audio for this
Fun Fact: I feel like the "200 points ahead" is a reference to something else.😂😂😂😂😂
I never played this I’ve always wanted a good nascar game. I was born in 03. I really wish I could’ve played the ps2 nascar games but I never got any of them when I was little I had gta 3 and vice city but no nascar :( I still have a ps2 tho so I’ll have to pick this up at some point unless yall wanna send me a copy lol. The best nascar game experience I’ve played to this point is the nascar game at chucky cheese. That game was actually so good tho. The arcade nascar was so good
Pretty sure this is Ed Bolian
I almost had a heart attack at Miami 😭
I've been trying to win the Daytona 500 first season I've been having a hard time
Is NT2004 ps2 or PC?
ps2 you can see it on the memory card text
kevin lapage got a top 10. noice.
Its favoured for Chevy .... But they crash (Dodge is Pontiac in this game bruh) Thunder 01 I think not 04
So this is a Rick Ware playthrough huh...
I did not react in time, got a 60 and a destroyed car for my troubles
Repair and overhaul would be fair just don't build new engines chassis or r&d
I too suck at this game. Which is weird because I'm generally good at other racing games just not EA Nascar games
I call this the 'Furniture Row Challenge'
Please elaborate
👍👍
19:56 lmaoo
I won't give my tire rotation away
6.9 average finish it doesn’t get nicer than that !
Hey maybe hook Stewart a few times. What did I just watch
I was planning on being up by 200 points
Dude its platonically..
48:04 the funniest shit i've ever seen
55:08 the second funniest shit i've ever seen