Thunder Struck

Thunder Struck is the ninth race course in Crash Nitro Kart and the final race track in Fenomena. It features huge trees, many jumps and it always rains. It is a difficult track for most players because there are no shortcuts and there are numerous obstacles the player has to avoid, such as the spiked swings.
In the Game Boy Advance version of the game, the track's visuals are greatly simplified, with trees and rain not present. However, similar to Tiny's Temple's day cycle, the track cycles through various colors as time passes. In the N-Gage version, Thunder Struck features a completely different background from the console and GBA versions, depicting a series of grassy floating islands in a blue sky.
It is used in the Aku Cup and the Purple Gem Cup (along with Android Alley and Tiny Temple). This track returned in Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled.
==CNK/CTR Challenge==
*C: This letter is located right at the start the of race. Players must head to the right and will find the C on the second giant rock step.
*N/T: The N/T is located on the left side of the track, right before the finish line, hovering over the bottomless pit. In Nitro-Fueled, the letter is slightly less risky to get.
*K/R: It is located right at the big finishing jump. Players can simply shift to left and hop to get the K/R.
==Walkthrough==
Crash Nitro Kart-Thunder Struck race|Thunder Struck in Crash Nitro Kart
==Gallery==
===Crash Nitro Kart===
CNK-Load-Fenom3.png|Thunder Struck loading screen artwork
CNK Thunder Struck Prerelease.jpg|Prerelease screenshot of Thunder Struck with an earlier minimap
CNK strategy map thunder struck.png|Map of Thunder Struck from the Prima strategy guide.
Cnk thunder struck landmass concept.png|Concept art of Thunder Struck.
===Crash Nitro Kart (Game Boy Advance)===
Cnkgbathunderstruck.jpg|Thunder Struck in the Game Boy Advance version of Crash Nitro Kart
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CNK GBA Thunder Struck Thumbnail.png|Thumbnail in the Game Boy Advance version of Crash Nitro Kart
===Crash Nitro Kart (N-Gage)===
CNK N-Gage Thunder Struck (1).png|Thunder Struck in the N-Gage version of Crash Nitro Kart
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CNK N-Gage Thunder Struck (11).png
CNK N-Gage Thunder Struck Thumbnail.png|Thumbnail in the N-Gage version of Crash Nitro Kart
===Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled===
nf thunder struck concept.png|Concept art
nf thunder struck concept 2.png|Concept art
Thunderstruck.png|Musketeer Pura racing on Thunder Struck in Crash Team Racing: Nitro-Fueled
Crash-Team-Racing-Nitro-Fueled 2019 06-11-19 003.jpg|Polar, Crash and Coco racing on Thunder Struck
==Names in other languages==
==Trivia==
*Originally, the name of this track was Head N. CloudsThe Cutting Room Floor's article on the Crash Nitro Kart US GameStop demo and lacked its rain storm theme.The Cutting Room Floor's article on Crash Nitro Kart's prerelease This possibly explains the lack of rain in the Game Boy Advance and N-Gage versions as well as its different theming in the N-Gage version.
*This track can be compared to Hot Air Skyway from Crash Team Racing, as it shares the similar theme of a floating raceway with little to no rails.
*As the loading screen image is flipped from left to right, N. Gin's missile appears on the left side of his head instead of the right side.
*In Nitro-Fueled, Nitros Oxide's time trial ghost for this track starts a few lengths behind the player.
==References==
es:País del Trueno
fr:Foudre
Category:Race Courses
Category:Crash Nitro Kart
Category:Mechanical Levels
Category:Mountainous Levels
Category:Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled
Category:Prehistoric Levels
Category:Ruins Levels