The developer has tossed aside the monster truck theme and instead focused on sport utility vehicles and light trucks on tracks that cover such diverse locations as the Arizona desert, the site of an oil factory in Oklahoma and a mountain pass surrounding a truck stop in South Dakota. Again, players make their choice of track and vehicle and simply race the track to try and obtain the best possible time. This is one of the best ways to learn tracks without the distraction and pressure of competition. In addition, you can save a film of your best laps and share it with others online or download others' films to find what they think are the best shortcuts and strategies. Players compete in a series of tournaments to win prize money for upgrading their truck and purchasing new ones.
More difficult tracks are unlocked in tournaments down the road.
Almost every truck or SUV upgrade imaginable is available for purchase, and while prior, real-world knowledge of the parts is helpful, the game does an excellent job explaining the function of each part and its affect on performance. The trucks and SUVs available in the game are modeled after their real-life counterparts. Vehicles from many major car manufacturers, including Chevrolet, GMC, Nissan, Lexus, Dodge, Ford and Mitsubishi, are represented in the selection from thirty different vehicles. The accurate modeling is made possible by the designers' use of more than 10,000 polygons for each vehicle, resulting in finely detailed trucks and SUV that are some of the most beautiful representations of the vehicles in a game to date. Great effort was made to make the physics for each vehicle as realistic as possible, although the center of gravity was lowered to reduce the number of roll-overs, although you can still end up on your side in some circumstances.