The game is fun to play whether you win or not. You must reach the next check point in the game within the allotted time to move on to the next screen. Unlike the arcade version, you cannot put a quarter into the game to go on, once the time is out you cannot go on. There is no dash board on the screen and these statistics are shown on letters that overlay the window into the game, like a HUD in a fighter cockpit. Once the track is selected, you can specify the number of laps.
Tunable cars are optional, depending on the player's preference.
The game plays in arcade championship, arcade practice, time attack, and 2 player battle modes. In the practice mode you can improve your skills while in th championship mode you proceed right on to the next race after winning. Time Attack allows you to race against yourself again and again until you get a part of a track down pat. See multi-player below for a description of the two player modes. The resolution is 640x480 pixels and 320x240 pixels with 16-bit color or 8 bit color in full screen or windowed screen.