In the latter, a one-lap qualification drive must be passed before each race, determining the starting position in the grid, and also serving as a short practice for the upcoming course.

Real world sponsors are placed on the billboards that are in the background of each race course; including Shell, Nestlé, Sasol, and Agip.

The game's soundtrack is quoted to sound similar to other Konami FC/NES products such as Blades of Steel and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, chiefly because of the same tools used in the creation process.

Passwords consists of both small and capital Latin letters, with some additional characters uncommon to NES games.

[2] The only known differences between the Japanese and European releases are the title of the game and the locations of the screen where lap and position information are displayed.