It has a driving experience that is somewhere between Gran Turismo and the Need for Speed games or Race Driver: Grid.

The player drives two laps around the Fiorano Circuit (Ferrari's real test track) with the Ferrari F430 Challenge car with professional race driver Tiff Needell talking and walking through the steps of how to get the most speed out of the F430.

The main car of the game is the F430 Challenge, which does not have to be unlocked and appears at the beginning.

System 3 also released a cheaper version of Trofeo Pirelli the following year in Europe and Australia, titling it Ferrari Challenge: Deluxe and adding new cover art to market it as a budget edition.

[31] Within the first three weeks of its release in the United Kingdom, sales of the title suffered from limited distribution, which caused it to fail in entering the weekly Top 40 best-selling games in the UK chart.

The majority of the 17 circuits and 32 cars have been recycled from Ferrari Challenge Trofeo Pirelli (including both DLC packs).

Vehicle roster is now extended to include Ferrari models 599XX and 458 Italia.