The player is able to make bets, buy armor, upgrade their engine or tires and maintain leadership by winning races.

The title maintains an 80% ranking on GameRankings[6] as well as an 81 out of 100 score on Metacritic based on 9 reviews.

[10] The box art for Karnaaj Rally was criticized by many video game reviewers and publications.

"[11] IGN's review of the game, although very positive, states that it is "hard to ignore the crappy name and awful package design" and advises readers to "Never judge a book by its cover.

[13] He later played it and reviewed it with "it wasn't as bad as it looked like it'd be" in response to the criticism.