A turbo mode (activated by the gear shift) increases the car's speed but uses more fuel and puts the player at a higher risk of hitting an obstacle.

The original title RF2 is a reference to Konami's 1984 arcade game Road Fighter, and thus this may be considered an unofficial sequel.

Konami GT was made available on Microsoft's Game Room service for its Xbox 360 console and for Windows-based PCs on October 6, 2010.

In Japan, Game Machine listed Konami GT on their November 15, 1985 issue as being the sixth most-successful upright/cockpit arcade cabinet of the month.

He said it was "a three dimensional racing game in the style of" Pole Position (1982) "but the quality of graphics and gameplay are in excess of anything that I have seen for a long time".