It is the sequel to Monster Truck Madness for the same platform, and was one of the first racing games to feature an online multiplayer mode.

This sequel offers improved graphics, an updated interface, new trucks and tracks and the addition of variable weather conditions when compared to its predecessor.

[7] American video game studio Terminal Reality, Inc. designed Monster Truck Madness to accurately simulate monster truck events such as drag tracks and enclosed circuit races, and replicate the titular off-road vehicles on land, when jumping, and during collisions.

The developer hired announcer Army Armstrong to perform sports commentary, resulting in lines such as "Bigfoot is doing it in the air!"

[2] It received advertisement time on World Championship Wrestling programming and features trucks styled after WCW wrestlers.

[12][13] GameSpot said of the PC version, "The designers wisely recognized that the subtlety of monster truck racing cried out for the added nuance that only a professional wrestling tie-in could bestow.

"[30][c] An unnamed reviewer of Next Generation's August 1998 issue called the same PC version "a definite improvement.

"[25] Adam Roff of Hyper gave the latter 68%, calling it "a lack-lustre conversion of what was a decent PC title.

"[31] Scott Alan Marriott of AllGame gave the same console version two-and-a-half stars out of five, saying, "Monster Truck Madness offers almost everything you'd expect from an Arcade racer except for tight control; the developers decided to make these trucks extremely hard to keep on the road, which ultimately destroys the atmosphere of the game.