The game allows the player to race in 5 game modes: Quick Race, Time Attack, Championship, Challenges and Multiplayer in a variety of difficulties and weather conditions.

According to the publisher the game offers challenging weather effects, accurate physics models based on real data and sound effects recorded from real MotoGP bikes.

In 2007 Capcom purchased the "PlayStation format rights" for MotoGP previously owned by Namco through 2012.

In 2013, Milestone returned to making the MotoGP game in their own right, a pattern which continues to this day.

[1] In Japan, Famitsu gave it a score of three sevens and one eight for a total of 29 out of 40.