It was originally planned for release as a Nintendo 64 title, but was cancelled during the early development phases of the game and was never officially announced.

Interviewed by Official Dreamcast Magazine producer Oliver Raffard said that the development team were inspired by "GP1 for the sensation [of driving], the realism and the choice of tunings; Out Run for the fun and arcade spirit; and Rally Masters for the handling".

[10] In Japan, where the PlayStation version was ported for release under the name V-Rally Champion Edition 2[d] and published by Spike on January 27, 2000, Famitsu gave it a score of 27 out of 40.

[16] Max Everingham of NextGen said of the latter console version in its January 2000 issue, "It looks good, it plays fine, and it has a lot of tracks.

"[27] Ten issues later, however, Jim Preston called the former console version "A colorful, fun, and realistic driving sim.