Cabinet art was done by Larry Day and Bruce Schafernak of Advertising Posters in Chicago.

The player controls a racer who must travel on a motorcycle from Los Angeles to New York City.

On all stages there are puddles of water which, if ridden through, render the bike unable to steer for a short period of time and a tire squealing sound is played briefly.

Running out of fuel prevents the motorcycle from going any further and causes the game to be over, but in the arcade version, the player can continue by inserting more coins (if necessary) and pressing START.

[8] In Japan, Game Machine listed MotoRace USA in their July 1983 issues as being the most successful new table arcade unit of the month.