Race Drivin'

The screen shows a first person perspective from inside the car, through the windshield. The car's dashboard is visible and displays the car's instruments, like the speedometer, tachometer and fuel level, as well as a few other functional but non-gameplay important ones, such as the oil, temp, and amp gauges and lights. Each car has its own unique dashboard.

There are three cars with manual transmission (speedster, roadster, and original), one automatic, and three tracks to choose from: the stunt track which is very similar to the one in Hard Drivin', the Autocross track, and the Super Stunt track.

Race Drivin' has improved vehicle handling courtesy of a faster microprocessor and more efficient software. The TMS34010 used for car modeling in the original was replaced with an AT&T DSP32C which is faster and has floating point. Instead of modeling a car with only two wheels as Hard Drivin' did, Race Drivin' models a car with all four wheels.

Doug Milliken, who also worked on Hard Drivin', is credited as a "test driver", but actually worked as a consultant for developing the car model. This model was used to lay out the physics of the game's car. The arcade version of Race Drivin' was exhibited at the UK's Amusement Trades Exhibition International (ATEI) in 1991.

In North America, the arcade version was the top new video game on the RePlay arcade charts in October 1990, and then the top upright arcade cabinet from November 1990 through early 1991 to May 1991. Race Drivin' Panorama was later the top new arcade video game in August 1991.

Electronic Gaming Monthly gave the Genesis version 23 out of 50, calling it "another so-so entry in the driving scene" due to its "very choppy" scrolling.