Top NASCAR drivers and racetracks provide the backdrop for six modes of play: arcade, career, single race, Beat the Heat, time trial, and multiplayer. Career mode gives players the opportunity to contribute to a winning Winston Cup team where good finishes pay off with benefits and bad finishes can get a driver dropped from the team. Beat the Heat offers 16 different race-day challenges designed by top NASCAR drivers. Arcade mode offers an easy full season of racing for players who are just getting warmed up. In multiplayer mode, up to four players can connect their Game Boy Advance systems using the Game Boy Advance Game Link cable and race together on any of the tracks in the game.