

The daily challenges cannot be played once done for another twenty-four hours. When the player beats a Daily Challenge, they will unlock a body kit part for their cars. There are also unique Daily Challenges every day. Hidden Packages are located in each level, once they are all collected, they will unlock the Coyote, although it doesn't have the ability to fly like one would expect.

They start off by picking the only vehicle available at first, the Phaser GTI, picking weapons like the Machine Gun and then head their way onto circuits across the continents America, Asia, Africa, Europe and Australia such as Heat with the help of health, nitro and cash pickups in order to win without dying and unlock new challenges like Splash, new vehicles like the Panther V8 as well as body kit parts and paint jobs for them, weapons like the Dual Miniguns and cash to buy everything they unlocked. The player is supposed to dominate the world by completing challenges on the city, desert, snow, and jungle environments where they race against others with weaponry.

It is the first game in the series to attribute daily challenges with exclusive tracks.

It is the first game in the series to introduce hidden packages.It is the second and the last game in the series to not feature weapons.Hidden Packages are located in each level, once they are all collected, they will unlock the Inferno 66, with maxed out stats, easily being the best vehicle to be found. And then head their way onto circuits such as Steep Mountains with the help of health, nitro and points multiplier pickups in order to collect enough points from pickups scattered across the track, allowing to win without dying and unlock new challenges like Saint Rossa Reef and new vehicles like the Panther V8. The player starts off with two available vehicles: the Phaser GTI and the Spryster Turbo. The player is supposed to complete sprint challenges in city, canyon, forest, and snow environments where they race against three opponents.
