The game was housed in a movable silver/orange sit-down cabinet; as with other Namco racing games from the time, the player had a choice of two game modes: Easy Drive (with Automatic Transmission and slower gameplay), or Technical Drive (Manual Transmission and faster gameplay).
The game has had several sequels: Winning Run Suzuka Grand Prix (1989), Winning Run 3 (1990) and Winning Run '91 (1991); Driver's Eyes (1990) also features similar gameplay to this series, but utilizes three monitors instead of just one.