Burning Road is a 1996 arcade racing game for PlayStation. It is heavily inspired by Sega's arcade hit Daytona USA. It received a sequel the following year, 1997, titled Explosive Racing. Players are timed in races and must race through checkpoints to gain more time. Players are timed to pick a track, a car and the transmission, like in arcade games. There are three difficulty levels: Easy, Medium and Hard. In-game, there is a 'traffic' radar showing the player where opponents are surrounding the player's car only. The opponent in the lead has a silver cup icon above their vehicle. If the player gets in the lead, text saying 'race leader' displays at the top of the screen for a second. The game has three modes. Practice mode is the equivalent to single race found in other racing games. It is possible to unlock the mirrored versions of the three tracks (bringing the track total to six) in this mode. There are seven AI opponents in this mode. In Championship mode, players race on all the tracks in order with a chosen car. Players must beat a certain time to qualify for the next track. As in practice, there are seven AI opponents. Link mode is a multiplayer mode using the PlayStation Link Cable. Players can race against one other human opponent only; there are no AI opponents in this mode. There are four vehicles, consisting of three cars and a monster truck. Players can also choose automatic or manual transmission.