Players can experience a full signaling and speed management system, with first-person, third-person, and side-view perspectives available for a more immersive driving experience.

Technically, the sim is aging. It runs best on Windows 7/10 (32-bit). Players report that high-end GPUs sometimes cause stuttering; ironically, an old office laptop with 4GB of RAM runs the Darkstar engine more smoothly because the code was written for DirectX 9.