You start off with 5,000 in cash. Then you look at the trader type paper and pick a car there are 20 different cars at random that change week you week. you get to choose from 6 at a time.
if your lucky your car wont have much wrong with it and you can upgrade.You have an engine ,chassis,body catagory to upgrade
once you have spent your money go out and find some street racing to earn more cash to build your car.or you can go to the strip and race in like 5 areas according to your times you turn on the strip.
as you progress you get better parts i started with a 66 style chevelle and it ran like 17.90s at around 250 hp, Now it runs 8.70 with 880 hp. You get to tune your weight and your fuel mixture and your air pressure in the tires
as you see im not real good at this type of thing but i hope you get the idea .It really is a great racing game