
The game contains twenty-four cars and more than twelve courses. The PlayStation version features system link play for two players, while the MS-DOS version has an online multiplayer mode.Destruction Derby 64, the game's Nintendo 64 version, features updated graphics and an increased number of cars and tracks and it adds new modes such as capture the flag.

Wreckin' Racing is a hybrid of the two, in which the player earns points both by winning the race and by destroying other cars.

In Destruction Derby, the player earns points by destroying other cars in a large, trackless arena called The Bowl in Stock Car Racing, the player must finish in first place, and no points are awarded for destroying cars. Four game modes are available: Destruction Derby, Wreckin' Racing, Stock Car Racing and Time Trial. Frontal collisions risk damage to the car's radiator, which causes the car to overheat and stop running. Collisions in the game affect the controls of each car, limiting their steering and maximum speed.

Destruction Derby online DOS is a vehicular combat racing video game based on the sport of demolition derby.
