MSR – Metropolis Street Racer is a racing game developed for the Sega Dreamcast, primarily featuring single-player gameplay. Players complete a series of challenges, known as Chapters, to unlock new tracks and cars. Each Chapter consists of ten challenges, requiring skillful, stylish driving to earn Kudos. Progress in single-player unlocks content for multiplayer and time-attack modes.
Gameplay in MSR is centred around the single-player mode, with tracks and cars in the multiplayer mode being unlocked at the same time as in the single-player game. The premise is that, as a street racer, the player must impress other drivers with quick but stylish driving in a series of challenges. These challenges are in sets of ten (called Chapters - there are 25 in total), with completion of all challenges opening the next chapter (assuming the player has enough Kudos, see below) and unlocking a new car. Each challenge is on a different track, and unlocking a challenge unlocks that track in the time-attack and multiplayer modes.