The Simpsons: Road Rage is an action racing game for GameCube, inspired by Crazy Taxi. Players drive characters from the series to destinations, earning money for timely drop-offs while avoiding obstacles like traffic and nuclear buses. The game features sixteen collectible vehicles, six starting locations, and ten missions, requiring players to accumulate in-game currency to unlock content.
The Simpsons: Road Rage is similar to Sega's 1999 video game Crazy Taxi, in that the main objective is to drive picked up passengers to their destinations as quickly as possible. The player receives money upon successfully dropping off each passenger, and bonuses are obtained when they are transported in a short amount of time. Players have to avoid certain hurdles, such as other vehicles and Burns' nuclear transit buses.
The game contains sixteen different collectible vehicles, six starting locations, and ten different missions. In order to collect the vehicles and unlock starting locations, players must earn progressively more money for each vehicle or starting location they want to get.