Dirt Racer is a racing video game for the Super Nintendo. Players navigate a dirt track in a rally-style vehicle equipped with a speedometer, lap counter, and lap timer. Players have a limited number of attempts to successfully complete the game, similar to titles like Super Mario Kart. A smiley face indicator displays performance, changing expression based on the player's progress.
Players must drive their dirt track racing vehicle across a road rally. The car comes complete with a speedometer (in kilometres), a lap counter, and a lap time counter. There are a pre-determined number of chances to complete the game, like in Super Mario Kart and F-Zero. If the player is unable to defeat the game in those number of tries, then the player gets an automatic game over. A yellow smiley face shows up to track the performance of the driver. If it's smiling, then the player is winning. Otherwise, the player is losing the game.