The career mode sees you working through various different championships with different cars, being given a target (either financial or position-based) for each one - You cannot progress on to a new championship until you have successfully reached your goal in the current one. Your career throughout is interspersed with movies relevant to your progress, in an attempt to inject some storyline into the otherwise linear career progression. These scenes aren't too horribly distracting (at least in comparison to the Ryan McKane scenario in the original Race Driver), but do come off as being somewhat cheesy, and you'll probably find yourself wanting to skip the cut scenes before too long.