Super Monaco GP 2 focuses on either the player's attempts to win the Drivers World Championship, or to win the “Senna GP”. There are three different modes of racing:

Senna GP

The player races one race, similar to the Super Monaco GP from the the previous version of the game. However, in this version, there are three tracks to choose from: Senna's own farm circuit in Tatuí, São Paulo, and two other fictitious tracks, designed by Senna himself. The player must choose which track they wish to race on, and select whether they want to drive with an automatic, 4 speed manual, or 7 speed manual gearbox. A preliminary lap must be undertaken, the result of which determines the player's placement on the starting grid. The player must then attempt to win the Senna GP; a display of the player's lap times are given after the race.

World Championship

The player competes against 15 other drivers on the tracks which make up the 1991 Formula One Season calendar, with the ultimate aim of winning enough points to become the Drivers World Championship.

Beginner Mode

After the player enters their name and nationality, they have the choice of warming-up for the first by completing as any free laps of the track as they wish, or by going straight to the race mode. Selecting race mode will force the player to choose what type of gearbox they desire; the preliminary lap then begins, determining the player's place on the grid for the subsequent grid.

Master Mode

This mode is the same as the Beginner version except that the player can progress to better Constructors through challenging rivals. The player may, before each race, select a rival against whom to compete. If the player beats the same rival several times consecutively (from two to four times, depending from two factors : if the player raced without crashing on other racers, and on the level of the rival's team -an A-level team will need more wins than the B and lower-level teams-), then the player and the rival swap places; that is, the player assumes the rival's seat with their constructor, and the rival is relegated to the player's former constructor. This is not part of Formula 1 but something specific to the game. There are 5 different leagues of constructor.

Free Practice

Much like the warm-up in Championship mode, the player is given the option of training freely or simulating a race. However, in this mode, the player may choose the number of laps, starting position and, in some cases, the weather.

Ayrton Senna's Super Monaco GP 2 is an arcade-style Formula One racing video game developed by Sega. It is the follow-up to Super Monaco GP, and is sometimes referred to as in its abbreviated form as Super Monaco GP 2, however this is not an official title. The game was released for the Sega Master System, Sega Genesis, and the Sega Game Gear. Along with boasting the most “realistic physics” of any console driving game at the time of release, the game was also endorsed by the then Formula One champion Ayrton Senna. The game's development was also assisted by Senna, who supplies his own advice about the tracks featured in the game.