Presumably set at night to justify the lack of graphics? (I've not played it, but suspect if they'd added any sort of scenery the 2600 wouldn't have been able to cope)
Honestly I was too young to read so I have no idea what it was called but I do remember it was at a Pizza Hut with an arcade machine.
From what I CAN remember, my all time childhood favourite was Midnight Club 3: Dub Edition Remix. I had a pair of pimped out flower power pink and blue H1 Hummers with “Real Big - Mannie Fresh” blasting as I crashed into the gas station so it would explode XD
I remember being a big fan of the Nissan 350Z and Dodge Viper GTS-R, refused to crash those on purpose.