Star Wars: Galactic Racer reviewed ahead of 6 October launch; critics praise racing

Star Wars: Galactic Racer, developed by Fuse Games, launches on 6 October on PC, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S, and reviews were published on 2 October. 1 2 All four reviews are strongly positive. Collider called it the most addictive Star Wars game in years, Screen Rant an "instant genre classic", and Radio Times "an addictively rich adventure", while The Verge's reviewer said it was a childhood podracing dream come true. 3 4 1 In the campaign the player is Shade, a pilot who enters the underground Galactic League, set after the Empire's fall, to take on champion Kestar Bool; Darius Pax is the league's founder. 3 1

The campaign is run-based: players pick routes through a branching map of events, and crashing too much or missing placement requirements costs League tokens, with losing them all ending the run. Some progression carries over to later runs. 3 4 1 Reviewers describe several vehicle types, including landspeeders, speeder bikes and skim speeders, with podracers a separate class that Collider and Screen Rant note is distinct from the speeders that make up much of the game; The Verge says the player does not drive a podracer until partway through the campaign. 3 4 1 Locations named include Tatooine, Jakku, Ando Prime and Crait; Screen Rant counts seven unique planets, and says planetary conditions such as cold, lava and corrosion affect racing. 3 4

Screen Rant describes multiplayer Tours for twelve players and quick races of twelve speeders or eight podracers; Radio Times says it finished the three-act campaign, which features Sebulba from The Phantom Menace. 4 2 Criticisms are mild. The Verge's reviewer crashed often, found obstacles visible too late, found opponents very aggressive and said late runs can exceed two hours, making a loss exasperating; Screen Rant says high speed can make it hard to see where to go and that visuals and sound could occasionally be improved. 1 4