Star Wars: Galactic Racer review – Run-based bash racer with Burnout-style takedowns

What is it?: Arcade racing with the Star Wars sauce. Expect to pay: $60/£50 Developer: Fuse Games Publisher: Secret Mode Reviewed on: Windows 11, Intel Core i9, 32GB RAM, Nvidia RTX 4060 Multiplayer?: Yes Steam Deck: Unknown Link: Steam

The Star Wars movies have always had a mashup quality. You take some dogfighting from The Dam Busters, some swordfighting from old samurai movies, the saloon scene from a western, and you mix 'em up real good. That's how you make one (1) Star War. There's nothing wrong with that—when The Phantom Menace threw the chariot-racing from Ben Hur into the mix, it ended up being easily one of the best parts of the movie.

While Episode 1 Racer managed to recreate that specific scene just fine, as soon as you left Tatooine the quality dropped. Star Wars: Galactic Racer sets its aim higher than recreating just one scene, and instead imagines an entire racing culture flourishing in the peacetime gap …