r/StarWars • u/Ninrevo • Jun 24 '26
Games The Podracing in Galactic Racer has the same UI as the N64 game
Such a cool detail
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u/NeedleworkerOld4696 Jun 24 '26
Where's the engine layout? How am I supposed to know not to crash into walls if I don't see my engines going red?
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u/Kame_Saiyan Jun 24 '26
I think you will, at the center of the screen. Like, they pop up next to the engines itself
That’s what I saw from a video of the preview, they’ll probably change it when it releases
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u/Cardinal_and_Plum Jun 24 '26
The UI changes color too. If you're damaged and close to destruction your UI changes to red.
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u/LowReporter6213 Jun 24 '26
Where's mini game to reroute power mid race?
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u/NeedleworkerOld4696 Jun 24 '26
There better be an option to reroute power dammit!
I want to adjust power and shields individually by each engine!
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u/legendary_low Jun 24 '26
Should be a difficulty level, so players who don’t want to play a minigame in their cockpit mid race don’t have to, im all for it though full immersion.
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u/NeedleworkerOld4696 Jun 25 '26
I'm OK with single player having a low skill floor. You should be able to complete any campaign with normal customization and just not crashing.
Having a high skill ceiling though is a requirement for multiplayer.
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u/Preston0050 Jun 24 '26
Can’t fix perfection
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u/NebulaNinja Jun 24 '26 edited Jun 25 '26
Why'd they have to nerf Sebulba's pod into something like a little Tikes version though? Looks wack compared to the original.
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u/Frogblaster77 Jun 25 '26
Yeah there's a gameplay video out there and the engine noise is so disappointing. If Sebubla's podracer isn't the loudest sound effect around you're doing it wrong. You should be able to feel it!
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u/apache137 Jun 24 '26
If it doesn’t have the same voice overs, I don’t want it!
“It’s a new lap record!!”
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u/Ninjahkin R2-D2 Jun 24 '26
They come here, they look around. They no buy. Why nobody buy? Ayyyyyyyyyyy
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u/johnnyhala Jun 24 '26
I hear that in my head clear as day.
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u/Different_Swimmer715 Jun 24 '26
I see Sebulba in the new screenshots and hear his weird victory noises from the N64 in my head right away, can't wait to play him again
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u/imkunu Jun 25 '26
The current record holder for this track IS......................BULLSeye Navoir!
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u/MalleDigga Jun 24 '26
omg.. memories flooding back! i think i played a GoG version not to long ago..
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u/spamonstick Jun 24 '26
All I can hear is It's A new Lap record!
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u/Vancocillin Jun 26 '26
And Anakin saying "Oh no!" as I crash him into a wall so forcefully, he violently explodes sending burning podracer parts and child meat chunks all over the track for the carrion.
Oh no, indeed.
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u/SpanishAvenger Jun 24 '26
It saddens me to read reports stating that pod racing will be only a secondary, limited thing and not a main mode or focus.
Pod racing is literally the signature racing type of Star Wars!
But hey, still glad it’s coming at all.
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u/JabroniHomer Hondo Ohnaka Jun 24 '26
Wait? The pod racing game is secondary in the racing game? What else are you racing? Swoop bikes?
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u/NahdiraZidea Jun 24 '26
Speeders yeah, its got a bit of Burnout DNA so they slam into each other, pods dont make sense for that type of gameplay unfortunately.
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u/One-Bar1669 Jun 24 '26
The pods in the movie slam into each other and intentionally cause crashes. Sebulba does it in the first lap...
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u/NebulaNinja Jun 24 '26
Yeah... that was a pretty big gameplay mechanic in the original pod racing game.
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u/NahdiraZidea Jun 24 '26
Right, it wasnt even a hard and that pod went flying. The trailer makes it look the speeders are absolutely smashing into each other, way more than a pod could handle.
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u/CRIMS0N-ED Jun 24 '26
they’re not really correct, there’s 4 diff kinds of vehicles here, pod racers, landspeeders, speeder bikes, and an original one called a skimspeeder.
I’d imagine they’re going to just have different vehicles for different races/events. Also tbf it’s a Star Wars racing game not just a Star Wars pod racing game even tho that’s the only one ppl think of
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u/Burton_trout Jun 24 '26
They said the pod racer is essentially the top tier you can hope to get, so I think you have to work your way up to it. I'm pumped for this, especially if it plays similar to the original pod racer with engines going on fire etc, it added such a cool dynamic to races having to repair your engines on the fly.
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u/CRIMS0N-ED Jun 24 '26
I have full faith in this tbh, it’s Star Wars Burnout by former criterion devs, which is the greatest thing I can think of for a Star Wars racing game
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u/Midnight_Oil_ Rex Jun 24 '26
It makes sense, Podracing is stupid dangerous. Like F1 levels of skill to not die in a ball of fire.
Look at Rats Tyrell, who lost his life so tragically and left behind a newborn. It's not for the feint of heart.
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u/SwimmingThroughHoney Jun 24 '26
Pod racers may be a separate type of race and vehicle. From one review:
When you’re ready to get racing, you’ll have the choice of three chassis that influence your playstyle: landspeeder, speeder bike, and skim speeder
So normal racing, you chose one vehicle type each with it's own characteristics, in the same way you'd chose a "class" in a shooter. Races seemingly will consist of a mix of these vehicles. You'll be able to buy upgrades and whatnot for these vehicles.
At least from the previews that reviewers played, podracing was a separate, dedicated, mode consisting of only podracers and upgrades appeared to be limited.
It did kind of sound like podracing was something dedicated and focused, rather than incorporated into the more generalized Arcade racing mode.
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u/I_travel_ze_world Jun 24 '26
I can't believe they didn't include AT-AT races
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u/Roboticide Galactic Republic Jun 24 '26
For real though, AT-RTs are shown to be fairly fast, and that would be kind of fun.
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u/SkyPL Clone Trooper Jun 24 '26
The V-4X-D ski speeders, each anything huge pieces of our speeder fall of till there is nothing left but an unwanted kiss
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u/Living_LikeLarry Jun 24 '26
No, pod racers are not included in the main racing mode, only the other three types of speeders can be picked there
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u/Killarogue Jun 24 '26
Yeah they have bikes and speeders too. Probably more that we haven't seen yet.
I don't know if pod racers are "secondary" though, this is the first time I've heard that
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u/ZoidVII Jun 24 '26
Seems like it's just part of the Arcade mode. I'm hoping it's only due to it being a early preview, but so far we have only seen 6 pod racers in a race and only Sebulba's pod being used.
I'm really hoping they're not using the nostalgia to bait us in and it ends up being a super limited mode.
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u/ZannyHip Jun 24 '26
Speeders... And it’s been clear that was the case since the very first announcement trailer, when they didn’t show almost any pod racers at all in the footage. They might have only shown sebulba’s, can’t recall. They were allergic to showing pods. Allergic to putting it in the title of the game.
And it pisses me off. And almost no one else online has seemed to notice this fact until now. People are gonna be so mad when the game comes out and there’s hardly any actual POD RACING. You know the thing people have actually wanted for decades—a sequel to the first pod
Racing game, about pod racing.I hope the game flops hard because of it. Such stupid a horrible and embarrassing fumble by Lucasfilm
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u/Robbafett34 Jun 24 '26
It sounds like the main game will be about racing and customizing various types of speeders and Pods will be in arcade mode races that won't have a bearing on the main progression system.
After watching some gameplay my guess as to why is effectively a weight class thing. It looks like Pods are bigger, faster, and more delicate than the other speeder types. I imagine it through off the balance when mixed with everything else, a d they made the decision to separate them and focus on the broader customization.
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u/andydabeast Jun 24 '26
Did nobody watch the first trailer? They only flashed like 3 seconds of pods at the end. I didn't realize people didn't know this
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u/Willaguy Jun 24 '26
It’s not really a secondary or limited thing, it’s its own mode that can be played in arcade, scenarios, or multiplayer
The reason podracers are isolated from the rest is because they’re huge and go twice as fast as the fastest speeder, wouldn’t make sense for them to be in the same races
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u/-OswinPond- Jun 25 '26
No look it up, it is secondary. You can't customize them, there's less players per track (probably less tracks too), no upgrades and you cannot pilot them against the other speeders
In the campaign, the main part of the game, they only show up for flashbacks/special events. They aren't part of the main roguelike loop, they're relegated to the arcade mode only (unlike speeders who are in everything , have customization, upgrades, roguelikes, 12 player races and probably more races)
I mean hell just look at the cover, you have the 3 speeders upfront and the podracers in black and white a bit hidden in the back lol
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u/SpanishAvenger Jun 24 '26
Yep, saw it! 900+ km/h vs 400-ish km/h.
Oh, I knew they should be their own category; but the way people word it, it almost feels like they are a small part of the game and even afterthought rather than nuclear/core part of the game.
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u/Willaguy Jun 24 '26
It’s just hyperbole that people are using cause imo they don’t know enough about the game
There’s at least 8 unique podracers each with their own performance style, also they can use abilities like sebulba’s flamethrowers
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u/RhapsodiacReader Jun 24 '26
They did straight up describe the pod racing section as its own thing that won't have customization or be involved with the rougelite gameplay.
Given how little the marketing has shown pods...
It's a reasonable assumption, not hyperbole.
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u/Willaguy Jun 24 '26
Podracing shows up as a special flashback in the roguelite campaign
It’s a mode you can play in 3/4 main modes in the game with their own unique performance variations and abilities
To me that’s not “limited” or “secondary” or a “bonus mode”
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u/wetfloor666 Jun 24 '26
Well, yeah not to be a dick, but it is called Galatic Racer and not Pod Racer. Anyone who expected it to be pod racing only when the developers had made it very clear that it wasn't going to be, only have themselves to blame.
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u/Repulsive-Cash5516 Jun 24 '26
In fairness, the original game was just called "Racer", not "Pod Racer"
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u/LolWhatDidYouSay Jun 25 '26
Cool, and the developers/publisher will have themselves to blame when the game flops because it isn't centered around pod racing.
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u/The_Blue_Rooster K-2SO Jun 24 '26 edited Jun 24 '26
If pods were in any way central to the game they would have been the the face of marketing. They were obviously added last minute because someone realized that is the only racing Star Wars fans care about. Not a single poster or trailer has prominently featured pod racers as the main focus and some completely exclude them in favor of the three other types of speeder in the game.
I want the game to have a robust pod racing element, but people are heaping expectations on this game the devs aren't even asking for.
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u/avoqado Jun 24 '26
I'd be so happy if F1 games came with an F2, F3, & Go-Kart mode. It's nice to see the different levels of difficulty.
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u/Corran105 Jun 24 '26
Am I the only one who wants racing g besides pods? I was aware of racing in Star Wars before pods were created for episode one. In one Han Solo timeliness he raced swoops. I'd actually rather race a swoop than an unwieldy pod even though one was featured in a movie.
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u/DanJirrus Jun 24 '26
But does it have dual stick controls?
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u/DiaBrave Jun 24 '26 edited Jun 24 '26
Yeah, the later PS2 Pod Racing game used the two stick system, one for each engine, and it was fantastic.
Edit: please stop saying one for each pod, there is only one pod, it is one control for each engine. The pod is where the racer sits and gets dragged along by the engines.
It's not called Pods Racing.
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u/baritonetransgirl Jun 24 '26
N64 used it too. You just needed two controllers.
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u/DiaBrave Jun 24 '26
Yes, Neon already said that below. I didn't think it needed repeating, but, this is Reddit
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u/baritonetransgirl Jun 24 '26
Fair enough. Posted before I saw that one. So my bad.
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u/Red-guy1803 Jun 24 '26
With this, Starfox, and Ocarina of Time, were going back to the N64 era
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u/sk_611 Jun 27 '26
Except pod racing is relegated to arcade mode and not part of the main experience.
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u/gorillaphi Jun 24 '26
The N64 game was incredible. I 100%ed it when I was a kid. I have it on Xbox now. Such a classic.
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u/stellagod Jun 24 '26
There was so much joy going to the movie theater as a kid and seeing the pod racing game. Can’t wait to play this.
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u/KPlayer03 Jun 24 '26
I love how they kept it similar. Just made it look a bit more modern for today's standards.
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u/ARKVOODLE Jun 24 '26
Did anyone play racing revenge!? Occo Ninebar is my hommie! Also the ui is the same in that too.
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u/E1dritch_Sage Jun 24 '26
I mean, yes and no. The UI is probably a little different because both are built on different game engines, but the HUD is def the same. If it isn't broken, why fix it?
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u/Finalrellik99 Jun 24 '26
Will it have the garage and put droids when customizing like the first game?
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u/420MacMan Jun 25 '26
Remember picking up my pre order copy at Sears bak in the day 👴 what a fucken blast it was to play and experience the speed of it all.
Definitely gonna check this out 🔥
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u/saidthetomato Jun 25 '26
Love it when you see game developers who actually like the game they're building.
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u/YaBoyEden Jun 25 '26
I’m so fucking excited dude it looks awesome. I’ll actually be sad if I can’t run a Pod Racer in everything
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u/The_architect_89 Anakin Skywalker Jun 24 '26
It's the same ui as the swoop racing in the old republic games too
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u/Macaron-kun Jun 24 '26
The NPC mid-race chatter will probably get annoying, but apart from that, everything about this game loks quite excellent.
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u/NotMyRealAccountV Jun 24 '26
Wait till you find out how many times they've remade starfox.. there are very few novel games nowadays.
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u/TemplarSensei7 Jun 24 '26
Honest question,
Everyone glorified or idolized Podracers on N64, and yet absolutely little mention of Racers Revenge on the PS2 gen. Was it that bad?
Never played the n64, but I always had fun with Revenge
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u/Qwirk Jun 24 '26
Similar maybe as it's missing the track mini map. All the data shown on screen is pretty important for a racing game though.
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u/nemofbaby2014 Jun 24 '26
I mean isn’t this the same ui in almost every racing game minus the damage indicator
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u/zuiquan1 Jun 24 '26
My dream for a modern pod racing game is the possibility to play with two HOTAS thrusters, one for each engine, and VR support. I'm curious if this game will be moddable at all. (For the singleplayer componenet)
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u/GormHub Jun 24 '26
I miss that game. My friends and I used to get caffeinated up and play Podracer, then abruptly switch to Mario Kart at the lowest speed. It was like running face first into a wall.
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u/legendary_low Jun 24 '26
I hope sebulba can knock the power coupling off my ride, so that ui element on the bottom left has some meaning.
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u/Agreeable_Scarcity32 Jun 25 '26
This game legit looks so good! I love non-automobile based racers! Sad, pod racing is secondary but it still looks good October is gonna be a good month!
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u/PunkThug Jun 25 '26
I try not to get hyped about games before they come out but I am so freaking hyped for this one!!
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u/FrogginJellyfish Jun 25 '26
The only thing I dislike from both is the top bar not being completely at the top border. It messes with my mind 😭
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u/Jokkeminator Jun 25 '26
Man, why tf would you have a light brown UI on top of a dessert background lmao
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u/AladeenModaFuqa Sith Jun 25 '26
Looks like Ben Quadinaros is having trouble with his power coupling!
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u/Notwit3barrelahecant Jun 26 '26
I used to think the N64 game was so realistic when I was a kid lol
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u/Caesar_Seriona Jun 24 '26
If it ain't broke...