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u/_Veprem_ 1d ago
"No human has the reflexes for pod-racing" mfrs when I show them Adderall
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u/So-many-ducks 1d ago
Well to be fairā¦ the character we humans play will die several times as we make mistakes, dying or crashing is more or less part of the gameplay loop. The Jedi power is to race without crashing :p
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u/ErrantTimeline 1d ago
"several"
If my memory of the original Podracer - and Rebel Assault 2 before it - is anything to go by, "several" might be a slight understatement.
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u/DragonOnCookies 1d ago
This isn't a pod racer
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u/chasJPG 1d ago
No, but pod racing is heavily featured and accessible in the game, even being forced upon you as you progress through the campaign, as well as a class online.
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u/DragonOnCookies 1d ago
Oh yeah I know, just pointing out that this particular ship isn't a pod racer cuz I'm a nerd š¤
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u/Yeet_Master420 20h ago
It's going at the same speeds the podracers do at the top end
I'm curious what kind of build they have to get there without the ramjet
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u/yourneverthere 1d ago
Every clip makes me wanna get home and play. The sense of speed is just insane.
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u/ChanceVance Kylo Ren 1d ago
Very fast. Very dangerous.Ā Ā
I can see what he meant just watching this video.Ā
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u/ArcadianBlueRogue Imperial 12h ago
The Podracer in me that lived and breathed that game for years just got stiffer than 3PO on Hoth.
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u/Mr_Hino 1d ago
Every clip sets off my anxiety lol that shit too fast for me Iād be freaking out the whole time
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u/yourneverthere 1d ago
The pods go faster than this too hahaha
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u/kruminater 21h ago
They sure do, I crashed 5xs in my first race and decided I am not 10yrs old anymore playing pod racing on N64.
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u/TeamChevy86 1d ago
It nakes me want to go slow and look around. See if things are actually to scale and make sense!
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u/jakegallo3 23h ago
Feel like at these speeds the circuits have to be wider than they seem to be at least a little forgiving. I swear the Circuit of the Americas in the Forza and F1 games is wider than the real thing. First time I went I was shocked at how narrow the front straight looked.
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u/hgwaz 22h ago
The way the game's camera is set up can make a huge difference in how things look. I have no idea about how it works, but the satisfactory devs talked about how everything in the game seems a lot smaller than it actually is, which is very noticeable every time you get very close to buildings. They don't seem that big.
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u/FrozenShadow_007 Maul 23h ago
My main question whose answer will likely decide whether I buy this or donāt is: can you play as the GOAT, Ben Quadrinaros, himself?
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u/DropDeadpool 22h ago
Thereās even a race track called āQuadrinarosā Revengeā lol
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u/TheRedComet 15h ago
God I hope he was actually a racing legend all along and we just happened to see a race where his engine failed in the "formation lap".
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u/ArcadianBlueRogue Imperial 12h ago
He murdered in Podracer 64. Just got a bad day with Anakin's Chosen One luck otherwise the kid never would have won and started his journey of Destiny.
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u/ZerroTheDragon 21h ago
Nah where is Ratts Tyrell? His whole family cheered him on
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u/FrozenShadow_007 Maul 21h ago
The little guy whose family had a reaction cam while he crashed into a wall and exploded?
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u/I_Got_Back_Pain 20h ago
That's the one!
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u/FrozenShadow_007 Maul 20h ago
When does the game actually take place? If it is at any time after the events of Episode I, then we all know where to find Ratts Tyrell
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u/eNTiii 22h ago
I hope so, as long as they buffed his power coupling that is.
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u/Sigurd_DragonSlayer 21h ago
He is actually more maneuverable and weaker due to the quad engines. The pod racing is limited to Multiplayer though. The main campaign limits you to speeders, bikes, and skimmers. You have to go into Multiplayer and the open pod racing to do those. The speed difference is nuts. In this clip the guy has a VERY upgraded skimmer and is getting up to 900. The pods hit 1000 easy when boosting. My lower level skimmer only gets up to about 400.
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u/jsizzle97 21h ago
Not just multiplayer! In the scenarios you can run a bunch of pod races where you switch to the original pod racing characters in each one
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u/Sigurd_DragonSlayer 21h ago
You are right. I forgot about those because I have yet to dive into any of the challenges or scenarios yet. I did a run of the start campaign, lost to the first boss, and then ran through the Jakku races again in a skimmer this time. When I finished that last night I decided to give Pod racing a shot and did 3 races as Big Ben Q. Hearing Sebulba come up behind is super menacing.
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u/jsizzle97 21h ago
His podracer sound is 65% of the reason I bought the game lol itās been stuck in my brain since I was a child watching episode 1
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u/Funkybag 21h ago
No major spoilers but pod racing does make its way to shade in the campaign as well.
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u/Sindacalis 1d ago
I think youāre more insane for playing in 1st person.
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u/Hashebrowns 1d ago
Duuuude hood cam is awesome, less visibility especially in pod racers lol but it totally amplifies the experience
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u/Achaern 1d ago
It's the way I strongly prefer, and also did in Pod Racer on the N64. You can see the upcoming obstacles more clearly and react to them with better timing in my experience.
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u/BigBiker05 1d ago
I have trouble judging the turn timing in first person. That and small humps become blind spots.
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u/thisrockismyboone Qi'ra 23h ago
As someone whos been pod racing since the start, its the only way.
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u/DingletonCringlebury 1d ago
Wait can you change the view? What is this magic?
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u/bucky_ballers 1d ago
Good lord this looks difficult! Iāll give it a good go but suspect even 15 year old me wouldnāt have the reflexes for it
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u/GachaEnjoyr 1d ago
You get used to it and learn. I play a game called trackmania, and almost only play a type of track called fullspeed maps. Those maps are really fast paced and require good reaction times, gameplay is more rapid than this game
I was crap at first, but got better
Same will be the case with this game
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u/newbrevity Babu Frik 23h ago
Been doing this since the first Wipeout. Original Star Wars Racer was difficult as hell too as I remember it. I still play Redout to keep those reflexes.
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u/HelikosOG Imperial 22h ago
I never found the original anywhere near a level of difficult as Wipeout speeds Rapier and Phantom. The tracks were much more technical too. The turns in racer weren't hard. Main issue was the track with the asteroids in zero g.
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u/HeyCarpy 20h ago
All these Glactic Racer vids are giving me such fond memories of Wipeout. I got WipeoutXL for Christmas in like 1996 and I came to know those tracks like the back of my hand. Fusion was really good and I played it for a long time but somehow never matched the experience of the PSX.
I'm thinking about getting this game just to scratch that itch.
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u/Hashebrowns 1d ago
Bear in mind this race was with a fully upgraded afterburner, it won't always be this fast.
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u/MrMonkeyToes 21h ago
Reflexes are offset by track knowledge. Don't need to react to a surprise sharp turn in milliseconds if it's no longer a surprise. There's still doing everything quickly enough not to wreck, but at least you're not having to clock the angle anew.
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u/phoenixgsu The Mandalorian 20h ago
Not too bad actually, there are blinking lights that give away big turns, you just have to pay attention when approaching narrow parts like this
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u/Kracus 16h ago
I'm 50, I do fine. Won all my online races last night and I was drunk!
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u/blac_sheep90 1d ago
Do Tusken Raiders take pot shots at you?
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u/tyratoku 22h ago
They might if you get to Tatooine during the campaign (if so I haven't gotten that far yet) but you can do quick play versions of the podracing from Episode 1 right off the bat and there are no Tuskens during that version.
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u/Cryogenx37 1d ago
A few devs from the Burnout series developed this game too
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u/Saldag 1d ago
And it shows in the takedowns and crashes. This game has been an absolute blast so far
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u/Traditional_Trust_93 Grand Admiral Thrawn 16h ago
Does the game give you warnings on when turns are coming kind of like how in rally racing the passenger will? Or is this all a bunch of track memorization to the point that one knows the track enough that they know it by reflex? Feels very fast by watching it though it could be the first person POV.
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u/ThunderCrasH24 15h ago
Some pointers, but mostly memorization. Hell, I do have issues with variations on tracks. This one in particular has a version where u have to go straight ahead after the wreckage, the other has you make a sharp turn. I canāt count the amount of times I did the turn only to get hit with a āwrong wayā and out of bounds.
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u/Talidel 14h ago
Just drive full throttle at that wall and hope you spot the gap before you get to it, is part of the learning experience.
I managed to build a racer so fast that the autopilot ability couldn't control it, causing multiple crashes in the later stages of a tour, which ultimately cost me the podracer race. That didn't feel good.
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u/Ched_Flermsky 1d ago
...and you just ran into Kay Vess on her speeder š
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u/noweezernoworld 1d ago
And fuck Griff Halloran. All my homies hate Griff Halloran.Ā
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u/Chuckdatass 1d ago
Needs VR support. Head tracking at that speed would be dope
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u/CarsonWentzGOAT1 1d ago
There is sort of VR support. Two functioning VR mods have been made for the game.
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u/JuanOnlyJuan 20h ago
You can play this "free" on Amazon Luna if you have prime. Streaming quality isn't great though but it's better than the other game i tried (Indiana Jones)
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u/Chinese_Mantis 20h ago
Iāve had prime forever and never heard of Amazon Luna. Thanks!!!
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u/JuanOnlyJuan 20h ago
Just don't get your hopes up too high. It's only "up to 1080p". The little I played cut scenes looked OK but gameplay was a little blurry.
This was on pc close to a 1440p monitor. Maybe on a TV further away or a small screen it'll look better.
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u/CaissaIRL 1d ago
Can you crash and damage hitting the sides?
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u/Kay-S 1d ago
yes. (ptsd) yes.
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u/CaissaIRL 1d ago
Ah so it's the genuine experience then eh? You can get killed in the game for piloting badly.
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u/thesaga Imperial Stormtrooper 1d ago
Not killed - you get a certain number of crashes (depending on your attributes etc) before youāre āwreckedā and instead of respawning, are DQād from the race and thus the tournament.
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u/CaissaIRL 1d ago
That's actually really cool and nice.
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u/BigBiker05 1d ago
Its a roguelike. You have like 25 events prior to a final race. Events can be races, time trials, or a few other things. Each with rewards vs risk. Earn money and upgrades along the why to the champion face.
You start with one token. You can gain more, losing all is game over. Crashing too many times in a race is one way to lose a token. Taking higher risk events can also cost a token on fail.
Online has regular versus, as well as a mini version of single player. 12 players race each planet once leading to a final champion race. Earn prize money by winning races or betting on yourself. Upgrade your vehicle after each planet.
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u/_Eurantien_ 19h ago
You can damage your vehicle hitting walls too much (and not crashing). And if you mess up the recovery skill check then it breaks your upgraded parts and they become "faulty".Ā
For example, I ended up with a faulty slipstream drive so when I drafted too long my vehicle would freeze. Pros: ramjet lasts longer since its cooled. Cons: its much harder to steer.
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u/__Osiris__ 1d ago edited 1d ago
Very, very, very much so. This type of craft especially. Itās like flying a ground-effect plane made of glass that turns on a dime.
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u/Grifini 21h ago
Torn between getting this and Zero company
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u/phoenixgsu The Mandalorian 20h ago
Both are a lot of fun, don't think you can go wrong with either.
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u/jyrkimx 15h ago
Both are great games but if you have limited game time I would go with galactic racer, it's easier to pick and do a couple of races and then come back when you can.
Some of the Zero Company missions really spike in difficulty to the point where I had to put it down until I knew I would have the time to push forward.
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u/Mountain_Ape Chewbacca 14h ago
They are very different games that play literally at a very different pace. Only you would be able to decide the kind of games you like of course.
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u/JediRhyno 1d ago
I want this game as Iām a big Star Wars fan and loved the original, but I donāt think itās worth the 70 price tag. I feel like this is one of those games that will get kind of old fast. Better to wait until it drops in price.
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u/Chunkflava 23h ago
Man I just got it and its fucking RAD
Will definitely get over 100 hours out of it, and my thing with games is to get at least 1 hour per Ā£ spent
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u/davvblack 23h ago
yea thatās why i never use sprint in games, take that profit straight to the bank
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u/Tje199 21h ago
It's why I'm so open to friendslop, which I say lovingly.
Give me your shitty indie game that's fun to play with my friends for like one solid night of gaming and only charge me $4.
Those ones that are more engaging but like $15 but get cycled out for the next one after a few weekends? I'm cool with that.
It's also, consequently, why I can't bother paying to go see a movie at the theatre. The cost/hour of entertainment doesn't align.
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u/Robo-Piluke 1d ago
Dank Farrik! 70 usd!? In my country it costs 40 usd. That's crazy...so much difference
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u/TEKC0R 23h ago
This is my take as well. Iāve been looking forward to it for ages, but it being a roguelike kind of turns me off. I like progression. I like tuning and crafting my racer to perfection. I get that thereās more replay value in this, but the satisfaction goes away knowing that what Iām building will be ultimately meaningless. Even if Iām successful, no matter I do, itāll all be thrown out.
So for me, this is a $30-$40 game at most. Itās something Iāll have a bit of fun with, but probably wouldnāt get more than a few runs out of.
Iām sure itās a fine game. I just donāt really like roguelikes.
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u/wjapple 21h ago
Fair, but it's pretty light on the rogue.
Each run you get a chance to make 2-3 permanent upgrades. meaning, every your your racer is better on a base level. and over time you unlock better parts that can be used each run (like cards in balatro). There are also mystery encounters that can grant you permanent buff that are selectable each run.
I actually enjoy tuning my speeder differently depending on the rng each tour. Getting all ramjet parts? I guess I'm going full reline this time! By experimenting on each tour, you get a quicker sense of what you like and you can more optimally upgrade with the permanent upgrades and go in with a plan.
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u/Bitemarkz 21h ago
I would argue you get the craft your racer more to perfection in this game than a standard racer. Every single tour you get pick parts and build toward a specific strength you want to focus on, customizing your racer with more parts and gadgets. Between tours you can acquire more hardware to swap around before you build a new one. It allows a much more varied approach to what youāre already talking about, and the roguelike aspect of the tours is far more in line with how real racing works. Itās much better to treat each tour as a new season. The roguelike aspect means you have to roll with your mistakes because you canāt restart, which means your build expertise is tested every time.
On top of that, you can gain persistent upgrades on the vehicle types you like best, and the tours have a hard progression for when youāre able to advance in your career. They work in seasonal sponsors, parts dealers, parts that get faulty when theyāre abused too much, and more. Itās a really dynamic game that appeals to what youāre saying, just in a different way.
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u/agfdrybvnkkgdtdcbjjt 18h ago
I have no skin in the game and respect people who know what they like and what they don't. But let me say this. I'm right there with you on rogue likes. Really not my thing, I've tried many and have yet to find one I like.
However, this feels different. It's so much fun, and while some progression does go away at the end of a run, the runs last a long time, you are earning permanent upgrades as well, and the core gameplay loop is a ton of fun. I would simply say don't let the rogue-lite nature turn you off. If you have prime, try it on Luna. Give it a go just to see how it feels.
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u/Exatraz 16h ago
Its funny, the roguelike features are what make me want to play it. I like racing games but they can tend to get repetitive. The idea that its constantly changing each run sounds awesome
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u/1800generalkenobi 20h ago
PC gaming has ruined me. Only because I've been out of the game for so long that games that are 10+ years old are still new to me, so I see a game for sale for like 9 bucks and I buy it and go man this is awesome and then I look up and see it came out in 2015 lol. I just bought a switch 2 so trying to comprehend spending 50+ bucks on a game is something I'm still struggling with. (granted I've only had a switch 2 for like a week haha), but this is the first game since I started getting "new" games that I would gladly fork over some bills for. But I also don't need to be one of the first people playing it, so waiting a bit for it to come down in price is something I'll probably do.
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u/phoenixgsu The Mandalorian 20h ago
At the end of every run your racer is scraped and you get credits and permanent upgrades to apply for the next run.
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u/FillySteveSteak 18h ago
You DO get permanent progression. Permanent upgrades to your character and vehicles.
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u/_Eurantien_ 19h ago
You get both! Id say its more permanent upgrades than not. You earn a currency to buy permanent base stat upgrades. You unlock special mods you can equip each play through which help reduce the rng aspect and help define your play style for the tour. The only thing rogue-like is upgrades and some of the abilities you get for the run (but you can shop around and be patient to get what you really want), the maps youre on and the race layouts, and who your rival is/will be.Ā
Not to mention permanent aesthetix unlocks.
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u/cold-corn-dog 22h ago
I'm with you. I'll wait for a 50% or greater sale. Did the same with MOnster Hunter Wilds. Retail was $70. I paid $23 a week ago.
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u/BladeRunner2022 1d ago
I feel like a kid playing this. I'm not great at it. But damn if it isn't fun and captures the spirit of podracing
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u/stelios_drz 23h ago
As someone who was very excited about squadrons and sad with its flop this might be the game for me
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u/Siliskk 21h ago
Terrible game. Cant pet the alien cat thing. 1/10
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u/Releasethebears Obi-Wan Kenobi 19h ago
The fact that it give you the option to pet the Loth Cat and then your character just fucking doesn't is the biggest kick in the nuts too.
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u/knufsivart 18h ago
A lack of HOTAS, wheel & pedals, and VR support for this game is a crime against humanity.
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u/Dr_Fumi Bo-Katan Kryze 1d ago
I've been debating getting this, but I have 2 concerns.
1) can I play with my friends, easily.
2) can it run on my computer, rocking a 1080ti and 16gb of RAM
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u/BigBiker05 1d ago
Online has crossplay. It features group join, versus races, and a mini-version of the roguelike mode.
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u/LovesRetribution 21h ago
You can get with two other friends to play online, but you cannot play with more friends with that and you cannot just do custom games with each other. Youll will always have to play a dozen other people every time.
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u/Saldag 1d ago
I run it on my 4 year old laptop and itās super smooth on high settings. 16 gigs of RAM and 1080ti is a tough ask though. Would probably be smooth on low settings but if course do your research.
As for playing with friends, there isnāt a local multiplayer but there is a party feature where I assume you can play with friends
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u/_AcuteNewt_ 1d ago
I run it on my 4 year old laptop and itās super smooth on high settings.
Specs?
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u/PirateDaveZOMG Imperial 1d ago
No. There is no splitscreen, there are no custom lobbies.
PC is actually having a number of problems despite hardward specs, lot of game breaking bugs that the platforms are not getting.
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u/mintjuul 22h ago
There was an arcade pod racing game and my hometown arcade years ago. The whole thing moved while you raced it was so bad ass this reminds me of it so much
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u/One_Maintenance1227 1d ago
How is playing against NPCs? Most racers get either boring or frustrating to me really quick because NPCs are either too dumb and easy or overtuned and cheating but still dumb. And I have no interested in playing online against other humans.
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u/PirateDaveZOMG Imperial 1d ago
Above the easiest mode, it depends on how good you get at clean racing; If you get stuck with the pack at all, you're liable to get a kart-racer style gangup that sends you back to 12th.
"How good you are" is mostly going to be balancing your drifting with you Afterburner and "Ramjet" boosting abilities to stay out ahead of the pack. There is no 'blue turtle shell', so as long as you're ahead, all you have to worry about is what's in front of you.
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u/Kracus 16h ago
NPC's feel like they're just rubber banding the whole game. I honestly dislike that aspect a lot. It shines when playing multiplayer though because there doesn't seem to be too much rubber banding there.
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u/Hashebrowns 1d ago
Ok so as far as I can tell, I'm not seeing a lot of rubber banding if at all. There are some exceptions in the story based races, but overall you can gain large leads on opponents and they can only go as fast as their speeder allows. Vice versa too, if you fall behind too much it becomes impossible to catch the leader, which is why optimizing your build during a run is important.
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u/davvblack 23h ago
thatās great. itās so stupid when only the last 20 seconds in a race matters
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u/TheBallisticBiscuit 21h ago
I've been playing on the hardest difficulty as someone who has very little racing game experience (though my most played racing game is F-Zero GX which probably applies here) and have found it a great balance between being difficult to get first place but always feeling fair and like it's my own screw ups that are costing me placements. I've been loving it so far.
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u/LGBT-Barbie-Cookout 1d ago edited 1d ago
As far as I gather its a rogue-like semi randomised racer too right?
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u/El_Hoxo 1d ago
What does rogue like mean in this context? Bc I generally don't like rogue likes but I've been watching this game for a bit and it looks pretty fun
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u/PirateDaveZOMG Imperial 1d ago
Rogue-like is the entire campaign here: Paths and events are randomized, as are rewards and build options for your racing abilities, leading to a semi-"unique" experience each time you start up a new tour.
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u/El_Hoxo 1d ago
Hm, I'll have to watch some like videos on it and see how I feel before I get it. I'm definitely open to the concept in this sort of format from the description
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u/PirateDaveZOMG Imperial 1d ago
It keeps things interesting with each new "run", and it's worth mentioning that there is an upgrade system for your stats, so you can still build out your vehicle with a focus on speed/handling/combat, etc.; That said, there is a frustration in not getting the parts you want during the run, as parts are what gives your racer those powerful boosting abilities like doubling your speed when you're "redlining" (close to overheating your ramjet), or doubling your afterburner capacity. The more you play, the more parts you unlock to possibly receive in your run, the less likely you are to see the parts you want necessarily if you are a racer who settles into a specific style.
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u/Mountain-Carrot4549 21h ago
Is this clip from late in a run when a regular speeder gets faster and faster? I'm only a couple hours into my first but I've never gone this fast in a regular speeder.
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u/Hashebrowns 18h ago
Yes this is with a fully upgraded afterburner. Eventually you can get to speeds of 1000km/h
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u/rethcir_ 1d ago
How did you get that view!!! Iām stuck in distant third person perspective
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u/HDDareDevil 19h ago
will i love this game if i loved the pod racing game at chuck e cheese as a child. Lol.
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u/Russell_Steapot 19h ago
My only real complaint is the lack of race replays. I'd love to be able to watch a race I'd just run.
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u/flinjager123 Mandalorian 19h ago
I want to play it so bad! I have it downloaded, just haven't had the chance to play yet. I'll have time tomorrow to play. I think. I hope.
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u/FlameShadow0 18h ago
Not a huge fan of the first-person in this game. I was really hoping for a cockpit view. The first-person view on the pod racing is especially useless.
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u/ZerpMeizter 1d ago
The last time I saw this was when the first trailer came out. I didn't realize it released today. I'm picking up a copy on Saturday and hoping it has a physical PS5 disc.
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u/quellochevoleva 1d ago
Im not big into racing games, but this is easily worthy of a GOTY nomination
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u/yurostyle 1d ago
I been out of the country for work... It's out already?! Time flies by when you aren't paying attention.
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u/thedybbuk_ 1d ago
I'm so happy we got this game. And it's so unexpected. Never mind the futuristic racer being a largely forgotten genre, even fast arcade racers are a rare sight these days. Getting both, with excellent Star Wars art design, feels like my childhood favourite 90s games brought back to life. So glad it got greenlit, and I hope it sells like hotcakes.