Don’t fear, podracing followers. Whereas Star Wars: Galactic Racer’s debut trailer didn’t function any podracers, the enduring fast-moving area chariots will likely be part of the total sport. Introduced final yr on the Recreation Awards, Star Wars: Galactic Racer is an upcoming racing sport set in that galaxy far, far-off. Galactic Racer is being developed by some former Burnout devs at Fuse Video games, a brand new studio created in 2023. The sport seems superior and options Sebulba on the very finish of its teaser trailer. Nonetheless, there was not a single podracing car to be seen in that first teaser, which had followers like me frightened that we wouldn’t get to recreate the perfect a part of 1999’s The Phantom Menace, aka the podracing scene. Fortunately, there’ll certainly be podracers in Galactic Racer. In a current interview with Gamesradar, Fuse Video games CEO and co-founder Matt Webster advised the outlet that sure, in fact podracing will likely be part of the studio’s Star Wars racing sport. “You’ll be able to’t actually make a Star Wars racing expertise and never have podracing, are you able to?” mentioned Webster. “The core fantasy of the sport is changing into an elite racing pilot within the Galactic League, and podracing is a pinnacle of pace and racing within the Star Wars galaxy.”
“Nonetheless, once we got down to create Galactic Racer, we needed to do extra – to lean into a number of car sorts and a number of expressions of pace to present gamers a breadth of experiences. Galactic Racer provides gamers the flexibility to pilot autos they know and love, alongside ones they gained’t have skilled earlier than, throughout a variety of solo and multiplayer modes.” Extra excellent news: Galactic Racer will function the choice to drive round in first-person, which is my most popular option to play podracing video games. Now, I simply want Webster or another person at Fuse Video games to substantiate the Boonta Eve Traditional race course featured in previous podracing video games, like Star Wars Racer’s Revenge, will likely be playable in Galactic Racer, and I’ll be a contented wookkiee when the sport arrives on consoles and PC later this yr.
