Star Wars Episode I: Racer
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Oct 23, 2026
DanHOST
game that came out recently, and I think you could put that, the price.
DanHOST
It was Star Wars Podracer.
DanHOST
That's it.
DanHOST
Because the price of that went through the roof, because you could put that in, and it would unlock the store.
KenHOST
It's called Star Wars Racer Revenge on the PS2.
KenHOST
Because episode one, Podracer, was N64 and Dreamcast, and then Racer Revenge was PS2.
TerrenceHOST
Okay.
TerrenceHOST
Yeah, I never played that one.
Mathieu ComandonGUEST
I tried also like a non-VR game.
Mathieu ComandonGUEST
I tried with Star Wars Episode I Racer.
Mathieu ComandonGUEST
and that was also pretty cool it was playing pretty fine with the the controller uh some games i wasn't really i had to fiddle with the the controls was uh wolfenstein uh cyber pilots and that one was like really fun to play um i had a blast like you just like walk into the street of paris uh with like a giant robot with like a flamethrower and you just like put like ss officers on on fire so it was like really fun um but like while streaming it from the pc to make the resolution much better i had trouble like getting the contours like that to work.
ZebHOST
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BenHOST
All right, so we're going to talk about Galactic Racer.
AdamHOST
I do want to mention, just because, but the Mos Eisley Padres Cantina is from a Star Wars Episode I racer video game, so I figured a little bit of synergy there.
AdamHOST
I absolutely loved that
GrantHOST
game back in the day.
MilesSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Has he bought any new video games? What's Jim's pickups for this week? Has he picked up Star Wars Podracer? Has he pre-ordered Barbie? Whatever the game is, it's competing with GTA.
MilesSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Has Jim picked up a new weird game like a fucking Tintin on the PlayStation 3? Has Jim picked up...
MilesSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Ninja Turtles.
Chris AbbottGUEST
Mm-hmm.
Ben HartHOST
And it looks different, and is, the whole mechanics of it are different than anything we've seen before, except maybe Episode I Racer, which it wasn't...
Ben HartHOST
Like Episode I Racer, like, great game, but like not to this extent.
Ben HartHOST
Obviously, you know, not...
Ben HartHOST
Just, basically just pod racing and that was it.
Pat BoivinHOST
It's about Bitty Blaze.
Woolie MaddenHOST
So, Star Wars: Podracer back in the day was a really fun racing game.
Pat BoivinHOST
It was.
Woolie MaddenHOST
'Cause the racing was very fun.
Pat BoivinHOST
I used to play it at my dentist's office.
Woolie MaddenHOST
Yeah.
Pat BoivinHOST
[laughs] That's where I used to play Star Wars: Podracer.
Woolie MaddenHOST
You would go so fast, and it was super easy to die, and you'd crash into things and blow up.
Aaron AmendolaHOST
But the gameplay of Galactic Racer has me in a frigging chokehold.
Aaron AmendolaHOST
It is so much fun to play and manage because what this game does that other racing games and specifically Episode I Racer failed to do is I feel like I'm actually doing upkeep of my land speeder as I race.
Aaron AmendolaHOST
And the way that you do that is...
Aaron AmendolaHOST
Let's say you're on a straightaway and you burn your ramjet.
Ralph PanebiancoHOST
Just as the Burnout DNA is burned into this thing, so too is the Star Wars DNA to the point where it simply couldn't have existed in the same way without it.
Ralph PanebiancoHOST
Number four, we really are getting a spiritual successor to Episode I Racer here, but more important than that, we're getting something that feels like what it felt to play Episode I Racer for the first time all those years ago, and that's a key distinction because retro-inspired throwbacks and spiritual successors are a dime a dozen these days.
Ralph PanebiancoHOST
But they often feel like nostalgia bait that can only remind you of what you felt back then because they typically don't go very far beyond what the original was doing.
Ralph PanebiancoHOST
And so they have this kind of hard ceiling in what they can evoke in you because you've seen and felt most of it before.
Ralph PanebiancoHOST
And so the lack of a do-over button here in Galactic Racer and the ratcheting up of stakes as you get deeper and deeper into a league, this stuff is the secret sauce that juices the ever-living hell out of this video game.
Ralph PanebiancoHOST
Put all this together and you get a generational racing experience, and I mean that.
Ralph PanebiancoHOST
This is one of the best racing games released this console generation, and not only will it stand the test of time the way that Episode I Racer did, but I think it's gonna provide a much needed shot in the arm to the arcade racing formula to the point where I'm gonna be really surprised if other flagship racers don't ship with their own version of a roguelike-powered racing mode in the future.
Ralph PanebiancoHOST
This is just too good to ignore, both for game makers working on their own racing games, but also for you watching this video because you really, really have to play this.
Kae RossHOST
Mm-hmm
Dennis FuriaHOST
... for their own computer so I could play Episode I Racer, and my life was forever changed.
Dennis FuriaHOST
Um, I didn't even own it.
Dennis FuriaHOST
We, it was at the library, and I got the, uh, the PC version out from the library so that we could play it.
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