[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"$f486PMZ254a-HFRqvRz9BtIEX9_RUg0YiPO79KG7zTzs":3},{"game":4,"previews":10},{"id":5,"name":6,"slug":7,"cover_image":8,"header_image":9},233385,"Star Wars: Galactic Racer","star-wars-galactic-racer","233385\u002Fstar-wars-galactic-racer-cover.jpg","233385\u002Fstar-wars-galactic-racer-header.jpg",[11,24,36,48,60,72,84,96,108,121,133,145,157],{"id":12,"author":13,"author_id":14,"preview_url":15,"preview_date":16,"summary":17,"created_at":18,"outlets":19},874,"Giovanni Colantonio",1973,"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.polygon.com\u002Fstar-wars-galactic-racer-preview\u002F","2026-06-24","tar Wars: Galactic Racer seems like it has enough going for it otherwise. The races are exciting, the tracks are terrific, and there are plenty of Star Wars touches that fans of the series can nerd out over. It’s a strong statement from Fuse Games, a studio founded by former Criterion Games developers. If it can land both a killer Star Wars game and an influential racing game on its first lap, it could be running the road in no time.","2026-06-23T20:18:37.898042-04:00",{"name":20,"website_url":21,"logo":22,"slug":23},"Polygon","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.polygon.com\u002F","https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002Fpolygon-logo.png","polygon",{"id":25,"author":26,"author_id":27,"preview_url":28,"preview_date":16,"summary":29,"created_at":30,"outlets":31},869,"Unknown Author",null,"https:\u002F\u002Fgamingtrend.com\u002Fpreviews\u002Fgalactic-racer-sgf-hands-on-preview\u002F","While the campaign will have everything you’d want from a story, if you want some quick racing and some PODRACING you’ll want to jump into Arcade. As I’ve mentioned, I’ve played Podracing games before. Nothing could have prepared me for the speed and fragility of Podracers inside of Galactic Racing. I was lucky enough to play some races as Sebulba and his iconic orange and black Podracer. Some familiar faces were there, but we’ll let that fully be a surprise.","2026-06-23T20:09:31.15289-04:00",{"name":32,"website_url":33,"logo":34,"slug":35},"GamingTrend","https:\u002F\u002Fgamingtrend.com","https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002FGamingTrend-Logo.jpg","gamingtrend",{"id":37,"author":38,"author_id":39,"preview_url":40,"preview_date":16,"summary":41,"created_at":42,"outlets":43},870,"Luke Mitchell",8997,"https:\u002F\u002Fcheckpointgaming.net\u002Ffeatures\u002F2026\u002F06\u002Fstar-wars-galactic-racer-hands-on-preview-podracer-takedown\u002F","With solid-as-a-rock racing, Burnout-style takedowns, and a roguelike campaign that just begs for “one more race”, Star Wars: Galactic Racer was an absolute highlight of my Summer Game Fest. While I thought the best racing games of the year had already been released, I think we have another serious contender on our hands.","2026-06-23T20:11:43.02974-04:00",{"name":44,"website_url":45,"logo":46,"slug":47},"Checkpoint Gaming","https:\u002F\u002Fcheckpointgaming.net\u002F","https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002Fcheckpoint-gaming.jpg","checkpoint-gaming",{"id":49,"author":50,"author_id":51,"preview_url":52,"preview_date":16,"summary":53,"created_at":54,"outlets":55},871,"Sammy Barker",4078,"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.pushsquare.com\u002Fpreviews\u002F5-things-that-surprised-me-playing-star-wars-galactic-racer-on-ps5","I came away from my time with Star Wars: Galactic Racer incredibly impressed – and I must admit, I’m not even the biggest Star Wars fan on the planet.","2026-06-23T20:12:31.761125-04:00",{"name":56,"website_url":57,"logo":58,"slug":59},"Push Square","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.pushsquare.com\u002F","https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002FPush-Square-Logo.jpg","push-square",{"id":61,"author":62,"author_id":63,"preview_url":64,"preview_date":16,"summary":65,"created_at":66,"outlets":67},872,"Scott Adams",6617,"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.theouterhaven.net\u002Fstar-wars-galactic-racer-hands-on-preview-now-this-is-pod-racing-and-more\u002F","Star Wars: Galactic Racer isn’t just a licensed game for a popular franchise. It is a full-on racing game. It controls well, it looks great, and it feels satisfying to play. The hour I had to play the game was more than enough to turn me into a Galactic Race League believer.","2026-06-23T20:13:11.722373-04:00",{"name":68,"website_url":69,"logo":70,"slug":71},"The OuterHaven","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.theouterhaven.net\u002F","https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002FThe-Outerhaven-Logo.jpeg","the-outerhaven",{"id":73,"author":74,"author_id":75,"preview_url":76,"preview_date":16,"summary":77,"created_at":78,"outlets":79},873,"Spencer Legacy",12921,"https:\u002F\u002Fmonstervine.com\u002F2026\u002F06\u002Fstar-wars-galactic-racer-preview-sgf-2026\u002F","Despite my overall apathy towards the racing genre, Star Wars: Galactic Racer has become one of my most anticipated titles of 2026. My hour-long demo completely sold me on the game, which combines the incomparable feeling of being in the Star Wars universe with arcade-style racing that is just pure, adrenaline-filled fun.","2026-06-23T20:16:23.738711-04:00",{"name":80,"website_url":81,"logo":82,"slug":83},"MonsterVine","https:\u002F\u002Fmonstervine.com\u002F","https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002Fmonstervine-logo.png","monstervine",{"id":85,"author":86,"author_id":87,"preview_url":88,"preview_date":16,"summary":89,"created_at":90,"outlets":91},867,"Kate Sánchez",4701,"https:\u002F\u002Fbutwhytho.net\u002F2026\u002F06\u002Fstar-wars-galactic-racer-impressions\u002F","Star Wars: Galactic Racer is a stunning take on a small slice of the franchise that fits its new direction, which is moving away from Jedi and lineage. More importantly, though, the game ends up capturing nostalgia not by beating its player over the head with it, but by evoking the feelings we all felt when Anakin first took on Sebulba. By bridging tried-and-tested racing mechanics with the childlike wonder of podracing, Star Wars: Galactic Racer just works.","2026-06-23T20:03:14.988063-04:00",{"name":92,"website_url":93,"logo":94,"slug":95},"But Why Tho","https:\u002F\u002Fbutwhytho.net\u002F","https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002FBut-Why-Tho-Logo.jpg","but-why-tho",{"id":97,"author":98,"author_id":99,"preview_url":100,"preview_date":16,"summary":101,"created_at":102,"outlets":103},868,"Brodie Gibbons",12407,"https:\u002F\u002Fpress-start.com.au\u002Fpreviews\u002F2026\u002F06\u002F24\u002Fstar-wars-galactic-racer-hands-on-preview-racing-around-the-outer-rim\u002F","I came away from Star Wars: Galactic Racer quite impressed. As someone who still considers Burnout 3: Takedown to be the pinnacle of racing video games, I do feel this game captures that same brand of nostalgic, uncomplicated fun. That’s not to say there aren’t complexities to its systems, as its approach as a replayable run-based campaign should give it a staying power that most racing games are missing.","2026-06-23T20:04:51.045646-04:00",{"name":104,"website_url":105,"logo":106,"slug":107},"Press Start","https:\u002F\u002Fpress-start.com.au\u002F","https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002Fpress-start-logo.jpg","press-start",{"id":109,"author":110,"author_id":111,"preview_url":112,"preview_date":113,"summary":114,"created_at":115,"outlets":116},863,"Joseph Bradford",5118,"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.mmorpg.com\u002Fpreviews\u002Fpreview-star-wars-galactic-racer-is-fast-frenetic-and-impressive-2000138359","2026-06-23","All that said, I'm eagerly looking forward to spending more time with Star Wars Galactic Racer when it launches this October. It takes a lot for me to get excited about anything Star Wars if there are no Jedi on the horizon, but the racing games have always caught my attention. Galactic Racer feels like a natural successor to the legacy of the original Racer games from the late '90s, and it's one I could see myself  playing for a long, long time.","2026-06-23T19:51:02.412827-04:00",{"name":117,"website_url":118,"logo":119,"slug":120},"MMORPG","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.mmorpg.com\u002F","https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002FMMORPG%20Logo.png","mmorpg",{"id":122,"author":123,"author_id":124,"preview_url":125,"preview_date":113,"summary":126,"created_at":127,"outlets":128},864,"Ryan McCaffrey",5627,"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.ign.com\u002Farticles\u002Fstar-wars-galactic-racer-the-first-preview","All in all, not only were my fears of the roguelite loop unfounded, but the Burnout roots baked into developer Fuse Games’s DNA was joyously evident in every moment I spent on the track with Star Wars: Galactic Racer. And the times I wasn’t going hundreds of miles per hour when I was on foot did a great job of further Star Wars-ifying my experience. I’m incredibly optimistic about what I’ve seen from this long overdue spiritual successor to Episode 1: Pod Racer, and I can’t wait to play more of it.","2026-06-23T19:57:55.191644-04:00",{"name":129,"website_url":130,"logo":131,"slug":132},"IGN","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.ign.com\u002F","https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002FIGN-logo.jpg","ign",{"id":134,"author":135,"author_id":136,"preview_url":137,"preview_date":113,"summary":138,"created_at":139,"outlets":140},865,"Ethan Gach",3131,"https:\u002F\u002Fkotaku.com\u002Fstar-wars-galactic-racer-looks-and-feels-awesome-2000709494","Based on what I played, that could be more than enough. Fuse Games is setting Galactic Racer up to be part story-driven Star Wars experience, part classic-feeling arcade game, and part millennial nostalgia pull. If it can be more than the sum of all three, it has a shot at being something really special.","2026-06-23T19:58:30.707503-04:00",{"name":141,"website_url":142,"logo":143,"slug":144},"Kotaku","https:\u002F\u002Fkotaku.com\u002F","https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002FKotaku-Logo.png","kotaku",{"id":146,"author":147,"author_id":148,"preview_url":149,"preview_date":113,"summary":150,"created_at":151,"outlets":152},866,"Donovan Erskine",5786,"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.shacknews.com\u002Farticle\u002F149727\u002Fstar-wars-galactic-racer-preview-sgf-2026","Despite a great effort to expand the idea of Star Wars racing beyond podracing, Galactic Racer does feature a mode dedicated to the beloved sequence from The Phantom Menace. Being back on Tatooine and hearing the strained roar of a podracer on a modern console with modern visuals was astonishing. This race also lives up to the high-speed nature of the source material, as I crashed more times than I did in any other race.","2026-06-23T19:59:07.821072-04:00",{"name":153,"website_url":154,"logo":155,"slug":156},"ShackNews","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.shacknews.com\u002F","https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002FShackNews-Logo.jpg","shacknews",{"id":158,"author":159,"author_id":160,"preview_url":161,"preview_date":113,"summary":162,"created_at":163,"outlets":164},861,"Andrew Otton",29,"https:\u002F\u002Ftechraptor.net\u002Fgaming\u002Fpreviews\u002Fstar-wars-galactic-racer-may-be-what-f-zero-fans-have-been-waiting-for","I wasn't sure what to expect with Galactic Racer, but I walked away from my time with it very impressed. At its core, it is a very fun arcade racer with a lot of customizability and modes to have a lot of fun with. On top of that, it embraces the Star Wars theming wonderfully.","2026-06-23T19:42:23.78594-04:00",{"name":165,"website_url":166,"logo":167,"slug":168},"TechRaptor","https:\u002F\u002Ftechraptor.net","https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002FTechRaptor%20Logo.png","techraptor"]