Star Wars: Galactic Racer Gives Me What I Want: To Go So Fast That I Explode

2 days ago by inbn to c/games

I missed going at sublime speeds and bursting into flames.
ampersandrew 28 points a day ago

I want that too, but for some reason it's become like pulling teeth to get local split-screen multiplayer in a racing game anymore, and that's a mandatory feature for me. Luckily we got Screamer this year.

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unitedwithme 12 points a day ago

What is screamer?

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ampersandrew 17 points a day ago

It's an arcade racer with an anime sense of speed and an anime story mode. The story mode has its hits and misses, but the core loop is that your right stick is used for drifting (on the default control scheme), you build boost with a Gears of War style active reload system, spending boost additionally builds a second meter, and that second meter can either be spent on takedowns or defense against takedowns. It's awesome, and it has split-screen multiplayer.

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CosmoNova 7 points a day ago

Unfortunately I donβ€˜t really care about speeders let alone cruisers. If it was all about Podracing and the maps had more variety it would be a different story.

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MrScottyTay 2 points a day ago
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A big part of the story revolves around the use of podracers and the ethics and the question of fairness of a league that permits them if it ends up removing entire races from being able to compete.

Sebulba is also a big player in the story.

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fleem 2 points a day ago

it's not... only podracing?

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Doc_Crankenstein 4 points a day ago

The game has mainly landspeeders, speeder bikes, and skim speeders.

Pod racers can be used during specific race events in the campaign, certain Arcade scenarios, or the multiplayer mode.

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skaffi 2 points 18 hours ago

Now, this is pod racing!

So, this isn't really (much) pod racing, then.

At least I remember there was a pretty fun pod racing game released for PC and Playstation, back around the release of Episode 1. I bet it still holds up!

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Doc_Crankenstein 2 points 14 hours ago

Nope but the game never claimed to be a pod racer.

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unitedwithme 6 points a day ago

How is the audio for this game? Do you have good speakers or headset? Preferably speakers... Seems very few have a home surround system anymore. That used to be what I looked forward to in any games, the realistic car sounds, especially. Other games, the true surround sound helps in FPS or other action games.

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MrScottyTay 1 point a day ago

It sounds good with an atmos soundbar using the 7.1 audio setting ingame

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Amaterasu 3 points 13 hours ago

Denuvo

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bitwolf 1 point a day ago

Crazy to reach for this game over RedOut 2. No other game gives me a sense of speed like Redout.

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