Star Wars: Galactic Racer hands-on report – PlayStation.Blog Skip to content playstation.com PlayStation .Blog Menu PS5 PS VR2 PS4 PS Store PS Plus Select a region Current region: English French German Italian Japanese Korean Portuguese (Br) Russian Spanish (LatAm) Spanish (EU) Traditional Chinese Login Search Search PlayStation Blog Search PlayStation Blog Categories PlayStation 5 PlayStation VR2 PlayStation 4 PlayStation Store PlayStation Plus Login to Comment Select a region Current region: English French German Italian Japanese Korean Portuguese (Br) Russian Spanish (LatAm) Spanish (EU) Traditional Chinese June 25, 2026 June 25, 2026 Star Wars: Galactic Racer hands-on report 6 0 107 Like this See the sights of a galaxy far, far away as they whip by at high speeds. Phil Hornshaw PlayStation Blog Contributor Even back in the 1977 original film, Star Wars has always been a universe full of vehicles that move at incredible speeds. While its spaceships are famously fast — just ask anyone about the Millennium Falcon’s record-breaking Kessel Run — its land vehicles might be more impressive as they tear through forests and canyons at breakneck, often deadly pace. Star Wars: Galactic Racer continues a video game tradition of capturing that speed by putting you behind the controls of landspeeders, speeder bikes, and podracers. I played about an hour of Galactic Racer at Summer Game Fest and came away excited for a game that expands on the Star Wars universe, and goes fast doing it. Set after the fall of the Empire, Galactic Racer places you on the Outer Rim, where lawlessness has allowed for the rise of an unsanctioned racing circuit called the Galactic League.
You play a helmeted human called Shade, who is recruited by the League’s creator, Darius Pax, to defeat the circuit’s reigning champion. Turns out, Shade also has a history with the champ, Kestar Bool, and so you jump into the circuit for a personal vendetta as much as a love of speed and a need for credits. The story portions of Galactic Racer show glimpses of the larger galaxy, beyond the usual battles between good and evil. The SGF demo focused mostly on the campaign mode, and the portion I played centered on racing the more stable and reliable speeders, rather than the barely-held-together podracers (though podracers appear in the game too).
Source: https://blog.playstation.com/2026/06/25/star-wars-galactic-racer-hands-on-report/
You play a helmeted human called Shade, who is recruited by the League’s creator, Darius Pax, to defeat the circuit’s reigning champion. Turns out, Shade also has a history with the champ, Kestar Bool, and so you jump into the circuit for a personal vendetta as much as a love of speed and a need for credits. The story portions of Galactic Racer show glimpses of the larger galaxy, beyond the usual battles between good and evil. The SGF demo focused mostly on the campaign mode, and the portion I played centered on racing the more stable and reliable speeders, rather than the barely-held-together podracers (though podracers appear in the game too).
Source: https://blog.playstation.com/2026/06/25/star-wars-galactic-racer-hands-on-report/