The force is strong with this one.

The force is strong with Star Wars Racer, it blends the star wars universe in with a fast paced driving game. That portrays speeds of 450 - 950 Miles Per Hour with extreme realism. You really feel like you're traveling at these high speeds.

In the magical land of star wars in a galaxy far far away. You race along in what is known as a pod racer at speeds of up to 950Mph at an altitude of around 4 Meters.

With 25 tracks set on 8 different worlds there is a wide variation in the racing surface. You'll race through prisons planets, barren desert worlds, slippery ice planets and many other types. You'll find the Bantha Classic hosted by Jabba the Hut a fun challenge. This level is remade of the track Anakin and Sebula battle it out on. The Tusken Raiders even fire their pesky shots at you. Other hazards include methane lakes, meteor showers, avalanches and many more. The tracks also vary in difficulty. 

The training circuits are incredibly easy and I fail to see how anyone could possibly come any place other than 1st while tring. The semi - pro and pro circuits add more to the competition with the semi - pro circuits giving a Jedi master like myself more of a challenge yet I still managed to get first easily. The harder Pro circuits were more in my style, hard, fast and fun. The bantha classic the last Pro stage is my personal favorite track. The invitational races are somewhat difficult to get first on. But let me tell you know. It is possible.

The sounds are remarkable and really put you into the star wars mood. You have the real voices of Episode 1 characters, the opening scene song. You know the one where it goes "In a Galaxy Far Far Away".

The visuals are yet another matter, with stunning 3D visuals of both voodoo 2 cards and TNT or TNT2 cards. Perfectly incredible. Your input, you can use keyboard, mouse, joystick, steering wheel. Even Force Feedback steering wheels and joysticks. In my opinion, the best control device is the Microsoft Force Feedback Precision Pro.

Multiplayer Star Wars Racer is yet another experience you'll have to discover. Racing head to head with your mates or someone on the net is something you have to try to believe. Although the game runs painfully slow on the net with 56k or slower, on LAN it runs superb. Since all you LAN going friends will have bought the game they'll be no problem with the need of a copy of the game in each computer. Although I would like to have seen a spawn version avaliable.

And May the force be with you.

Developer : Lucas Arts

Overall : 98 / 100

Game Play : 97 / 100 
Graphics : 99 / 100
Longitivity : 97 / 100
Multiplayer : 99 / 100
Sound : 99 / 100

System Requirements

Minimum 
P 166, 32 MB RAM, 4X CD-ROM, SVGA w/ 4MB, 3D Accelerator, Mouse, Sound Card, Win95/98

Recommended Minimum
PII 266, 64MB RAM, 24x CD-ROM, Voodoo2 / TNT / TNT2, Mouse, Sound Card, Win95/98