

Unlocking characters is simple, albeit not easy: all you need to do is reach first place at their favored track.

You can end up unlocking 25 tracks and 25 racers across three different championships and a sanity-defying invitational challenge circuit. There’s a lot to unlock in the game, as you start off with half a dozen racers and three tracks to enjoy. Episode I: Racer is stupidly hard, but also fair and rewarding. Tracks like Grabvine Gateway and The Abyss are easily among the hardest racing levels ever put into a videogame.
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With the exception of the first five or six races, which are comprised of wide corners and easy-to-memorize tracks, the remaining courses are very long, full of tight corners, obstacles, death traps, endless pits, branching paths and aggressive enemy AI. It’s up there with the likes of F-Zero GX, to be fair. Star Wars Episode I: Racer is actually one of the most challenging racing games I’ve ever played. I don’t remember this scene in the movies… You need to figure out when it’s best for you to boost and repair, as well as plan your corners properly, considering the high speeds and track layouts. There’s a lot of strategic planning involved. You may have a repair button, but that drastically reduces your top speed and acceleration while doing so. You may have turbo boosters, but you can only use them for a short period of time before your engine overheats. The game sounds like a simplified and more streamlined version of F-Zero or Wipeout, but simplified doesn’t mean easier. You can buy new parts with your racing earnings as well. Whenever you crash, the race isn’t over, as you’ll respawn after a few seconds (and you’ll do that a lot).

There is a health bar, but you can repair the podracer itself.
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There are no zip lines or turbo pads: all podracers are equipped with their own turbo boosters and you can use them at ease as long as you’ve been accelerating nonstop for a while.

Vehicle sound effects and epic soundtrack taken directly from Episode I.Star Wars Episode I: Racer follows in the footsteps of other contemporary antigrav racers like F-Zero and Wipeout, with its own twists besides the obvious Star Wars coat of paint.Avoid hazards such as methane lakes, meteor showers and Tusken Raiders.Take on over 21 tracks on 8 unique worlds!.Race in furious competition against 21+ opponents.Hang on tight - with afterburners on, Podracers max out at a simulated 600 mph!.Relive all the thrill and excitement of the Podracer sequence from STAR WARS: Episode I.Negotiate through flaming methane lakes, Tusken Raider assaults, ant-gravity tunnels and much more in a pulse-punding, do-or-die fight to the finish where anyone will do anything to cross the finish line. Rein in a turbine-driven chariot through 8 spectacular worlds. Take the controls as Anakin Skywalker, or any one of over 21 Podracers, and feel the full-force blast of two massive jet engines at simulated speeds of up to 600 mph. Climb on, strap in, and experience the pure adrenaline-pumping excitement of the Podracing sequence from Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace.
