- Star Wars: Galactic Racer will contain a combination of vehicle parts “in the trillions”
- Creative director Kieran Crimmins says the game has “incredible depth”
- He adds: “There may not be an arcade racer with this much depth ever made”
Fuse Games has revealed that Star Wars: Galactic Racer has a combination of moving parts that are “in the trillions.”
In an interview with TechRadar Gaming at the Summer Game Fest (SGF), Fuse Games co-founder and CEO Matt Webster and creative director Kieran Crimmins shared how the studio designed a Star Wars racing game with a narrative that balanced what fans are already familiar with while adding to the universe in a meaningful way.
Webster touched on the available planets where the races will take place, such as iconic planets like Tatooine and others like Lantaana and Jakku, as well as the game’s “race-based” campaign structure and vehicle customization with over 300 parts.
That’s a lot of options that will certainly offer a lot of player freedom, but according to Crimmins, the game goes beyond that. The creative director said he spoke to one of the game’s designers at SGF and asked how many combinations of moving parts are in the game and was told, “It’s in the trillions.”
“I can’t really calculate it at that point because the amount of mechanical depth that we have in both the parts, the racing styles, the abilities, the upgrades and then the different environmental effects that are on the planets is incredible depth.”
“We’ve never had this much depth in a game we’ve made,” he added. “I’d argue that there might not be an arcade racer with this much depth that’s ever been made. This might not be the greatest possible, and it’s something we really wanted to give back to the genre.”
Returning to how the team balanced the new and the old Star WarsCrimmins explained that it wants people familiar with the franchise to have those “touch points,” but it also looked at it from “more of a fantasy fulfillment standpoint.”
“It’s like when we watch the movies, we watch TV shows or we play the games,” he said. “What are the vehicle fantasies that are represented in this universe, of which there are many, and then how do we get the right word, the right worlds, the right parts, the right vehicles? So we can provide as many of the different fantasies as possible.”
One of these new vehicles is the skim speeder, which offers quick mobility and is something that Fuse Games knew was necessary to make a “knife edge” turn in racing.
“We made a vehicle that was able to do that and provide what I feel is very authentic Star Wars experience, but it’s a brand new vehicle, so something new Star Wars cannon.”
Star Wars: Galactic Racer launches on October 6 for PS5, Xbox Series X, Series S and PC.
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