Star Wars: Galactic Racer Hands On Reveals Burnout Style Speed
Fuse Games staff from the Burnout and Need for Speed teams at the former EA/Criterion are building a licensed Star Wars racer around a roguelite structure rather than a straight circuit racer, which is the part of the hands-on worth watching.
Reporting from 1 source: Game Spark.
A hands-on session with Star Wars: Galactic Racer at a hotel near the TGS2026 venue shows the game's Story Mode, its character customization, and a racing loop built on Burnout-style speed and a crash limit per stage. Progress runs through route selection and stage rewards in the style of Slay the Spire. Fuse Games, founded in 2023, is developing it. Quick Race and a future multiplayer mode were described.
The build opens Story Mode with a cutscene, then character customization limited to body, helmet, and voice. Adventure-style segments between races place the player as a racer in the Star Wars setting. On track, speed and crashes carry the feel of Burnout, with a set crash limit per stage that ends the run when exceeded.
Progression follows route selection and rewards: clearing a stage grants abilities and parts of different rarities that strengthen the machine. Quick Race covers time attacks with friends, a customization mode changes the speeder's appearance, and multiplayer is planned but was not playable at the event. Fuse Games CEO Matt Webster and designer Kieran Crimmins answered questions afterward.
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