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Star Wars Episode 1: Racer | List Price: $29.95
Discount Price: $22.19
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Platform: Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows 95
Brand: Lucas Arts
Binding: CD-ROM
ESRB Age Rating: Everyone
One of the best racing games [Posted on 2001-05-12]
Being both a Star Wars and racing game fan, I was hoping for something special. I wasn't disappointed. "Star Wars Episode 1: Racer" is one of the fastest and most exciting games available. The music and sound effects are amazing and the graphics are excellent. There is a wide range of playable characters and pods available, and the choice of upgrading or buying parts for your vehicle. The speed of the racing is incredible; it's a white-knuckle ride across ice and desert and through caves and tunnels. None of the pods come equipped with weapons, but to be honest you just don't need them: the game in no way suffers from the lack of them and the racing is excellent by itself. There are eight racing worlds and over twenty levels, each at different stages of difficulty. Each is beautifully designed and exciting to play, although later on in the game the tracks set in the same worlds may seem a little similar. The map of each track that appears at the top right of each screen can sometimes be hard to read as not enough of each track is shown and making out competing pods is difficult. One great thing about the game is that it has great replay value. Even though it's pretty easy to beat, I've played it through several times now and still haven't got bored of it. Overall, four and a half stars. The graphics are excellent but the tracks can get a little repetitive. You don't have to be a Star Wars fan to enjoy this game.
computer problems [Posted on 2001-06-09]
This was a very interesting game, requiring a joystick. I wanted to play it, but it kept freezing up on my year 2000 PC with much more than the stated system requirements, video cards, etc. Lucas Arts said I should try downloading some video patches that do not exist anymore (remember, my computer is years(?) beyond this product), but they warned me the patches could crash my computer. Gee, thanks for wasting my money.
computer problems [Posted on 2001-06-09]
This was a very interesting game, requiring a joystick. I wanted to play it, but it kept freezing up on my year 2000 PC with much more than the stated system requirements, video cards, etc. Lucas Arts said I should try downloading some video patches that do not exist anymore (remember, my computer is years(?) beyond this product), but they warned me the patches could crash my computer. Gee, thanks for wasting my money.
good game AND QUIT PICKING ON JAKE LLYOD [Posted on 2005-04-07]
THIS GAME IS JUST AWSOME.
AND GIVE JAKE A BREAK HE WAS A LITTLE KID AT THE TIME.
LIKE TO SEE U GUYS DO A BETTER JOB
Holds up after all these years - even on XP [Posted on 2006-05-07]
Several years after playing through to completion, I was disappointed to find that Racer on the CD was completely unplayable on XP. Seems the changes in DirectX support between the old version 6 and the new versions left Racer unsupported, with some calls to the audio and video systems crashing the system on newer computers.
Thank heavens for the ability to search the web for answers. The LucasArts support page was unhelpful, but if you search around long enough, you will find a link to a hidden page at [...] on, of all places, Amazon's UK site. I think diehard players and people unwilling to bother the folks in the UK will appreciate a way to bring Racer back to life on XP computers.
Anyway, with these two patch files, Racer becomes not only playable again, but brings a great racing game back into the fold. The graphics and audio hold up extremely well for a game that's nearly 7 years old. Even now, this blindingly good game gets your whip-snap reflexes back into shape, and leave other racing games in the dust. The clever upgrading ability and multiplayer support stand out today even more clearly for being well ahead of their time.
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