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Second hotfix released
A second hotfix was announced on Steam. The post describes it as general stability fixes and gives no further detail.
Game Tactics video from Fuse Games
Kieran Crimmins (Creative Director), Bill Lane (Game Director) and Mark Bridges (Design Director) each describe a favourite build in a Game Tactics video from Fuse Games. Mark picks the landspeeder with a build aimed at taking out opponents, Bill the skim speeder with a build that relies on Abilities, and Kieran the speeder bike. The post says Racer Styles, Abilities and Parts combine to make builds.
First hotfix released
A hotfix was announced on Steam two days after launch. It raises the minimum graphics driver requirements, which are checked on boot, so players who must update their drivers will see a longer first boot while the shader cache rebuilds. It also includes stability fixes to the DLSS options.
Star Wars: Galactic Racer launches
Fuse Games and Secret Mode launched the game worldwide on PS5, Xbox Series X|S and PC. The launch post describes four repulsorcraft: landspeeders, speeder bikes and skim speeders, which race each other, and podracers, which race separately because of their speed and size. It also names Arcade and Scenario events alongside the campaign and online multiplayer.
Reviews published
The review embargo lifted four days before release. By 4 October the PlayStation 5 version stood at 88 on Metacritic and the game at 87 on OpenCritic, where 97% of critics recommend it, with no negative reviews counted.
Galactic Racer has gone gold
Fuse Games confirmed the game is finished and ready for manufacture, seven weeks ahead of release.
Story trailer reveals Derven Acos and the paddock
A story trailer at Summer Game Fest set out the campaign: Darius Pax founded the Galactic League, Kestar Bool now dominates it as champion, and Pax recruits Shade to unseat him. It introduced the mechanic Hibi and the paddock, and revealed Derven Acos as a purpose-built arena combining every planetary condition into one gauntlet.
Release date set for 6 October, editions and pre-orders open
Secret Mode confirmed the 6 October 2026 release date and opened pre-orders on Standard, Deluxe and Collector’s editions. Lucasfilm published an interview with Fuse Games alongside it, confirming Sebulba’s return and naming the Jakku Paddock and Star Destroyer Graveyard tracks.
Galactic League trailer names Darius Pax and Kestar Bool
A gameplay trailer introduced the Galactic League, its founder Darius Pax, and the rival Kestar Bool, and showed racing on Sentinel One, Jakku, Ando Prime and Lantaana.
Galactic Racer revealed at The Game Awards
Fuse Games and Secret Mode revealed Star Wars: Galactic Racer with a trailer at The Game Awards, in collaboration with Lucasfilm Games, for a 2026 release on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S and PC.
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