Star Wars: Galactic Racer revealed by former Burnout and Need for Speed developers

A surprise new Star Wars racing game has been unveiled by former Burnout and Need for Speed developers.

Announced at The Game Awards 2025, Star Wars: Galactic Racer is the debut title from Fuse Games. Founded in 2023 by former Criterion Games and Ghost Games staff, the Guilford-based studio is headed by Matt Webster, who worked on racing titles including Burnout Paradise, Need for Speed: Most Wanted and Need for Speed Unbound at Criterion.  

Launching in 2026 on PC, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S, Star Wars: Galactic racer sees you compete in The Galactic League, an “unsanctioned racing circuit born in the lawless Outer Rim, where the galaxy’s best pilots battle in dangerous races where only the bold survive.”   

Whereas previous Star Wars Racer games focused on pod racing, Galactic Racer will feature multiple vehicle classes, with an emphasis on combat and taking out rivals in high-speed races. Several vehicles with “distinct physics and playstyles” from the Star Wars universe are showcased in the announcement trailer, from landspeeders to speeder bikes. Surprisingly, no pod racers are shown.  

You’ll also race across several Star Wars planets in race tracks with branching paths, including a desert location that looks like Jakku from The Force Awakens, complete with a fallen AT-AT Walker and Star Destroyer.

Set after the fall of the Empire, the story campaign focuses on lone racer Shade, a “lone racer with a dream of glory and revenge,” and their rivalry with Kester. At the end of the announcement trailer, we also get a glimpse of an older-looking Sebulba, Anakin Skywalker’s pod-racing rival in The Phantom Menace, in a brief cameo.

Alongside the single-player campaign, the new Star Wars racing game will also feature competitive PVP multiplayer matches.  

“For us, Star Wars has always represented the power of wonder – and racing is one of its most thrilling expressions,” said Matt Webster, CEO at Fuse Games. “With Star Wars: Galactic Racer, we wanted to reinvent what a racing game can be: adventurous, spectacular and exhilarating. We want every race to feel alive with dynamic risk-reward choices, and every victory to feel incredible.”

Star Wars: Galactic Racer will be published by Secret Mode, the publisher behind indie racing games including Turbo Golf Racing and Make Way.

It marks the first dedicated Star Wars racing game in 23 years since 2002’s Star Wars Racer Revenge, the sequel to the original Star Wars Racer in 1999, which also received an HD port on modern platforms in 2022.