It's a loader at this point. So it's much like WINE + CPU Emulation.
At the moment, we don't rewrite the games code (as that's still in research state), but we are still able to run the original game on pretty much any platform.

Especially on Linux you get good performance with KVM for the CPU emulation.

Remaining issues are audio (which sounds horrible), input (no controllers + can't be configured) and stupid code (very high RAM usage etc.).
We also don't currently have multiplayer / network support.

But the graphics are even better than in WINE, simply because we know exactly how the game works and can create very specific patches. We also plan to fix some graphical issues which never worked in the PC version (but were working fine in the N64 release). The original game is also limited in that it only loads the 32bpp textures from the files to 16bpp textures in the GPU. - OpenSWE1R will solve these issues in the future.

We are also working on tools for modding the game, including a map/model-editor.

As you might have gathered by now, this is an ambitious project. So we'd love to get help.
Contact us through our gitter chat and check out our GitHub profile.

(OpenSWE1R doesn't support the gog.com version yet, but it's work in progress. It could change within a couple of hours.)

Thank you! Still quite a bit then.

I am having problems with the game not detecting any type of joystick or controller. This is the only game I have had this problem with. I have no idea how to start troubleshooting. Any knowledge of how to fix this would be greatly appreciated.

Star Wars Chess, mate. ;P

Yes. Using an Xbox 360 controller here on Windows 10. No problems!
Also as earlier mentioned, video setting [resolution] is found in start/programs/Stars Wars Racer menu for me [Windows 10] not in game.
1920x1080, yes!
On windows 10 go to start programs-Racer expand. Not in- game

Is anyone else having issues with skyboxes? They're generally fine, but they sometimes turn into blue, cyan, or green voids. It happens most on the Andobi Prime tracks for me.

I've seen a few posts about it and at least one person fixed it by playing the game using the dgVoodoo2 DirectX wrapper instead of the one provided by GOG.

Just saw this on YouTube, ad thought it very relevant to this thread.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9d420RLWL4

Thanks, I'll try that.

Like everyone else on the Internet, that guy's wrong about Abyss. If you fall, you can get back up on the top track by rolling sideways and flying up the wall; it works because the wall is angled instead of vertical. It might not be possible at slower speeds, but you should have a fast enough machine by the time you get to Abyss that it won't matter.

far out.
thank you

The dgVooodoo2 wrapper fixed the skybox issue, but now my Windows cursor is visible on top of the game, and I haven't found any settings that might address this. Eh, I can park the cursor in a corner and put up with it.

Seriously hope we get this. Such a fun game that is so much better than the movie.

The mouse configuration window seems to not work correctly. One of the sliders is tied to the mouse' position on the screen.

Yes, I had that too. Thankfully, that can be fixed by installing dgVoodoo2. If you follow the instructions from PCGamingWiki page for Episode 1 racer, it will show you how to install it.

Just watching some footage of this game on youtube makes my head spin. Way too fast for this old man, I have to pass! :P

You're not alone there mate. IMHO I feel like today's modern video settings/capabilities are just rendering further than the game was ever intended to with the tech from it's era. Cyan/Blue is probably just the colour of (no data)