STAR WARS™ Episode I: Racer

I have a weird time with racing games. I love them, and I really really want to show them that I do, but it usually just doesn't feel right. Forza is a beautiful franchise, and can really put you in the drivers seat! I never played one game more than 10 hours before i would never play it again. Repetition in sims felt like a chore. Then they can feel way too Arcade-ish. Like Cruisin USA on a Console or PC, where its just race after race with increasingly better cars and increasingly improved competition. Fun for a while, but not more than an hour. I'd keep them around for a short distraction. But then there is this. I almost passed on it due to my obse....due to my deep appreciation for the original Original Trilogy, which caused me to see so many EP1 merch as seeds of evil. But this game, with easy to pick up and play Arcade racing combined with an as-deep-as-you-want-to-take-it upgrade system, and with uniquely balanced unlockable Racers, you can play through multiple multiple times, each time with a new racer, a new stat to focus on and strengthen, and it feels refreshed and new. Each time. Just save Neva Key for the last racer you try. You wont race any boring old Pod again. Neva Key and the Inverted Pod will become your favorite, since there is no one better, end of discussion, no argument! ;) maybe some...

Glad to finally get a version that runs on a modern PC. Game runs smooth as butter reflecting a well done optimisation job. Game captures the sense of speed perfectly authetically encapsulating the feel of being a podracer. Anyone that plays as anyone else apart from the Toong Ben Quadinaros is a sleemo, and deserves to get blasted by Sebulba's exhaust vents on the final lap of the Boonta Eve classic.

Was hunting this game on other platforms and seen so many Star Wars bundles but sadly no Star Wars Ep 1: Racer. Bought the game and 3h later finished it, I could not stop playin this wonderful game, so many memories playin single and multiplayer. Worth the price. Thank you GOG....hope they will approve the release of Need for Speed: Porsche Unleashed

For the love of God!! Do it an online multiplayer support, since there are no games like this on the market!!

Now this truly is a GOOD OLD GAME. Forget everything you think you know about the infamous Episode 1: this game is the true legend. Essentially it's a high speed racer in the style of F-Zero and other console games, but the controls (keyboard) are incredibly tight and responsive, gameplay is flawless and tracks are all superb and full of little twists and secrets. There simply is no other game like this for the computer, period. I haven't played this in a long time because it was hard getting it to run on anything modern than an early 2000's computer, so thank you GOG for that too. I confess I haven't yet tried this version of the game, but I will update my review if for some reason it doesn't run well. The game itself, though, is excellent and strongly recommended. And don't mind the ugly, early 3D polygons; you'll be going so fast it won't matter.