![]() ![]() This means that even if you’re like me and your favorite racer is Dud Bolt (who is objectively the worst in the game) you can work your way up to greatness. Each of these can also be upgraded by using the money earned from winning races. At the start you’ll have access to a small selection of pod racers but with each race won you’ll add to your collection. The bulk of the gameplay focuses around a series of grand prixs. These issues are corrected in version 1.0.1Īs for actual gameplay Star Wars Episode 1: Racer is as good as ever. Note: This comparison uses version 1.0 which used a lower resolution HUD and was missing lens flairs. Assuming you update the game to version 1.0.1 you’ll also get reworked menu elements that hold up better against the HD visuals. It's a nice change that makes them look a little less ridiculous in HD and one that is not present in previous versions. One minor graphical improvement was made to make the tethers between the cockpit and the engines a little thinner. In fact they look very similar to how they appeared in the PC port, which also displayed them incorrectly. Reflective surfaces such as the windshield of Anakin’s podracer don’t display correctly. ![]() Even then, not everything from the original even makes the transition. Jar Jar is even more of a nightmare creature here than he usually is. The characters (who are seen regularly between races) are perhaps the worst offenders here. While it was always a perfectly good looking Nintendo 64 game, seeing it in HD does make the low poly environments stand out. The resolution has been upped and it runs better than it ever did on previous platforms, but at its core it is still a game designed with the limitations of the Nintendo 64 in mind. ![]() Star Wars Episode 1: Racer in Switch is not a remaster or a remake, it is a port. ![]() Let’s get one thing out of the way right off the bat. ![]()
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