Matt Webster, the top of Star Wars: Galactic Racer developer Fuse Video games, has stated that the Netflix collection Drive to Survive was an inspiration for the sport proper from the beginning.
The Netflix collection follows the trials and tribulations of Formulation 1 drivers throughout a season of the F1 World Championship. “The intrigue and the joy off observe is as compelling as it’s on observe,” Webster informed GamesIndustry.biz. “I believe it has been slightly bit sanitised not too long ago, however these rivalries… You need individuals to love one another, however you additionally actually need individuals to not like one another as properly.”
He says that Fuse wished to seize the identical emotions in Galactic Racer. The sport options sequences the place the participant interacts with varied characters within the racing paddock of every observe. “The paddock was extremely vital for us, as a result of the paddock is the place we immerse gamers in Star Wars and so they rise up shut with the Star Wars characters,” stated Webster, including that it is also vital for the sport’s pacing.
“Maybe most significantly, it is a decrease depth area to offset the upper depth racing,” he stated. “As a result of there’s solely a lot time you possibly can spend along with your eyes on stalks at tremendous excessive velocity. You have to have that gentle and shade.”
The total GamesIndustry.biz interview with Webster, which came about at Game Republic New Horizons, might be printed later at this time.
Star Wars: Galactic Racer launched on October 6 on PC, PlayStation, and Xbox, and it’s also available on Amazon’s Luna streaming service. The sport has landed properly with critics, and is at present sitting on a Metacritic score of 88 for the PS5 model.
Chatting with GamesIndustry.biz earlier this yr, Webster explained why he thought there was a gap in the market for Galactic Racer, the primary Star Wars racing recreation since 2002. “Genres are cyclical in lots of circumstances. And naturally, we went by means of a part of shooters consuming the world, however that is clearly not the one style. And as an increasing number of individuals play video video games, even the tiniest of niches discover a greater viewers.”