There is a really fun classic buried underneath this really rough PC game. Honestly, I'm utterly astonished Steam allowed this game to be sold in its current form, but here we are. It feels like some studio did the bare minimum to get it to run on a PC (and certainly not my PC), put the game on Steam, and totally moved on.

Let's get to the issues:
- For a start, just running the game is a challenge. On my Windows 11 machine, I had to install a third party library, IndirectInput, to get past the loading screen.
- Many modern controllers will not work, so you will probably be playing this on a keyboard. Getting Steam to even let you use a controller as a keyboard is hit-or-miss, so you might as well use the real thing.
- The Steam Overlay does not even work properly with this game a lot of times.
- The game is also really buggy when you tab out.
- If you play the game at 144 FPS, the game utterly breaks. Damage racks up extremely fast and boosting does not work.
- You can only play the game in full screen.

This game really would benefit from patches if the developers were willing to fix it.

And my goodness, when it all works (in its half functional, limited-to-60-FPS, keyboard-only, broken-exclusive-fullscreen, non-crashy glory), it is an amazing game that makes you shout "IT'S WORKING! IT'S WORKING!!"

I absolutely love playing this game just like I did on the Nintendo 64. The racing mechanics are so fun, and it's a really good grind to get into. The race tracks may not be anything special by today's standards, but tracks like Tatooine can be just so memorable.

But... is this game good enough to recommend? If it worked perfectly for me, I would have absolutely said "Yes! Buy this game NOW" because it is a really fun game that is actually priced reasonably for the content available on it. But it's just too broken to say that's a good idea right now.

There is a really fun classic buried underneath this really rough PC game. Honestly, I'm utterly astonished Steam allowed this game to be sold in its current form, but here we are. It feels like some studio did the bare minimum to get it to run on a PC (and certainly not my PC), put the game on Steam, and totally moved on. Let's get to the issues: - For a start, just running the game is a challenge. On my Windows 11 machine, I had to install a third party library, IndirectInput, to get past the loading screen. - Many modern controllers will not work, so you will probably be playing this on a keyboard. Getting Steam to even let you use a controller as a keyboard is hit-or-miss, so you might as well use the real thing. - The Steam Overlay does not even work properly with this game a lot of times. - The game is also really buggy when you tab out. - If you play the game at 144 FPS, the game utterly breaks. Damage racks up extremely fast and boosting does not work. - You can only play the game in full screen. This game really would benefit from patches if the developers were willing to fix it. And my goodness, when it all works (in its half functional, limited-to-60-FPS, keyboard-only, broken-exclusive-fullscreen, non-crashy glory), it is an amazing game that makes you shout "IT'S WORKING! IT'S WORKING!!" I absolutely love playing this game just like I did on the Nintendo 64. The racing mechanics are so fun, and it's a really good grind to get into. The race tracks may not be anything special by today's standards, but tracks like Tatooine can be just so memorable. But... is this game good enough to recommend? If it worked perfectly for me, I would have absolutely said "Yes! Buy this game NOW" because it is a really fun game that is actually priced reasonably for the content available on it. But it's just too broken to say that's a good idea right now.