Star Wars: Galactic Racer
PC hardware build guide for Star Wars: Galactic Racer — recession, budget, mid-range, and high-end rigs for Fuse Games' podracing revival, launching October 6, 2026.
Official System Requirements
Source: Steam store page (https://store.steampowered.com/app/4078430/STAR_WARS_Galactic_Racer/) — minimum requirements officially published on Steam store page; recommended requirements published by Secret Mode (publisher) via Steam community FAQ (subject-to-change disclaimer). Verified 2026-06-09 via Bespin Bulletin. Release date October 6, 2026 (PC, PS5, Xbox Series X|S). (June 2026)
| Minimum | Recommended | |
|---|---|---|
| OS | Windows 10 | Windows 11 |
| CPU | Intel Core i5-8400 / AMD Ryzen 5 2600 | AMD Ryzen 7 3700X / Intel Core i7-10700 |
| GPU | NVIDIA RTX 2060 / Intel Arc A580 / AMD RX 5600 XT (6 GB) | AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT / NVIDIA RTX 3060 Ti / Intel Arc B580 |
| RAM | 12 GB | 16 GB |
| Storage | 50 GB SSD (SSD required) | 50 GB SSD |
Recommended Builds
Recession Build — June 2026
~$9201080p / High / 60 FPS (with XeSS) — sits on the official minimum GPU
The floor, and an unusually comfortable one. The Recession build's Intel Arc A580 is named directly in the official minimum spec, alongside the RTX 2060 and RX 5600 XT — so this is the rare game where the cheapest tier runs the exact card the developer tested against. Galactic Racer is a light combat-racer with no ray-tracing requirement; the A580 holds 1080p High at 60 FPS with XeSS, well clear of the 30 FPS Steam Deck target Fuse Games quoted. The Ryzen 5 7500F laps the i5-8400 / Ryzen 5 2600 CPU minimum, and 50 GB is the smallest install on the site — even the 256 GB Recession drive fits it with room to spare.
| Component | Part | Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Case | Thermaltake S100 TG | $70 | $70 at Newegg |
| CPU | AMD Ryzen 5 7500F | $175 | $175 at Amazon |
| GPU | Intel Arc A580 8GB | $185 | $185 at Amazon |
| Motherboard | Gigabyte B650M DS3H | $130 | $130 at Amazon |
| PSU | Corsair RM750e 750W 80+ Gold | $72 | $72 at Amazon |
| RAM | G.Skill Flare X5 16GB DDR5-6000 (2x8GB) | $235 | $235 at Newegg |
| Storage | Patriot P300 256GB NVMe SSD | $53 | $53 at Amazon |
The comfortable tier. The RTX 5060 sits two generations past the RTX 2060 floor, and against a light racer that means high-refresh 1080p Ultra — the frame rates that matter most in a racing game — or a clean step up to 1440p with DLSS.
| Component | Part | Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Case | Thermaltake S100 TG | $70 | $70 at Newegg |
| CPU | AMD Ryzen 5 7600 | $175 | $175 at Newegg |
| GPU | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 8GB | $350 | $350 at Amazon |
| Motherboard | ASRock B650M PG Riptide WiFi | $130 | $130 at Amazon |
| PSU | Corsair RM750e 750W 80+ Gold | $72 | $72 at Amazon |
| RAM | G.Skill Flare X5 16GB DDR5-6000 (2x8GB) | $235 | $235 at Newegg |
| Storage | Kingston NV2 1TB NVMe SSD | $157 | $157 at Amazon |
Over Budget: the RTX 5060 Ti drives 1440p Ultra at high refresh, and 32 GB RAM gives headroom the 12 GB minimum doesn't. Racing geometry is far lighter than a dense open world, so this tier reaches well past its usual ceiling here.
| Component | Part | Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Case | Fractal Design Pop Mini Air | $100 | $100 at Amazon |
| CPU | AMD Ryzen 5 7600 | $175 | $175 at Newegg |
| GPU | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB | $430 | $430 at Amazon |
| Motherboard | MSI MAG B650 TOMAHAWK WiFi | $176 | $176 at Amazon |
| PSU | Corsair RM750e 750W 80+ Gold | $72 | $72 at Amazon |
| RAM | G.Skill Flare X5 32GB DDR5-6000 (2x16GB) | $459 | $459 at Newegg |
| Storage | Samsung 990 EVO Plus 1TB NVMe SSD | $235 | $235 at Newegg |
Over Mid: the RTX 5070 turns 4K into a high-refresh experience with DLSS, and the Ryzen 7 9800X3D buries any CPU concern. For a game this light, the High tier is firmly into diminishing-returns territory — and that is a compliment.
| Component | Part | Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Case | Fractal Design North | $155 | $155 at Amazon |
| Cooler | Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 | $35 | $35 at Amazon |
| CPU | AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D | $425 | $425 at Amazon |
| GPU | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 12GB | $580 | $580 at Amazon |
| Motherboard | ASUS TUF Gaming B650-PLUS WiFi | $117 | $117 at Amazon |
| PSU | Corsair RM750e 750W 80+ Gold | $72 | $72 at Amazon |
| RAM | G.Skill Flare X5 32GB DDR5-6000 (2x16GB) | $459 | $459 at Newegg |
| Storage | Samsung 990 EVO Plus 2TB NVMe SSD | $358 | $358 at Newegg |
Over High: the RTX 5090 runs Galactic Racer at whatever frame rate your monitor can show. The only thing left to spend the headroom on is a 4K 240 Hz panel.
| Component | Part | Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Case | Lian Li O11 Dynamic EVO | $125 | $125 at Amazon |
| Cooler | Arctic Liquid Freezer III Pro 360 | $77 | $77 at Amazon |
| CPU | AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D | $657 | $657 at Amazon |
| GPU | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 32GB | $4330 | $4330 at Amazon |
| Motherboard | ASUS ROG Strix X670E-E Gaming WiFi | $440 | $440 at Amazon |
| PSU | Corsair RM1200x Shift 1200W 80+ Gold | $170 | $170 at Amazon |
| RAM | G.Skill Trident Z5 RGB 64GB DDR5-6000 (2x32GB) | $910 | $910 at Amazon |
| Storage | Samsung 990 Pro 4TB NVMe SSD | $725 | $725 at Newegg |
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What to Upgrade First
Star Wars: Galactic Racer is the rare 2026 release where the buying advice starts with “you probably already have enough.” Fuse Games built a high-speed combat-racer — a New Republic-era podracing revival — and the official Steam minimum reflects it: an RTX 2060 / Intel Arc A580 / RX 5600 XT, an i5-8400 / Ryzen 5 2600, 12 GB of RAM, and a 50 GB SSD. There is no hardware ray-tracing clause, no DirectX 12 Ultimate gate, no 100 GB-plus install. Compared to the Unreal Engine 5 open worlds that dominate this site’s calendar, it is a featherweight.
That changes what “upgrade first” means. The Recession build’s Intel Arc A580 is listed in the official minimum by name, so the cheapest rig on the site is running the exact class of card the developers validated against — not squeaking past a floor, but sitting on it by design. With no ray tracing to pay for and a light geometry load, the A580 holds 1080p High at 60 FPS using XeSS, comfortably above the 30 FPS Steam Deck target Fuse Games quoted. For a racing game, where a stable high frame rate matters more than ultra-detail draw distance, that is the whole game.
So the priority isn’t raw GPU power — it’s frame rate and the display to show it on. The single best upgrade for this title is moving from the Recession floor to the Budget tier’s RTX 5060, which trades 60 FPS for 120-plus at 1080p Ultra; in a racing game, that doubled refresh is felt in every corner. Above that, the ladder is almost academic: the RTX 5060 Ti holds 1440p at high refresh, the RTX 5070 makes 4K a 120 FPS experience with DLSS, and the RTX 5090 is limited only by your monitor. CPU and RAM never enter the conversation — the lowest chip here, the Recession tier’s Ryzen 5 7500F, already clears the recommended Ryzen 7 3700X, and 16 GB of DDR5 covers the 16 GB recommended ask. The official recommended GPU — an RTX 3060 Ti / RX 6700 XT / Arc B580 — sits well below the Budget tier’s RTX 5060, confirming that even the second-cheapest build here exceeds what the developers tuned the recommended preset around.