Someone in a Galaxy far, far away really loves real life racetracks...

[Suminya]

I feel stupid for never noticing this before, but for some of the track layouts, the devs seemingly got inspired by real world racetracks in North America.

Here are two examples I immediately recognized while playing the game again.

 

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Laguna Seca -> Dug Derby

 

 

 

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Sears Point/Infineon Raceway/Sonoma Raceway (1998 NASCAR layout) -> Malastare 100

 

 

 

Edited April 9, 2023 by Suminya

[Helyx]

It's almost like this was a cash-grab to capitalize on the film franchise's success and as little effort was put into it as possible.

[Honor_Hand]

That's an interesting discovery right there. That first track's shape definitely looks like Laguna Seca.

 

I remember playing this game on my N64 back then. I think I rented it more than a couple of times. It was a pretty good racer, and at the time, I didn't even know what Star Wars was.