When comparing Star Wars Episode 1: Racer vs Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed, the Slant community recommends Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed for most people. In the question“What are the best PC arcade racing games?” Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed is ranked 7th while Star Wars Episode 1: Racer is ranked 16th. The most important reason people chose Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed is:
As each lap is run the levels in game will transition and change, which makes learning and adapting to the tracks something each player needs to consider.
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Pros
Pro Economy management adds another variable to the game
Choosing what parts of the pod to upgrade at what points in the game, what help to hire and what vendor to choose for parts adds a rather interesting management element in-between races that affects races themselves. And depending on how the race went some money can be saved that would otherwise be spent on repairs.
Pro Faithful to the Star Wars universe
It's faithful and atmospheric.
Pro Play requires balance
While racing ones Pod Racer can get damaged (and often will), this means that the player needs to perform repairs while racing, but of course this slows one down, which means one needs to balance slowing down in a race and risking blowing their pod up by receiving too much damage.
Pro Levels change as laps progress
As each lap is run the levels in game will transition and change, which makes learning and adapting to the tracks something each player needs to consider.
Pro Great selection of tracks
There's a ton of different tracks to race on, each with their own unique hazards and tricks to learn.
Pro Vehicle transformations offer gameplay variety
Vehicles change shape at various points in the race with each variant of the vehicle behaving slightly differently offering more variety in each race.
Cons
Con Aged visuals
While impressive at the time of release in 1999, the game does not look too good by today's standards.
Con Visuals can sometimes obstruct view
The game has bright levels with colorful visual effects that can sometimes get in the way of actually driving.