I’ve admittedly not delved into any multiplayer action in Star Wars: Galactic Racer since the gates to its racetracks were opened to the masses early this week. Look, I needed a quick breather after ramjetting my way through 40 or so hours of it for review. It looks like I might have to try and convince my colleagues to hop on for an RPS Boonta Eve classic soon though, as devs Fuse Games have already announced plans to up multiplayer party sizes so you can invite six mates along instead of three.

“We’d like to let you and everyone on this thread know that we hear you,” devs Fuse Games replied to a tweet wishing Galactic Racer’s multiplayer party limit was higher. “We’re working on an update to increase the party size from three to six players, with the aim of releasing it within the first few weeks of launch. More details coming soon!”

My experience with the game’s multi-person races might be limited to pre-release sessions for press and creators where none of these sorts of limits were properly being put to the test as they will now everyone can hop in. That said, it did very much seem like the more real players you can get in a session to replace the bots which otherwise make up the numbers, the more potential for chaos and close battles.

You do still get plenty of that in singleplayer too, so if you’re keen to wait for the limit bump up before diving into multiplayer, that’s no reason to put off giving Galactic Racer a go altogether.

I focused more on the mechanics of the game’s unique calling card, its runs-based rogue-lite campaign, than anything else in my Galactic Racer review, so I’ll take the opportunity here to make clear that the on-track racing bones of it are brill. Speeders and podracers might lack a bit of the weighy feel you get from a car in game like Burnout when bumping and bashing opponents around to take them down, but the sensation of speed and array of means to nab the lead make each event a blast that gets the adrenaline pumping as hard as any of the arcade racers I insist on pushing up the ranks of the RPS 100.