Star Wars Episode I: Racer it 3rd in their list of top Star Wars games. That same year it placed 10th in Rock, Paper, Shotgun's top "Star Wars" games list. In "Game Informer"'s 2016 list of the 30 best "Star Wars" video games "Racer" ranked 11th. , the game holds the Guinness record for the best-selling sci-fi racing game having worldwide sales of 3.12 million beating other series like "Wipeout" and "F-Zero". The editors of "Computer Gaming World" nominated "Racer" for their 1999 "Racing Game of the Year" award, which ultimately went to "". Star Wars Episode I: Racer Star Wars Episode I: Racer is
Star Wars Episode I: Racer be inserted into the game card to activate vibration. The game received a digital re-release via the DRM-free digital distribution store GOG.com in May 2018. The game was met with positive to average reception. GameRankings gave it a score of 75.78% for the Nintendo 64 version; 75.42% for the Dreamcast version; 73.79% for the PC version; and 69.44% for the Game Boy Color version. It has been featured on several lists of the best "Star Wars" video games. In March 2004, "GMR" rated "Episode I: Racer" the fifth best "Star Wars" game of all time. In 2015 "PC Gamer" listed