Star Wars: Galactic Racer stacks its achievements on top of a runs-based Campaign, so finishing the game once is only the opening lap. The full set rewards deep system mastery across Racer Styles, Favors, vehicle builds, Rivalries, Tales of Podracing, and a brutal Champion-difficulty rematch. Nothing is missable, nothing is hidden, and nothing needs online play, which means you can plan the entire run from the start.
Quick answer: Clear the Campaign once on any difficulty, beat Act 3 again on Champion, win the Galactic Gauntlet with every Favor, Racer Style, and speeder type, and earn Gold in all 50 base-game Arcade time trials.
Trophy count, difficulty, and time to complete
The PS5 set holds 50 trophies: 1 Platinum, 1 Gold, 10 Silver, and 38 Bronze. On Xbox and PC you chase the same 49 achievements without the Platinum capstone. Everything is available offline in single-player, and only one trophy is locked behind difficulty.
| Trophies (PS5) | 50 (1 Platinum, 1 Gold, 10 Silver, 38 Bronze) |
| Achievements (Xbox/PC) | 49 |
| Estimated difficulty | 8 / 10 |
| Estimated time | 70–100 hours |
| Missable | 0 |
| Online trophies | 0 |
The game autosaves with no manual slots, so a bad result normally sticks unless you use the rollback method further down. Logbook progress carries over when you begin a fresh Campaign, so permanent Tuning Points, unlocked Racer Styles, Favors, Parts, and Abilities stack up and make later runs easier.
The four story trophies you cannot miss
Four trophies track Shade’s climb through the Galactic League, and simply playing the Campaign earns them all. Impeding! pops when you join the League with your first Campaign race. Finishing Act 1: The Qualifier grants Qualified! The Act 2 Stadium Showdown awards Disqualified! for beating Kestar Bool, and the Act 3 finale gives Shade! Shade! Shade! when you defeat him again in the Galactic League Championship. These are unavoidable, so you never need to plan around them.
Full trophy list and how to unlock each one
| Trophy | How to unlock | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Galactic Champion | Obtain every other trophy | Platinum |
| Shade! Shade! Shade! | Defeat Kestar Bool in the Galactic League Championship | Gold |
| Big Mystery Racer | Beat 50 Gold times in Arcade | Silver |
| Maybe We Can All Be Friends Someday! | Gain all 20 Favors | Silver |
| Clean Sweep | Place top three in every event in one Campaign tour | Silver |
| Hail to the Winner, Sebulba | Complete all 12 Tales of Podracing events | Silver |
| Skill, Strategy, and the Will to Rise | Unlock all 14 Racer Styles | Silver |
| Best of the Best | Beat every racer in a Rivalry Head-to-Head | Silver |
| I Can Fly Anything | Win the Galactic Gauntlet with each speeder type | Silver |
| Racing Master | Win the Galactic Gauntlet with each Racer Style | Silver |
| United by a Beautiful Dream | Win the Galactic Gauntlet with each Favor | Silver |
| Racer of Legend | Beat Kestar Bool in the Championship on Champion difficulty | Silver |
| Friendly Exhibition Race | Beat any Gold time in Arcade | Bronze |
| Impeding! | Join the Galactic League | Bronze |
| Qualified! | Become a Qualified racer | Bronze |
| Disqualified! | Defeat Kestar Bool in the Stadium Showdown | Bronze |
| Now This is Podracing! | Complete the first Tales of Podracing event | Bronze |
| Getting Started | Select a Racer Style | Bronze |
| Let’s Build a Real Racer | Customize a vehicle | Bronze |
| Inspired by Animals | Gain Hibi’s Favor | Bronze |
| A Few Good Folks | Equip 3 Favors at once | Bronze |
| Racing Glory | Complete a Scenario | Bronze |
| Start Your Engines! | Successfully complete 4 Pre-Race Checks | Bronze |
| That’s Got to Hurt! | Wreck out of an event | Bronze |
| Risk, Reward | Place 1st in an event without crashing | Bronze |
| Risk, No Reward | Blow up by overheating your Ramjet | Bronze |
| Hunk of Junk | Finish 1st with at least 4 Faulty Parts installed | Bronze |
| Raging Rancor | Take down 5 racers in one race with Brawler | Bronze |
| Speed and Violence | Hit 5 racers with Ion Bolt in one race with Tech Expert | Bronze |
| One Hell of a Thrill | Keep Redliner above 550 km/h for 5 seconds | Bronze |
| Punch it, Shade! | Use Ramjet for 60 seconds continuously | Bronze |
| Very Fast, Very Dangerous | Use Afterburner for 60 seconds continuously | Bronze |
| Speed is Dangerous, Embrace it Anyway | Gain Surge for 60 seconds continuously | Bronze |
| The Most Dangerous Racing in the Galaxy | Remain Overcharged for 40 seconds continuously | Bronze |
| Hibi’s Speedies | Exceed 650 km/h in any Speeder | Bronze |
| The Fastest Ever Built | Equip 4 Legendary Parts at once | Bronze |
| The Real Soul of Racing | Max out 2 upgrades during one tour | Bronze |
| Record-Setting Pit Droid Team | Upgrade an Ability to maximum level | Bronze |
| Many Special Treasures | Use every Ability | Bronze |
| Four Arms Would Be Useful | Equip 4 Abilities at once | Bronze |
| That’s How You Win Championships | Place top three in 6 Eliminator Races in one tour | Bronze |
| First Time, Big Time | Win your first Rivalry Head-to-Head | Bronze |
| I’ll Take That Bet | Win 10 Sidebets | Bronze |
| Beginner’s Luck | Win a Sidebet against your current Rival | Bronze |
| Gathii vs. Bool | Win a Sidebet against Kestar Bool | Bronze |
| Star Racer | Have a Backer rate you as Excellent | Bronze |
| Poodoo Racer | Have a Backer rate you as Poor | Bronze |
| Pride of Gathleon | Earn an Excellent Tour rating from every Backer | Bronze |
| Treasures, Treasures! | Buy every Scrap Dealer part in one visit | Bronze |
| Might as Well Buy a New Speeder | Buy every part at Hibi’s Shop in one visit | Bronze |
The four-stage route to Galactic Champion
You can shorten the grind by restarting the Campaign and repeating Act 2. In Acts 2 and 3, the Gauntlet takes place with one event left before the end. Win it, then intentionally lose the final race against Kestar Bool to return to Act 2’s start. Act 3 is slower, since it adds a planet and story Podracing events.
Galactic Gauntlet mastery runs
On Derven Acos, the Galactic Gauntlet plays out as three Eliminator Race stages. Each mastery trophy tracks separately, and the Logbook marks every Favor, Style, or vehicle you have already won with as “Mastered.” Rotating your loadout between runs clears several entries without burning extra tours.
| Trophy | Requirement | Minimum runs |
|---|---|---|
| Racing Master | All 14 Racer Styles (one per run) | 14 |
| United by a Beautiful Dream | All 20 Favors (three per run) | 7 |
| I Can Fly Anything | All three speeder types | 3 |
| Best of the Best | All 11 rivals beaten in Head-to-Heads | — |
| Hail to the Winner, Sebulba | All 12 Tales of Podracing events | — |
Each vehicle carries its own unlock cost. The Landspeeder is available from the start, the Speeder Bike costs 10 Tuning Points, and the Skim Speeder costs 20. Best of the Best asks you to find and beat 11 rivals, and Kestar Bool does not count toward that total.
Equip Clandestine Aid before your first attempt at the Act 2 Gauntlet, because no other Favor can win that particular event. It cannot be equipped in Act 3. Missing this forces you to restart the Campaign and replay Acts 1 and 2.
How to unlock all 20 Favors
Favors come only from the Campaign, and each tour lets you equip three. Your selection locks until the following tour, so choose carefully. Seventeen have straightforward conditions you can repeat until they unlock.
| Favor | How to unlock |
|---|---|
| Clandestine Aid | Complete Act 1: The Qualifier |
| Mad Genius | Complete the first two planets in Act 1 |
| Gadgeteer | Complete 6 Time Trial Field Tests |
| Feet First | Complete event one in Tales of Podracing |
| Old Greats | Finish all 12 Tales of Podracing events |
| Team Vranki | Reach Derven Acos with a Satisfactory Hutt rating |
| Deeper Pocket | Reach Derven Acos with a Satisfactory Broker rating |
| Bloody Bounty | Reach Derven Acos with a Satisfactory Pirate rating |
| Preferred Customer | Purchase 4 Parts from the Scrap Dealer |
| Smuggler’s Hope | Complete 6 Ramjet Field Tests |
| Fan Club | Beat Lyren Shok in a Head-to-Head |
| Victorious Loser | Beat Griff Halloran in a Head-to-Head |
| Unassuming Prodigy | Complete 2 Precision Field Tests |
| Silent Defiance | Beat Sen Fira in a Head-to-Head |
| Family Legacy | Beat Ary Quill in a Head-to-Head |
| High Roller | Beat Fola Kanjen in a Head-to-Head |
| Brutal Calm | Complete 2 Battling Field Tests |
The final three come from repeat Mystery Encounters, each with its own dialogue chain. For Racer Roulette, rein in Biddy Blas’s ego across three encounters by picking “All right, you’re on,” then “Quadruple or Nothing,” then “Let’s go, Taxman!” For Underhanded Upperhand, pay Malis Vazosk rising sums across four encounters, finishing with “You’re Hired” for 7,000. For Second Chance, race with handicaps across several planets for Katja Mox, then tell her “Fine, take them. I’ll prove myself without them.”
A Favor upgrades when you finish a planet with it equipped. Rivals, Mystery Encounters, and Field Tests depend heavily on RNG, so keep restarting tours until a Rival you still need appears as a Sidebet on the first planet, make that racer your Rival, and continue.
Boost-state and Racer Style challenges
Several trophies ask you to sustain a boost state for a set time. The award may not register the moment you hit the required duration. It can show up at the start of the next event or at the tour’s end, so a notification delay is normal.
| Trophy | How to set it up |
|---|---|
| Punch it, Shade! | Enter a Ramjet Field Test, where Ramjet stays active for a long time |
| Speed is Dangerous, Embrace it Anyway | Use Slipstreamer or Clean Racer with Critical Surging and Surplus Surging Parts |
| The Most Dangerous Racing in the Galaxy | Pair Overcharged Autopilot with Tenacious or Tech Expert plus Overcharge Parts |
| Very Fast, Very Dangerous | Use the Afterburner style with Afterburner Efficiency IV and Cooled or Surging extenders |
| Hibi’s Speedies | Ramjet usually hits 650 km/h alone; add Ramjet Power Parts or Surge if short |
| The Fastest Ever Built | Buy three Legendary Parts at a Scrap Dealer, or upgrade Level 3 Parts at Hibi’s Shop |
The three named style challenges each want a specific build. Brawler’s Raging Rancor needs five takedowns in one race. Tech Expert’s Speed and Violence needs five Ion Bolt hits, but the style lacks Ion Bolt at first, so earn it in Sebulba’s seventh Tales of Podracing event, Fear and Respect. Redliner’s One Hell of a Thrill needs five seconds above 550 km/h, which a long straight and a maxed Ramjet stat will cover.
Switch the Auto-Deactivate Ramjet setting off before attempting Risk, No Reward. That trophy requires the engine to overheat and explode, which cannot happen while the setting prevents overheating.
Beating Kestar Bool on Champion for Racer of Legend
Racer of Legend is the only difficulty-locked trophy and usually the biggest wall. Champion unlocks once you complete Act 3 on any difficulty, after which you only replay Act 3. On Champion your crashes persist between events and refill by just three per planet, so survival matters more than raw speed. Mad Genius grants two extra crashes, Tenacious grants one, and Gadgeteer frees up space for extra Parts. Once everything is upgraded, Victorious Loser pays out credits regardless of your finishing position, letting you play cautiously.
During the tour, lean on Field Test, Podracing Test, Mystery Encounter, and Scrap Dealer nodes, since none of those cost league tokens or crashes. When you must race, Standard events are far safer than Eliminators, because finishing 12th still progresses you as long as you avoid wrecking out. A Ramjet and Cooling build holds up well. A reliable loadout is a Speeder Bike with Cornering 3, Ramjet 4, Battery 3, and Kinetic Burst 4, running the Ramjet Rider style with Mad Genius and Gadgeteer equipped alongside Victorious Loser for safety.
Earning 50 Arcade Gold times for Big Mystery Racer
The base game has 50 Arcade time trials, each with a set vehicle and track. Objectives vary, so some pit Podracers against rivals while others ask you to stay Frozen or Cooled, land Perfect Landings, or clear every checkpoint to trim your time. A few Gold times allow a mistake. Others demand a clean run, a route you know cold, and precise timing on your abilities and Parts.
Earning Gold in any single trial unlocks Friendly Exhibition Race. Getting Gold across all 50 unlocks Big Mystery Racer, the hardest trophy in the set. Leave this for last, after you have learned the main racing lines and grown comfortable with Ramjet and Afterburner.
The Deluxe Edition adds three extra Arcade trials, and it is not confirmed whether those count toward the Gold-times trophy. Focus on the 50 base trials for completion.
Settings and save tricks that cut the grind
Three accessibility settings make retries easier. Simple Pre-Race Checks reduces the button presses needed to launch an event, which trivializes Start Your Engines! Auto-Deactivate Ramjet shuts Ramjet off as you approach the end of the Redline zone, avoiding an unwanted explosion. Boost Mode changes Afterburner and Ramjet activation so a tap works instead of a hold.
A save-rollback method helps throughout. With PlayStation Plus, disable the game’s auto-sync and upload a cloud save before a risky race or a Hibi’s Shop restock, then download it to undo a bad result. Without Plus, quit the application mid-race to return to its start, since the game only saves the moment an event ends.
Confirming the Platinum is done
Track the three Gauntlet mastery trophies through the Logbook, where cleared Favors, Styles, and vehicles read “Mastered.” Rival progress shows up as vehicle colour unlocks, one per beaten rival, visible at the start of a tour or planet. Once all 49 other trophies are earned, including the Act 3 Champion win and all 50 Arcade Gold times, Galactic Champion unlocks on its own and the Platinum is yours.
