STAR WARS: Galactic Racer drops Denuvo before launch and posts RTX 2060-level minimum specs

Denuvo is gone before the game is even out

STAR WARS: Galactic Racer no longer lists Denuvo on its Steam page, according to DSOGaming and linked SteamDB evidence posted on April 25. That is the headline because publishers usually add Denuvo close to launch or remove it long after sales momentum fades. Pulling it before release is rare, and it immediately changes the conversation around the game for the PC audience that treats Denuvo as a buying deterrent.

The PC floor is now clear enough to plan around

The same report says Secret Mode has published the game's minimum requirements: an Intel Core i5-8400 or AMD Ryzen 5 2600, 12 GB RAM, and either an Nvidia RTX 2060, Intel Arc A580, or AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT. Storage is set at 50 GB. That is not lightweight, but it is also not positioned like a top-end showcase racer. It gives PC players a clearer sense of where Galactic Racer is aiming: modern midrange hardware, not flagship-only performance.

Secret Mode is still holding back the one number that matters most

The awkward part is timing. Secret Mode says the game is due later this year, but there is still no specific release date. The feature pitch is already in place: a solo story-driven campaign, PvP multiplayer races, and multiple classes of repulsorcraft including landspeeders, speeder bikes, skim speeders, and podracers. In other words, the structure is fairly clear while the calendar is not.

Reddit immediately treated Denuvo removal as the bigger news

The r/pcgaming thread sat at 686 points and 119 comments at crawl time. One of the top comments said the user would now happily buy the game. Another read the pre-launch removal as a sign that Denuvo's leverage is slipping. That reaction is the important part. The specs and mode list are useful, but the event that moved sentiment was the publisher stepping back from a DRM layer before launch, not after the revenue window had closed.

Source: DSOGaming report · Reddit discussion