JAKKU / OPENING STORY MISSION
The opening exhibition teaches the speed and boosting systems while you drive through Jakku's wrecked Imperial warships. This is not a conventional three-lap circuit: the track atlas describes a single point-to-point run. The actual gameplay screenshot shows a broad start with other racers nearby.
01 / Race brief
First complete character and initial story interactions, then follow Darius Pax into the exhibition. Keep the default camera wide if you cannot see where the next passage leads. This event teaches Afterburner, Ramjet and course reading.
If you're leading and can no longer follow rivals, look ahead for the route markers and the widest safe path; do not assume an open gap is a shortcut.
02 / Practical step-by-step
Select a stage to read the corresponding driving plan. These stages follow the progression of a race, not undocumented geographic checkpoint coordinates. Use the mapped course link above for the actual road and gates.
ROUTE PHASE 01 / 4
The screenshot shows the pack directly ahead under the race gantry. Hold a steady line out of the grid rather than spending all your boost while traffic is compressed.
You will see the lap HUD at 1/1: this is one continuous route, not repeated laps.
ROUTE PHASE 02 / 4
Stay alert for narrow passages between large ship sections. A long ramjet burst should end before the next visibility-limited entrance.
A campaign screenshot shows a desert passage and a distant blue line across the course; use the in-game route cues, not a guess about the exit.
ROUTE PHASE 03 / 4
The external route atlas reports 11 alternate lines, but that does not mean eleven proven faster shortcuts. On the first attempt, stay with a visually clear passage.
If an alternative path looks shorter, open the atlas's top-down or 3D view and confirm that it rejoins the required route.
ROUTE PHASE 04 / 4
Finish the point-to-point exhibition, follow the cutscene, speak with Darius Pax, then check the Pit Droid to begin the actual qualifying tour.
If the exhibition goes badly, focus on surviving and understanding when to release boost.
03 / Visual reference
These sourced screenshots help identify game interfaces, track environments and vehicle handling. When a shot was taken on a different circuit or a preview build, it is not presented as a frame from this exact named track. Click to enlarge.
04 / Route selection
11 alternative lines are recorded for this route configuration, and 3 checkpoints are documented in the course database. That does not mean each branch is faster, marked in-game as a shortcut or safe for every vehicle. The atlas has top-down and 3D geometry; inspect it before committing to a fork.
IDS has not personally driven this game or extracted checkpoint coordinates. We do not claim a specific left-right turn or shortest line without matching gameplay/map evidence.
CHECK MAP AND 3D ROUTE ↗05 / Evidence
This guide references a post-launch route database for route length, checkpoint count and variants; a published walkthrough, developer or gameplay reference for event context; and original screenshot sources linked below each image.
Source review October 17, 2026. Differences between the playable game, community route databases and individual tour variants are identified instead of treated as definitive.
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