Dakar Desert Rally (PS4, PS5, XOne, XSX, PC) - Release date 2022

[MeanElf]

A nice surprise on the Al-Sharaf treasure hunt - I won't spoil it but here's an ambiguous teaser pic

 

[cjr3559]

Treasure chest #5 of 9 at Red Sea has to be glitched and inaccessibly located in the Red Sea. I cannot find any possible way to reach it.

Anyone get all the chests at Red Sea?

 

[MeanElf]

Treasure chest #5 of 9 at Red Sea has to be glitched and inaccessibly located in the Red Sea. I cannot find any possible way to reach it.

Anyone get all the chests at Red Sea?

I had a similar problem with one of the Jeddah chests - the circle being centred on a rock butte. Reloading to the last checkpoint after getting stuck (hold circle on consoles) and the area waypoint had shifted when I got back there and I could then find it.

 

[Coiler]

Treasure chest #5 of 9 at Red Sea has to be glitched and inaccessibly located in the Red Sea. I cannot find any possible way to reach it.

Anyone get all the chests at Red Sea?

You need to climb a road to get to 5 and 9 is on a valey

 

[MeanElf]

Wadi Al Dawasir is a nice long one - starting early morning and continues until after dark

 

[icenl]

From the treasure hunt.

 

[MeanElf]

Four treasure hunts left - love the quiet background conversation you can hear when stopping in settlements

 

[MeanElf]

Really enjoying these treasure hunts!

 

[cjr3559]

Really enjoying these treasure hunts!

I agree, except for the Red Sea glitch on PS4 that won’t allow you to get the final treasure, the rest have been good.

And there’s nothing like finishing a marathon hunt and then watching the sunset.

 

[MeanElf]

Just two more treasure hunts left after this

 

[MeanElf]

I agree, except for the Red Sea glitch on PS4 that won’t allow you to get the final treasure, the rest have been good.

And there’s nothing like finishing a marathon hunt and then watching the sunset.

Which location on Red Sea is that? I ask as for me the last one was up that mountain but I had intended the last one to be the most north-easterly of the Red Sea locations but time ran out on me and so next day I went up there instead. If it's the mountain one, I didn't find it first time up there but second time it was there in plain sight.

I think there's a glitch on the Neom treasure too by the way (PS5.) I can't seem to get to the south-easterly one down by the coast without running into the area limit reset. I've approached via the beach, road and tried going further inland to come back in further south but I get reset each time.

 

[cjr3559]

Finally received my preorder bonus cars along with an apology from PlayStation today.. yay

Three Audi eTrons and a classic Peugeot. Strange that I had the DAF classic truck already.

Now all I need are the extended map events and I’m finally golden..

 

[MeanElf]

That's the last of them

 

[cjr3559]

Except for the extended DLC events that are still unavailable on PS4 I feel I’ve thoroughly experienced the career events.

In the meantime I’ve found a great way to keep the game fresh and also making it very challenging.

Using a randomization tool for each step below, select:

1. class of vehicle
2. specific driver/team
3. a simulation event
4. Time of day
5. Weather
6. Forecasted weather
7. Weather transition time

You can be dished up some very challenging conditions mostly in the dark. Inclement weather occurs only in the Sport and Pro modes, so this is a good way of experiencing the challenges of daylight and weather in simulation.

It also showcases how terrific this game looks in other conditions than full sun.

 

[er185es]

 

[Joey D]

I hope they updated the physics on those trucks so they're not bound by whatever Snowrunner uses, otherwise that's going to be...interesting to say the least.

 

[GOTMAXPOWER]

The patch notes look good, especially showing vehicles from other classes in pro/simulation. If done right that will add so much to keep you engaged on the long stages.

 

[MeanElf]

I didn't have time yesterday to take more than a few pictures but it's definitely fun to take these trucks out and fun to be able to go faster than in SnowRunner - good also to see a few other SnowRunner vehicles in the pack during the Sport event for the special SR rally

 

[MeanElf]

More from the DLC and I've finally got the last treasure hunt (for me) done as that got fixed too!

 

[ctdc67]

What game would you compare the physics to?

 

[MeanElf]

What game would you compare the physics to?

Fuel would be one, though obviously a lot improved due to a two generation gap between them and the quads are now far better in Dakar than they were at launch. A more recent game, I'd say DiRT 5.

 

[MeanElf]

More of my recent screen capture/crops

 

[MeanElf]

Trying my best not to get too excited for the photo mode possibilities...but the dirt accretion, general level of detail and particle effects all bode well, I feel.

 

[ctdc67]

Can you make a poster out of that(not that posters are even done anymore and poster in reference to a picture on a large piece of paper)

 

[MeanElf]

Clearing the archives up

 

[MeanElf]

Can you make a poster out of that(not that posters are even done anymore and poster in reference to a picture on a large piece of paper)

Are you asking me this, or someone else?

 

[ctdc67]

Anyone

 

[MeanElf]

Been having fun climbing the biggest mountains I could find in free roam - plenty more pictures of that to share but this will do for now. Penultimate (EDIT: not sure why these are appearing in a different order to the ones I uploaded but the dev message pic is now at first spot) picture is a dev message for those that find it.

 

[MeanElf]

So many things to discover

 

[GOTMAXPOWER]

The first classic car park is coming at some point next month: