You’re aable to take on the challenges of racing across the sand in an iconic four-wheel drive Porsche 959 or a six wheel Tatra 815 truck with the Dakar Desert Rally Classic Vehicle Pack 1 available now for all formats. Along with enjoying some updates and improvements in Patch 1.9 for the game from Saber Interactive.
It follows the Legends Pack available at launch with Jan De Roy’s DAF 95 X1 TurboTwin and Arai Vatanen’s Peugeot 405 Turbo, and the more recent SnowRunner Truck Pack which had five examples from the all-terrain title also developed by Saber Interactive. The new vehicles are included in the Dakar Desert Rally Season Pass, or as separate DLC for $9.99.
The 1986 Porsche 959 was originally intended to compete in Group B rallying, but development involved racing in the Paris-Dakar, with a victory in 1986 after previous entries used modified 911 Carrera engines and bodies. Sadly by the time it was ready for production, the class had been cancelled. Meanwhile the 1986 Tatra 815 was an evolution of the model launched in 1983, with the latest versions still produced today. Various examples have raced in the Dakar Rally, including by Karel Loprais, who took six wins between 1986 and 2006.
Along with the DLC, Saber Interactive has also released a new update with some fixes and improvments to the game.
Dakar Desert Rally Patch 1.9 Release Notes
New Features
- Performance Improvements:
- Improved overall framerate performance and stability across all platforms.
- Performance mode added to Xbox One X and Xbox Series S.
- Quality improvements:
- Multiple visual improvements and tweaks, including headlight shadows, increased terrain texture resolution, improved cockpit mirror quality on next-gen consoles and PC, enhanced shadow quality and resolution scaling on consoles.
- New Language Packs: This includes voice-overs for the following languages:
- Italian.
- German.
- Portuguese.
- Portuguese-Brazilian.
General
- Fuel consumption has been adjusted in Trucks to give them a wider range of travel.
PC
- Resolved the issue of crashing in the garage.
- Resolved issues with cloud save issues.
- Improved Steering Wheel Wizard’s compatibility for brands without official support.
PS5
- Trophies “We all stand together” and “Sheikh’en not stirred” can now be unlocked.
Dakar Desert Rally is available for the PC via Steam and the Epic Games Store, the Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S via the Microsoft Store, and the PS4 and PS5 via the PlayStation Store. You can also find physical copies via Game or Amazon.
And you can keep up with all the latest Dakar Desert Rally news, updates, DLC and more, here. Along with checking out the list of wheels officially supported by the game.
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