Dakar 18

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7 User Ratings
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Based on the world famous annual rally raid organized by Amaury Sport Organization in South America. Experience a realistic simulation in DAKAR 18.
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About Dakar 18

About this game

Based on the world famous annual rally raid organized by Amaury Sport Organisation (A.S.O.) in South America, DAKAR 18 is a realistic simulation of the biggest cross-country rally in the world and features a variety of vehicles, including motorcycles, cars, trucks, quads and UTVs. Players will compete in fierce online multiplayer races as well as playing offline, to harness and grow racing skills in a huge open world.

In Dakar 18 you can choose between 5 vehicle categories:

  • Car
  • Motorcycle
  • Quad
  • Truck
  • UTV (SxS)

Full Control over official vehicles and pilots:

  • Cars: Peugeot, Mini, Toyota, Renault, Mitsubishi
    starring Carlos Sainz, Stéphane Peterhansel, Sebastien Loeb, Nasser Al Attiyah, Nani Roma, Orlando Terranova, Mikko Hirvonen, Bryce Menzies, Emiliano Spataro, Carlos Sousa and many others.
  • Motorcycles: KTM, Honda, Yamaha, Husqvarna
    starring Mathias Walkner, Sam Sunderland, Joan Barreda, Adrien Van Beveren, Pablo Quintanilla, Laia Sanz and many others
  • Quads: Yamaha Raptor
    starring Ignacio Casale, Sergey Karyakin, Alexis Hernandez, Rafal Sonik
  • Trucks: Kamaz, Maz, Tatra, MAN
    starring Eduardo Nikolaev, Martin Kolomy, Aleksandr Vasilevski and many others.
  • SxS: Polaris
    starring Patrice Garrouste, Claude Fournier and many others

Features:

  • Huge Cross-Country Open World: driving experience across Peru, Bolivia and Argentina with more than 12,000km2 of open world that doesn’t limit you to a track or certain roads
  • Dakar Rally 2018 simulated 14 stages from Lima to Córdoba
  • Realistic Graphics: through the conversion of satellite images on the game terrain
  • Realistic Road Book Navigation System: Simulating the official Road Books of the Dakar Rally 2018 to guide you across that immense landscape where you’re free to roam. Can you get to the finish line without getting lost?
  • Time and Weather Simulation: Get stuck in dry sand under the burning sun or fight against deep mud in heavy rain or river beds!
  • Rescue and Repair: Are you just driving for victory or willing to stop and help others in need? Towing a stuck competitor will provide you extra repair points. You will need them!
  • Single-player and Multiplayer: The game features a full-fledged online and offline multiplayer experience and competition. Race up to seven other competitors in online stages or play with a friend on split screen!

Game Details

Platform:
steam
Release Date:
September 25, 2018
Developer:
Bigmoon Entertainment
Publishers:
Bigmoon Entertainment
Ravenscourt
Supported Languages:
English
Link:
Genres:
Racing
Simulation

Automobile Sim

Sports

Driving

Adventure

Action
Themes:
Offroad
Realistic
Play Styles:
Controller
Singleplayer

Multiplayer

Open World

Split Screen

3D

First-Person

Physics

PvP

Co-op
Features:
PvP
Online PvP

SharedSplit Screen

Steam Achievements

Full controller support

Steam Trading Cards

Steam Cloud

Stats

Remote Play on TV

Remote Play Together

Singleplayer

Multiplayer

Product Requirements

Minimum:

  • OS: Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8.1, Windows 10 (64-bit versions only)
  • Processor: Intel Core i5-2400s @ 2.5 GHz or AMD FX-6100 @ 3.3 GHz or equivalent Core i3-7340
  • Memory: 4 GB RAM
  • Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 or AMD HD 7870 (2GB VRAM with Shader Model 5.0 or better)

Recommended:

  • OS: Windows 10 (64-bit)
  • Processor: Intel Core i5-4690k @ 3.5 GHz or AMD Ryzen 5 1600 @ 3.2 GHz or equivalent
  • Memory: 8 GB RAM
  • Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (6GB) or better

Dakar 18 Statistics

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>= 80 Hours
11.11%
Achievement Hunter?
11.11% of players played this game for >= 80 Hours!

Difficulty Statistics

Difficulty Rating

Simple
7.69%
Easy
15.38%
Just Right
38.46%
Tough
23.08%
Unforgiving
15.38%
Relax & enjoy! 38.46%  of players consider this game to be Just Right

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Play Behaviour

Tried It
13.33%
Played It
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Halfway
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Beat It
33.33%
Conquered It
13.33%
Completionist! 13.33%  of players have Conquered It

Dakar 18 User Reviews

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User Rating

Average score from 7 ratings
57% of users would recommend this.
3.0

User Ratings Breakdown

5 Stars
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5 Stars
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Not Recommended

Katzi
Pick the new Dakar game instead, also not perfect , but much more polished. This one was abandoned on early stages, and is left a glitchy mess, with early 2000's game physics.
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Frequently Asked Questions

23% of GameFAQs users said Dakar 18 is Simple or Easy. 38% of GameFAQs users said the difficulty is Just Right. 38% of GameFAQs users said Dakar 18 is Tough or Unforgiving.
Yes, Dakar 18 is not fully Steam Deck Verified but the publisher says it is "Playable" on Steam Deck. Valve’s testing indicates that Dakar 18 is Playable on Steam Deck. This game is functional on Steam Deck, but might require extra effort to interact with or configure.
  • All functionality is accessible when using the default controller configuration
  • This game shows Steam Deck controller icons
  • This game's default graphics configuration performs well on Steam Deck
  • Some in-game text is small and may be difficult to read
Minimum:
  • OS: Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8.1, Windows 10 (64-bit versions only)
  • Processor: Intel Core i5-2400s @ 2.5 GHz or AMD FX-6100 @ 3.3 GHz or equivalent Core i3-7340
  • Memory: 4 GB RAM
  • Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 or AMD HD 7870 (2GB VRAM with Shader Model 5.0 or better)
Recommended:
  • OS: Windows 10 (64-bit)
  • Processor: Intel Core i5-4690k @ 3.5 GHz or AMD Ryzen 5 1600 @ 3.2 GHz or equivalent
  • Memory: 8 GB RAM
  • Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (6GB) or better
57% of Fanatical users recommend Dakar 18. The average review score is 3/5
Dakar 18 was released on September 25, 2018
Dakar 18 is published by Bigmoon Entertainment and Ravenscourt
Dakar 18 was developed by Bigmoon Entertainment
Fanatical users tagged Dakar 18 as Racing, Simulation, Automobile Sim, and Sports
Yes. Fanatical users tagged Dakar 18 as having Singleplayer
Yes. Fanatical users tagged Dakar 18 as having Multiplayer
Yes. Fanatical users tagged Dakar 18 as having Split Screen
Yes. Fanatical users tagged Dakar 18 as having PvP
Yes. Fanatical users tagged Dakar 18 as having Co-op
Yes, Fanatical users tagged Dakar 18 as Racing
Yes, Fanatical users tagged Dakar 18 as Simulation
Yes, Fanatical users tagged Dakar 18 as Automobile Sim

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Copyright © 2017 Bigmoon Entertainment Europe. All rights reserved. 2017 published by Deep Silver, a division of Koch Media GmbH, Austria. Deep Silver and its respective logos are trademarks of Koch Media GmbH. Developed by Bigmoon Entertainment, under license of Amaury Sport Organisation. All manufacturers, accessory suppliers, names, tracks, sponsors, brands and associated imagery featured in this game are trademarks and/or copyrighted materials of their respective owners. Unreal, Unreal Engine, the circle-U logo and the Powered by Unreal Engine logo are trade-marks or registered trademarks of Epic Games, Inc. in the United States and elsewhere. FMOD Studio, copyright © Firelight Technologies Pty, Ltd. Portions of this software use SpeedTree® technology. SpeedTree® is a registered trademark of Interactive Data Visualization, Inc. All rights reserved. Dakar™ logo is a trademark of Amaury Sport Organisation. Bigmoon®, Bigmoon logo and ForceFlow™ are trademarks of Bigmoon Entertainment. Virtual Physics System™ and U-designer™ are trademarks of Microbots Technologies.

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