Dakar Desert Rally: Classics Vehicle Pack #1 Available

Dakar Desert Rally introduces one of its planned DLC. We are reaching now to Patch 1.9 where we expect some issues to be resolved.

Patch 1.9

Dakar Desert Rally introduces legendary classic vehicles from the Paris-Dakar Rally today in the new “Classics Vehicle Pack #1” Premium DLC, available as a free download for Season Pass owners. It is also available to purchase standalone for $9.99.

Race across the desert with both the all-wheel-drive Porsche 959 as well as the powerful six-wheel Tatra 815 truck. Today also marks the release of Patch 1.9, which adds an overall performance boost for the game, as well as new voice-over support for a variety of languages.

The full patch notes are below:

Classics Vehicle Pack #1

  • Paris-Dakar classics arrive to Dakar Desert Rally!
  • Get ready for the new off-road rally experience with the classic champions from Paris-Dakar 1986!
    • Porsche 959 (1986):
      Drive the powerful all-wheel-drive Porsche 959, as René Metge + Dominique Lemoyne and Jacky Ickx + Claude Brasseur did in the 1986 Paris-Dakar Rally!
    • Tatra 815 (1986):
      Experience the amazing 6-wheel Tatra 815, with Karel Loprais, Krpec, and Stachura as in the original Paris-Dakar Rally.

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 official website on Steam.

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