First revelations on the Dakar 21 video game

The Dakar 18 video game, released in September 2018, stood out for a daring bet: to reproduce the road book of all the stages of the edition won by Carlos Sainz and Lucas Cruz (Peugeot ) in Auto and stages lasting more than an hour for a simulation gaming experience.

Unfortunately, the behavior of the vehicles was not of the same ilk while the graphics had the quality of taking the gamer on a journey to Peru, Argentina and Bolivia. Three years later, it will be possible to explore a new playing field, Saudi Arabia, on PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One and Xbox Series X.

Dakar 21, planned around September-October 2021, propose to “all major vehicles” according to an official source collected by AUTOweekly. “Vehicles are always mapped according to reality, with the agreement of the drivers.”

Saudi Arabia will be modeled in the form of an open world, an open world where no limits will be imposed on the player, as in Dakar 18. Furthermore, the gameplay will not be identical to its predecessor. Indeed, the desired promise is to have a game “more arcade”, which will not prevent us from offering a more " simulation ", in order to satisfy enthusiasts of rally-raid like the neophytes.

Gamers could argue that it will be necessary to wait three years between the two games dedicated to the Dakar. The Portuguese studio BigMoon, author of the production of Dakar 18, has since been bought by the American studio Saber Interactive, behind Snowrunner and Vampyr in particular.

The development of Dakar 21 thus benefits from “more means for an even more accomplished game”, we are promised. However, it is impossible to know at this time if historical vehicles will be incorporated or if it will be possible to get the player out of the vehicle. We can't wait to check it all out!