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 official vehicles, as well as one of the largest open worlds ever created. Players will have to use the real road books - provided by the pilots to the development team - to find their way across each of the 14 stages through Peru, Bolivia and Argentina. 

Players will compete in fierce online multiplayer races, and have the opportunity to grow their navigation and racing skills offline. As the world's first real Rally Raid game, DAKAR 18 promises stunning visuals and faithful representations of many of the official vehicles and pilots for each of the five racing categories (Cars, Bikes, Trucks, Quads and SxS).

In addition, the game will feature single-player, online and split-screen multiplayer experiences.

The “Desafío Ruta 40 Rally” is part of the world-famous “Dakar Series”, a number of cross-country rallies and is the first event of this series to be added to Dakar 18. The race took place between August 27 and 31st in Argentina.

As with the main game the team at Bigmoon Entertainment focused all their effort on simulating this challenge to make it as realistic as possible. It will enhance the already existing world of the main game by additional 12.000 km² including five new stages around the beautiful country side of Argentina. To make sure players do not get lost in the challenging world, the DLC includes brand new road books – again based on the original road books handed out to the drivers during the event.

Paulo J. Gomes CEO of Bigmoon Entertainment states: “Not only do we want to offer more content to our fans and fans of the Dakar franchise, but we also want to take this chance to honor all competitors facing the multiple harsh challenges of the Dakar Rallies every year, in particular to the heroes who didn’t have the chance to reach the finish line.”

The DLC is to be released later this year and will be free for all buyers of Dakar 18 for a limited amount of time.

Dakar 18 is currently available on PS4, Xbox One and PC.