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When you imagine a desert, the image immediately pops up – endless sands and dunes, the sharpest cliffs and rare oases or rivals, found in the way to a happy traveler. And yet this is only one side of this amazing coin, which will surprise both the northern homebody and the lover of southern adventures.
After all, it is here, in the endless sandy expanses (in the last three years – in Saudi Arabia), the rally passes " Dakar ", Attracting both professionals and amateurs. Many of them want success, such a desired championship, but for even more people, this is an opportunity to test themselves for strength, experience incredible sensations and just evaluate the beauty of the surrounding world.
And a rally simulator Dakar Desert Rally He copes quite successfully in order to please both of them – if patience and get used to the features of the game.
The wind is worn with dust
When you start acquaintance with a new simulator, which also promises to be realistic as realistic as possible, you always worry a little: how much time is needed to master its mechanics and start enjoy the process? And in general, do you have everything you need to play the way the developers conceived? We immediately answer the last question: of course, ideally, so that the player has a steering wheel and pedal, but Saber Interactive made Dakar Desert Rally friendly to the owners of gamepads, and to those who prefer the starting set of PC – mouse and keyboard. Although with the latter, of course, to drive local transport is noticeably more difficult.
By the way of transport, the game, as in the present Dakar, offers five types of equipment. Here are motorcycles with trucks, and ATVs with cars, and a mixture of the last two, motor veterans SXS. Each species is unique in its own way, and you immediately feel it: for example, the yurgeous motorcycles are easy to pass where the “MAZ” pilot will need surgical accuracy, and the opponents are much easier to overtake in two-wheeled transport, but he needs to pay much more attention on turns and when jumping – getting into an accident on it in certain situations is much easier.
You will probably quickly find transport to your liking.
And to make it easier to get comfortable, the developers have prepared three routes of races: simplified sports races, where you get used to management and physics, professional races, where you have to be much more careful and better to listen to the “voice assistant”, as well as simulation directly. For lovers of hardcore, tired of "arcade pokatushki".
Thus, in Dakar Desert Rally, you will really wait for you a lot of races. Madly a lot. First you will pass this track at the sports level of complexity on a motorcycle. Then, after some time, you will return here on ATVs. Then on trucks and so on. Having learned to win and getting bored a bit, you will go to a higher level of complexity. Where are the new numerous races on all modes of transport await you. And then you want to drive with friends ..
And all this is in a relatively open world, where you often decide how to get from point A to the point I (preferably in this case, having jumped into the b-y points).
When the game allows, turn on the view from the helicopter height. You will not regret it! In general, you will probably more often ride with a view from the cab, but sometimes you can pamper aesthetic inside.
If Dakar Desert Rally and can delight almost everyone, so it is his world. The developers did an incredible job: from the very first seconds you cannot take your eyes off the picture that pleases you with picturesque landscapes and attention to the details. Whether it is day or night, rain or snow (yes, it is extremely rare in the desert, but it happens very snowy!), lifeless wastelands or roads near the settlements, you will not only not get tired of looking at the screen, but you will look at the environment as best as possible – well, as far as possible at high speeds.
Trips to the dunes at sunset, the sand rising into the air under the scorching sun, almost zero visibility at night in a snow storm … All kinds of situations in which the player will visit are forced to wish for photography – which, alas, is not in Dakar Desert Rally, but the developers are planning add it in the future.
It is a pity that there is no photograph at the start. And yet, not the most modern PC, if you are ready to sacrifice a little quality for the sake of smoothness, the game still looks great.
Pay attention to the navigator, and if necessary, turn on the wipers or headlights.
Turn on the left – be careful, driver!
Beauty is beauty, but the game is interesting primarily by its trials and challenges that it throws to the player. There is practically no asphalt, and in the district there are no heaps of specialists who will bring you in shape in a second. If you participate in the Dakar races, get ready for the fact that it will be difficult for you, and any mistake can be fatal.
Starting and accelerating at the first straight line, look into the distance, because sooner or later you are waiting for a turn, which carries threats and opportunities. On the one hand, the opponents are often lame here, and in difficult situations, when your rivals only stop and try to return to the rut, you can try to overtake those who are unlucky. On the other hand, in order to get an advantage, you need to be able to foresee and cope with difficulties, to slow down, turn in advance or build your route in your own way so that you can’t be at the end of the tail in the end.
Sometimes it turns out very effectively cut.
The very essence of the races in Dakar Desert Rally is a ride from weyPointus to a whepointa – step by step to the finish. But there are a couple of nuances. So, wakeins are visible only at the very light level of complexity, on the rest you will have to trust your car, navigator or magazine with notes. And in fact, you do not need to drive at each point-one or two you can easily (as a rule, because it is very easy to make a mistake) skip. So even if you eventually arrive first, for each missed waypoint you will be charged with penalty minutes – and in the leadership table you will find yourself several positions below.
In addition, the rider along the way can slow down as banal and hated stones or trees, after a collision with which they are lucky if the car is not required, or conditional lakes, during the intersection of which you reduce speed. Or the same dunes – you disperse, jump, and then you find yourself on the right or left side.
Когда состояние машины становится критическим прямо во время заезда, не обойтись без ремонта в полевых условиях. If the finish is still far, it is better to take this opportunity, but as a result, to your time spent on SlotoNights Casino the trip, they will add critical seconds – a fine for the same repair. Therefore, it is better to ride carefully, not to break the glasses or headlights, but to do the repair at the base.
After the race (and this is far from the worst option) and after the repair.
Somehow the last miles will reach
The first to come to Dakar Desert Rally can even an outsider, starting in the sixteenth position. Even a pilot who decided to make a simulator for the sake of arranging Flatout (not perfect, but quite yourself) or GTA , as well as the studying world outside the route. Yes, large, but limited: you will leave too far from the main route – you will teleport you back.
The indicator on the left side of the screen shows how far rivals. And even if it suddenly seems that they are too much ahead, you should not give up: practice shows that in any situation an outcome can occur: a major accident, an unsuccessful rise or a descent from a mountain or a notorious sharp turn that opponents cannot cope with. So do not rush to press the Restart and turn off the game with fury due to the lag and another mistake: it will make you more experienced and more successful in the future.
And on the right you can see those who are in front of you and immediately for you: in this case, the author of the article has just been overtaken.
After all, it is not a fact that other AI pilots will not make a missing more and more epic, requesting repairs and receiving a bunch of penalty time. And, having arrived in the fourth, you will find yourself at the top – which means you are waiting for more than Dakar experience and points, opening new routes and opportunities (including the game in the simulator mode), as well as allowing new or repairing current vehicles.
At the same time, you can expand your garage for free, successfully completing the stages and getting the opportunity to either replenish the score of Dakar points (then to buy what you need), or your fleet. Sponsors do not always offer what you want, but if this happens, to participate in full -fledged competitions, you will first need to undergo qualifications, a trial race.
Your reliable friend and comrade motor
Having made several cars, ATVs and motorcycles, you can somewhat change their characteristics depending on the situation: somewhere you need maximum speed, and somewhere good controllability is preferable. So the characteristics of vehicles (which, that is, customized characteristics, are actually quite a few here) can be changed even after each race.
In addition, the game interface helps gamers with periodically pop -up tips about where to go, how cool the turn will be or what danger awaits ahead. There are rather obvious green arrows so that you are ready to change directions, and conventions, for example, lifting or descent, bumps, pond and so on – all this is written in the game itself. It would seem, an obvious plus, but Dakar Desert Rally has not been translated into Russian, so you have to deal with some terms on your own.
One way or another, as a rule, a lot is clear from the visual, so look forward and sides, notice in which direction (degrees are attached) the next wape center is and what awaits you in the way.
Having spent several hours in Dakar Desert Rally, I understand that the game is really fascinating – and can captivate even more if you don’t drive the days on the desert: better a little today, a little tomorrow, and then again with friends – and a trip to Saudi Arabia Months can last, or even years.
The most important thing is the desire to figure out how the game works, not be afraid to make mistakes and enjoy a well -made and pretty racing simulator. Which can tire or bore to cheer up and captivate again in a few minutes.