Can I Run Dakar 18?
Released in 2018, Dakar 18 is an adventure racing game built by Bigmoon Entertainment. It offers a single player campaign and competitive multiplayer. Full controller support is present, so nothing needs configuring before a pad works. Steam lists support for 6 languages. Cloud saves are enabled. Metacritic places it at 59. With only 824 reviews on Steam, there is little community data on how it behaves across hardware. It keeps shared screen play alive, so a second player needs only a second controller. Completionists have 54 achievements to work through. At 8 years old it targets an older hardware baseline than most buyers now own. It is a Windows title, so the requirements below are the Windows ones.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | Intel Core i5-2400s @ 2.5 GHz or AMD FX-6100 @ 3.3 GHz or equivalent Core i3-7340 |
|---|---|
| GPU | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 or AMD HD 7870 (2GB VRAM with Shader Model 5.0 or better) |
| VRAM | 2 GB |
| RAM | 4 GB |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | Intel Core i5-4690k @ 3.5 GHz or AMD Ryzen 5 1600 @ 3.2 GHz or equivalent |
|---|---|
| GPU | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (6GB) or better |
| RAM | 8 GB |
| OS | Windows 10 (64-bit) |
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Setting and environment
Dakar 18 structures its play around circuits and tracks. Play is presented in three dimensions. The publisher supplies 10 storefront screenshots of these environments.
Why Dakar 18 is demanding
Dakar 18 sits in the middle of the demand range, targeting NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (, a tier a mainstream card from the last few generations reaches without difficulty. Dakar 18 needs 64 bit Windows. Dakar 18 names just 2 GB of video memory, so the bottleneck sits in raw GPU throughput rather than VRAM. Dakar 18 needs only 8 GB of RAM.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run Dakar 18?
Dakar 18 targets a mainstream modern PC: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 or AMD HD 7870 (2GB VRAM with Shader Model 5.0 or better) and 4 GB of RAM for the minimum, stepping up to NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (6GB) or better for the recommended experience. No single part dominates the requirements, so a balanced mid-range build clears it.
Bottleneck: GPU
Projected by resolution
| Resolution | Projection | Headroom |
|---|---|---|
| 1080p | Comfortable | 1.7x |
| 1440p | Borderline | 0.96x |
| 4K | Below the bar | 0.43x |
A projection, not a measurement. We scale the published GPU requirement by pixel count, since 1440p draws 1.78 times the pixels of 1080p and 4K draws 4 times as many, then compare against RTX 3060 / Ryzen 5 build. The publisher did not state a target resolution, so 1080p is assumed as the baseline. We hold no frame rate data, so no FPS figure is claimed. Headroom above 1 means the reference machine has room to spare at that resolution.
Common GPUs
| Graphics card | Verdict |
|---|---|
| GTX 1060 6 GB | Runs great |
| GTX 1060 Laptop | Runs well |
| GTX 1650 4 GB | Runs well |
| GTX 1650 Laptop | Runs well |
| RTX 2060 6 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 2060 Laptop | Runs great |
| RTX 3060 12 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 3060 Laptop | Runs great |
| RTX 4060 8 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 4060 Laptop | Runs great |
| RTX 3070 8 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 3070 Laptop | Runs great |
| RTX 4070 12 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 4070 Laptop | Runs great |
| RX 6600 8 GB | Runs great |
Each card is compared against Dakar 18's published GPU requirement, assuming an otherwise-capable PC. Laptop rows use the real mobile chip's benchmark, a mobile GPU is always slower than its desktop namesake.
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What are the minimum system requirements for Dakar 18?
The minimum requirements are CPU: Intel Core i5-2400s @ 2.5 GHz or AMD FX-6100 @ 3.3 GHz or equivalent Core i3-7340; GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 or AMD HD 7870 (2GB VRAM with Shader Model 5.0 or better); 4 GB RAM.
Can an RTX 3060 run Dakar 18?
The RTX 3060 runs Dakar 18 comfortably, clearing the title's GPU requirement with room to spare.
What is the bottleneck for Dakar 18?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Dakar 18 is the GPU.