Race over 6,500 miles on motorcycles, off-road 4X4 trucks and rally cars as you battle against the most severe rallying conditions in the world in the famous Dakar Rally!
Best gaming PC for Dakar 18 in 2026
Full buyers guide →Below are the four PC tiers we'd actually recommend for Dakar 18 today. These are our 2026 hardware picks, not the dated publisher minimums you'll find on Steam.
Budget
1080p · 60fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 5 7600
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050 8GB
- RAM
- 16 GB
- Storage
- 1TB NVMe SSD
Mid-tier
1440p · 60fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 7 7700
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB
- RAM
- 32 GB
- Storage
- 2TB NVMe SSD
High-end
1440p · 144fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti 16GB
- RAM
- 32 GB
- Storage
- 2TB NVMe SSD
Enthusiast
4K · 60fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 32GB
- RAM
- 64 GB
- Storage
- 4TB NVMe SSD
Official system requirements
These are the minimum and recommended specs as published by Deep Silver on Steam. They tend to be conservative, usually "what ran the game at 1080p when it shipped". For what you should actually buy in 2026, see the tier cards above.
| Minimum | Recommended | |
|---|---|---|
| OS | Windows 7 SP1 / Windows 8.1 / Windows 10 (64-bit versions only) | Windows 10 (64-bit) |
| CPU | Intel Core i5-2400s @ 2.5 GHz or AMD FX-6100 @ 3.3 GHz or equivalent Core i3-7340 | Intel Core i5-4690k @ 3.5 GHz or AMD Ryzen 5 1600 @ 3.2 GHz or equivalent |
| RAM | 4 GB | 8 GB |
| GPU | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 or AMD HD 7870 (2GB VRAM with Shader Model 5.0 or better) | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (6GB) or better |
| Storage | 0 GB | 0 GB |
| DirectX | Not stated | Not stated |
Verified 11 October 2026 against the Steam store page.
Can your PC run Dakar 18?
If your CPU is roughly equivalent to Intel Core i5-4690k @ 3.5 GHz and your GPU is at or above NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (6GB), you'll hit recommended settings at 1080p/60. For 1440p or higher, look at the tier picks above.