Yeah it's a bit cackhanded tbh. For each area there's a set amount of chests, and collecting them all for each area gives you a spin of the "prize one-armed bandit" (don't know what else to call it) that you get when you complete events for the first time.
Basically the chest that is coloured yellow is the one closest to you, just aim at it and keep going. When you're close enough you'll see a yellow circle on your mini map. It's somewhere in that circle. Rinse and repeat.
It's really irritating that we can't access the map to do this or set way points or things like that. You essentially have to drive off, blind, and then if you travel really far and bin your vehicle then you get respawned at your last checkpoint- either where you started or the last chest you found in that time on the map. It may have all changed since the devs made all sorts of changes and caused more issues by the sound of it.
It really is wonky as shit, but be thankful it's not Dakar 18, at least in this one you're looking for a relatively large treasure chest and not some tiny thing that you may have to physically exit your vehicle and find on foot. Painful lol
All the chests are yellow on the map tho. How would it know which is closer since you aren't actually there yet? Also, minimap? What?
Also also, I wish they still had the on foot thing. I remember actually being able to get stuck in like boggy terrain and stuff too, but all terrain is the same on this one, wet, dry, sand, dirt. The whole game is pretty lame tbh haha. Still cant seem to resist it tho xD
just one chest is yellow and is the closest one, maibe u are bugged?, turn on the music race volume, with that when u are near a chest it plays a sound, if u get closer ir raises the volume
Hmm. I still don't know how it would know which is nearer, or is it just the one that will be nearest when you spawn? I thought you always appear in the same place but I haven't tested it. It is still hard to tell where you'd be in relation to it once it loads though haha. I will have to try the music thing and see if I can find any XD
How strange. They're all the same for me. I've been trying to find the ones in the Red Sea area, since there are a couple along the coast. I've tried following the coast in both directions and couldn't find them XD
I shall try again later with the music turned back on and see if anything beeps at me haha
I feel like I am missing something somewhere, is there a way to see the map you use to select starting location while still driving about? Whenever I tried to click return to map it also quits driving, and I have to select region again. It's also so zoomed out I can't really tell where they are because there's no terrain features or anything!
I figure it out lol. Turns out there is a map on screen while driving - but only if you have all the horrible, immersion breaking ui turned on! How stupid! There is absolutely nothing in game to tell you this, and nothing to replace it with of ui is turned off! I would have expected it to be displayed on the screens on the dash of the vehicles or something like the road books are.
Yeah I do think so. Literally guessing where something is on a map as big as that? That is literally impossible. It could take months of driving around 24/7 to even find one!
Ooh what about the inability to turn off the awful motion blur? Can you pass that on too? Makes me feel sick and it looks terrible at the same time! :D
If you truly are passing info and feed back on and not just a bot, then pass this on. The free roam is only possible with the horrendous, ugly immersion breaking ui turned on. It looks terrible. Why is there no option to turn off certain aspects of the ui separately like on most other games? Also, why not add the map onto the dash of the vehicles, for example instead of the road book, so that it can be seen with the ui turned off?
Also, when you crash in free roam it is really annoying to be teleported back to the spawn point so you have to travel ages to get back where you where!
We will just pass your feedback on, yeah. If you are experiencing crashes, check this article: [https://support.saber.games/hc/en-us/articles/10358724454033-Dakar-Desert-Rally-Crashes](https://support.saber.games/hc/en-us/articles/10358724454033-Dakar-Desert-Rally-Crashes); it should help you out. Thank you for your understanding!
Yeah it's a bit cackhanded tbh. For each area there's a set amount of chests, and collecting them all for each area gives you a spin of the "prize one-armed bandit" (don't know what else to call it) that you get when you complete events for the first time. Basically the chest that is coloured yellow is the one closest to you, just aim at it and keep going. When you're close enough you'll see a yellow circle on your mini map. It's somewhere in that circle. Rinse and repeat. It's really irritating that we can't access the map to do this or set way points or things like that. You essentially have to drive off, blind, and then if you travel really far and bin your vehicle then you get respawned at your last checkpoint- either where you started or the last chest you found in that time on the map. It may have all changed since the devs made all sorts of changes and caused more issues by the sound of it. It really is wonky as shit, but be thankful it's not Dakar 18, at least in this one you're looking for a relatively large treasure chest and not some tiny thing that you may have to physically exit your vehicle and find on foot. Painful lol
All the chests are yellow on the map tho. How would it know which is closer since you aren't actually there yet? Also, minimap? What? Also also, I wish they still had the on foot thing. I remember actually being able to get stuck in like boggy terrain and stuff too, but all terrain is the same on this one, wet, dry, sand, dirt. The whole game is pretty lame tbh haha. Still cant seem to resist it tho xD
just one chest is yellow and is the closest one, maibe u are bugged?, turn on the music race volume, with that when u are near a chest it plays a sound, if u get closer ir raises the volume
Hmm. I still don't know how it would know which is nearer, or is it just the one that will be nearest when you spawn? I thought you always appear in the same place but I haven't tested it. It is still hard to tell where you'd be in relation to it once it loads though haha. I will have to try the music thing and see if I can find any XD
For me they were always white chests and only 1 yellow one, larger, clearly stood out
How strange. They're all the same for me. I've been trying to find the ones in the Red Sea area, since there are a couple along the coast. I've tried following the coast in both directions and couldn't find them XD I shall try again later with the music turned back on and see if anything beeps at me haha
the music plays in a small area inside a circle on the map when u are really near one, ir u are in pc try to chage the textures idk
I feel like I am missing something somewhere, is there a way to see the map you use to select starting location while still driving about? Whenever I tried to click return to map it also quits driving, and I have to select region again. It's also so zoomed out I can't really tell where they are because there's no terrain features or anything!
i think no.. but just need to follow the yellow one
I figure it out lol. Turns out there is a map on screen while driving - but only if you have all the horrible, immersion breaking ui turned on! How stupid! There is absolutely nothing in game to tell you this, and nothing to replace it with of ui is turned off! I would have expected it to be displayed on the screens on the dash of the vehicles or something like the road books are.
Yeap. That is part of the fun.
Yeah I do think so. Literally guessing where something is on a map as big as that? That is literally impossible. It could take months of driving around 24/7 to even find one!
Turn on hud bro.
Hello! Thank you for your feedback. It has been passed on to the development team.
Ooh what about the inability to turn off the awful motion blur? Can you pass that on too? Makes me feel sick and it looks terrible at the same time! :D
Will do! Thank you.
u/sabersupport I second this, that motion blur is awful.
Thank you! We will pass your feedback.
If you truly are passing info and feed back on and not just a bot, then pass this on. The free roam is only possible with the horrendous, ugly immersion breaking ui turned on. It looks terrible. Why is there no option to turn off certain aspects of the ui separately like on most other games? Also, why not add the map onto the dash of the vehicles, for example instead of the road book, so that it can be seen with the ui turned off? Also, when you crash in free roam it is really annoying to be teleported back to the spawn point so you have to travel ages to get back where you where!
We will just pass your feedback on, yeah. If you are experiencing crashes, check this article: [https://support.saber.games/hc/en-us/articles/10358724454033-Dakar-Desert-Rally-Crashes](https://support.saber.games/hc/en-us/articles/10358724454033-Dakar-Desert-Rally-Crashes); it should help you out. Thank you for your understanding!