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A Dusty Trip New Car Crate: Schedule, Start Times & Next Countdown
New Car Crate is one of the headline drops in A Dusty Trip, the survival road-trip game from Jandel’s Road Trip that keeps about 19,000 drivers on the highway at any given moment. Every time it comes around it adds a fresh crate to open, a brand-new sports car to unlock, and a batch of rewards and world additions to explore alongside the usual scramble for fuel and parts.
It is not a one-off. New Car Crate returns on a set rhythm — roughly every ~91 days — so the crate you missed last time will swing back around. It has run 2 times so far, and the next opening plus the usual times it goes live are on the card below.
a dusty trip
New Car Crate
Nov 14, 4:42 PM ET
Next in 56d 13h 19m
Projected from its usual rhythm — we confirm the exact time once the developer posts it.
- Saturdays, 10:30 PM ET
- Sundays, 2:35 AM ET
Runs every ~91 days.
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How often the New Car Crate returns
New Car Crate lands about once a season, on a cadence of every ~91 days. Because A Dusty Trip has players in every part of the world, each drop has gone live across more than one time-of-day window — the developer opens it at hours that let people in North America, Europe, Asia and Australia all catch it without waiting up all night. Here are the recurring windows, given in Eastern Time:
| Window | Start time (ET) |
|---|---|
| Late Saturday | 10:30 PM ET |
| Early Sunday | 2:35 AM ET |
The next opening is expected around Saturday, November 14 at 4:42 PM ET. That date is our best estimate from the event’s usual rhythm; we confirm it once the developer posts the next drop. The card above lists the next opening across the major world time zones. If a window has already passed for your region, the following cycle brings the crate back.
What’s inside the New Car Crate
Each New Car Crate drop is built around fresh vehicles and a set of world additions. Expect to find:
- A new crate to open, with a headline sports car to unlock as the standout prize.
- Additional rewards bundled alongside the car for players who work through the crate.
- A new landmark added to the plains biome, giving the drive a fresh point of interest.
- Quality-of-life improvements and smaller tweaks folded into the same update.
The developer frames each of these as a “brand new Dusty Trip update,” so a New Car Crate cycle usually arrives as part of a wider content push rather than a single item.
Tips for catching it
- Pick whichever of the two windows sits at a reasonable hour for your region — the late-Saturday and early-Sunday ET slots line up with different daytime hours around the world.
- Set a reminder for the next date shown on the card so you are in-game when the crate opens rather than chasing it afterwards.
- Stock up on fuel and parts beforehand; a fresh car is easier to claim when you are not stranded mid-map when the drop goes live.
- If you miss it entirely, there is no need to panic — the crate comes back on the next cycle.
How it fits A Dusty Trip’s rhythm
A Dusty Trip runs a rotating slate of events on top of its core drive, and New Car Crate is one of the bigger content beats among them. There is usually a Next Update on the horizon, seasonal happenings like Werewolf running alongside, and a back catalogue of past drops such as Car Quest, New Biome and New Classes. New Car Crate sits at the larger end of that cadence — a full vehicle-and-landmark update rather than a quick limited-time mode — which is why it lands roughly once a season instead of weekly.
Frequently asked questions
What time is the A Dusty Trip New Car Crate event in my timezone?
The late-Saturday window opens at 10:30 PM ET, which is 3:30 AM Sunday in the UK, 4:30 AM Sunday in Central Europe, 9:00 AM Sunday in India, 12:30 PM Sunday in Japan and 2:30 PM Sunday in eastern Australia; the early-Sunday window follows at 2:35 AM ET. The card above lists the next opening across the major world time zones.
How often is the A Dusty Trip New Car Crate event?
New Car Crate returns roughly every ~91 days, landing about once a season as part of a larger Dusty Trip update rather than on a weekly schedule.
When is the next A Dusty Trip New Car Crate event?
The next New Car Crate is expected around Saturday, November 14 at 4:42 PM ET, based on the event’s usual rhythm; we confirm the exact date once the developer announces the drop.
What do you do in A Dusty Trip New Car Crate?
You open the new crate to unlock its headline sports car and the extra rewards bundled with it, then explore the fresh plains landmark and quality-of-life changes that ship in the same update.