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A Dusty Trip New Season: Schedule, Start Times & Next Countdown

Updated September 19, 2026 By AllThingsHow Staff 19K playing now

A Dusty Trip drops players into a battered car and a long, dangerous drive across the wasteland, and every so often the whole journey gets an overhaul. New Season is that overhaul — a major update that reworks the road with new vehicles, items, and rewards. It is one of the tentpole moments in a game that has pulled in about 2,600,000,000 lifetime visits and keeps about 19,000 drivers on the road at once.

New Season is not a one-off. The developer, Jandel’s Road Trip, brings it back on a steady cadence: a fresh season arrives roughly every ~77 days, and there have been 3 of them so far. The next one is projected for Sunday, September 20 at 3:20 AM ET — our best estimate from the game’s usual rhythm, which we confirm once the developer posts the date.

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New Season

Sep 20, 3:20 AM ET

Next in 23h 53m

Projected from its usual rhythm — we confirm the exact time once the developer posts it.

Usual times
  • Sundays, 1:30 AM ET
  • Sundays, 2:20 AM ET
  • Sundays, 4:15 AM ET

Runs every ~77 days.

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How often New Season arrives

A new Dusty Trip season lands about every ~77 days, which works out to a couple of months between drops rather than a weekly beat. The launch itself is staged across a few early-Sunday windows in Eastern Time so drivers in different parts of the world can all get in near the start:

  • 1:30 AM ET, Sunday
  • 2:20 AM ET, Sunday
  • 4:15 AM ET, Sunday

Those staggered slots exist because A Dusty Trip’s audience is global. A single launch time would land in the dead of night for a large share of the player base, so the rollout spans a window that catches drivers across the US, UK, Europe, India, Japan, and Australia. The exact next start time and these usual windows are on the card above; the next date is our estimate from the spacing of past seasons until the developer locks it in.

What’s in the current New Season

The latest season leans into lightweight, high-speed builds and cars that hold their own both on and off the road. The main additions:

  • Up to three new vehicles to unlock, headlined by a dune buggy fitted with a mounted LMG.
  • A batch of brand-new items to find and equip.
  • A new prefab to build around.
  • Fresh season rewards to earn.
  • A round of quality-of-life improvements and smaller features across the game.

The theme is speed and all-surface dominance — the developer’s own pitch is that “the roads are calling,” and the season is built around lighter, faster machines than the wasteland usually rewards.

Tips for catching it

Because a season only comes around every couple of months, it is worth catching early — the newest vehicles and items are the main draw, and getting in near launch gives you the longest run with them. Pick whichever of the early-Sunday windows falls at a reasonable hour where you are and set a reminder the night before. If you miss the launch, the season’s content stays in the game, and the next season will be along on the usual cadence.

How New Season fits A Dusty Trip’s rhythm

New Season is the biggest of A Dusty Trip’s content drops. Next Update is on deck, Werewolf is live right now, and past additions like New Biome, Car Quest, and New Car Crate have already come and gone. New Season sits at the top of that stack as the periodic reset that pulls the most players back at once.

Frequently asked questions

What time is the A Dusty Trip New Season event in my timezone?

New Season launches in the early hours of Sunday, Eastern Time. A representative 3:20 AM ET start converts to 12:20 AM PT, 8:20 AM in the UK, 9:20 AM in Central Europe, 12:50 PM in India, 4:20 PM in Japan, and 5:20 PM in eastern Australia; the exact next start and the usual windows are on the card above.

How often is the A Dusty Trip New Season event?

A new season arrives roughly every ~77 days, which is about every couple of months, and there have been 3 so far.

When is the next A Dusty Trip New Season event?

The next season is projected for Sunday, September 20 at 3:20 AM ET, our best estimate from the game’s usual spacing until Jandel’s Road Trip confirms the date.

What do you do in A Dusty Trip New Season?

Each new season adds vehicles, items, and rewards to unlock — the current one brings up to three new cars, including a dune buggy with a mounted LMG, plus new items, a prefab, and quality-of-life updates.