PUBG Mobile is collaborating with French car makers (or “automotive haute couture icon”) Bugatti to bring some new wheels to the free-to-play battle royale game.
From today until April 30, players can get two different Bugatti cars, the Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Grand Sport Vitesse and the Bugatti La Voiture Noire, as part of the version 2.5 update which also adds the World Of Wonder level editor.
You can also unlock “additional secret colour themes” for the cars, as well as a themed Bugatti ornament and parachute.
It’s a fascinating choice of Bugattis. The Veyron is considered old now- but this is the most specced-up version that in real life, set a record speed of 408.84 km/h.
The Bugatti La Voiture Noire is an even more interesting pick. It’s a one-of-a-kind car, coloured pitch black as the name implies, and is a homage to the long-lost Bugatti Type 57 SC Atlantic. It looks elegant from afar, menacing in some angles, and overkill when you inspect it up close (it has six exhaust tips at the back- in any other car it would’ve been considered a cursed car mod to have that many).
Both cars are no longer sold new, so it’s a rare chance to test drive a Bugatti without playing a racing game.
Bugatti is no stranger to video game collabs. Previously, they collaborated with Black Desert to put Bugatti-themed horse armour, for some reason. And of course, the brand’s modern rides- all being beefy hypercars with a W12 engine- are ever present in various racing games.
PUBG Mobile is available now on iOS and Android.