A Bizarre Run race guide

The main mode: a horse race across the frontier in two stages, with a train break in between. Stage 1 is pure riding. Stage 2 adds full PvP.

How race works

• Register at the Ticket Booth before the countdown ends. You get a certificate and saddlecloth, and you can't change horse or rider after that.
• Press N at a free numbered horse on the start line. Its number becomes your rider number. Sandman and The Sun race on foot instead.
• Stage 1: canyons, rock corridors, a collapsing wooden bridge, desert rocks and a steep meadow downhill to the GOAL arch. You can't shoot other riders, but you can shoot TNT on the map to clear or block paths.
• Your horse has stamina. At 0% it gets exhausted and slows down. Riding right behind another rider gives a slipstream boost that doesn't use stamina.
• Between stages you ride a train. The Run Shop there (press E) sells a Shotgun for $500, Shotgun Ammo x6 for $20, a Lasso for $75 and revolver ammo for $12. You can only carry one firearm.
• Stage 2 has full PvP. A damage fog closes in behind you and checkpoints have time limits. Before you go, you pick an Easy, Medium or Hard bounty, worth about $175, $350 or up to $600 and 25, 50 or 80 points.
• At a later barrier a Deaths Needed counter has to be met before the route opens.
• You earn Cash and Spin Tickets even if you don't win, plus a grade from S down to F.

Tips to win

1. Don't hold sprint through turns. Save stamina for the open stretches, where most passing happens.
2. Sit in another rider's slipstream to gain speed for free, then pass near the end of a straight.
3. Grass and tree clusters slow you down, and hitting a trunk stops you dead. If you get stuck, press N to get off and back on straight away.
4. Aim to finish Stage 1 in under two minutes if you want to fight for first place.
5. Pick the Easy bounty if your goal is just to finish Stage 2.
6. If you're knocked off in Stage 2: summon your Stand (B), block (F), then call your horse (T).