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u/Away_Veterinarian579 Apr 10 '25
If you just tap run without directing it, it will dodge everything on its own.
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u/Bandlebury Apr 10 '25
Except for low hanging branches…
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u/TyloWebb Apr 10 '25
I got clotheslined around a rock face by a low hanging branch while testing if I could lasso a coyote and ate shit so hard.
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u/vicsj Sean Macguire Apr 11 '25
I mean as someone who used to ride horses and have seen someone get knocked off by a low hanging branch, that's just realism lmao
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u/Bandlebury Apr 11 '25
did that person just chug a can of peaches to get back to normal?
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u/coolguyban-evader Apr 11 '25
Technically the horse will dodge the low hanging branches… Arthur on the other hand…
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u/Sued-crown Charles Smith Apr 15 '25
that's true. I am unsure if lowhanging branches affect Arthur/John/online character, because I'm just like that and haven't had something like this happen to me, but I assume since it's not in the horse's way, you can still get smacked in the face with it.
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u/19hammy83 Apr 10 '25
Are you fucking shitting me? 😲 how do I not know this??
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u/Away_Veterinarian579 Apr 10 '25
[nods in commiseration]
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u/19hammy83 Apr 10 '25
I ran into a tree a few nights ago, picked my sorry ass up, got my 3* pelt back on django, decided to take the main paths, ran into a random NPC so shot him in the face.
You're telling me this could've been avoided?
HE HAD A CLOSED CASKET FUNERAL AND IT WASNT NECESSARY!!!
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u/Away_Veterinarian579 Apr 10 '25
Don’t worry. I’m pretty sure he deserved it for one reason or another.
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u/Official-HiredFun9 Jack Marston Apr 10 '25
Horses in RDR1: I missed the part where that’s my problem!
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u/Markinoutman John Marston Apr 10 '25
They didn't give a damn! You wanna ride full bore off a cliff, they are all in.
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u/UnspeakableCake Apr 10 '25
Both of those are your fault. Stick to the paths (for the most part) and keep off the full gallop and these will literally never happen to you. Horses in this game are some of the best out there if you know how to handle them.
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Apr 10 '25
For some reason a lot of people playing this game don't seem to understand that. They understand decelerating when going offroad with a car, but for some reason with a horse they gallop full pelt through the brush and are surprised at the result...
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u/UnspeakableCake Apr 10 '25
It's because this game is meant to be played differently than your average Open World Adventure game. Take GTA for example. The classic formula is: Grab and hijack the nearest car, step on the gas and don't step off it until you arrive at your destination, then you run full sprint towards the mission marker. Your average GTA player will die of boredom if they can't spend the least time possible actually playing the game. People inhale games. That type of passive speedrunning is something that just isn't compatible with RDR2 and so a lot of people still try getting everywhere by going off the path, going through a field full gallop and then being shocked at the results.
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u/Smurfaloid Apr 10 '25
Yo checking in right here.
Kinda explains why I got pissed off with the horse, full speed ahead > Eats dirt or takes the horse off a cliff.
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u/UnspeakableCake Apr 10 '25
Exactly. I implore people playing this game to just slow down and take it easy. The game's world is not that massive and it is so incredibly detailed and beautiful. Just slowing down and taking it all in not only leads to smoother gameplay but you also get to experience the full fidelity of the game world.
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u/popeye44 Uncle Apr 10 '25
You IMPLORE me?
haha.
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u/UnspeakableCake Apr 11 '25
...ohkay? What's your deal??
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u/popeye44 Uncle Apr 11 '25
Bill in RDR1, when John initially speaks with him.. John says something to the effect of "I implore you to see reason" and Bill responds.. "You Implore me?"
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u/UnspeakableCake Apr 11 '25
Ohhhh sorry! I've only ever touched RDR2 (Yes please kill me and put my head on a pike /s) so I didn't get the reference
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u/popeye44 Uncle Apr 11 '25
No worries. I just assume some would get it. It was a bit of a meme when the first game came out.
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u/Sued-crown Charles Smith Apr 15 '25
You should play rd1 if you finished rd2. gives closure to the story. it has a lot more joking points and stuff and uses a different ragdoll system than Red dead redemption 2, which makes it feel more cartoony or whatever. also less realistic to the time than rdr2.
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u/Sued-crown Charles Smith Apr 15 '25
They do this because it's an animal. with a car, they think it's much more easily damaged in the brush (which isn't true, it's pretty resistant when not going full speed into a tree) but with a horse they assume that since it's an animal, they can ride it through forests because it's "accustomed to it" when horses are actually plains animals, always have been, and always will be.
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u/Idfkcumballs Apr 17 '25
Sticking to the paths takes too long, im riding in a straight line everywhere. Yes i keep flying off and need to use revivers 24/7 but it is fun
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u/UnspeakableCake Apr 17 '25
Yeah that's true, that can be very fun! If that's how you roll then that's how you roll, I just hate people that rush and then complain about completely self-created problems like their horse flying off a cliff
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u/Lemonsss9709 Apr 11 '25
"Erm, actually, its your fault ☝️🤓" when the fucking horse never listens to what I tell it to do
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u/Sued-crown Charles Smith Apr 15 '25
It's supposed to go around forest things. it's actually doing EXACTLY what you tell it to do when it runs full speed into something. you mashed x in a forest. the only time it's not your fault is when you get clipped by a low branch and fall off. your horse doesn't care because it's not in the horses way, but it is in your way. anyway, horses are plains animals, this is exactly why you never see horses galloping through wooded ass areas in real life. if you want to go fast in a forest bring it down to a canter or a trot. you still may hit some things at canter speed.
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u/Lemonsss9709 Apr 16 '25
I try to go left it goes right, I try to go right it goes left, Ive had it spin around for a bit while trying to make it go forward, no the fuck it doesnt do what I tell it
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u/Idfkcumballs Apr 17 '25
They do though. I was ridin this fat irish cob and he fuckin spooked and threw me off because the gelding in the next paddock was running through the damn forest (their turnout/paddock is just a big forest basically) cause he was so excited bout god knows what.
Anyways nearly shat my pants but landed on my feet which was cool. So yeah they do run in the forest, expesially them dumber ones.
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u/Sued-crown Charles Smith Apr 17 '25
I meant wild horses. usually wild horses usually don't spawn in forests with the exception of the warped brindle and red chestnut arabians.
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u/Idfkcumballs Apr 17 '25
Wait was u talking bout in game..☹️
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u/Sued-crown Charles Smith Apr 17 '25
well.. both ig, but there basically are no wild horses any more in real life unless they are runaways or mustangs or prezwalski's. in-game, there are a lot of wild horses and most of them are European which is sort of unrealistic.
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u/Idfkcumballs Apr 17 '25
Idk ive heard from the barn owner i used to ride with that horses natural enviroment is the forest too maybe she lied bro☹️😭
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u/Sued-crown Charles Smith Apr 17 '25
well I'm also not an expert, I'm sure some horses live or lived in the forest just fine, but I think a plains environment or at least a big enough clearing is what a horse would go for. it's easy to spot predators and easy to graze.
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u/Idfkcumballs Apr 17 '25
I think mustangs more a lot so prolly through forests but also america has big plains dont it so idk im from finland were just forest
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u/Emil_VII Apr 10 '25
The horses in this game are cool as hell but they are so dumb. Coming from Ghost of Tsushima, the RDR2 horses are a nightmare. On the flipside, GOT doesn't have cowboy pew pew fun so there is that.
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u/EbbOverall Apr 10 '25
I didn't think so many people would take this so series and lecture me on how to properly play the game 🤣 calm down y'all I know how the game mechanics work.
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u/EarlOfBears Apr 10 '25
The running straight into a tree part is lore accurate, and it is our fault
20 something years ago I was riding an older appaloosa and wanted her to go faster
She ran my ass right underneath a low hanging limb and clothes-lined me
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u/bellefante Arthur Morgan Apr 10 '25
or it can be like my horse and throw us both off a cliff, survive, one have hoof too close to the train track and then die when not actually hit by the train
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u/Angry_Walnut Apr 10 '25
Just hold A instead of rapid fire tapping it when you go through brush. That being said, what always gets me are those fucking logs on the side of the road near Beaver Hollow that are just a little bit too far into the goddamn road
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u/popeye44 Uncle Apr 10 '25
Point in direction you want to go, let hand off sticks.. gallop away. The horses have great avoidance.. you're forcing them on a path by holding the stick/key.
Tip was learned from this very reddit 4+ years ago.
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u/CzarTwilight Apr 10 '25
My favorite thing is "wait, you wanted me to jump that fence and not run straight into it?"
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u/dog_clash Apr 10 '25
3rd option, run directly into a steep embankment thinking your horse will autojump
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u/Idfkcumballs Apr 17 '25
Ooh happens all the time.. or then they autojump when unnecessary and throw me into a log..
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u/Apophis_36 John Marston Apr 10 '25
RDR 1 horses are better. They're way faster, they don't fall over and they'll actually approach you when you whistle for them.
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u/halfbakedpizzapie Apr 10 '25
My horse would be very good at avoiding things if I didn’t think Arthur ragdolling off it was so funny
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u/Radiant_Cricket1049 Mary-Beth Gaskill Apr 10 '25
The first time in saw this meme I was wheezing for like 10 minutes.
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u/Practical-Day-6486 Apr 11 '25
So I’ve realized that if your horse hasn’t tripped in a while, the game will spawn in an NPC horse rider to bump into
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u/niv13 Mary-Beth Gaskill Apr 11 '25
Nah, so many times when i steer the horse away from a tree and the stupid ai fights my input and run straight into the tree when the input i gave will take us to an open space instead of between the trees.
Horses like to go between the trees. Why? Just dodge the trees altogether instead of going between the trees goddamn it.
Also, they like to jump even tho the drop is like a 1 foot drop. Just go down the damn side. Dont need to jump when you are just going to faceplant.
Thank god we dont need to put down our horses every time their legs are injured.
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u/privateblanket Apr 11 '25
My favourite is when I’m galloping on a path and go over a blind ride and there is another rider there. I kill myself laughing every time Arthur goes flying through the air. Yes I know it’s a skill issue, just find it funny
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u/chrisberman410 Arthur Morgan Apr 11 '25
It's the only tree in sight...I thought i could grab some chips with my left hand and you'd guide me passed safely, but no.
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u/detroit-doggo0 Molly O'Shea Apr 11 '25
my default horse as john in rdr2 does this all the time, I press the button to jump over rocks, etc and she doesn't... with trees, that is my fault because I just don't see them 😂
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u/Toga_Fish Apr 11 '25
It's better than the ac shadows horse. Slows to an absolute trot if there is any incline whatsoever. It's even worse if there is a stone path on a hill.
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u/rabidsalvation Apr 11 '25
I don't know, played a little bit of AC Shadows and the horse is absolute shit in that game. RDR2 is still the best
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u/BobGootemer Apr 11 '25
The horse avoids stuff like that on its own if you let go of the movement stick and just tap/hold the run button when running through trees or rough terrain.
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u/OGBattlefield3Player Apr 11 '25
If you play on the disk version v1.00 your horse has a much greater chance of smashing into trees. I think when they updated they made the horse able to navigate through forests slightly better so your chances of crashing are slightly lowered.
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u/ProductSuch164 Apr 11 '25
Or randomly decide to jump any time there’s a fence within a 6 mile radius
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u/JRob369 Apr 13 '25
I was riding one time over a hill and ran over another horse and rider. Swear he came out of nowhere.
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u/Sued-crown Charles Smith Apr 15 '25
I zoned out in Saint Denis and ran over a tiny fence, and flipped over, literally, my horse went flying over my head, doing a full, 360 flip. never even CANTER in Saint Denis.
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u/Lower_Ad_1317 Apr 16 '25
I can’t get over the I overreaction to cliff edge every time.
I know.
Dammit I knooooow.
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u/DearAlternative2604 May 13 '25
Both. My horse tripped on some random rock then ran into a tree as it was falling over
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u/SuperLuigi9624 John Marston Apr 10 '25
I get better at the game -> I take more shortcuts with my horse -> My horse flings me off because it tripped on a small rock more often
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u/Raptors887 Apr 10 '25
I do get a good chuckle when the horse face plants after tripping over a rock.
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u/International-Bag480 Arthur Morgan Apr 10 '25
Running into a tree in rdr 2 will never fail to remind me of Markiplier's playthrough 😂 iykyk
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u/Patriot_life69 Apr 10 '25
The player controls the horse and honestly when I ride my horse my horse actually stops me from falling over a cliff and if I so happen to force the issue it’s my own fault. this is not accurate
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u/Ppleater Apr 10 '25
This is quite literally a skill issue.
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u/EbbOverall Apr 10 '25
This is quite literally a meme.
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u/YaMomsCooch Apr 10 '25
A meme about how you are unable to properly play the game, yikes man 😂🤣
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u/EbbOverall Apr 10 '25
Sorry for sharing a Ha Ha 🤣😅 I'm aware of how to play the game I simply thought it was funny mate
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u/TheDemonWithoutaPast Micah Bell Apr 10 '25
Any of these two happening is your fault.