Red Dead Redemption 2: 12 Tips & Tricks The Game Doesn't Tell You

By Scott Tailford / October 26, 2018

10. There's A Secret Method To Gaining Speed When Horse Riding

Over time you'll gradually get much better at horse riding in Red Dead 2. Much like the original game, it was all about rhythm and particular presses or holds of X/A at specific times.

Here the majority of horse control getting better just happens as your bond with a given steed improves, however when tapping X to gallop, time it with the downward gallop of the horse to gain speed MUCH faster.

Once you're up to speed hold X to lock this pace in, and make a point of perfecting acceleration whenever you need to get going next time around.