If you have been scrolling through your Festival Playlist looking to knock out every single daily event, you have likely run into the Eat My Dust challenge. The requirements look straightforward on paper: you need to earn 6 Pass Skills in any Dirt Race. However, due to the way Horizon tracks skill chains and a few annoying early-season progression bugs, many players have found themselves running dirt trails repeatedly without getting that satisfying completion pop-up.
Don't worry, you don't need to be a top-tier drift master or have a fully tuned S2-class monster to clear this. With a bit of strategic driving and the right settings, you can check this off your list in a single race. Here is exactly how to get it done without the headache.
Quick Walkthrough Steps
Pick Your Ride and Open the Map: Select any car from your garage that you enjoy driving on loose surfaces. Pop open your world map to plan your next destination.
Filter for Dirt Racing: Filter your map icons exclusively by Dirt Racing Events. Choose any trail or scramble race that has a good mix of wider tracks. Reliable choices include the Airfield Trail or Sendero de King Kakuji.
Drop the AI Difficulty: Head into your settings menu and change the Drivatar difficulty to Tourist. This slows down the AI opponents significantly, turning them into perfect targets for effortless overtaking.
Fall Back at the Start: As soon as the green light drops and the race begins, do not accelerate fully. Let the entire pack pull ahead of you so that you are sitting comfortably at the very back of the line.
Overtake Safely: Start working your way forward, overtaking the AI cars one by one. Focus on maintaining a clean racing line so you do not accidentally trade paint too hard or slide out of control.
Bank Your Skills: Once you have made a few passes, look for a relatively straight section of the track. Drive cleanly without hitting anything until your current skill chain totals up, registers, and the specific "Pass" skills pop up on your screen.
Pro-Tips to Fix Bugs and Track Progress
Getting the overtakes is the easy part, but making sure the game actually registers them can sometimes be a different story. Keep these crucial community tips in mind while you are out on the dirt track:
Watch the Walls — Do Not Crash! A "Pass" skill will only count toward your daily challenge total if you successfully bank the skill chain it belongs to. If you clip a solid wall, strike an unbreakable obstacle, or roll your car, your skill multiplier will smash. When those skills shatter, any passes you made during that specific streak are completely wiped out and will not count toward the 6 you need.
The "Let Them Pass" Strategy If you run out of room or reach the front of the pack before hitting your 6 required passes, do not panic and do not restart the race just yet. Simply pull over to the side of the track and let off the gas. Wait for the AI Drivatars to cruise past you, let your current skill chain bank safely, and then pull back onto the line to aggressively overtake them all over again.
The Restart Workaround for Glitched Tracking A lot of players over on Reddit have reported tracking glitches with this early Series 1 event, where clean passes simply refuse to update on the playlist tracker. If your counter is stuck at zero, launch into your chosen Dirt Race, hit the pause menu mid-game, and select Restart Event. For reasons unknown, forcing a manual restart right after loading in usually jumpstarts the tracker, and your challenge progress should pop up normally on your second attempt.
By dropping the difficulty, playing it cool at the back of the grid, and focusing on clean banking rather than just outright speed, you will have this daily challenge wrapped up in just a few minutes. Good luck out there on the trails!