Is it worth the gold to buy a good horse?

[Mrflanky707]

I got my main stead nelly belly but she seems to be so slow. I do feel attached to my virtual horse but is trading up worth it. How faster is the top horse?

[U Carmine]

Apparently, someone mentioned that all horses have the same speed. But I don't know if this has been changed or fixed yet.

[Mrflanky707]

That would be dissapointing

[U Carmine]

What does seem worth considering, is the temperament and stamina. Some of 'em like turkoman or war horses won't buck you off near predators, snakes and gun shots. And the elite / superior / race horses have lot of stamina. I would buy the turkoman next, even though I've already bought black arabian.

[BUT THE BENZ]

you don't need a horse online to get anywhere, drama comes and finds you...or, you get spawn'd right into trouble

[Pressure Drop]

You would only spend gold on the horse if you wanted that particular colour. The other options are pay with dollars. So unless there was a gold-locked colour you especially wanted, then no do not waste your gold.
I kept my starter horse until level 24ish, then bought the Black Standardbred. That will last me until 56 when I can get the Turkoman.

Don't waste money on the Arabian, it's a tiny horse, and scared of gunshots/predators. Turkoman or Fox Trotter best in the game.

 

Things that can be useful to spend gold on:

-Unlocking offhand holster early

-Fingerless gloves

-Special Spinner from Lagras bait shop

 

I still have 40 gold, I tend to save it unless there is something I reaaaaallly want, or want to unlock early that is cheap.

[Jason]

15 minutes ago, Ektope said:

Apparently, someone mentioned that all horses have the same speed. But I don't know if this has been changed or fixed yet.

I heard that's the case in races but in my experience it's not the case in free roam, could be placebo but I notice a big difference in speed between my Half-Bred (3bar) and my Turkoman (7-8 bar? forgot).

 

But to answer OP's question, as far as I know there's no way buy the cash horses with gold and the only gold only horses out of the "top" breeds (Arabian, Turkoman, Fox Trotter) that is statistically better than the others in the same breed is the Black Arabian. In my opinion the best all round horse for RDO is the Turkoman and two of the available Turkoman coats are purchasable with cash and they have the same speed/stamina as the Turkoman you can only buy with gold bars.

 

So basically, it's worth getting a good horse whether that's a speedy horse, a pure warhorse or a hybrid horse but there's really no need to spend gold on one unless you really want the Black Arabian.

[BUT THE BENZ]

30 gold bars for a coat sounds reasonable!

same goes for gun customization. all black? 12 bars!

dual wield? make that 24 bars!

[areyouchappin]

The differences in all the horses is minimal until you unlock the higher level-locked horses. They are significantly better then the other coat colors around them.

 

If you want to save Gold Bars for the future then that's not a bad move, but if you wanted to spend Gold Bars now that also is not a bad move. It honestly comes down to you my friend.

Do you want a new horse right now or do you want to save up Gold Bars for something else or new things released in the future?

 

What I can tell you right now for sure is that we have absolutely no idea when or what R* is going to release next..

[WildmouseX]

Keep in mind that buying with gold is a good way to get a horse that is level locked above you.  Can you make a top tir horse pay for it's self over the level span you have left before you unlock it for cash. If you can, it's worth it.

 

Also on the speed issue, I read one person's detailed testing that concluded top speeds were all relatively the same, but the acceleration time getting up to that speed was vastly different. 

 

In my undetailed testing, when I run the free Arabian in races I placed mid pack 4 times. When I run the thoroughbred race horse I got 3 wins, 4 second places.

[U Carmine]

1 minute ago, WildmouseX said:

Also on the speed issue, I read one person's detailed testing that concluded top speeds were all relatively the same, but the acceleration time getting up to that speed was vastly different. 

 

In that case, Black Arabian also has the highest acceleration. That must make it worth something.

[TheShift]

I spent some Gold rockstar gave us on the Turkoman... you can't go wrong with that beast 

But I also had the arabian with the pre order stuff... and he is fast af (accelerates)

Edited January 12, 2019 by TheShift

[Mrflanky707]

Thank y’all I think ima purchase the turkoman with all the feedback. 

[Obsi]

I got sick of racing with the free Arabian everyone seems to use, so I tried racing my Hungarian Halfbred (bought because I liked it in SP).  Seems to be comparable in races with the Arabians.  The Arabians accelerate a bit quicker I think, but speed seem to match, so I definitely think in races all horses must have the same speed.  The Arabians are too easily spooked for me to use them, I much prefer the more fearless horses.

[jstev4610]

seeing that you can't sell a horse back that you buy with gold, I'm only spending cash on horses and saving my gold for who knows what that I can only buy with gold without an equal cash option.  I paid for the cash turkamon in gold and the fox trotter, not going to blow all that gold on the black arabian.  at some point I am hoping they allow a percentage buyback of horses but not holding my breath.

 

[Chrismads]

6 hours ago, Mrflanky707 said:

Thank y’all I think ima purchase the turkoman with all the feedback. 

Check out the gold and silver turkoman in sp first and see if you can live with the color. I can't they're so ugly. I bought the brown one and love it.

8 hours ago, Jason said:

I heard that's the case in races but in my experience it's not the case in free roam, could be placebo but I notice a big difference in speed between my Half-Bred (3bar) and my Turkoman (7-8 bar? forgot).

8 bar with the right equipment.

If you got a posse member then please test it and report back. Don't be in the same posse while testing. (Not sure if there's a "keep up-effect" like in sp)

 

And yeah the hungarian seems real slow and the red arabian seems fast. I dont know if its because of the gallop style or difference in size on the horses, but the speed was the same*.

 

*there could be a small difference that is very hard to tell.. but 3 bar speed hungarian vs 9 bar speed thoroughbred... the difference SHOULD be very noticeable otherwise noone would care about stats

Edited January 12, 2019 by Chrismads

[U Carmine]

8 hours ago, Chrismads said:

Check out the gold and silver turkoman in sp first and see if you can live with the color. I can't they're so ugly. I bought the brown one and love it.

8 bar with the right equipment.

If you got a posse member then please test it and report back. Don't be in the same posse while testing. (Not sure if there's a "keep up-effect" like in sp)

 

And yeah the hungarian seems real slow and the red arabian seems fast. I dont know if its because of the gallop style or difference in size on the horses, but the speed was the same*.

 

*there could be a small difference that is very hard to tell.. but 3 bar speed hungarian vs 9 bar speed thoroughbred... the difference SHOULD be very noticeable otherwise noone would care about stats

What if player size, their body shape, male or female character, whether underweight or overweight affects horse speed? It gives that placebo effect when you see a huge character (male, overweight, maximum body type, whatever it is) on a smaller horse like arabian maybe.

[Obsi]

9 hours ago, Ektope said:

What if player size, their body shape, male or female character, whether underweight or overweight affects horse speed? It gives that placebo effect when you see a huge character (male, overweight, maximum body type, whatever it is) on a smaller horse like arabian maybe.

Interesting if it did.  Carrying a carcass supposedly makes the horse a bit slower (I've not noticed it), so added realism would have body weight and the horse weight having an effect (eg heavy rider on underfed horse = slower horse).

 

I also wondered if my Hungarian Halfbreed just seemed equal speed to the Arabian because it's bigger, so maybe has a longer stride?  But then I thought maybe I'm just overthinking a game too much and it's more likely that speeds are just bugged  

[Mrflanky707]

1 hour ago, Obsi said:

Interesting if it did.  Carrying a carcass supposedly makes the horse a bit slower (I've not noticed it), so added realism would have body weight and the horse weight having an effect (eg heavy rider on underfed horse = slower horse).

 

I also wondered if my Hungarian Halfbreed just seemed equal speed to the Arabian because it's bigger, so maybe has a longer stride?  But then I thought maybe I'm just overthinking a game too much and it's more likely that speeds are just bugged  

With red dead I could see them doing that, seemed like they over thought a lot of things in these games 

[rusbeckia]

From what i‘ve noticed the horse top speed really might be the same for all. 

What‘s different though is that you need to tap X more consistent on horses with low speed to hold the same speed as a turkoman for example, where you just press X every few seconds and it doesn‘t really seem to slow down. 

So you could say that a horse with higher top speed is a more chill ride. 

It also seems to me that spamming X doesn‘t make you go faster than tapping in the horses rhyhm. Sometimes it appeared to me that your horse even goes faster when you don‘t tap too fast. 

 

To answer your question: I‘m more than happy that I bought the turkoman. 

[Chrismads]

13 minutes ago, rusbeckia said:

From what i‘ve noticed the horse top speed really might be the same for all. 

What‘s different though is that you need to tap X more consistent on horses with low speed to hold the same speed as a turkoman for example, where you just press X every few seconds and it doesn‘t really seem to slow down. 

So you could say that a horse with higher top speed is a more chill ride. 

It also seems to me that spamming X doesn‘t make you go faster than tapping in the horses rhyhm. Sometimes it appeared to me that your horse even goes faster when you don‘t tap too fast. 

 

To answer your question: I‘m more than happy that I bought the turkoman. 

But what about SP? I've noticed a huge difference in speed in sp, but its harder to test alone and might all be in my head.

[rusbeckia]

3 minutes ago, Chrismads said:

But what about SP? I've noticed a huge difference in speed in sp, but its harder to test alone and might all be in my head.

Yea I noticed that too. Maybe they tweaked it for Online so that you can‘t get away so easily? Haha

[Chrismads]

12 minutes ago, rusbeckia said:

Yea I noticed that too. Maybe they tweaked it for Online so that you can‘t get away so easily? Haha

Or chase down newbie griefers as easily. Hope they fix

[DrKrankenstein]

14 minutes ago, rusbeckia said:

Yea I noticed that too. Maybe they tweaked it for Online so that you can‘t get away so easily? Haha

horse speed is the same in races,why else would a paint keep up with arabians, not acceleration, for freeroam though there sure is a difference

[Van_Hellsing]

Save your gold. I got the early access Arabian. Stick with the Arabian until you reach high enough level to buy the Foxtrotter or Turkoman for money.

 

The Turkoman has more power and endurance at the cost of less acceleration. Carrying a buck on the back does not negatively influence the handling. And the temperament of the Turkoman is better. The Arabian panics at anything.

[We Are Ninja]

On 1/11/2019 at 6:02 PM, WildmouseX said:

Keep in mind that buying with gold is a good way to get a horse that is level locked above you.  Can you make a top tir horse pay for it's self over the level span you have left before you unlock it for cash. If you can, it's worth it.

 

Also on the speed issue, I read one person's detailed testing that concluded top speeds were all relatively the same, but the acceleration time getting up to that speed was vastly different. 

 

In my undetailed testing, when I run the free Arabian in races I placed mid pack 4 times. When I run the thoroughbred race horse I got 3 wins, 4 second places.

You can't unlock level-locked horses horses. However, you CAN use gold to buy any horse once you're reached the required level.

 

On 1/11/2019 at 8:40 PM, Obsi said:

I got sick of racing with the free Arabian everyone seems to use, so I tried racing my Hungarian Halfbred (bought because I liked it in SP).  Seems to be comparable in races with the Arabians.  The Arabians accelerate a bit quicker I think, but speed seem to match, so I definitely think in races all horses must have the same speed.  The Arabians are too easily spooked for me to use them, I much prefer the more fearless horses.

You can fart in an Arabian's vicinity and it'll buck you and run/swim to another continent. -_-

[WildmouseX]

8 hours ago, We Are Ninja said:

You can't unlock level-locked horses horses. However, you CAN use gold to buy any horse once you're reached the required level.

 

  Well that negates my point then.

[yeezy203]

I’m level 31 got the paint at 20 and just got a thoroughbred. I can confirm the paint is slower with more stamina and the thoroughbred is faster, at least accelerates faster than the paint. I’ll buy the mustang next then the turkoman. Kind of waiting for more content too I’d hate for a new horse to drop right after buying one. 

[Chrismads]

1 hour ago, yeezy203 said:

I’m level 31 got the paint at 20 and just got a thoroughbred. I can confirm the paint is slower with more stamina and the thoroughbred is faster, at least accelerates faster than the paint.

How did you test the different top speed?