Roach Race

Roach Race is a mini-game in. It was added in Patch 1.6 as part of the Arcade Minigame Cyberpunk 2077 DLC.

Description

 * Embark on an epic adventure atop legendary and loyal Roach! Rank among the Top 5 best players to earn awesome rewards such as money and unique items!

Gameplay
The game's scenario is set in the Witcher universe. Geralt's mount - Roach, runs away. You control Roach to evade various obstacles, such as fences, wells, griffins (a species of monsters), crows etc.

In the game, Roach can:


 * Jump (Press Ⓐ/d-pad up (console) or ↑/w/space (PC) once)
 * Double jump (Press again when Roach is jumping)
 * Glitch (Press again when Roach is double-jumping, the invincible mode needs 5 seconds to cool down after glitching)

There are two kinds of bonuses:


 * Apple (Give 20 points)
 * Carrot (Temporarily increase gallop speed, with Roach galloping with only her front hooves)

There are five stages, all from The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt:


 * Kaer Morhen
 * Novigrad
 * Crookback Bog
 * Ard Skellig
 * Isle of Mists

A small container with rewards will be sent to V's Apartment after getting top 3 score.

High scores

 * 1) 3354 – Z1R343L
 * 2) 3019 – B4RBOSA
 * 3) 2529 – NCALGOD
 * 4) 2110 – SCHEMA
 * 5) 1780 – NWONG
 * 6) 1433 – KEPLER
 * 7) 965 – NETMAN
 * 8) 798 – J4CKI3W
 * 9) 565 – PNEUMO
 * 10) 128 – SILVERHAND

Most players are a reference to other notable characters. Once V has enough points, they will enter the high score ranking, replacing SILVERHAND.

Rewards

 * 5th place: €$300
 * 4th place: €$500
 * 3rd place: €$1000 and mod inside the Roach Race chest in V's Apartment.
 * 2nd place: €$1700 and quickhack inside the Roach Race chest in V's Apartment.
 * 1st place: €$2500, Roach Whisperer outfit and Roach Race, based on true events shard inside the Roach Race chest in V's Apartment.
 * Simply playing the game and then reaching all the places from 10 to 1 also results in receiving a unique message from CDP Arcades (which then later is remembered as a contact on V's phone), however there's no actual reward for the places 6-10. Reaching a higher place won't result in getting old messages retroactively.

Associated Shards

 * Roach Race, a quick review
 * Roach Race, based on true events

Trivia

 * Roach race roach gwent.gif The scene in the main menu is inspired by the Gwent card Roach, where Roach appears on the roof of a house after Geralt whistled, with Geralt scratching his head. This in turn was inspired by a bug in The Witcher 3 where Roach would appear on top of a roof after calling him.
 * The Japanese words displayed when Roach gets a carrot are "にんじんゲット！" (Romaji: ninjin getto). "にんじん" (Kanji: 人参, common form: ニンジン) means "carrot". "ゲット" is a borrowed word from "get".