If you have been tearing up the tracks trying to clear the "Eat My Dust" daily challenge in Forza Horizon 6, you are definitely not alone. The objective sounds simple enough on paper—earn 6 Pass skills in any single Dirt race—but community tracking reveals that this specific challenge can be notoriously finicky to actually register.

Whether it is down to tight tracking windows or typical launch-period quirks, many players are hitting the required metrics only to see the challenge stay stubbornly locked. Luckily, after a bit of trial and error, the community has nailed down an optimized, step-by-step method that guarantees an unlock on your very first attempt. Here is exactly how to get it done without losing your sanity.

Step 1: Pick a True Dirt Race

First things first, your vehicle choice doesn't strictly matter here, so feel free to pick whatever you feel most comfortable driving. However, the event type is absolutely critical. You must travel to an official, designated Dirt Racing event—such as the Airfield Trail or King Kakuji Trail. Do not make the mistake of jumping into a Cross Country event; even though you are off-road, the tracking system treats these categories differently, and passes earned in Cross Country won't count toward your total.

Step 2: Lower the AI Difficulty

Before you wrap up the grid walk and start the event, open your game settings and drop the Drivatar difficulty all the way down to Tourist. There is no shame in doing this for daily challenges. Lowering the difficulty causes the AI cars to drive significantly slower and, more importantly, stay packed tightly together. This turns the entire grid into exceptionally easy targets for clean overtaking.

Step 3: Let the Pack Drive Ahead

When the countdown hits zero and the race begins, do not slam on the accelerator immediately. Instead, sit at the starting line for a few seconds and let all 11 opponent cars drive well ahead of you. By giving the AI grid a head start, you create an immediate, dense field of targets to work with on the opening stretches of the track.

Step 4: Perform and Bank Clean Overtakes

Once the pack has a bit of a lead, start driving forward and pass the AI cars one by one. To guarantee that each pass actually registers toward the challenge, you must adhere to these strict community-verified rules:

• Avoid Collisions: You specifically need to trigger a "Clean Pass" skill. Ramming, clipping, or sideswiping the opponent cars will instantly nullify the skill trigger. Give them a wide berth as you go by.

• Bank the Skills: This is where most players drop the ball. After overtaking a few cars and seeing the "Pass" notifications appear on your screen, pull slightly to the side or lift off the throttle. Wait for the skill score to fully tally and disappear from your screen, which means the points have banked. If you hit a wall, clip an obstacle, or crash into another car before those points bank, your skill chain will shatter and those passes will not count toward your challenge progress.

Troubleshooting the Tracking Bug

A lot of players have reported that even after scoring more than 6 clean, banked passes and finishing the race in first place, the challenge remains locked due to launch-week tracking bugs. If this happens to you, use this verified community workaround to force the script to behave:

1. Load into your chosen Dirt Racing event normally.

2. As soon as the race starts, hit pause and select Restart Event.

3. Forcing a mid-match reload right at the start effectively resets the backend tracking script. Once you complete the required clean passes on this fresh run, the "Eat My Dust" challenge notification should instantly pop up on your UI.