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Saints Row: How To Barrel Roll

Saints Row artwork featuring multiple characters in the game.

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This Saints Row guide explains how to barrel roll.

After an initial delay, the 2022 Saints Row reboot is here. The latest entry in the long-running open world crime series has been revamped in a number of ways, for better or worse.

While reviews of the game have been mixed, it’s still sure to be pretty popular thanks to its unique brand of sandbox mayhem.

This reboot of the classic ‘GTA clone’ series follows a gang of Millennials/Gen Z’ers as they take on the criminal underworld in a bid to build an illegal empire of their own.

Saints Row takes place in the desert city of Santo Ileso. While it’s no Los Santos, there’s still quite a lot to explore and discover. And with that comes a number of things for players to learn.

The game boasts a number of different mission types that requires players to make use of different skills and tools. Figuring out how they all work isn’t always straightforward.

Saints Row how to barrel roll
Performing a barrel roll in Saints Row.

Once the game lets you out into the open world, it prompts you with a number of small tasks and challenges to complete as you’re exploring.

One such challenge is performing three barrel rolls in a car. However, the game never explains how to do barrel rolls.

With that in mind, let’s go over how to barrel roll in Saints Row 2022 so you can earn yourself some extra XP…

How To Barrel Roll in Saints Row

In Saints Row, you can perform a number of different tricks while airborne in a vehicle.

Knowing how to do all these tricks can lead to some fun and exciting moments.

This is how to barrel roll in Saints Row: Drive at speed up a ramp or hill. When airborne, hold X/A and move the left stick right or left to barrel roll. Time it just right to land safely on your wheels to avoid damage.

Saints Row how to barrel roll

Perform a number of vehicle tricks in succession to quickly earn bonus XP.

And there you have it – now you know how to barrel roll in Saints Row 2022.

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Sam Harby

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