Autosave bugged or just terrible?

[Crumble]

So my power tripped after playing for about 2 hours. So I load up autosave but it appears to be *identical* to my most recent manual save. The time of the most recent autosave is a couple minutes before the crash. So what happened exactly? Does autosaving not actually do anything unless a mission is done, or you die or whatever?

[firestorm]

Just terrible
Same as it is with the majority of games autosave's.

Solution, ya already know = Manual save.

[Jaunitta 🌸]

My experience is that the auto save always uses the top save so any manual saves using the top slot will be lost and replaced with Auto save.
Manual sve in slot 2 and 3 to prevent auto save over riding it.
Or simply disable auto saves better to just backup saves manually.
C:\Users\YOURNAME\Documents\Rockstar Games\Red Dead Redemption 2\Profiles\9BBCC69F

[Porkhammer]

I turned autosave off completely, manuals only. Seems to work best for me, personally.

[JudasPhysicist]

Yeah always manual save before quitting the game. Or try to force an auto save by fast travelling etc.

[DargonBlak]

Originally posted by Crumble:

So my power tripped after playing for about 2 hours. So I load up autosave but it appears to be *identical* to my most recent manual save. The time of the most recent autosave is a couple minutes before the crash. So what happened exactly? Does autosaving not actually do anything unless a mission is done, or you die or whatever?

the "autosave" feature in RDR2 has never been reliable for me. it seems to save whenever it feels like it, not on some regular periodic schedule.

autosave definitely updates when there's some large calamity, being sure to record your death and ensure you lose some coin.

as others have noted, it is best in rdr2 to use and rely on manual saves - just be sure to leave one slot available for autosave.