# Stage in DirtBound > Stage is the DirtBound rally mode: a mountain road generated from a seed, driven once against the clock, with time added each time you leave the road or hit a spectator. DirtBound is made by Luke Baffait and Victor Boutros and is not the Dirtborn concept document, the Deathbound soulslike or Driftbound. This wiki is run by UBG76, which is not the game's developer or official site. Page: https://ubg76.uk/wiki/dirtbound/modes/stage/ - Game: DirtBound - Verified version: Nov 1, 2026 build - Verified date: November 2, 2026 ## What is Stage in DirtBound? Stage is the DirtBound rally mode: a mountain road generated from a seed, driven once against the clock, with time added each time you leave the road or hit a spectator. The Stage menu calls it "a mountain road nobody has seen before", and that is close to the truth. Each stage is built from a number, shown as Stage #238602 or similar in the top left corner of the screen. The same number with the same length, landscape and theme gives the same road again, which is how Replay this stage works after the finish. **Setting up a stage.** Pick a length (1, 2, 5 or 10 km, or Endless), a landscape (Varied, Lowlands or High mountains) and one of four seasonal themes. The preview card on the left shows the road you are about to get, and the Random button rolls a new one. The first stage on a new browser starts at 1 km in the Lowlands so you are not thrown onto a long technical road. After that the menu remembers your last choice, and the saved default is 5 km. **How the clock works.** The timer starts as you leave the line and stops at the finish banner. Time gets added in two ways: - **Back on the road: +5 seconds.** Press R, or let the game do it. It puts you back automatically when no wheel has touched the dirt for 3 seconds, when you push the controls for 2 seconds without moving, when you drop off an edge or when you end up more than 30 m from the road. - **Spectator hit: +10 seconds.** Fans line the corners. Run into them and they fall over, the car is put back on the road and the clock takes 10 seconds. A crowd knocked down in one hit counts once. Grass is not a shortcut. Off the road your top speed falls to 62% of what it is on the dirt, so cutting a corner wide only pays when it is very short. **Where your times go.** Your best time for a stage is kept in your browser. Normal stages have no online leaderboard. The one stage that does is the [daily challenge](/wiki/dirtbound/modes/daily-challenge/), which is a short rally stage that everyone drives on the same day. ## What are Stage's stats in DirtBound? Stage has a menu of Solo > Stage, No account needed and 1 players. - Menu: Solo > Stage - Account: No account needed - Players: 1 ## What is Stage related to? Stage links to 3 stage options, 2 controls and 1 game mode in the verified data. - [Marshmallow Vale](https://ubg76.uk/wiki/dirtbound/stage-options/#marshmallow-vale): Marshmallow Vale is a stage theme you can pick before a DirtBound rally stage. Green grass and the default look of a new stage. - [Frostvale](https://ubg76.uk/wiki/dirtbound/stage-options/#frostvale): Frostvale is a stage theme you can pick before a DirtBound rally stage. Packed snow on the ground and a blue winter light, so shadows look blue. - [Endless](https://ubg76.uk/wiki/dirtbound/stage-options/#endless): Endless is a stage length you can pick before a DirtBound rally stage. The road keeps generating ahead of you and there is no finish line. - [Back on the road (stage)](https://ubg76.uk/wiki/dirtbound/controls/#back-on-the-road-stage): Back on the road (stage) in DirtBound uses R by default. - [Handbrake](https://ubg76.uk/wiki/dirtbound/controls/#handbrake): Handbrake in DirtBound uses Space by default. - [Daily challenge](https://ubg76.uk/wiki/dirtbound/modes/daily-challenge/): Daily challenge is the DirtBound mode where every player drives the same short rally stage for one day, then compares times on a daily leaderboard that resets at midnight UTC. ## What does Stage look like in the game? - [DirtBound Rally stage menu with the Marshmallow Vale preview card, length buttons from 1 km to Endless, three landscapes and four theme cards](https://ubg76.uk/wiki/dirtbound/shot-stage-setup_hu_1d21f2a676a630a0.webp): The Rally stage menu. On a new browser the first stage is preset to 1 km in the Lowlands. - [DirtBound white and yellow rally car at the start banner of a summer stage with the controls card showing WASD, Space, C and Esc](https://ubg76.uk/wiki/dirtbound/shot-stage-start_hu_e17a410a2de59dac.webp): The start of a summer stage, with the controls card shown for the first few seconds. - [DirtBound rally car on a dirt road bending around a rock wall with spectators behind a wooden fence](https://ubg76.uk/wiki/dirtbound/shot-stage-corner_hu_60db96153cb92fe.webp): Spectators gather on the outside of corners. Hitting them costs 10 seconds. - [DirtBound rally car back on the road near the start banner with the message Back on the road plus 5 s above it](https://ubg76.uk/wiki/dirtbound/shot-reset-penalty_hu_6a962be5b0cd955e.webp): Press R and the car is put back on the road. The message confirms the 5 second penalty. ## What else should you know about Stage? ### How long is a DirtBound rally stage? You choose: 1, 2, 5 or 10 km, or Endless with no finish line. The first stage on a new browser is set to 1 km, and the saved default after that is 5 km. ### What does pressing R do on a DirtBound stage? It puts your car back on the road and adds 5 seconds to your time. The game also does this by itself if you leave the dirt for 3 seconds or get stuck. ### Can I replay the same DirtBound stage? Yes. After the finish, pick Replay this stage. Every stage has a number in the top left corner, and the same number with the same settings rebuilds the same road. ## Which guides cover Stage? 3 guides cover Stage. - [DirtBound Secret Booster: The Konami Code Cheat](https://ubg76.uk/wiki/dirtbound/guides/secret-booster/): DirtBound hides a booster: type the Konami code during a solo race and Shift gives you more speed, but runs driven with it are never saved or ranked. - [Faster DirtBound Stage Times: Penalties, Lines and Resets](https://ubg76.uk/wiki/dirtbound/guides/faster-stage-times/): Faster DirtBound stage times come from avoiding the two time penalties and the slow grass, not from car choice, because every car drives the same. - [How to Play DirtBound: Your First Rally Stage](https://ubg76.uk/wiki/dirtbound/guides/how-to-play/): DirtBound starts on a 3D home screen in your browser, and a first rally stage takes three clicks: Solo, Stage and Start. [See all guides](https://ubg76.uk/wiki/dirtbound/guides/) ## Which sources support this page? DirtBound game client on dirtbound.fr supports this page, verified against version Nov 1, 2026 build. - [DirtBound game client on dirtbound.fr](https://dirtbound.fr/) Stages played in Chrome on November 1, 2026; penalties and auto reset rules from js/main.js. Next: [Circuit](https://ubg76.uk/wiki/dirtbound/modes/circuit/) ## Start - Play DirtBound: https://ubg76.uk/game/dirtbound/ (opens on dirtbound.fr) - DirtBound Wiki: https://ubg76.uk/wiki/dirtbound/ - Game modes: https://ubg76.uk/wiki/dirtbound/modes/ - Cars: https://ubg76.uk/wiki/dirtbound/cars/ - Official circuits: https://ubg76.uk/wiki/dirtbound/circuits/ - Experimental power-ups: https://ubg76.uk/wiki/dirtbound/power-ups/ - Stage options: https://ubg76.uk/wiki/dirtbound/stage-options/ - Controls: https://ubg76.uk/wiki/dirtbound/controls/ - Settings: https://ubg76.uk/wiki/dirtbound/settings/ - Game wikis: https://ubg76.uk/wiki/ - All games: https://ubg76.uk/games/