Race for artifacts is a mission in Jak 3. Damas ordered Jak to go and find as many precursor artifacts as possible before the sand storms would rise up again.
Completion of this mission in the PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita, and PlayStation 4 versions of Jak 3 will unlock the bronze trophy Art or Facts?
Walkthrough[]
The second mission with the Tough Puppy and the first where you get to drive around the Wasteland (in the middle of a sandstorm). You will have to go and hunt for artifacts (marked by a light beam as well as a green marker on the mini-map) one by one with an average of 30 seconds for each artifact. When you collect the last one, you'll have one more minute to make it back to the garage safely. All the artifacts are on the north-eastern half of the Wasteland, going south of the large rivers and back up north again.
Marauders will harass you all the time while outside the walls of Spargus, and with the defenseless Tough Puppy, you'll just want to ignore them as much as possible. If you need to drive around them and one manages to hit and stop you from driving, the others will pile onto you, slowing you down even more.