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Below are the achievements for Forza Horizon, along with the number of achievement points you’ll receive and a summary on how to get each achievement.
Forza Horizon Achievement List:
There are 50 achievements with a total of 1000 points.
Welcome to Horizon 10
You arrived at Horizon Festival raring to go.
This achievement is a part of the game process and there is no way you can miss it. Just start a new single player game and once you are in control of your car, follow the green line on your map. When you appear at the Horizon Festival, the achievement will be unlocked.
Take Her for a Spin! 15
You bought a car from the Autoshow. Now take her for a spin!
This achievement is story-related and cannot be missed. First of all you need to complete the heat events. Afterwards, you will be instructed to buy an AWD car for an off road event. Choose either a WRX sti or a 10’ Evo and purchase a car. You shouldn’t worry about credits because you will have enough of those to cover the purchase.
...and across the line! 10
You competed in your first race at Horizon.
After your arrival at the Horizon Festival, you will get access to the first heat race. Complete the race in order to unlock the achievement.
First! 20
You won your first race at Horizon.
This should come pretty naturally as you progress through the game. Participate in any Horizon race and come to the finish first. If you are not good at driving cars yet, you can set the difficulty to easy and turn on all assists including the rewind option. Though, I do believe that won’t be necessary.
Born Slippy 10
You've won your first Mixed-Surface or Dirt Race.
You shouldn’t have any problems unlocking this achievement as far as sooner or later you will have to ride a Mixed-Surface or Dirt Race track. Just make sure you cross the finish line faster than your opponents. In order to check whether an event has dirt or mixed surface you should do the following: open the map, highlight an event icon and press “X”.
WARNING!!! DANGER TO MANIFOLD 15
You've won 10 Street Races. Ali would be proud.
Probably, the biggest difference between street and festival races is that street races include traffic and that means you will have to pay even greater attention in order not to get into trouble. Street races are first unlocked after you complete your first green wristband event. They will be indicated by a “money” icon on your map. Just make sure you cross the finish line faster than your opponents and repeat this 9 more times. Nothing impossible even if you are not a good driver. Just keep your eyes on the road and incoming traffic.
#WINNING! 15
You've dominated 10 Festival Races.
Festival Races will be indicated on you map with a colored outline. Depending on a color, you will know what wristband level you need to enter the competition. Every race has its own requirements like class, model, drive setup and else. But still – this will come to you pretty naturally. Just make sure you end up 1st in all ten races. However, there might be a little problem: sometimes you will have to finish 11 races instead of 10 in order to unlock this achievement. Probably, it’s some kind of misunderstanding or bug.
Close Encounters 20
You've challenged and beaten 10 festival racers on the spot.
You will be able to find those while driving the streets of Colorado. Festival racers are the NPC cars and they can be easily identified as they have the racer’s name above the car. In order to start a race with a festival racer you will have to drive up behind racer’s car until the challenge option appears. Once the challenge option appears, press “X” to begin the race. The complexity of this race will be based on the class of car you and your opponents are driving. When the race starts, you will see a highlighted route on your mini map. Make sure you follow that route. However, do not miss a chance to use a cut or something cause as a rule a generated route is not always the most effective one. Beat 10 festival racers that way and you will get the achievement.
Lawbreaker 10
You blasted past 5 speed traps and 5 speed zones.
The city of Colorado is all covered with speed zones and speed traps. Basically, you do not even have to show any tracks or beat records. Just drive through each zone or trap and wait for a camera icon to appear. Once you have passed through 5 different zones and traps the achievement will unlock. This will come naturally during the game process. The only thing to remember is that you will need to drive between the 2 camera posts. Driving outside of posts won’t bring you this achievement. But you can check out this map to see where exactly those traps and zones are.
Vendetta 20
You've beaten a Rival time in 10 events.
No matter how good you are, there will always be someone better than you. So, when you complete a race or event at the first time, you will be offered to race the very same track one more time but now against a rival, or a friend, or with a random player on XBL. But if you do not have any friends playing this game you will usually be given a rival who is only a fraction of a second ahead of you making it easier to beat their time. Your task is to drive fast enough and beat the rival’s record. Usually, this is not a tough challenge – just another opportunity to show better results on a track. A difficulty of your future race with a rival will depend on a number of credits promised you as a reward. The higher the number – the harder the race. If you think that a rival given to you will be too hard to beat – access the rivals menu from the Horizon Festival loop and manually select a rival you believe you can beat. By the way – you do not need to beat the same rival over 10 events. All you have to do is to beat a rival’s time on 10 different events. Also, this achievement does not require a Gold account to complete.
Been There, Done That! 10
You've fully explored the Horizon Festival Loop.
I can hardly call it an achievement. You task is to visit all 6 locations at the Horizon Festival. Drive to each one and press “X” to enter. Yes, you will have to enter every location as far as driving past it will not count.
Rave Paint 10
You created a paintjob and your ride is looking SWEET!
There are two ways you can enter the paint shop: either the main Festival loop, or at a Horizon outpost. Unlocking this achievement is not hard. All you have to do is to choose another color and save your choice. Add 10 achievement points to your account.
Wheelin' 'n Dealin' 10
You sold something via your Storefront. KERCHING!
If you have someone to unlock this achievement with, it will be very easy to get things done. First of all – create a design or vinyl group and save it. You will be offered to upload it to the storefront and save it. Your next step is to sell your creative beauty. I would like to stress it one more time: to sell and not to share cause sharing won’t count. Once someone downloads it – you will receive an in game message that there are credits waiting for you. Download your reward and get 10 points for successful achievement.
May The Forza Be With You 10
You received free cars for being a loyal Forza fan!
This will be pretty easy as long as you have either a FM3 or FM4 save file located on your hard drive or the cloud. In case you do not have FM3 or FM4 save file, you can always start a new Horizon career from a new storage device (the cloud will be perfect). You will also have to reach at least level 1 in any of the games mentioned to make this achievement possible. Now you will need a yellow wristband. Complete the heat events in order to get one. A popup message should appear notifying you that you have “loyalty cars available.” Now your move will be to go to the garage and select “Change Car”. Accept the gift cars and the achievement will unlock. It is really important that you accept the gift cause if you say “No, Thanks”, you won’t get a thing
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One to Watch 10
You're the 200th most popular driver at Horizon.
Your position in the list of the most popular drivers at Horizon is defined by number of points you are granted for your tricks. The 200th place should be unlocked pretty fast considering the fact that this is pretty far from the numero uno. Just do your best and make your tricks last longer. For more information check out Notorious achievement below.
The Next Big Thing 15
You're the 100th most popular driver at Horizon.
Your position in the list of the most popular drivers at Horizon is defined by the number of points you are granted for your tricks. You should get to the 100th place pretty fast if you show skillful driving and skillful tricks. For more information check out Notorious achievement below.
Almost Famous 20
You're the 50th most popular driver at Horizon.
Your position in the list of the most popular drivers at Horizon is defined by number of points you are granted for your tricks. Getting to the 50th place is the achievement itself and the only secret that lies in your successful climbing the popularity ladder is skilful tricking. For more information check out Notorious achievement below.
Killer Skills 25
You're the 10th most popular driver at Horizon.
Your position in the list of the most popular drivers at Horizon is defined by number of points you are granted for your tricks. It won’t be easy to get to the 10th place cause you will have to spend long hours doing tricks and wondering people. The more tricks you do and the longer they are, the greater chances you get to appear on the 10th place in the popularity list. For more information check out Notorious achievement below.
Notorious 30
You're the most popular driver at Horizon.
If you want to become one, you will have to climb the popularity ladder. In order to do that your task will be to show tricks and skills, which means doing pretty much everything. The following are the main tricks that allow you to score points and rank up.
Drift
E-drift
Two Wheels
Air
Near Miss
Speed
Pass
Drafting
Wrecking
For every trick you will be given experience points and the more points you get – the faster you climb the ladder. Also, stringing together multiple tricks will help you to increase the number of points as well as increase your multiplier by 0.1 at least. While this will come to your pretty naturally, the only advice is to make your tricks last as long as possible. Together with multi-trick multiplier you can get a big reward for your attempts. One of the best places to score a lot and fast is the golf course located near Montano Plains. It is a spacious territory big enough to do pretty much any trick. By the way – using a RWD car with traction control turned OFF will make many of the tricks like drifting easier. There is also one thing you need to remember: smashing into obstacles will void your combo and your potential points. So, if you see that things are not going well, it might be a good idea to hit the brakes. Yes, you will get a smaller number of points but at least you will get some and won’t lose everything.
A Wristed Development 20
You received your Yellow Wristband.
You will get your Yellow Wristband from Alison once you’re making your way to the Festival at nighttime. Once she talks to you the achievement will pop out. For more information
you can check out Golden Boy achievement.
Going Green 25
You received your Green Wristband.
This achievement will pop out pretty fast during your game progress. As for me, it appeared after I finished Festival Race Oakley Blitz and beat Ramona Cravache. At the end of race Alison contacted me and said that now Green Wristband is mine. For more information you can check out Golden Boy achievement.
Out of the Blue 30
You received your Blue Wristband.
I managed to receive my Blue Wristband after finishing first in the Bondurant Valley Skirmish festival race. It won’t be hard if you drive a decent car like Subaru WRX STI or something alike. For more information you can check out Golden Boy achievement.
Racing for Pinks 35
You received your Pink Wristband.
This will come naturally during your game progress but for more information you can check out Golden Boy achievement.
Freshly Squeezed 40
You received your Orange Wristband.
After I left Marko Baran behind and crossed the finish line first, I received my Orange Wristband and got the new event. For more information you can check out Golden Boy achievement.
Purple Reign 45
You received your Purple Wristband.
This will come naturally during your game progress but for more information you can check out Golden Boy achievement.
Golden Boy 50
You received the Golden Wristband.
Unlocking wristbands is a part of the game process which means that you should get them naturally. Though, getting to the most valuable one (Golden Wristband) will take a while. Each Festival race offers wristband points and the number of points directly depends on your place in the race: the faster you get to the finish line, the more points you will get in the end. But not only these points are used to progress through the wristbands of different colors but also they open new events.
The good news is that you can always get back in time and try to finish the race with a better score and unlock the remaining points. By the way, to unlock the next wristband and its associated achievement, you need to drive to the race central bay in the Horizon loop after obtaining each new level.
Darius Who? 100
You owned Darius Flynt and became the Horizon Festival champion.
In order to unlock this achievement, you will have to get the Golden Wristband first. After that – finish all the races on the gold wristband level. When you win the last one – the race against Darius will appear on your map. Beat him and get 100 achievement points.
Hard Driving 10
You finished in first place on HARD? Nice.
I know that it may sound hard but do not be judgmental beforehand. Setting your difficulty to hard (that’s what you have to do in order to unlock the achievement) will just spice things a bit and make them a bit more challenging. And even if you are not the best driver ever, sooner or later you will get this achievement anyway. Just show your best. Also, you will still have the driver assists including the rewind feature so if something goes wrong – be kind, rewind.
Gettin' It Done 30
You rocked every single Festival Event.
If you plan to unlock this event, you will have to win the whole set of 70 races available in the game. Well, while this achievement will come pretty naturally, you will have to spend some time obtaining wristbands and earning points. In order to make the tracking easier for you, all the races that you haven’t finished yet will come with a tag “New” above the map icon. Also, when you finish the race but do not come first, you will notice that tag “New” will disappear but the icon will still remain in color and only when you come first to the finish line, it will turn grey notifying that your work is done here. You can also see how many races you have won from the Stats page of the pause menu.
Win Diesel 30
You cruised past the competition and won every Street Race.
If you are looking for a challenge, you should definitely try to complete this achievement. Street races are considered to be a bit tougher since street traffic is present and you will have to show your best skills in order to leave your opponents and regular citizens who are getting back home from work in their cars behind. Street races will appear as you progress in the game and all in all there are 30 street races that have to be finished. Just find the location on the map and you can race them any time after they gradually unlock through the course of the game.
Exhibitionist 20
You've won every Showcase Event in the game.
All in all there are 10 Showcase events that you will have to complete. When you reach a certain popularity level, Showcase events will appear on your map automatically. You will also hear the Horizon Festival director telling you that there are new events she searches a driver for. Check out the Status page in the pause menu to see how many you have won. Here are the popularity levels that will unlock Showcase Events:
250 - Mustang Boss 428, beat the airplane point-to-point
225 - Audi Sport Quatro, beat the hot air balloon point-to-point
200 - Mini Cooper S, win the circuit race against other Minis
175 - Corvette Grand Sport Convertible, beat the helicopter point-to-point
150 - Ferrari F40, beat the airplane point-to-point
125 - Abarth 500 essessee, win the circuit race against other Abarths
100 - Lamborghini Aventador LP7000-4, beat the airplane point-to-point
75 - RUF RGT-8, beat the airplane point-to-point
50 - Peugeot 205 T16, beat the other showcase cars point-to-point
1 - Aston Martin One-77, beat the helicopter point-to-point
For more information on how to gain popularity points you can check out the “Notorious” achievement posted above.
Domination! 10
You've sent every Horizon Star packin'.
In order to unlock this you will have to beat every level’s star. The last one you are going to face will be Darius Flynt. If you want to win the race against this fellow, choose Lamborghini Aventador as your ride. It will beat his 599FX easily. The race is literally around the entire map, mostly going through the highway but in the very end stay to your right as if you plan to get off the highway because the finish line is right on the exit ramp. I’m just saying.
All Your Race Are Belong to Us 30
You've won every single race in the game!
Completing this achievement will basically mean that the game is over (in a good sense, of course). All in all there are 117 races and it would be very nice of you to finish all of them on the first place. As far as I was the one crossing the finishing line first in all 117 races, I can’t tell you if being in at least one of those races will count as a win but I am pretty sure that it won’t, so try to do your best to be the best! You can check the number of events left behind via the 'Stats' tab in the 'My Profile' menu. Also, check out your map to see those events that haven’t been won yet. In order to make this achievement easier, select the AI difficulty to easy and turn on all assists.
Stuntman 25
You've completed every Horizon Outpost PR Stunt.
There are 10 outposts on the game’s map and every outpost has 3 PR events that you will need to complete. So, it total you will have to finish 30 events in order to unlock this achievement. As a rule, PR events will include things like hitting a certain speed at a speed trap, amassing a set number of points pulling of tricks or taking a photo at a specified location. Also, you will have to finish each event driving a different car but you do not need to worry about credits cause you will be supplied with a car for the event for free. Now, let’s take a look at what you’ll be dealing with:
- Speed Traps: basically, your task will be to reach the required speed at a certain moment. Probably, the only challenge will come from NPC cars that you will have to dodge while gaining the required speed. By the way – knowing that you can verge off road and not lose a great deal of speed should make a difference, so do not forget about it when going for this achievement.
- Photo Shoot: Just make sure that your car is fine and does not need any maintenance. After that, drive to a required landmark and make sure it appears in all its beauty in the background of your photo. It shouldn’t be something extraordinary – just make sure that you got the biggest part of the landscape. Don’t worry – Alice will keep an eye on you and will let you know if you do something wrong.
- Trick Challenge: As every trick in the world, completing this part of the achievement won’t be easy. First of all, you need to know how your car behaves in extreme situations and if it’s good for things like drifting and else. Secondly, you will have to be good in performing various tricks and the more you manage to finish in a row, the better score you are going to get in the end. It might take a while to become good at it but you will get to the point pretty fast. Just remember that crashing into any obstacle and losing a great deal of speed will void the score. There is no need to earn the score required with the first and only set of tricks. When you see that you are going to hit the wall in a couple of seconds, it is better to hit the brakes and save at least something than to lose everything. A great attention should be paid to the drifting as far as this will be the main way of getting points in this game.
Kudos to You 10
You've completed 5 Sponsorship challenges.
You can unlock this achievement while playing multiplayer or single player. It will still count. Sponsorship challenges can be compared with side quests that you get while you are playing the game. Sponsor deals can be for pretty much everything like drifting, perfect scores, high speed, etc.
Sellout 20
20 Sponsorship Challenges? Now you're popular and rich!
A lot like in the “Kudos to You”, you will have to deal with sponsorship challenges but instead of 5 your task is to complete 20 of them. The sponsorship challenges consist of a number of ranks tied directly to performing an individual trick. Different ranks define the number of times the trick must be performed in order to complete each challenge. By the way – each rank counts as 1 challenge, so if you reach rank 5 of the drifting sponsorship it means that you have 5 successful challenges behind your back. Simply play the game and increase your popularity and all the Sponsorship Challenges will unlock naturally. By the way – you can unlock this achievement playing both single- and multiplayer modes.
Barn This Way 5
You found your first barn find.
During the game you will receive different notifications from Alice. From time to time she will tell you that there are rumors of a barn find. It means that now you have to open your map and check out a grey circle on a map. Drive to the circle and start looking for a barn within its range. When you see one – drive to it and get 5 achievement points. However, you need to remember that if you find a barn before you get a word from Alice, you won’t be able to use it in order to unlock the achievement. But, there is nothing that can stop you from memorizing barn’s location and getting to it faster the next time when Alice speaks to you. All in all there are 9 barns on a map and finding all of them should give you 9 new cars.
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Bargain Shopper 10
You bagged yourself a nice discount.
If you drive all over the city you will notice pink and black signs with the word “Discount” on them placed near the road. Of course, they are not standing there for no reason and thanks to the game creators have a valuable meaning. All in all there are 100 signs but if you plan to unlock this achievement you will have to find only 10. In order to collect the sign you will have to drive through it. After smashing the sign it will change its color from pink to black. It means that you’ve collected the sign. Make sure you drive through pink signs only during your free race cause in a race or event signs will not be added to your map and you will have to unlock them again. For more details you can check the Black Friday achievement.
Black Friday 20
Never pay for an upgrade again!
If you drive all over the city you will notice pink and black signs with the word “Discount” on them placed near the road. Of course, they are not standing there for no reason and thanks to the game creators have a valuable meaning. All in all there are 100 signs and if you collect the whole set, the achievement mentioned will appear unlocked. In order to collect the sign you will have to drive through it. After smashing the sign it will change its color from pink to black. It means that you’ve collected the sign already. In order to find the whole hundred you can simply access your map in a Start menu and with the help of special filter display only discount signs. It might be a good idea to do that cause sometimes small pink dots on the map can’t be seen because of the other icons. And, the last but not the least: make sure you drive through pink signs only during your free race cause in a race or event signs will not be added to your map and you will have to unlock them again. For more details you can check the sign map right here.
Road Trip 25
You've driven along every road in the entire game.
While this mostly comes naturally, you will still have to show some creativity and persistence in order to drive all 216 roads. They are all displayed on your map but if you want to take a closer look at those, do not forget to remove all the icons for a clear view. In order to check your progress and check the number of roads you have driven already, do not hesitate to enter the “Discovery” tab in “My Profile” menu. When you drive along a road, you will also receive a popup notification and the road on your map will either turn white (hard surface) or orange (dirt surface.) By the way: no matter the mode, any roads driven will count in both online and offline regimes.
Still a Noob... 10
10 online races complete… not bad!
The best thing about this achievement is that you do not even have to complete it with anyone. All you have to do is to have a stable internet connection and about an hour of your time. Access multiplayer, create a new match, select circuit (it can be anything but circuit is the simplest one) and pick a very short track, set laps to 1 and race with yourself. Yes, you got it right – there is no need to race with someone else. Complete 10 races and unlock 10 achievement points. The only trick of racing with yourself is that it won’t bring
you any experience but if unlocking Still a Noob achievement is what you’re looking for – this is the way to go.
Noob No More 20
25 online races complete… awesome!
The best thing about this achievement is that you do not even have to complete with anyone. Access multiplayer, create a new match, select circuit (it can be anything but circuit is the simplest one) and pick a very short track, set laps to 1 and race with yourself. Yes, you got it right – there is no need to race with someone else. Complete 25 races and unlock 20 achievement points. The only trick of racing with yourself is that it won’t bring you any experience but if unlocking Noob no More achievement is what you’re looking for – this is the way to go.
Playground Games 5
You completed each of the Playground game types. How fun was that?
In order to unlock this achievement you will have to finish 3 races in total, 1 for each Playground. As you’ve guessed, there are 3 Playground game types: “Infected”, “King” and “Cat and Mouse”. You do not have to finish the whole set of 9 races to unlock Playground Games (finishing 9 races, 3 for each Playground, will unlock Swing and Roundabouts). The easiest way to get things done is to play with a friend, set the time limit and track size to the minimum and then, depending on the event, finish the minimum number of laps or let the time run out. Your position won’t matter in this one.
Swings and Roundabouts 20
You've completed 3 of each Playground game types.
In order to unlock this achievement you will have to finish 9 races in total, 3 for each Playground. As you’ve guessed, there are 3 Playground game types: “Infected”, “King” and “Cat and Mouse”. The easiest way to get things done is to play with a friend, set the time limit and track size to the minimum and then, depending on the event, finish the minimum number of laps or let the time run out. Your position won’t matter in this one.
Cruise Club 20
You've completed 10 free roam challenges online.
If you want to unlock this achievement, you will have to do the following: first of all – find a person (friend) who will consider playing with you. This also means that you will have to play online. Secondly – access the free roam challenges via the start menu. Roam challenges are based on driving from point to point in a certain make or value of car as well as having all players hit a speed trap at a certain speed and within a certain time limit. Also do not forget to add pulling off a combined number of tricks or driving a combined total distance. Complete 10 free roam challenges online to earn 20 achievement points. It does sound like a challenge but you will figure everything out once you start playing. You can also check this video to see how things should be done.
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Ding! 5
You got to Level 5 online.
Reaching level 5 in online mode is pretty simple if you drive well. All you have to do is to simply enjoy your game. Also, here’s what you need to know about how to make things
easier and earn as many XP points as possible. So, the number of your XP points will depend on the following factors:
1. Number of people in the game (the more people, the higher your multiplier will be);
2. Overall position;
3. Mileage
4. Trick bonus (the more ticks you pull off, the higher your multiplier is)
Just Me and the XP 10
You've reached level 25 online. Did you win a car yet?
In order to reach level 25 online you will have to earn 260,000 XP points. Actually, it is not as hard as it sounds. All you have to do is to enjoy your game and play as much as you can. Here’s what you need to know about how to make things easier and earn as many XP points as possible. So, the number of your XP points will depend on the following factors:
1. Number of people in the game (the more people, the higher your multiplier will be);
2. Overall position;
3. Mileage
4. Trick bonus (the more ticks you pull off, the higher your multiplier is)
OMG 5
You won your first car online.
Winning cars online is fully based on luck. Every time you reach a level, a slot machine appears and when it’s done playing on your nerves, you are going to get either a nice car or an even money prize. So, winning your first car online might not come in the first round but with you climbing the level ladder that will happen shortly, I promise.
ZOMG! 10
You've won 3 cars online.
Winning cars online is fully based on luck. Every time you reach a level, a slot machine appears and when it’s done playing on your nerves, you are going to get either a nice car or an even money prize. So, winning your third car online will take a while but with you climbing the level ladder that should happen no later than you reach level 15.
OMGWT*BBQ!? 20
You got seriously lucky and won 5 cars online.
It looks like game sponsors are generous enough to offer you a car or an even sum of credits every time you rank up a level. Maybe, this is not the most important thing ever but it definitely happens to be a nice present. Unfortunately, you won’t be able to choose what you want to get cause this reward is totally luck based. But, no matter how hard you try to lose, by level 25 you will get 5 cars anyway. So, just keep playing and make sure you move the rating ladder fast.
Forza Horizon Achievement List:
There are 50 achievements with a total of 1000 points.
Welcome to Horizon 10
You arrived at Horizon Festival raring to go.
This achievement is a part of the game process and there is no way you can miss it. Just start a new single player game and once you are in control of your car, follow the green line on your map. When you appear at the Horizon Festival, the achievement will be unlocked.
Take Her for a Spin! 15
You bought a car from the Autoshow. Now take her for a spin!
This achievement is story-related and cannot be missed. First of all you need to complete the heat events. Afterwards, you will be instructed to buy an AWD car for an off road event. Choose either a WRX sti or a 10’ Evo and purchase a car. You shouldn’t worry about credits because you will have enough of those to cover the purchase.
...and across the line! 10
You competed in your first race at Horizon.
After your arrival at the Horizon Festival, you will get access to the first heat race. Complete the race in order to unlock the achievement.
First! 20
You won your first race at Horizon.
This should come pretty naturally as you progress through the game. Participate in any Horizon race and come to the finish first. If you are not good at driving cars yet, you can set the difficulty to easy and turn on all assists including the rewind option. Though, I do believe that won’t be necessary.
Born Slippy 10
You've won your first Mixed-Surface or Dirt Race.
You shouldn’t have any problems unlocking this achievement as far as sooner or later you will have to ride a Mixed-Surface or Dirt Race track. Just make sure you cross the finish line faster than your opponents. In order to check whether an event has dirt or mixed surface you should do the following: open the map, highlight an event icon and press “X”.
WARNING!!! DANGER TO MANIFOLD 15
You've won 10 Street Races. Ali would be proud.
Probably, the biggest difference between street and festival races is that street races include traffic and that means you will have to pay even greater attention in order not to get into trouble. Street races are first unlocked after you complete your first green wristband event. They will be indicated by a “money” icon on your map. Just make sure you cross the finish line faster than your opponents and repeat this 9 more times. Nothing impossible even if you are not a good driver. Just keep your eyes on the road and incoming traffic.
#WINNING! 15
You've dominated 10 Festival Races.
Festival Races will be indicated on you map with a colored outline. Depending on a color, you will know what wristband level you need to enter the competition. Every race has its own requirements like class, model, drive setup and else. But still – this will come to you pretty naturally. Just make sure you end up 1st in all ten races. However, there might be a little problem: sometimes you will have to finish 11 races instead of 10 in order to unlock this achievement. Probably, it’s some kind of misunderstanding or bug.
Close Encounters 20
You've challenged and beaten 10 festival racers on the spot.
You will be able to find those while driving the streets of Colorado. Festival racers are the NPC cars and they can be easily identified as they have the racer’s name above the car. In order to start a race with a festival racer you will have to drive up behind racer’s car until the challenge option appears. Once the challenge option appears, press “X” to begin the race. The complexity of this race will be based on the class of car you and your opponents are driving. When the race starts, you will see a highlighted route on your mini map. Make sure you follow that route. However, do not miss a chance to use a cut or something cause as a rule a generated route is not always the most effective one. Beat 10 festival racers that way and you will get the achievement.
Lawbreaker 10
You blasted past 5 speed traps and 5 speed zones.
The city of Colorado is all covered with speed zones and speed traps. Basically, you do not even have to show any tracks or beat records. Just drive through each zone or trap and wait for a camera icon to appear. Once you have passed through 5 different zones and traps the achievement will unlock. This will come naturally during the game process. The only thing to remember is that you will need to drive between the 2 camera posts. Driving outside of posts won’t bring you this achievement. But you can check out this map to see where exactly those traps and zones are.
Vendetta 20
You've beaten a Rival time in 10 events.
No matter how good you are, there will always be someone better than you. So, when you complete a race or event at the first time, you will be offered to race the very same track one more time but now against a rival, or a friend, or with a random player on XBL. But if you do not have any friends playing this game you will usually be given a rival who is only a fraction of a second ahead of you making it easier to beat their time. Your task is to drive fast enough and beat the rival’s record. Usually, this is not a tough challenge – just another opportunity to show better results on a track. A difficulty of your future race with a rival will depend on a number of credits promised you as a reward. The higher the number – the harder the race. If you think that a rival given to you will be too hard to beat – access the rivals menu from the Horizon Festival loop and manually select a rival you believe you can beat. By the way – you do not need to beat the same rival over 10 events. All you have to do is to beat a rival’s time on 10 different events. Also, this achievement does not require a Gold account to complete.
Been There, Done That! 10
You've fully explored the Horizon Festival Loop.
I can hardly call it an achievement. You task is to visit all 6 locations at the Horizon Festival. Drive to each one and press “X” to enter. Yes, you will have to enter every location as far as driving past it will not count.
Rave Paint 10
You created a paintjob and your ride is looking SWEET!
There are two ways you can enter the paint shop: either the main Festival loop, or at a Horizon outpost. Unlocking this achievement is not hard. All you have to do is to choose another color and save your choice. Add 10 achievement points to your account.
Wheelin' 'n Dealin' 10
You sold something via your Storefront. KERCHING!
If you have someone to unlock this achievement with, it will be very easy to get things done. First of all – create a design or vinyl group and save it. You will be offered to upload it to the storefront and save it. Your next step is to sell your creative beauty. I would like to stress it one more time: to sell and not to share cause sharing won’t count. Once someone downloads it – you will receive an in game message that there are credits waiting for you. Download your reward and get 10 points for successful achievement.
May The Forza Be With You 10
You received free cars for being a loyal Forza fan!
This will be pretty easy as long as you have either a FM3 or FM4 save file located on your hard drive or the cloud. In case you do not have FM3 or FM4 save file, you can always start a new Horizon career from a new storage device (the cloud will be perfect). You will also have to reach at least level 1 in any of the games mentioned to make this achievement possible. Now you will need a yellow wristband. Complete the heat events in order to get one. A popup message should appear notifying you that you have “loyalty cars available.” Now your move will be to go to the garage and select “Change Car”. Accept the gift cars and the achievement will unlock. It is really important that you accept the gift cause if you say “No, Thanks”, you won’t get a thing
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One to Watch 10
You're the 200th most popular driver at Horizon.
Your position in the list of the most popular drivers at Horizon is defined by number of points you are granted for your tricks. The 200th place should be unlocked pretty fast considering the fact that this is pretty far from the numero uno. Just do your best and make your tricks last longer. For more information check out Notorious achievement below.
The Next Big Thing 15
You're the 100th most popular driver at Horizon.
Your position in the list of the most popular drivers at Horizon is defined by the number of points you are granted for your tricks. You should get to the 100th place pretty fast if you show skillful driving and skillful tricks. For more information check out Notorious achievement below.
Almost Famous 20
You're the 50th most popular driver at Horizon.
Your position in the list of the most popular drivers at Horizon is defined by number of points you are granted for your tricks. Getting to the 50th place is the achievement itself and the only secret that lies in your successful climbing the popularity ladder is skilful tricking. For more information check out Notorious achievement below.
Killer Skills 25
You're the 10th most popular driver at Horizon.
Your position in the list of the most popular drivers at Horizon is defined by number of points you are granted for your tricks. It won’t be easy to get to the 10th place cause you will have to spend long hours doing tricks and wondering people. The more tricks you do and the longer they are, the greater chances you get to appear on the 10th place in the popularity list. For more information check out Notorious achievement below.
Notorious 30
You're the most popular driver at Horizon.
If you want to become one, you will have to climb the popularity ladder. In order to do that your task will be to show tricks and skills, which means doing pretty much everything. The following are the main tricks that allow you to score points and rank up.
Drift
E-drift
Two Wheels
Air
Near Miss
Speed
Pass
Drafting
Wrecking
For every trick you will be given experience points and the more points you get – the faster you climb the ladder. Also, stringing together multiple tricks will help you to increase the number of points as well as increase your multiplier by 0.1 at least. While this will come to your pretty naturally, the only advice is to make your tricks last as long as possible. Together with multi-trick multiplier you can get a big reward for your attempts. One of the best places to score a lot and fast is the golf course located near Montano Plains. It is a spacious territory big enough to do pretty much any trick. By the way – using a RWD car with traction control turned OFF will make many of the tricks like drifting easier. There is also one thing you need to remember: smashing into obstacles will void your combo and your potential points. So, if you see that things are not going well, it might be a good idea to hit the brakes. Yes, you will get a smaller number of points but at least you will get some and won’t lose everything.
A Wristed Development 20
You received your Yellow Wristband.
You will get your Yellow Wristband from Alison once you’re making your way to the Festival at nighttime. Once she talks to you the achievement will pop out. For more information
you can check out Golden Boy achievement.
Going Green 25
You received your Green Wristband.
This achievement will pop out pretty fast during your game progress. As for me, it appeared after I finished Festival Race Oakley Blitz and beat Ramona Cravache. At the end of race Alison contacted me and said that now Green Wristband is mine. For more information you can check out Golden Boy achievement.
Out of the Blue 30
You received your Blue Wristband.
I managed to receive my Blue Wristband after finishing first in the Bondurant Valley Skirmish festival race. It won’t be hard if you drive a decent car like Subaru WRX STI or something alike. For more information you can check out Golden Boy achievement.
Racing for Pinks 35
You received your Pink Wristband.
This will come naturally during your game progress but for more information you can check out Golden Boy achievement.
Freshly Squeezed 40
You received your Orange Wristband.
After I left Marko Baran behind and crossed the finish line first, I received my Orange Wristband and got the new event. For more information you can check out Golden Boy achievement.
Purple Reign 45
You received your Purple Wristband.
This will come naturally during your game progress but for more information you can check out Golden Boy achievement.
Golden Boy 50
You received the Golden Wristband.
Unlocking wristbands is a part of the game process which means that you should get them naturally. Though, getting to the most valuable one (Golden Wristband) will take a while. Each Festival race offers wristband points and the number of points directly depends on your place in the race: the faster you get to the finish line, the more points you will get in the end. But not only these points are used to progress through the wristbands of different colors but also they open new events.
The good news is that you can always get back in time and try to finish the race with a better score and unlock the remaining points. By the way, to unlock the next wristband and its associated achievement, you need to drive to the race central bay in the Horizon loop after obtaining each new level.
Darius Who? 100
You owned Darius Flynt and became the Horizon Festival champion.
In order to unlock this achievement, you will have to get the Golden Wristband first. After that – finish all the races on the gold wristband level. When you win the last one – the race against Darius will appear on your map. Beat him and get 100 achievement points.
Hard Driving 10
You finished in first place on HARD? Nice.
I know that it may sound hard but do not be judgmental beforehand. Setting your difficulty to hard (that’s what you have to do in order to unlock the achievement) will just spice things a bit and make them a bit more challenging. And even if you are not the best driver ever, sooner or later you will get this achievement anyway. Just show your best. Also, you will still have the driver assists including the rewind feature so if something goes wrong – be kind, rewind.
Gettin' It Done 30
You rocked every single Festival Event.
If you plan to unlock this event, you will have to win the whole set of 70 races available in the game. Well, while this achievement will come pretty naturally, you will have to spend some time obtaining wristbands and earning points. In order to make the tracking easier for you, all the races that you haven’t finished yet will come with a tag “New” above the map icon. Also, when you finish the race but do not come first, you will notice that tag “New” will disappear but the icon will still remain in color and only when you come first to the finish line, it will turn grey notifying that your work is done here. You can also see how many races you have won from the Stats page of the pause menu.
Win Diesel 30
You cruised past the competition and won every Street Race.
If you are looking for a challenge, you should definitely try to complete this achievement. Street races are considered to be a bit tougher since street traffic is present and you will have to show your best skills in order to leave your opponents and regular citizens who are getting back home from work in their cars behind. Street races will appear as you progress in the game and all in all there are 30 street races that have to be finished. Just find the location on the map and you can race them any time after they gradually unlock through the course of the game.
Exhibitionist 20
You've won every Showcase Event in the game.
All in all there are 10 Showcase events that you will have to complete. When you reach a certain popularity level, Showcase events will appear on your map automatically. You will also hear the Horizon Festival director telling you that there are new events she searches a driver for. Check out the Status page in the pause menu to see how many you have won. Here are the popularity levels that will unlock Showcase Events:
250 - Mustang Boss 428, beat the airplane point-to-point
225 - Audi Sport Quatro, beat the hot air balloon point-to-point
200 - Mini Cooper S, win the circuit race against other Minis
175 - Corvette Grand Sport Convertible, beat the helicopter point-to-point
150 - Ferrari F40, beat the airplane point-to-point
125 - Abarth 500 essessee, win the circuit race against other Abarths
100 - Lamborghini Aventador LP7000-4, beat the airplane point-to-point
75 - RUF RGT-8, beat the airplane point-to-point
50 - Peugeot 205 T16, beat the other showcase cars point-to-point
1 - Aston Martin One-77, beat the helicopter point-to-point
For more information on how to gain popularity points you can check out the “Notorious” achievement posted above.
Domination! 10
You've sent every Horizon Star packin'.
In order to unlock this you will have to beat every level’s star. The last one you are going to face will be Darius Flynt. If you want to win the race against this fellow, choose Lamborghini Aventador as your ride. It will beat his 599FX easily. The race is literally around the entire map, mostly going through the highway but in the very end stay to your right as if you plan to get off the highway because the finish line is right on the exit ramp. I’m just saying.
All Your Race Are Belong to Us 30
You've won every single race in the game!
Completing this achievement will basically mean that the game is over (in a good sense, of course). All in all there are 117 races and it would be very nice of you to finish all of them on the first place. As far as I was the one crossing the finishing line first in all 117 races, I can’t tell you if being in at least one of those races will count as a win but I am pretty sure that it won’t, so try to do your best to be the best! You can check the number of events left behind via the 'Stats' tab in the 'My Profile' menu. Also, check out your map to see those events that haven’t been won yet. In order to make this achievement easier, select the AI difficulty to easy and turn on all assists.
Stuntman 25
You've completed every Horizon Outpost PR Stunt.
There are 10 outposts on the game’s map and every outpost has 3 PR events that you will need to complete. So, it total you will have to finish 30 events in order to unlock this achievement. As a rule, PR events will include things like hitting a certain speed at a speed trap, amassing a set number of points pulling of tricks or taking a photo at a specified location. Also, you will have to finish each event driving a different car but you do not need to worry about credits cause you will be supplied with a car for the event for free. Now, let’s take a look at what you’ll be dealing with:
- Speed Traps: basically, your task will be to reach the required speed at a certain moment. Probably, the only challenge will come from NPC cars that you will have to dodge while gaining the required speed. By the way – knowing that you can verge off road and not lose a great deal of speed should make a difference, so do not forget about it when going for this achievement.
- Photo Shoot: Just make sure that your car is fine and does not need any maintenance. After that, drive to a required landmark and make sure it appears in all its beauty in the background of your photo. It shouldn’t be something extraordinary – just make sure that you got the biggest part of the landscape. Don’t worry – Alice will keep an eye on you and will let you know if you do something wrong.
- Trick Challenge: As every trick in the world, completing this part of the achievement won’t be easy. First of all, you need to know how your car behaves in extreme situations and if it’s good for things like drifting and else. Secondly, you will have to be good in performing various tricks and the more you manage to finish in a row, the better score you are going to get in the end. It might take a while to become good at it but you will get to the point pretty fast. Just remember that crashing into any obstacle and losing a great deal of speed will void the score. There is no need to earn the score required with the first and only set of tricks. When you see that you are going to hit the wall in a couple of seconds, it is better to hit the brakes and save at least something than to lose everything. A great attention should be paid to the drifting as far as this will be the main way of getting points in this game.
Kudos to You 10
You've completed 5 Sponsorship challenges.
You can unlock this achievement while playing multiplayer or single player. It will still count. Sponsorship challenges can be compared with side quests that you get while you are playing the game. Sponsor deals can be for pretty much everything like drifting, perfect scores, high speed, etc.
Sellout 20
20 Sponsorship Challenges? Now you're popular and rich!
A lot like in the “Kudos to You”, you will have to deal with sponsorship challenges but instead of 5 your task is to complete 20 of them. The sponsorship challenges consist of a number of ranks tied directly to performing an individual trick. Different ranks define the number of times the trick must be performed in order to complete each challenge. By the way – each rank counts as 1 challenge, so if you reach rank 5 of the drifting sponsorship it means that you have 5 successful challenges behind your back. Simply play the game and increase your popularity and all the Sponsorship Challenges will unlock naturally. By the way – you can unlock this achievement playing both single- and multiplayer modes.
Barn This Way 5
You found your first barn find.
During the game you will receive different notifications from Alice. From time to time she will tell you that there are rumors of a barn find. It means that now you have to open your map and check out a grey circle on a map. Drive to the circle and start looking for a barn within its range. When you see one – drive to it and get 5 achievement points. However, you need to remember that if you find a barn before you get a word from Alice, you won’t be able to use it in order to unlock the achievement. But, there is nothing that can stop you from memorizing barn’s location and getting to it faster the next time when Alice speaks to you. All in all there are 9 barns on a map and finding all of them should give you 9 new cars.
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Bargain Shopper 10
You bagged yourself a nice discount.
If you drive all over the city you will notice pink and black signs with the word “Discount” on them placed near the road. Of course, they are not standing there for no reason and thanks to the game creators have a valuable meaning. All in all there are 100 signs but if you plan to unlock this achievement you will have to find only 10. In order to collect the sign you will have to drive through it. After smashing the sign it will change its color from pink to black. It means that you’ve collected the sign. Make sure you drive through pink signs only during your free race cause in a race or event signs will not be added to your map and you will have to unlock them again. For more details you can check the Black Friday achievement.
Black Friday 20
Never pay for an upgrade again!
If you drive all over the city you will notice pink and black signs with the word “Discount” on them placed near the road. Of course, they are not standing there for no reason and thanks to the game creators have a valuable meaning. All in all there are 100 signs and if you collect the whole set, the achievement mentioned will appear unlocked. In order to collect the sign you will have to drive through it. After smashing the sign it will change its color from pink to black. It means that you’ve collected the sign already. In order to find the whole hundred you can simply access your map in a Start menu and with the help of special filter display only discount signs. It might be a good idea to do that cause sometimes small pink dots on the map can’t be seen because of the other icons. And, the last but not the least: make sure you drive through pink signs only during your free race cause in a race or event signs will not be added to your map and you will have to unlock them again. For more details you can check the sign map right here.
Road Trip 25
You've driven along every road in the entire game.
While this mostly comes naturally, you will still have to show some creativity and persistence in order to drive all 216 roads. They are all displayed on your map but if you want to take a closer look at those, do not forget to remove all the icons for a clear view. In order to check your progress and check the number of roads you have driven already, do not hesitate to enter the “Discovery” tab in “My Profile” menu. When you drive along a road, you will also receive a popup notification and the road on your map will either turn white (hard surface) or orange (dirt surface.) By the way: no matter the mode, any roads driven will count in both online and offline regimes.
Still a Noob... 10
10 online races complete… not bad!
The best thing about this achievement is that you do not even have to complete it with anyone. All you have to do is to have a stable internet connection and about an hour of your time. Access multiplayer, create a new match, select circuit (it can be anything but circuit is the simplest one) and pick a very short track, set laps to 1 and race with yourself. Yes, you got it right – there is no need to race with someone else. Complete 10 races and unlock 10 achievement points. The only trick of racing with yourself is that it won’t bring
you any experience but if unlocking Still a Noob achievement is what you’re looking for – this is the way to go.
Noob No More 20
25 online races complete… awesome!
The best thing about this achievement is that you do not even have to complete with anyone. Access multiplayer, create a new match, select circuit (it can be anything but circuit is the simplest one) and pick a very short track, set laps to 1 and race with yourself. Yes, you got it right – there is no need to race with someone else. Complete 25 races and unlock 20 achievement points. The only trick of racing with yourself is that it won’t bring you any experience but if unlocking Noob no More achievement is what you’re looking for – this is the way to go.
Playground Games 5
You completed each of the Playground game types. How fun was that?
In order to unlock this achievement you will have to finish 3 races in total, 1 for each Playground. As you’ve guessed, there are 3 Playground game types: “Infected”, “King” and “Cat and Mouse”. You do not have to finish the whole set of 9 races to unlock Playground Games (finishing 9 races, 3 for each Playground, will unlock Swing and Roundabouts). The easiest way to get things done is to play with a friend, set the time limit and track size to the minimum and then, depending on the event, finish the minimum number of laps or let the time run out. Your position won’t matter in this one.
Swings and Roundabouts 20
You've completed 3 of each Playground game types.
In order to unlock this achievement you will have to finish 9 races in total, 3 for each Playground. As you’ve guessed, there are 3 Playground game types: “Infected”, “King” and “Cat and Mouse”. The easiest way to get things done is to play with a friend, set the time limit and track size to the minimum and then, depending on the event, finish the minimum number of laps or let the time run out. Your position won’t matter in this one.
Cruise Club 20
You've completed 10 free roam challenges online.
If you want to unlock this achievement, you will have to do the following: first of all – find a person (friend) who will consider playing with you. This also means that you will have to play online. Secondly – access the free roam challenges via the start menu. Roam challenges are based on driving from point to point in a certain make or value of car as well as having all players hit a speed trap at a certain speed and within a certain time limit. Also do not forget to add pulling off a combined number of tricks or driving a combined total distance. Complete 10 free roam challenges online to earn 20 achievement points. It does sound like a challenge but you will figure everything out once you start playing. You can also check this video to see how things should be done.
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Ding! 5
You got to Level 5 online.
Reaching level 5 in online mode is pretty simple if you drive well. All you have to do is to simply enjoy your game. Also, here’s what you need to know about how to make things
easier and earn as many XP points as possible. So, the number of your XP points will depend on the following factors:
1. Number of people in the game (the more people, the higher your multiplier will be);
2. Overall position;
3. Mileage
4. Trick bonus (the more ticks you pull off, the higher your multiplier is)
Just Me and the XP 10
You've reached level 25 online. Did you win a car yet?
In order to reach level 25 online you will have to earn 260,000 XP points. Actually, it is not as hard as it sounds. All you have to do is to enjoy your game and play as much as you can. Here’s what you need to know about how to make things easier and earn as many XP points as possible. So, the number of your XP points will depend on the following factors:
1. Number of people in the game (the more people, the higher your multiplier will be);
2. Overall position;
3. Mileage
4. Trick bonus (the more ticks you pull off, the higher your multiplier is)
OMG 5
You won your first car online.
Winning cars online is fully based on luck. Every time you reach a level, a slot machine appears and when it’s done playing on your nerves, you are going to get either a nice car or an even money prize. So, winning your first car online might not come in the first round but with you climbing the level ladder that will happen shortly, I promise.
ZOMG! 10
You've won 3 cars online.
Winning cars online is fully based on luck. Every time you reach a level, a slot machine appears and when it’s done playing on your nerves, you are going to get either a nice car or an even money prize. So, winning your third car online will take a while but with you climbing the level ladder that should happen no later than you reach level 15.
OMGWT*BBQ!? 20
You got seriously lucky and won 5 cars online.
It looks like game sponsors are generous enough to offer you a car or an even sum of credits every time you rank up a level. Maybe, this is not the most important thing ever but it definitely happens to be a nice present. Unfortunately, you won’t be able to choose what you want to get cause this reward is totally luck based. But, no matter how hard you try to lose, by level 25 you will get 5 cars anyway. So, just keep playing and make sure you move the rating ladder fast.
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