… and I am encouraged. I’m working through the ‘career’ races, but I decided to take some time off and do a little online racing. I’ve only raced about 15 times and I’ve won some badges I thought would take me some time to get.
Understand - I am not a pro, so I am probably happier than most would be about getting these badges.
With that having been said, I am psyched to have won the following badges:
Shiny and Clean - for earning a gold medal in a Multiplayer circuit race and take no damage in a field of at least 12 players.
Underdog - earn a gold medal in a Multiplayer hopper in a car with the lowest Performance index of the lobby.
Down to the Wire - pass for the lead and win on the last lap of a Multiplayer circuit race.
Photo Finisher - Win a Multiplayer circuit race by less than 1 second.
These are in the D and C class lobbies. I will probably try the B class next time I hit the online races, but I’m going to go back to trying to finish my career races for awhile.
Anyway, enjoyed it and, for the most part, everyone seems to be trying to race clean. Which is nice.
Got that one on my very first race. Was in a C class hopper and everyone picked the Indy Oval course. Only had two C class cars, so I picked the fastest and hoped. They randomly put me in the #1 spot to start, I got a bit of a lead and then held on to it.
Bam - Shiny and clean. Kind of a cheap way to get it, but I’ll take it
I got Shiny and Clean completely on accident. Afterwards I was surprised, because that race had a bunch of maniacs who would ram people off track. Amazingly, I kept 1st place without touching anyone. Btw the race was on Top Gear Track.
The Photo Finisher one seems hard though. Can’t wait to get it though.
I got the photo finisher by accident myself, I was a good 15-20 sec ahead of 2nd place and really far ahead of everyone else. So I stopped at the line to try and help the back of the pack from a DNF, only problem was I almost forgot to hit the gas again and 2nd place ended up .01 behind me.
As for the underdog I just waited til I was in an A class lobby with all 700’s and I picked a 699
I got this one from a pure drag race from the last corner to the finish and just won by the tip of the front end. one of them where its ‘who won…who won… ME YESSS!!!’
lol! Don’t think I will ever get a Shiny and Clean at Sebring, or the Top Gear track. I did get the Photo Finisher and Down To The Wire achievements at Sebring and I got them both in the same race. Chased a car down and passed it on the last straight on the last lap. Boom - Photo Finisher and Down To The Wire achievements at the same time.
And I was NOT shiny and clean at the end Actually got wrecked twice, although I don’t think the other drivers meant to do it. It’s just a tough track to stay away from people on (especially that first turn).
Nice job Pcola! Give yourself more credit though. All those badges are not as easy as they sound. It takes a good racer to earn some of those and I’m sure you’re proud of what you accomplished and you should be. Keep going and get more! Cheers!
Nice job man!! I find racing online very addicting even when there are dirty racers bumping people around, but when you can race clean and earn those badges, that is fantastic!! Keep it up!
The underdog is one you can get without even knowing you have the lowest PI car. The game doesn’t view all cars of the same PI as the same. So if everyone in the room is in a B600 car for example but your 600 is the lowest you will still get the underdog. If you are someone that doesn’t build a car to the limit and then go put in a driveshaft after you’ve already reached the limit to get every last pound out that will certainly help in getting the under dog achievement.
The photo finisher can really be done in any race in which you have a lead, just sand bag a bit at the end of the race to let second place get close enough to be withing 1 second.