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Welcome to my first guide :)

I'm glad for any comments and/or criticism.

 

Overview

 

  • Estimated achievement difficulty: 7/10
  • Estimated time for 1000: 20-25 hours
  • Offline: 48 (960http://www.xbox360achievements.org/forum/../images/site/gp-g.jpg)
  • Online: 2 (40http://www.xbox360achievements.org/forum/../images/site/gp-g.jpg)
  • Minimum playthroughs: 1
  • Missable achievements: None
  • Glitched achievements: None

  • Cheats disable achievements: No cheats

  • Difficulty affect achievements: No

 

Roadmap

 

General driving tips:

- Push the analog stick very gentle in corners. You'll lose lots of speed when you oversteer (you're doing it wrong when your controller vibrates)

- Try to overtake your opponents on straightaways. Overtaking in corners is risky because one touch of your opponent is enough to spin your car around.

- Play at easy difficulty since it doesn't affect any achievement.

Step 1: Career Mode

 

The career mode takes quite some time and gets boring very quickly.

You have to participate in every race of every season to get the "Complete" achievement for every year.

You don't have to win every race - it's enough to be in the top 3 at the end of the season. To save time, you can skip the qualification run on every track and start at the back of the grid except Indianapolis 500.

 

Always buy the newest/best available car setup. You'll have more than enough money to buy every chassis later in your career.

 

Be sure to get the following achievements during your career progression:

 

  • 1962: "Barrier Broken" - Get a 150.370 mph qualification average at Indianapolis. This one is not that easy, but very doable with a 1964 rear engine car. An alternative is to go back with a 1971 car once you finished the career mode.
  • 1962 or 1963: "Station No. VI" - Win the Indy 500 race with a 1963 Novi engine (you need a front engine chassis for this engine)
  • 1966: "Rocketman" - Win the Indy 500 race with a turbine powered car. Easy enough, just buy the "1967 Granatelli (Turbine)" and win the race.
  • 1970: "The Full Set" - Buy every chassis you're still missing in your collection
  • 1971: "A Not So "Quick Race" - This is a good opportunity to finish the boring 200 lap Indy race.

 

Step 2: Yearbook Challenges

 

In the Yearbook Challenge mode, you have to finish cerain tasks like overtaking 5 opponents or beating a qualification average speed.

Most of the challenges are quite easy. But be aware that full damage is turned on on all of them.

 

The hardest challenge is "1962 - Parnelli Puts it on Pole!". I suggest you save this one until you've beaten the rest.

 

Getting gold in all challenges is by far the most difficult achievement in the game.

 

Step 3: Multiplayer

 

Find two friends to boost with and create a 10 lap race. Langhorne is the shortest track in the game.

Just one win for each of you is needed to get the last two achievements.

 

 

 

http://www.xbox360achievements.org/forum/../images/achievements/614/+Dwtjw==.jpg Pole Sitter - 30 http://www.xbox360achievements.org/forum/../images/site/gp-g.jpg

Take the pole at the Indianapolis 500

 

Get the fastest qualification average speed in a Indianapolis 500 qualification.

You'll have a lot of chances to get this one since you need to qualify every year in the career mode (unlike the other races, you can't skip the Indianapolis qualification because it will not allow you to start at the back of the grid).

 

 

http://www.xbox360achievements.org/forum/../images/achievements/614/+Dwtjw==.jpgBarrier Broken - 20 http://www.xbox360achievements.org/forum/../images/site/gp-g.jpg

Beat Parnelli Jones' 150.370 mph qualification average at Indianapolis in 1962 (Career)

 

This one is not that easy. You have to race 4 perfect laps in the 1962 Indianapolis qualification.

My setup: 1963 Lotus rear engine chassis, 1963 Ford rear mounted engine, 1963 5 speed rear mounted gearbox.

 

 

http://www.xbox360achievements.org/forum/../images/achievements/614/+Dwtjw==.jpgRocketman - 20 http://www.xbox360achievements.org/forum/../images/site/gp-g.jpg

Win the Indianapolis 500 in a turbine powered car

 

You can do this one in quick race or wait until you can buy either the "1967 Granatelli (Turbine)" or the "1968 Lotus (Turbine)" special car in career mode and win the Indianapolis 500 race with it.

 

Cars to use in quick race:

Year: 1967 - Car: Granatelli - Parnelli Jones

or

Year: 1968 - Car: Lotus - Joe Leonard / Art Pollard / Graham Hill

 

 

http://www.xbox360achievements.org/forum/../images/achievements/614/+Dwtjw==.jpgGentlemen, Start Your Engines - 10 http://www.xbox360achievements.org/forum/../images/site/gp-g.jpg

Start the 1961 Indy 500 race in Career

 

Unlocks as soon as your first Indy 500 race in the career mode begins.

 

http://www.xbox360achievements.org/forum/../images/achievements/614/+Dwtjw==.jpgFinisher 1961 - 20 http://www.xbox360achievements.org/forum/../images/site/gp-g.jpg

Place top 3 in the 1961 season standings in Career

 

See "Finisher 1971"

 

http://www.xbox360achievements.org/forum/../images/achievements/614/+Dwtjw==.jpgFinisher 1962 - 20 http://www.xbox360achievements.org/forum/../images/site/gp-g.jpg

Place top 3 in the 1962 season standings in Career

 

See "Finisher 1971"

 

http://www.xbox360achievements.org/forum/../images/achievements/614/+Dwtjw==.jpgFinisher 1963 - 20 http://www.xbox360achievements.org/forum/../images/site/gp-g.jpg

Place top 3 in the 1963 season standings in Career

 

See "Finisher 1971"

 

http://www.xbox360achievements.org/forum/../images/achievements/614/+Dwtjw==.jpgFinisher 1964 - 20 http://www.xbox360achievements.org/forum/../images/site/gp-g.jpg

Place top 3 in the 1964 season standings in Career

 

See "Finisher 1971"

 

http://www.xbox360achievements.org/forum/../images/achievements/614/+Dwtjw==.jpgFinisher 1965 - 20 http://www.xbox360achievements.org/forum/../images/site/gp-g.jpg

Place top 3 in the 1965 season standings in Career

 

See "Finisher 1971"

 

http://www.xbox360achievements.org/forum/../images/achievements/614/+Dwtjw==.jpgFinisher 1966 - 20 http://www.xbox360achievements.org/forum/../images/site/gp-g.jpg

Place top 3 in the 1966 season standings in Career

 

See "Finisher 1971"

 

http://www.xbox360achievements.org/forum/../images/achievements/614/+Dwtjw==.jpgFinisher 1967 - 20 http://www.xbox360achievements.org/forum/../images/site/gp-g.jpg

Place top 3 in the 1967 season standings in Career

 

See "Finisher 1971"

 

http://www.xbox360achievements.org/forum/../images/achievements/614/+Dwtjw==.jpgFinisher 1968 - 20 http://www.xbox360achievements.org/forum/../images/site/gp-g.jpg

Place top 3 in the 1968 season standings in Career

 

See "Finisher 1971"

 

http://www.xbox360achievements.org/forum/../images/achievements/614/+Dwtjw==.jpgFinisher 1969 - 20 http://www.xbox360achievements.org/forum/../images/site/gp-g.jpg

Place top 3 in the 1969 season standings in Career

 

See "Finisher 1971"

 

http://www.xbox360achievements.org/forum/../images/achievements/614/+Dwtjw==.jpgFinisher 1970 - 20 http://www.xbox360achievements.org/forum/../images/site/gp-g.jpg

Place top 3 in the 1970 season standings in Career

 

See "Finisher 1971"

 

http://www.xbox360achievements.org/forum/../images/achievements/614/+Dwtjw==.jpgFinisher 1971 - 20 http://www.xbox360achievements.org/forum/../images/site/gp-g.jpg

Place top 3 in the 1971 season standings in Career

 

With the career difficulty set to "easy", this should be no problem.

Combine these achievements with the "Complete 19xx" ones to avoid a second playthrough.

 

http://www.xbox360achievements.org/forum/../images/achievements/614/+Dwtjw==.jpgHappy To Be On The Podium - 20 http://www.xbox360achievements.org/forum/../images/site/gp-g.jpg

Bronze in every Mission in Yearbook

 

See "The Winner"

 

http://www.xbox360achievements.org/forum/../images/achievements/614/+Dwtjw==.jpgSo Close - 30 http://www.xbox360achievements.org/forum/../images/site/gp-g.jpg

Silver in every Mission in Yearbook

 

See "The Winner"

 

http://www.xbox360achievements.org/forum/../images/achievements/614/+Dwtjw==.jpgThe Winner - 50 http://www.xbox360achievements.org/forum/../images/site/gp-g.jpg

Gold in every Mission in Yearbook

 

See "The Winner"

 

http://www.xbox360achievements.org/forum/../images/achievements/614/+Dwtjw==.jpgGood For You - 10 http://www.xbox360achievements.org/forum/../images/site/gp-g.jpg

First gold in any Mission in Yearbook

 

This is the hardest achievement in the game.

There are 21 challenges waiting for you in the yearbook mode.

 

Most of them are very doable but some of them are really challenging like the 1962 Parnelli Jones Indy 500 qualification run.

 

 

http://www.xbox360achievements.org/forum/../images/achievements/614/+Dwtjw==.jpgHard Charger Award - 20 http://www.xbox360achievements.org/forum/../images/site/gp-g.jpg

Start in last and finish first at any track

 

Very easy to do in career mode with difficulty set to easy.

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Win at Riverside in Career

 

self-explanatory.

 

http://www.xbox360achievements.org/forum/../images/achievements/614/+Dwtjw==.jpgJust A Mile... - 15 http://www.xbox360achievements.org/forum/../images/site/gp-g.jpg

Win at the Milwaukee Mile in Career

 

self-explanatory.

 

http://www.xbox360achievements.org/forum/../images/achievements/614/+Dwtjw==.jpgA Not So "Quick Race" - 50 http://www.xbox360achievements.org/forum/../images/site/gp-g.jpg

Complete a 200 lap race at Indianapolis in Quick Race or Career

 

This will take about 3 hours of racing. Set the difficulty to easy to avoid broken controllers if you crash during that marathon ;)

Be sure to do this one with 1971 cars because to save some time.

Also don't forget to keep an eye on your fuel meter. You need to pit about every 30-40 laps.

 

http://www.xbox360achievements.org/forum/../images/achievements/614/+Dwtjw==.jpgVictory Xbox LIVE - 30 http://www.xbox360achievements.org/forum/../images/site/gp-g.jpg

Win your first Xbox LIVE race

 

3 (!) people are needed for this achievement.

Following settings are the quickest:

- Year: 1971

- Track: Langhorne

- AI: Easy

- Laps: Short (10 laps)

 

The achievement unlocks as soon as the leader crosses the finish line.

 

http://www.xbox360achievements.org/forum/../images/achievements/614/+Dwtjw==.jpgMmm... Buttermilk - 50 http://www.xbox360achievements.org/forum/../images/site/gp-g.jpg

Win an Indianapolis 500 race in Career

 

self-explanatory.

 

http://www.xbox360achievements.org/forum/../images/achievements/614/+Dwtjw==.jpgStation No. VI - 25 http://www.xbox360achievements.org/forum/../images/site/gp-g.jpg

Win the Indy 500 race with a 1963 Novi engine in Career

 

Buy the 1963 Novi front mounted engine for your 1962 Indy 500 career race and win with it.

 

http://www.xbox360achievements.org/forum/../images/achievements/614/+Dwtjw==.jpgThe Full Set - 50 http://www.xbox360achievements.org/forum/../images/site/gp-g.jpg

Own every chassis in Career

 

Previous years' chassis get cheaper as time progresses.

Invest money to keep up with the competition and buy all chassis in 1971.

 

http://www.xbox360achievements.org/forum/../images/achievements/614/+Dwtjw==.jpgRespected By Peers - 25 http://www.xbox360achievements.org/forum/../images/site/gp-g.jpg

At least 60% of the drivers in Career "Respect" you

 

30 drivers of the current years' leadboard have to respect you ("Respected" at the score table).

Race clean and avoid ramming you opponents off the track and you should get this one at some point of your career.

 

http://www.xbox360achievements.org/forum/../images/achievements/614/+Dwtjw==.jpgVictory - 30 http://www.xbox360achievements.org/forum/../images/site/gp-g.jpg

Win a race in Quick Race or Career (Single Player)

 

self-explanatory.

 

http://www.xbox360achievements.org/forum/../images/achievements/614/+Dwtjw==.jpgBuy A Chassis - 5 http://www.xbox360achievements.org/forum/../images/site/gp-g.jpg

Purchase a chassis in the Shop

 

self-explanatory.

 

http://www.xbox360achievements.org/forum/../images/achievements/614/+Dwtjw==.jpgBuy An Engine - 5 http://www.xbox360achievements.org/forum/../images/site/gp-g.jpg

Purchase an engine in the Shop

 

self-explanatory.

 

http://www.xbox360achievements.org/forum/../images/achievements/614/+Dwtjw==.jpgBuy A Gearbox - 5 http://www.xbox360achievements.org/forum/../images/site/gp-g.jpg

Purchase a gearbox in the Shop

 

http://www.xbox360achievements.org/forum/../images/achievements/614/+Dwtjw==.jpgComplete 1961 - 10 http://www.xbox360achievements.org/forum/../images/site/gp-g.jpg

Compete in every race in the 1961 season

 

See "Complete 1971"

 

http://www.xbox360achievements.org/forum/../images/achievements/614/+Dwtjw==.jpgComplete 1962 - 10 http://www.xbox360achievements.org/forum/../images/site/gp-g.jpg

Compete in every race in the 1962 season

 

See "Complete 1971"

 

http://www.xbox360achievements.org/forum/../images/achievements/614/+Dwtjw==.jpgComplete 1963 - 10 http://www.xbox360achievements.org/forum/../images/site/gp-g.jpg

Compete in every race in the 1963 season

 

See "Complete 1971"

 

http://www.xbox360achievements.org/forum/../images/achievements/614/+Dwtjw==.jpgComplete 1964 - 10 http://www.xbox360achievements.org/forum/../images/site/gp-g.jpg

Compete in every race in the 1964 season

 

See "Complete 1971"

 

http://www.xbox360achievements.org/forum/../images/achievements/614/+Dwtjw==.jpgComplete 1965 - 10 http://www.xbox360achievements.org/forum/../images/site/gp-g.jpg

Compete in every race in the 1965 season

 

See "Complete 1971"

 

http://www.xbox360achievements.org/forum/../images/achievements/614/+Dwtjw==.jpgComplete 1966 - 10 http://www.xbox360achievements.org/forum/../images/site/gp-g.jpg

Compete in every race in the 1966 season

 

See "Complete 1971"

 

http://www.xbox360achievements.org/forum/../images/achievements/614/+Dwtjw==.jpgComplete 1967 - 10 http://www.xbox360achievements.org/forum/../images/site/gp-g.jpg

Compete in every race in the 1967 season

 

See "Complete 1971"

 

http://www.xbox360achievements.org/forum/../images/achievements/614/+Dwtjw==.jpgComplete 1968 - 10 http://www.xbox360achievements.org/forum/../images/site/gp-g.jpg

Compete in every race in the 1968 season

 

See "Complete 1971"

 

http://www.xbox360achievements.org/forum/../images/achievements/614/+Dwtjw==.jpgComplete 1969 - 10 http://www.xbox360achievements.org/forum/../images/site/gp-g.jpg

Compete in every race in the 1969 season

 

See "Complete 1971"

 

http://www.xbox360achievements.org/forum/../images/achievements/614/+Dwtjw==.jpgComplete 1970 - 10 http://www.xbox360achievements.org/forum/../images/site/gp-g.jpg

Compete in every race in the 1970 season

 

See "Complete 1971"

 

http://www.xbox360achievements.org/forum/../images/achievements/614/+Dwtjw==.jpgComplete 1971 - 10 http://www.xbox360achievements.org/forum/../images/site/gp-g.jpg

Compete in every race in the 1971 season

 

You have compete in every single race of each season.

To save time, you can skip the qualification run on every track and start at the back of the grid except Indianapolis 500.

 

http://www.xbox360achievements.org/forum/../images/achievements/614/+Dwtjw==.jpgThe Big Wheel - 15 http://www.xbox360achievements.org/forum/../images/site/gp-g.jpg

Win at Langhorne in Career

 

self-explanatory.

 

http://www.xbox360achievements.org/forum/../images/achievements/614/+Dwtjw==.jpgKing Of The Tri-Oval - 15 http://www.xbox360achievements.org/forum/../images/site/gp-g.jpg

Win at Hanford in Career

 

self-explanatory.

 

http://www.xbox360achievements.org/forum/../images/achievements/614/+Dwtjw==.jpgThe Dogleg - 15 http://www.xbox360achievements.org/forum/../images/site/gp-g.jpg

Win at Trenton in Career

 

self-explanatory.

 

http://www.xbox360achievements.org/forum/../images/achievements/614/+Dwtjw==.jpgDid This Really Happen? - 15 http://www.xbox360achievements.org/forum/../images/site/gp-g.jpg

Win at Honey Creek in Career

 

self-explanatory.

 

http://www.xbox360achievements.org/forum/../images/achievements/614/+Dwtjw==.jpgParticipation Trophy - 10 http://www.xbox360achievements.org/forum/../images/site/gp-g.jpg

Complete your first race (Single Player)

 

self-explanatory.

 

http://www.xbox360achievements.org/forum/../images/achievements/614/+Dwtjw==.jpgIt's Over - 75 http://www.xbox360achievements.org/forum/../images/site/gp-g.jpg

Finish all 11 years of Career

 

self-explanatory.

 

http://www.xbox360achievements.org/forum/../images/achievements/614/+Dwtjw==.jpgParticipation Trophy II - 10 http://www.xbox360achievements.org/forum/../images/site/gp-g.jpg

Complete your first race on Xbox LIVE

 

Unlocks when you cross the finish line in your first xbox live race.

You most likely will have to search for a boosting partner since nobody plays this game online.

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Putting Self-explanatory in a guide is the worst thing you can possible write. Put more detail into the guide there is only descriptions for like 5 Achievements.

 

There's really no need to describe achievements like "Win your first race" or "Win at track X" since you get all of them in your first career year.

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Respected By Peers - 25 http://www.xbox360achievements.org/forum/../images/site/gp-g.jpg

At least 60% of the drivers in Career "Respect" you

 

30 drivers of the current years' leadboard have to respect you ("Respected" at the score table).

Race clean and avoid ramming you opponents off the track and you should get this one at some point of your career.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Yea Well I'm in year 1966 and I have 39 people Respected me and NOOOOO achievement So what gives???

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Respected By Peers - 25 http://www.xbox360achievements.org/forum/../images/site/gp-g.jpg

At least 60% of the drivers in Career "Respect" you

 

30 drivers of the current years' leadboard have to respect you ("Respected" at the score table).

Race clean and avoid ramming you opponents off the track and you should get this one at some point of your career.

 

 

Yea Well I'm in year 1966 and I have 39 people Respected me and NOOOOO achievement So what gives???

 

I'm having the same problem so can anyone clear this up?Thanks lmk

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Well i just figured it out so don't need help anymore

 

Pretty much as it says just race clean and get the clean race prizes.The way it was worded i thought you just had to be clean around the other cars so i hit the parts from other cars on the track and that cost me.

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Well i just figured it out so don't need help anymore

 

Pretty much as it says just race clean and get the clean race prizes.The way it was worded i thought you just had to be clean around the other cars so i hit the parts from other cars on the track and that cost me.

 

I went two straight years of clean races with over 30 respected drivers and i still dont have the achievement. What gives?

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This guide/roadmap has been copied over to the Greenbook. This means that it is unfinished/unready to be published, and anybody is welcome to sign up to finish it off!

Each guide will have a brief paragraph describing what is needed to get it done and published.

 

If you can, please help us get this guide published to the site, and get your name eternally imprinted on the site!

 

If you are the OP, this doesn't mean you can't finish it off on your own, do that and we will remove it from the Greenbook :)

 

More information on Greenbook practices can be found in the Greenbook FAQ, here.

Sign up here! Now!

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