Overview:
- Estimated achievement difficulty: 6/10
- Offline: 47 [920]
- Online: 3 [80]
- Approximate amount of time to 1000: 10-15 Hours
- Minimum number of playthroughs needed: 1 for each event and challenge mode
- Missable achievements: No
- Does difficulty affect achievements: No difficulty settings
- Unobtainable/glitched achievements: No
- Extra equipment needed: 4 controllers
Introduction:
Welcome to Vancouver 2010. The game is broken into Olympic events, where you compete in events from the Winter Olympics, and the challenge mountains, where you try and complete different objectives during the Olympic events. The events use a combination of button mashing, quick time events, and simple steering to complete. Overall, this list is very doable and shouldn't pose too many problems.
It is highly recommended that you do the tutorial for each event to have a general understanding on how to play the different events. It is not needed, but a turbo controller will make many events and challenges significantly easier to complete.
Olympic Events:
This mode has you competing in events and trying to earn a medal. An achievement is earned by winning a gold medal in each event. Most of these will be easy, but some will require some practice to get the hang of event. Some events have two runs that are combined to determine the final result, needing two consecutive good runs.
Challenges:
Challenges are broken down into three mountains, each with 10 challenges. Completing each challenge earns an achievement, as well as unlocking the Intermediate Mountain and completing all challenges. Most of the challenges can be easily completed or only require a little practice. Only two challenges are truly difficult, 'Do Not Touch' and 'Lap It Up'.
'Do Not Touch' requires you to complete a One Man Skeleton race without touching the sides of the track. The trick to this one is to practice and minimize your speed. The easiest way to minimize your speed is to get a bad start and to stay as low as possible during the corners.
'Lap It Up' requires you to lap (pass the last place competitor) in the first 1000m during the 1500m Speed Skating event. You will need a very good start (85+) while starting one of the inside lanes, preferably the first lane. You will also need to maintain your speed, done through pressing at the correct times during the straight sections. You will only be able to have a couple misses during the entire event. You will also need to take the corners as tight as possible. It is easier to do the corners in third person mode but the button pressing is easier in first person mode. Use the to switch between the perspectives and see which one you find easier.
Multiplayer:
Two of the online achievements are earned by hosting and completing an online event. The third online achievement requires you to win five consecutive online events. This thread can be used to find a boosting partner for these achievements. The last multiplayer achievement requires you to complete a 4-player event in local multiplayer.
Conclusion:
Most of this game is easy to complete with only a few challenges and events posing a real challenge. Overall this game shouldn't pose to much of a problem if you are willing to put in some time to practice the events.
[XBA would like to thank exit9500 for this Roadmap]