Overview:
- Estimated achievement difficulty: 5/10
- Offline: 45 (950 )
- Online: 5 (50 )
- Approximate amount of time to 1000 : 100+ hours
- Number of missable achievements: None
- Glitched achievements: No

Introduction:
Welcome to Forza Motorsport 3. Most of the achievements can be obtained offline and the online achievements can easily be obtained with a friend. Changing the difficulty of races does not affect achievements - only the amount of bonus money that you receive after the race. The reason for 100+ hours of gameplay is the Solid Gold achievement, which requires finishing first place in every single race in the game. Since there are 220 separate events with anywhere from one race to six races, it will take some time to obtain this achievement.

Step #1: Season Play
Season play in Forza 3 involves a race in the Championship Series every two weeks with an event of your choosing in between the event. There are six required seasons for the achievements and each one increases in car level and length. For instance, the first season involves E class cars for three races, while the sixth season involves R1 cars for 13 races. Play through all six seasons and you will gain most of the achievements because many are for increasing your driver level and for completing seasons.

Step #2: Miscellaneous/Online Achievements
If at this time you do not own at least one vehicle from every manufacturer, buy the cheapest ones to obtain the Connoisseur achievement. The online achievements are pretty self-explanatory. If you need help selling a car or tuning setup, check out the achievement trading thread here. Get the simple Lapper achievement by completing any time trial. There are various achievements for taking a picture of your car and making a movie from a replay. Lastly, obtain the Drift Lap achievement, which arguably is the hardest achievement in the game. Check out this thread for more help.

Step #3: Solid Gold
Here’s the time consuming achievement. By now, you should hopefully be level 50 or close to it. If you want to play each race, you can, but the simplest way to obtain this achievement would be to go through the event list and use a hired driver for each race. For instance, races in the professional category can take up to twenty minutes each and each event has six races. Although not hard, the achievement will definitely take a long time to obtain.

Conclusion:
Forza 3 is a very fun game and although some races tend to get boring, especially endurance races, Forza 3 is not that hard to 1000 .

[X360A would like to thank I F A R T I for this Road Map]

Forza Motorsport 3 Achievement Guide

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There are 50 achievements with a total of 1000 points

  • Achieve Car Level 1 in Season Play mode.

    Please see Car Level 5 for more information.

  • Achieve Car Level 2 in Season Play mode.

    Please see Car Level 5 for more information.

  • Achieve Car Level 3 in Season Play mode.

    Please see Car Level 5 for more information.

  • Achieve Car Level 4 in Season Play mode.

    Please see Car Level 5 for more information.

  • Achieve Car Level 5 in Season Play mode.

    As you finish races, you earn a set amount of XP for each race. This XP is then transferred over to both your Driver Level and your Car Level. In this case, your XP will level up whichever car you were using for that race. Simply level one car up to Level 5, and you will get this achievement.

  • Reach Driver Level 1 in Season Play mode.

     

    Please see Driver Level 50 for more information.

  • Reach Driver Level 2 in Season Play mode.

     

    Please see Driver Level 50 for more information.

  • Reach Driver Level 3 in Season Play mode.

     

    Please see Driver Level 50 for more information.

  • Reach Driver Level 4 in Season Play mode.

     

    Please see Driver Level 50 for more information.

  • Reach Driver Level 5 in Season Play mode.

     

    Please see Driver Level 50 for more information.

  • Reach Driver Level 6 in Season Play mode.

     

    Please see Driver Level 50 for more information.

  • Reach Driver Level 7 in Season Play mode.

     

    Please see Driver Level 50 for more information.

  • Reach Driver Level 8 in Season Play mode.

     

    Please see Driver Level 50 for more information.

  • Reach Driver Level 9 in Season Play mode.

     

    Please see Driver Level 50 for more information.

  • Reach Driver Level 10 in Season Play mode.

     

    Please see Driver Level 50 for more information.

  • Reach Driver Level 15 in Season Play mode.

    Please see Driver Level 50 for more information.

  • Reach Driver Level 20 in Season Play mode.

     

    Please see Driver Level 50 for more information.

  • Reach Driver Level 25 in Season Play mode.

     

    Please see Driver Level 50 for more information.

  • Reach Driver Level 30 in Season Play mode.

     

    Please see Driver Level 50 for more information.

  • Reach Driver Level 35 in Season Play mode.

    Please see Driver Level 50 for more information.

  • Reach Driver Level 40 in Season Play mode.

     

    Please see Driver Level 50 for more information.

  • Reach Driver Level 45 in Season Play mode.

     

    Please see Driver Level 50 for more information.

  • Reach Driver Level 50 in Season Play mode.

    These 18 achievements are gained by leveling you're driver through levels 0 to 50 (you start at 0). This process goes the same way as leveling up your car, you get XP for driving races, drags, drifts etc. Also both offline and online count towards these achievements. Maybe the best way is to drive online with a friend and use these settings:

    Game type: Drag
    Track: Sedona 1 mile
    Damage difficulty: simulation
    Number of heats: 10
    Number of max players: 8
    Number of max AI players: 7
    AI difficulty: hard
    Collision mode: always on
    Number of teams: 4 (you will be teaming up with your friend)

    Put all the assists off (or if you fail the start, you can put TCS on). Choose the 2007 #8 Peugeot Sport 908 (R1 997) and you will most likely win the drag. You get 1,225CR and 700XP for single heat. So when there is 10 heats, you get 10*1,225CR= 12,250CR and 10*700XP= 7000XP. It takes like 30 seconds to finish one heat, so it's 300 seconds for 10 heats (5 minutes). 

  • Complete the very first race in the game.

    When you first start the game, select Season Play and you will be in an Audi R8. Simply win this race and you will get this achievement. If you don't come in first place, just finish any other race and you'll still get this achievement.

  • Complete your first weekday event in Season Play mode.

    After you choose your starter car, you can compete in Season Play. During any given month in-game, you race on Weekdays and Weekends. For this achievement, you have to race and complete a Weekday event. Weekdays are Monday through Friday.

  • Complete your first weekend event in Season Play mode.

    After you choose your starter car, you can compete in Season Play. During any given month in-game, you race on Weekdays and Weekends. For this achievement, you have to race and complete a Weekend event. Weekend events are always Championship Events. For example, one weekend event is the D-Class Championship. Weekends are Saturday-Sunday only.

     After you choose your starter car, you can compete in Season Play. During any given month in-game, you race on Weekdays and Weekends. For this achievement, you have to race and complete a Weekday event. Weekdays are Monday through Friday.

  • Year 1

     

    50

    Complete the first year of Season Play.

    Please see Year 6 for more information.

  • Year 2

     

    50

    Complete the second year of Season Play.

    Please see Year 6 for more information.

  • Year 3

     

    50

    Complete the third year of Season Play.

    Please see Year 6 for more information.

  • Year 4

     

    50

    Complete the fourth year of Season Play.

    Please see Year 6 for more information.

  • Year 5

     

    50

    Complete the fifth year of Season Play.

    Please see Year 6 for more information.

  • Year 6

     

    50

    Complete the sixth year of Season Play.

    In Season Play mode, there is an event calendar where you choose your races every week. As you progress through years, you can drive better car classes. For example, in the first year, you drive F-D class cars and the next year you drive C class cars.

  • Achieve a gold trophy in every single race in the Event list in Season Play mode.

    This is the most time consuming in the game. You need to finish 220 events in 1st place, and every event consists of 3 or more different tracks.

    The fastest way is to hire a driver compete the race for you. He will take 50% of the winnings and you won't be able to earn any XP, but this way you don't actually have to race. You can just set the race up and then go do something else until the race is finished.

  • Lapper

     

    10

    Complete a time trial.

    Go to Leaderboards, then go to Time Trial and select the car class and the track. Then hit to start the time trial. For F class cars, the shortest track is Mazda Laguna Seca.

  • Race at every track location in the world.

    You must race at any variant of each track in the game, excluding the Test Tracks. You can get this in Season Play or you can choose Hot Lap, Free Play, Time Trials or Multiplayer.

    • Amalfi Coast
    • Camino Viejo
    • Catalunya
    • Fujimi Kaido
    • Iberian Circuit
    • Le Mans Circuit
    • Maple Valley Raceway
    • Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca
    • Mugello
    • New York
    • Nürburgring Nordschleife
    • Rally Di Positano
    • Road America
    • Road Atlanta
    • Sebring International Raceway
    • Sedona Raceway Park
    • Silverstone
    • Sunset Peninsula
    • Suzuka Circuit
    • Tsukuba Circuit
    • Twin Ring Motegi 
  • Own (at least) one car from every manufacturer.

    For this achievement, you need to own at least one vehicle from EVERY manufacturer. Here's a list of what you win and what you need to buy in order to get this achievement.

    Manufacturer - How to Obtain - Car Name
    Acura - Win - Acura #66 de Ferran Motorsports ARX-02a
    Alfa Romeo - Win - Alfa Romeo Brera Italia Independent
    Aston Martin - Win - Aston Martin #007 Aston Martin Racing DBR9
    Audi - Win - Audi R8 5.2 FSI Quattro
    Bentley - Buy - Bentley Continental GT @ 75,000
    BMW - Win - BMW Motorsport M5 E60
    Bugatti - Win - Bugatti Veyron 16.4
    Buick - Buy - Buick Regal GNX @ 63,000
    Cadillac - Buy - Cadillac CTS-V @ 21,000
    Chevrolet - Win - Chevrolet Camaro SS
    Chrysler - Buy - Chrysler Eagle Talon TSi Turbo @ 5,000
    Citroen - Buy - Citroen C4 VTS @ 21,000
    Dodge - Win - Dodge Viper SRT10 ACR
    Ferrari - Win - Ferrari California
    Fiat - Win - Fiat Abarth 500 esseesse
    Ford - Win - Ford Focus RS
    Holden - Win - Holden #2 Toll Holden Racing Team Commodore VE
    Honda - Win - Honda NSX-R GT
    Hyundai - Buy - Hyundai Tuscani Elisa @ 8,000
    Infiniti - Buy - Infiniti G35 Coupe @ 17,000
    Jaguar - Win - Jaguar XKR-S
    Koenigsegg - Win - Koenigsegg CCGT
    Lamborghini - Win - Lamborghini Reventon
    Lancia - Buy - Lancia Delta Integrale EVO @ 22,000
    Land Rover - Buy - Range Rover Supercharged @ 68,000
    Lexus - Win - Lexus IS F
    Lotus - Win - Lotus Exige Cup 240
    Maserati - Win - Maserati GranTurismo
    Mazda - Win - Mazda #16 Dyson Racing B09/86
    McLaren - Win - McLaren #43 F1 GTR
    Mercedes-benz - Win - Mercedes SL 65 AMG Black Series
    Mini - Buy - Mini Cooper S @ 12,000
    Mitsubishi - Buy - Mitsubishi Eclipse GSX @ 4,000
    Nissan - Win - Nissan MINE'S R34 Skyline GT-R
    Opel - Buy - Opel Speedster Turbo @ 37,000
    Pagani - Buy - Pagani Zonda C12 @ 400,000
    Panoz - Buy - Panoz Esperante GTLM @ 80,000
    Peugeot - Win - Peugeot Super 2000
    Pontiac - Buy - Pontiac Firebird Trans Am GTA @ 6,000
    Porsche - Win - Porsche 911 GT2 (997)
    Renault - Win - Renault Sport Clio V6
    Saab - Buy - Saab 9-3 Aero @ 11,000
    Saleen - Win - Saleen #2 Konrad Motorsports S7R
    Saturn - Buy - Saturn ION Red Line @ 11,000
    Scion - Buy - Scion xD @ 9,000
    Seat - Win - SEAT Leon Supercup
    Shelby - Buy - Shelby GT-500KR @ 120,000
    Subaru - Buy - Subaru Impreza WRX STi @ 17,000
    Toyota - Buy - Toyota Celica Supra @ 4,000
    TVR - Win - TVR Sagaris
    Vauxhall - Win - Vauxhall VX220 Turbo
    Volkswagen - Win - Scirocco GT
    Volvo - Buy - Volvo S60 R @ 16,000

    The total cost of CR you will need to buy all the needed cars is 1,027,000. That is not including all the cars you win.

  • Jump five feet.

    You can get this on your first race, the prologue race, when you're racing in the Audi R8 on the Amalfi Coast. Just after the first bend, you can hit a bump and jump five feet off the track. If you don't get it on this race, you will be able to get it in most other races in the career.

  • Create a paint job or vinyl group.

    For this achievement, take any car during Season Play. Choose Paint in the Main Menu, click Paint Car, then paint the car any color. Once you are done, press to save it. 

  • Buyer

     

    10

    Buy something using the storefront.

    During Season Play, in the Main Menu, choose Storefront. Click Buy Tuning Setups/Vinyl Groups/Designs and buy any item. It doesn't matter how much you spend, just as long as you buy something. 

    Some people cell their designs for 0 CR. If you don't want to actually buy something to use on your car, you can just by something for 0 CR and you will still get the achievement.

  • Upload a photo or movie to Forzamotorsport.net

    During any race, press and select Photo Mode. Press to take a Photo, again to save it, rename your photo then press again to upload to Forzamotorsport.net.

  • Complete your first Forza Motorsport movie.

    Finish any single race you like, then as the menu pops up, select View Replay. Then select Make Movie, which is the third icon from the right during the replay, set quality as anything you like, but keep Movie Length as 5.0 s, and keep game speed at 50%. Then select create movie with and it will start to upload. Once the upload is complete, you will get the achievement.

  • Sell a car in the Auction House.

    During Season Play, select Cars in the Main Menu, then My Cars, then select any car that you want to sell, press on it, then choose Auction Car. Select a price you would like to sell it for, then submit it.

    Not every car that is in the Auction House is sold, so you might want to use the Achievement Trading Thread to find someone that can buy your car in exchange.

  • Sniper

     

    10

    Win an auction by outbidding someone.

    This achievement is actually harder than it seems because you can never know whether someone else is going to bid on a car you want. You could get lucky and randomly win one, but the easiest way to get this would be to boost it by finding someone in the Achievement Trading Thread to auction a car that no one else wants and placing a very high starting price on it. Bid once on the car and periodically check back to see if anyone else has bid on it. If someone else has, outbid them so you can win. Once the time runs out and you obtain the car, the achievement will unlock.

  • Take a photo of your car.

    Please see Curator for more information.

  • Create a car tuning file for your car.

    In the Main Menu, select Upgrade, then select Tune Set Up. Move your Tire Pressure down a notch, press and Save Current Set Up.

  • Sell a Tuning Setup, Design, or Vinyl Group from your storefront.

    In the Main Menu, select Storefront, then My Storefront. Press to upload the tuning setup that you created in Grease Monkey. Once you do this, you can ask someone in the Achievement Trading Thread to buy the car from you.

  • Travel in excess of 200mph.

    Select Free Play from in the Main Menu, then Hot Lap. Pick the Bugatti Veyron as your car and pick Nurburgring as the track. When the race starts, drive up until the first bend, turn around, and drive as fast as you can down the straight away. This car is extremely fast so you should be able to get it with no problems.

  • Win a race using cockpit mode.

    Once you start any race, press to change the view until you get to the Cockpit View. Finish the race entirely in this view and you will get this achievement. It is best to get this achievement in one of the earlier races in the game.

  • Earn over 1,000 points in a single drift section.

    During any single race, press , to make a drift counter show up in the top right corner. As you approach the first turn, turn like you normally would and press to make your car 'drift'. Keep hold of the drift, making sure you don't spin out, until you get 1,000 points in the green counter in the top right of the screen. Once you do, straighten out and you will get the achievement.

  • Earn over 100,000 points in a single lap.

    Use the same method as Drifter on a single lap at either Nurburgring or Fujima Kaido. Make sure you get 100,000 points on a SINGLE LAP, not just the entire race. Make sure you drift around every turn to get the most points.

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