Achievement Guide & Road Map

[eastx]

Jeremy McGrath's Offroad Achievement Guide and Road Map

Overview:

-Estimated achievement difficulty: 1/10
-Offline: 12 (200http://www.xbox360achievements.org/images/site/gp-g.jpg)
-Online: 0
-Approximate amount of time to 200http://www.xbox360achievements.org/images/site/gp-g.jpg: 10+ hours (depending on grinding method)
-Minimum number of playthroughs needed: 1+
-Number of missable achievements: 0
-Do cheat codes disable achievements? No cheats
-Does difficulty affect achievements? No
-Glitchy achievements: None
-Unobtainable achievements? None
-Extra equipment needed? None

Introduction
Jeremy McGrath's Offroad is the first Xbox Live Arcade game from 2XL Games, who primarily produce mobile racing games. It's a fun and easy offroad racer featuring five types of cars and trucks (not 40 different vehicles as the 2XL website claims) and six unique tracks.

Achievement-wise, you can get 11 out of 12 in about two hours. The last Achievement, Drive 1000 Miles, will unfortunately require about 8 hours of grinding. It doesn't seem like online multiplayer contributes towards miles driven, but I'm checking with the developer and will update if they respond. I'm hoping 2XL at least releases some DLC with new events and tracks to make the grind a little more interesting.

Step 1: Career
Career Mode consists of 23 events divided up by vehicle type. Each event you complete unlocks the next event type. You don't even need to come in first place in more than 3 events, though you'll get much more experience (to spend on upgrades) for doing so. If you play on the easiest difficulty, you shouldn't ever come in under first anyway. In just over two hours, you'll finish Career and have only two Achievements left to go.

Step 2: Time Trial
Head to Arcade Mode and play Time Trial on any track. Just complete six laps and you'll get the Time Trials Achievement.

Step 3: Grinding towards Drive 1000 Miles
Now for the long haul. You should have driven about 175 miles so far, which leaves just 825 to go for the Drive 1000 Miles Achievement! Put in the time and you'll unlock it eventually.

Conclusion
I wish 2XL hadn't stuck in the grinding Achievement, because it's the only unfun part of the Jeremy McGrath's Offroad. Still, anyone can get all 200http://www.xbox360achievements.org/images/site/gp-g.png if they play long enough. Good luck!

[eastx]

Career-Based Achievements

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Sportsman Career Complete

Each 'Career' consists of 3-6 events associated with a particular vehicle. Simply complete each event in a career for its Achievement and to unlock the next event. This is the Sportsman Truck career, just 3 events long.

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ProLite Career Complete

4 events. See Sportsman Career Complete for description.

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Pro Buggy Career Complete

5 events. See Sportsman Career Complete for description.

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Rally Class Career Complete

5 events. See Sportsman Career Complete for description.

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2XL Gold Award

This is the Trophy Truck Career, consisting of 6 events. See Sportsman Career Complete for description.

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Complete 10 Events

You'll get this while working through the Pro Buggy Career.

Miscellaneous Achievements

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Win First Race

Just come in first during a race. This will likely be your first Achievement.

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Win 3 Races

Nothing to it. You should get this upon completing the Sportsman Career, unless you somehow come in under first during a race.

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Play 1 Hour

Simple time-based Achievement. I got this near the beginning of the Rally Car Career.

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Drive 100 Miles

You'll probably get this around the time you get Play 1 Hour. See Drive 1000 Miles for more details.

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Drive 1000 Miles

This is the most time-consuming Achievement in the game. It takes about an hour per 100 miles, so you're looking at a minimum of 10 hours or so before you hit 1000.

To check your progress, go to Leaderboards and press :xbut: for Local stats, and then hit :rbbut: until you reach the Miscellaneous screen. You can only view distance driven by individual tracks, so you'll need to check each track and add their miles up for the full amount. Note that I completed an online game and my miles didn't increase, so you'll want to stick to offline games to be safe.

The best way to grind for miles is by playing Time Trials in Arcade mode. Just pick a track, the Trophy Truck Type, make sure you've put maxed out the vehicle's Top Speed and Acceleration, turn off Road Hazards, and then drive for as many laps as you'd like. Pause and exit to the main menu when done.

I've also had success taping down the :rtbut:and letting the truck drive itself. On the Chippewa track, it usually completes a lap (5.18 miles) in 6-7 minutes. However, you can't leave the game completely unattended as the truck gets stuck on objects sometimes. When that happens, just tap :back: and it'll get back on track. The taping method is best used while you're doing something else but can still hear the engine and crashing sounds, and thus attend to the game as necessary.

Alternatively, you can not only tape the :rtbut: in place but also tape the :ls: to either the left or right so that the truck does donuts constantly. This brings in 30-40 miles per hour, so it's the slowest method of gaining miles, but at least it doesn't require any attention from the player.

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Time Trials

Pick Arcade mode, choose your track and vehicle, and then select Time Trial as the race type. After completing one lap, your ghost will start racing along with you during each subsequent lap. It doesn't matter whether or not you beat the ghost. After completing the sixth lap, the Achievement will pop.

[eastx]

Reserved.....................

[StrongerSpurs]

Nice road map dude XD

[eastx]

Nice road map dude XD

Thanks! Just finished it up. :)

[jeffy x360a]

what about the donut method the soloution on TA talks about? did you try it?

he says to rubberband the sticks and just do donuts. just wondering. i mean he says you only get about 40 miles an hour but if it will run continuous then it would be worth it overnight or while your gone.

im just curious if anyone has tried this and how to set it up and on which tracks.

thanks for any feedback

EDIT: I left it rubber banded last night while I slept in a fully upgraded trophy truck doing donuts and had the achieve when I woke. I did about 600 miles in 9 hours. I rubberbanded the left stick going left and the RT button all the way down for max speed.

[FatmanDude]

I was going to write this but you beat me to it :)
I would recommend doing Time Trial to grind the 1000 miles as you can do as many laps as you want without stopping :D

[Master SS x360a]

For me the right difficulty of this game is 2.
I've finished all but 1 cheevo in only 2 hours but for the 1000 Miles you need other 800 ones after you have finished the career and there will be at least other 5-6 hours of play,maybe also 10.
Easy but not immediate 20 g

[Rep]

For me the right difficulty of this game is 2.
I've finished all but 1 cheevo in only 2 hours but for the 1000 Miles you need other 800 ones after you have finished the career and there will be at least other 5-6 hours of play

That's time consuming, not difficult.

[eastx]

That's time consuming, not difficult.

Precisely. I don't think we factor in time requirements when rating difficulty. Time is listed as a separate thing, so it all works out.

[Wolfgar61]

Thanks for the Guide & Road map. The games not bad either!

[* Clueless *]

Just published!
Jeremy McGrath's Offroad [Guide & Roadmap] (http://www.xbox360achievements.org/game/jeremy-mcgraths-offroad/guide/)
Let me know if you find any errors or wish to update/edit it, Thanks for your efforts!
Cheers! ;)

[djrapperz]

Got all chevos for this game last night. I really enjoyed it :)

[Graivul]

Having just reached 100% on this, I can safely say that 1000 mile achievement is going into my profile page under 'never again'.

I raced for 650 miles then found myself ready to book a flight to the Swiss Dignitas clinic to commit suicide and put myself out of my misery.... Rubber banded the rest.

Great guide though thanks!

[eastx]

Drive 1000 Miles is glitched. See my other thread.


Many people have it, including me, so I'm not sure we should call it glitched just yet. If we get similar reports, I'll label it as semi-glitched.