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The Only Way Is Up achievement in DiRT Rally

The Only Way Is Up

Finish in the Top Tier of a Hillclimb Daily in Online Events.

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How to unlock the The Only Way Is Up achievement

  • PJTierneyPJTierney
    26 Apr 2016 29 Apr 2016
    Entering a Hillclimb Daily
    DiRT Daily events change every day at 11.00 BST, and a Hillclimb Daily will not appear every day. The car and stage location are pre-defined by Codemasters, so if you don't see a Pikes Peak event you'll have to check back again a day later to see if one shows up. Typically there is at least 1 Hillclimb Daily every week, sometimes more.


    Finishing in Top Tier
    "Top Tier" is defined as finishing in the top 33% of the overall leaderboard for a Daily event once it finishes. If 600 people complete a Daily event, you would need to finish in the Top 200 in order to be classified as a Top Tier finisher.

    When an event ends and you next enter the Online Events section, your rewards will be given. It is at this point that the Achievement will unlock for you if you met the requirements.


    Tips for Pikes Peak Hillblimb Dailies
    It goes without saying that you need to know the course in order to set a quick time. It will come to you naturally as you take part in more and more Hillclimbs, to the point where you know what kinds of corners are coming up. Many corners on this circuit are blind so knowing the layout beforehand is a big advantage.

    If you get a clean run (no Penalties or major spins/crashes) you will generally finish high up on the leaderboard. Don't be afraid to brake earlier than normal in order to navigate a corner safely; it's better to lose 1 second than 15 afterall.

    Knowing the cars also helps. The Peugeot 205 is very twitchy and will punish you if you push it too hard. The Audi Quattro is a reliable and predictable car to drive, and the Peugeot 405 is both quick and stable, although it does have a tendency to understeer on asphalt.

    The following is a Hillclimb Daily that I completed on April 10. It should give you a general idea of how to approach each corner, with minor changes to be made depending on the weather/surface you're driving on.



    Bugged Achievement for Early Unlockers:
    If you completed a Hillclimb Daily before April 11, 2016 and finished in the Top Tier, your Achievement is most likely bugged and stuck at 100%. Discussion on this can be found here with an explanation of the bug below:

    Small update from Codemasters:

    It is nothing to do with the game, it is a background process by Xbox Live that is constantly running but can take a week to process everything. It is very out of our control.

    The achievement is a counter (amount of times in top tier at hillclimb online event) that once it reaches one it unlocks, previously it was a much larger number. Changing it from that large number to the correct number with users at the unlock condition has caused problems.
    So in short;

    Those of us that did the first Hillclimb and finished in Top Tier increased our counters from 0 to 1.

    At the time however the Achievement required a counter of 50 to unlock.

    That was subsequently changed to require a counter of 1, but as many of us were already at 1, we couldn't "cross the line" from 0 to 1 and thus unlock the Achievement.
    There are 2 things you can to to attempt to get this issue resolved, I recommend doing both:

    > Respond to this comment on the Codemasters forums, providing your Gamertag to the Community Manager.

    > Fill out this Xbox Support survey. For Question 6 the date you need to add is 04/11/16. For Question 7 the Date you need to add is 11.00 BST.

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    MooMooWillyI’ve had issues with this one and the wager cheev not unlocking despite being well inside the top tier. I assume it’s a quick resume problem unfortunately.
    Posted by MooMooWilly on 30 Sep 22 at 10:45
    Extase4u2This is bugged for me and the above link has expired.
    Posted by Extase4u2 on 05 Oct 22 at 10:09
    Ian333333I finished well inside the top tier today 12th/145 with 2 hrs to go but it didn’t pop when I got the results???
    Posted by Ian333333 on 05 Oct 22 at 14:26
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  • JDawgg77JDawgg77
    22 Sep 2022 26 Sep 2022 26 Sep 2022
    The current guide is top notch. I just wanted to post some pointers and goals based on my experience here in the final days of the servers being up. First thing is this is much easier than you think and you can do it.

    My experience: The entire ten stage climb was the course, which turned out to be great because a lot of people push too hard and crash. Not sure if there are smaller sections that may come up or not. I practiced once and poorly. I got two tries! The goal was just to finish. I took it easy but had a few offs and finished with 10:30 time. Second run, two minor offs that cost me ten seconds and i finished at 9:45. I was at about top 15% and needed top 33%. 33% was minutes behind me. So many people push and crash out or blow tires.

    My tips:
    If it states "Run 1", you'll get two runs and your best is the one that counts.
    10:00 easily gets you the achievement and there are 10 splits so if you average 1:00 a split, you're on my pace which you shouldnt need to match so maybe 1:20 should be safe. Maybe make a slow run first and try for better the second one if u look at the leaderboard and feel you need improvement.
    Prioritize car safety and not going too fast and ending up off the track and getting a :15 penalty. Nice and easy on the gas and brake early for turns.

    Cue Rob Schneider in The Waterboy yelling, "You can do it!!!"
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    JDawgg77Ask away if u need any advice. I know this is a hard game so just wanted people to know there are some low hanging fruit here. Also, the rallycross daily is easy right now too. Posting over there as well.
    Posted by JDawgg77 on 26 Sep 22 at 16:02
    Ox1893The servers are still up.
    Posted by Ox1893 on 25 Mar at 10:26
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