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Peak Performer achievement in Mirror's Edge Catalyst

Peak Performer

Get a 3-star rating on all Dashes in the main game

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  • Mr BlackMagikMr BlackMagik
    12 Jun 2016 12 Jun 2016 18 Jun 2016
    This achievement is for obtaining 3 Stars on all Dashes (not to be confused with User Created Time Trials) in the game. There are 22 in total and you must progress through the main story missions to unlock them all.

    General Tips/Info
    - These videos just show the path I used. You don't need to follow every move precisely as there are plenty of different ways of doing them.
    - These Dashes are not as hard as the original Time Trials in the 1st game, so don't worry to much.
    - Use LT to coil over railings, boxes, etc.
    - Use LT to roll out of a big landing if necessary
    - Use RT to roll out of a slide
    - Use RT after losing momentum to Shift and regain some momentum.

    Birdman's Route


    Nomad's Run


    Donkey In An Oven


    A Handy Shortcut


    Concrete Canyon


    High Roller Avenue


    Backstreet Bluff


    Heading Home


    Take Me To The Gridnode


    Quite A View


    Consumer Mayhem


    Old Tunnels


    Rezoning


    Under Construction


    Out In The Open


    Feature Creep


    The Scenic Route


    Caleb's Run


    Too Close To The Sun


    Don't Fall Down


    Noah's Run


    The Allcom Shuffle

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    Kival4362Eu fiz todas as corridas com três estrelas mas não consegui a conquista o que faço?
    Posted by Kival4362 on 30 Jun 20 at 18:37
    Kival4362I've done all the races with 3 stars but I couldn't achieve what I do
    Posted by Kival4362 on 30 Jun 20 at 18:39
    M4tty16Just finished up the game following these guides. Fantastic. Thumbs up from me.
    Posted by M4tty16 on 14 Sep 23 at 15:30
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  • Alice2183Alice2183
    16 Jun 2016 17 Jun 2016 07 Jan 2017
    There are 22 dashes in the main game, but all of them will not be available until you progress the story, so if you run out of dashes, just continue with main story missions until more unlock.

    I found that they got easier in the later areas, so if you are struggling on the ones in the beginning, don't worry about them getting more difficult.

    Some general tips:

    *Use cn_RT to Shift and gain speed. Use this often. Use it at the beginning of each run and any time you jump, fall, or turn in a way that causes you to lose speed.

    *Use cn_LB then cn_LT in quick succession to coil jump over short walls and obstacles. This can also help you pick up a little speed, but "bunny hopping" by chaining these together is not usually necessary and is more difficult to control in my opinion. I only used this a few times, and it probably wasn't 100% necessary.

    *Change your sensitivity in your Options menu (Start-Options-Controls-Controller Sensitivity) to as high as you can stand. This will help you make faster turns and get on target quicker. I usually have mine set to about 75-80%.

    *Make sure you have made it past the story mission "Benefactor" (mission 6) before you try any of these because this mission unlocks the ability to purchase a lot of the more useful skills and gives you the Magrope Pull-up skill, which you will need for some of the dashes. In general, I'd recommend having Skill Roll, Quickturn, Coil, and Climb Efficiency unlocked as well as Magrope before even attempting any of these. You probably also want Extended Slide and Double Wallrun for some as well.

    Below are some in-depth walkthroughs taking you through all of the moves that you need to make for each of these dashes. In some I also show you alternate paths and moves that might help you pick up speed, even if I did not do them in my 3 star run. I tried to make these runs as user-friendly as possible so that you don't have to pull off crazy fancy moves if it isn't absolutely necessary, and I tested them to make sure that I could replicate each dash so that you hopefully can as well.

    At the beginning of each video there are annotations linking you to the 3 star run if you would like to skip the tutorial section.

    Birdman's Route


    High Roller Avenue

    A Handy Shortcut


    Nomad's Run


    Backstreet Bluff


    Concrete Canyon


    Quite A View


    Heading Home


    Consumer Mayhem


    Donkey in an Oven


    Take Me to the Gridnode


    The Allcom Shuffle


    Feature Creep


    Old Tunnels


    Rezoning Dash


    Under Construction


    Out in the Open


    Noah's Run


    Don't Fall Down


    Too Close to the Sun


    The Scenic Route


    Caleb's Run
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    Runner eGirlthank you for the tutorial sections, I found them very useful. The only dash I had trouble with was the scenic route, I ended up looking for an alternate route in youtube, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MUSZOUwKeg in case someone else is running into the same problem. This alternative worked 3rd try for me (I was already quite familiar with the route though, so it could take longer if you are starting off with that one)
    Posted by Runner eGirl on 28 Oct 18 at 04:46
    ll Chief 23 llThese guides were great and a massive help. Thank you.
    Posted by ll Chief 23 ll on 13 Jan 20 at 11:35
    LRD SOTHGreat videos Alice!
    Posted by LRD SOTH on 24 Oct 23 at 18:39
  • x I LAZ I xx I LAZ I x
    08 Jul 2016 11 Jul 2016 11 Jul 2016
    This is just to show some alternative routes shown in the videos of the previous two solutions. I have made a playlist on YouTube with all the Dashes shown in their own separate videos. The playlist can be found here:

    Notes:

    1 - I don't use any glitches that the WR holder uses. Mainly because I can't be bothered to learn them.

    2 - These runs all use effective and comfortable routes (hence the no glitches point, previously) which can be adapted by yourself, if need be, to attain the 3 stars. Although, some Dashes were more highly optimised than others, with two of the being in top 10 in the world, at the time of recording.

    3 - A further elaboration on point "2", with the routes being comfortable (after a bit of practice), most times are sat in the top 3%, with only 2 or 3 of them being outside of this. The times in the videos are mostly quite comfortably under the 3 star rating, so they allow room for error.

    4 - The times stated on each Dash are the maximum time limits for each star rating.


    https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLi5h0cVP_rgJb4eKnOHfS...


    In addition to this, if you're only after one or two of them, here are all the videos separately with their star rating timings:

    Caleb's Run:

    3 Stars = 35.00
    2 Stars = 38.00
    1 Star = 46.00



    Don't Fall Down:

    3 Stars = 57.00
    2 Stars = 1:26.00
    1 Star = 1:58.00



    Backstreet Bluff:

    3 Stars = 44.00
    2 Stars = 52.00
    1 Star = 1:02.00



    Noah's Run:

    3 Stars = 1:05.00
    2 Stars = 1:14.00
    1 Star = 1:35.00



    The Allcom Shuffle:

    3 Stars = 14.00
    2 Stars = 40.00
    1 Star = 44.00



    High Roller Avenue:

    3 Stars = 45.00
    2 Stars = 52.00
    1 Star = 1:00.00



    Under Construction:

    3 Stars = 21.00
    2 Stars = 23.00
    1 Star = 26.50



    The Scenic Route:

    3 Stars = 1:36.00
    2 Stars = 1:46.00
    1 Star = 2:22.00



    The Concrete Canyon:

    3 Stars = 32.50
    2 Stars = 38.00
    1 Star = 46.00



    Rezoning Dash:

    3 Stars = 21.50
    2 Stars = 25.00
    1 Star = 28.00



    Nomad's Run:

    3 Stars = 19.00
    2 Stars = 34.00
    1 Star = 42.00



    Quite a View:

    3 Stars = 36.00
    2 Stars = 47.50
    1 Star = 1:20.00



    Heading Home:

    3 Stars = 2:09.00
    2 Stars = 3:10.00
    1 Star = 3:40.00



    Birdman's Route:

    3 Stars = 40.00
    2 Stars = 48.00
    1 Star = 56.00



    Donkey in an Oven:

    3 Stars = 24.00
    2 Stars = 29.00
    1 Star = 33.00



    Too Close to the Sun:

    3 Stars = 55.00
    2 Stars = 59.00
    1 Star = 1:08.00




    Feature Creep:

    3 Stars = 34.00
    2 Stars = 38.00
    1 Star = 44.00



    Take me to the Gridnode:

    3 Stars = 23.50
    2 Stars = 43.50
    1 Star = 51.00



    Old Tunnels:

    3 Stars = 40.50
    2 Stars = 45.00
    1 Star = 57.00



    Consumer Mayhem:

    3 Stars = 37.50
    2 Stars = 51.00
    1 Star = 58.00



    A Handy Shortcut:

    3 Stars = 46.00
    2 Stars = 58.00
    1 Star = 1:04.00



    Out in the Open:

    3 Stars = 28.50
    2 Stars = 30.50
    1 Star = 33.50

    * These ratings are as accurate as I could tell, they are very close together and hard to distinguish



    As previously stated, these just show alternative paths which some people may find easier and smoother. Some of these videos are well beneath the cut off point for 3 stars, allowing for more mistakes.
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    x I LAZ I xI did say 'some' allow spare time. Some runs are very tight just in general. I recall a few runs where even the top 10 was only 4-5 seconds above the 3-star cut off points.

    Try and make sure you press the RT after every manoeuvre to get that important speed boost. And I also made it a habit to constantly tap LT to help with the vaulting. The LT may not work all the time, I might be recalling slightly differently; I haven't played this game in a little while, now.

    But don't forget; the videos are there for help, you can slightly tailor the routes if you find a way that is easier or faster for you. The routes aren't set in stone. That's the beauty of this game :)
    Posted by x I LAZ I x on 01 Aug 16 at 15:38
    MikaszVery nice guide, thanks. +1 from me. However, it would become even better it you hide videos in spoilers (faster loading).
    Posted by Mikasz on 05 Aug 17 at 12:43
    yollom69These are fantastic alternate routes. Shame can't give upvote multiple times. Thank you for the guides toast
    Posted by yollom69 on 21 Feb 22 at 23:49
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