Like a Boss achievement in Forza Horizon 3

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This achievement requires you to upgrade all 4 festival locations.

Each of the four festival locations can be upgraded to level 5. The final festival upgrade is available once you reach 25,000,000 fans.

There are a few ways you can earn fans in Horizon 3:

-Exhibition Races
-Championships
-PR Stunts
-Showcases
-Bucket List Challenges

Events such as head-to-head races and street races do not gain you any fans since they are seen as "under the table" races and not directly affiliated with the Horizon Festival.

*EDIT* Thanks to AH GamerScore for pointing out that the amount of fans you win varies on what difficulty your playing, so all of these numbers are based on "Average" AI difficulty, which is the default.

Now I cannot attest to the amount of fans you earn before completing the final showcase, but after completing it each race and earning at least 1 star in PR stunts earned me about 130,000 fans plus bonuses from my Drivatar lineup and Skills completed during the race.

My personal suggestions to doing this, if you are going to attempt to 100% the game, is the following:

1) Make sure you do every showcase event. Not sure the outcome of losing but winning them earns you about 1,000,000 fans. I know most people will do them regardless but I say this because you can get the achievement for completing the final showcase without actually having to complete it.

2) Focus on Exhibition races first. There is an achievement linked to completing one at every single route in the game and you get about 130,000-140,000 fans per race win after you've completed the final showcase, so it really adds up and they aren't time consuming.

3) While travelling between Exhibition races, try and get at least one star on any PR stunts or complete any Bucket Lists you come across. Granted you may not have the right vehicle at the time to get 3 stars, but one starring PR stunts after the final showcase gets you 130,000-140,000 fans, plus more if you manage to get two or three stars. If you get stuck on a Bucket List challenge though, just leave it and come back to it later.

4) If you race all the Exhibition races and get tired of PR Stunts and Bucket List challenges, then you can race Championships, which are a series of races. Each race nets you about 130,000-140,000 after you complete the final showcase, plus if you win the championship you get an extra 250,000 fans.

There are more than enough fans to gather out there that you do not have to complete every race, Bucket List, PR Stunt and Championship to get this. At the time of writing I only finished 58/63 Exhibition races, 6 Championships, and haven't gotten at least one star on 5 PR events.

If there's anything I'm missing from this let me know, and if there are any questions feel free to ask. Again this is just my personal experience playing the game, not a get fans quick method.

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Mine popped early as well, after upgrading my last site to a level 4.

Posted by Berserkr IX on 03 Jun 21 at 04:23

I'm stuck at 93% so looks like I'm among the unlucky ones who now have several achievements not sync on this game.

Posted by AgileDuke on 10 Jan 22 at 06:25

Yeah, stuck for me too... unlocked all the achievements in the 2nd guide... over 25m fans... all sites at Level 5.... nothing, so annoying :-(

Posted by Rossa on 19 Feb 22 at 18:21

I was the same error but the post of The Rankmeister on 27 Mar 20 at 15:29 has the solve!
I installed the game on the PC without sync data, I play about a half hour (First festival upgrade) and ready!

Posted by darkPipeT on 30 Jun 22 at 16:53

Also got stuck at 93%, reset the game and nothing. Crossing my fingers that the new game trick works.

Posted by Adoril on 06 Nov 22 at 14:10

FIX: BUT WITH A WARNING! If you're stuck at 93% after completing all of the upgrades (like I was), exit the game. Press the start button on the Forza Horizon 3 game. Click on "Manage game and add-ons". Next, click on "Saved data". Next, click on your avatar picture (NOT "DELETE ALL"). Next, choose "DELETE FROM CONSOLE". When you start a new game it will automatically try to "Sync" (Make sure to cancel this before it completes syncing). This will start you from the VERY beginning, but no worries. Play the first hour or 2 to upgrade the opening festivals. This will trigger the achievement. Now click on the "Home" button and DELETE your new save file on "CONSOLE ONLY". Now reload Forza Horizon 3 and let it sync your old save file. You will now have the achievement and all of your progress. There is no need to disconnect your Ethernet cable during any of this. I followed these exact same steps and it worked flawlessly. I hope this helps someone. Just make sure you do this in one shot (which takes an hour or two), so there's no chance of syncing your "new" save file.

Posted by Luv4Cheese on 27 Jan 23 at 06:15

This game has been super buggy for me (a problem i rarely encounter). This achievement is stuck at 87%, my beauty spots one is stuck at 84% and one of the first achievements that should pop for adding 4 radio stations has still not popped for me despite having all festivals and now all upgraded to level 5 too

Posted by VOODOO85 on 29 Mar 23 at 19:52

I was dubious starting again would work, but decided to follow the steps @Luv4Cheese posted... And you know what, the chevo only went and popped after upgrading the first festival site to lvl 2... So happy 😊

Posted by Rossa on 18 Nov 23 at 15:14

@Luv4Cheese is my hero. Their way worked a treat. I was a bit nervous I’d lose my save, but alas, I did not. It synced right back up after following your steps. Kudos to you, @Luv4Cheese.

Posted by MoneyLaunderer on 24 Mar at 21:17

Thank you @Luv4Cheese, you're a life saver! Thanks to your tip, i was able to get the achievements that was stucked for me, this one and "I want it all".

Posted by ajWolfSkyrim on 11 Apr at 12:40

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