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Marathon achievement in Assetto Corsa Competizione

Marathon

Complete a Long Career achieving a gold cup

Marathon+8.0
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How to unlock the Marathon achievement

  • NickFury PlayerNickFury Player
    14 May 2021 03 May 2021 23 May 2021
    EDIT:After trying enough I was able to confirm that all of the three gold career achievements are unlockable, so the first two paragraphs of this guide can be ignored which is the disclaimer and the one after, I have nothing else to add to this guide because the info provided here is enough to get the achievements. I still stand for my point of wanting to receive more information in order to improve the guide, and another point is that the method of the Silverstone event is completely usable to get an easier gold medal.


    Original solution:
    DISCLAIMER: This is not a full guide that will guarantee you the achievement because as you can see no one achieved it so far, so this will be more close to a roadmap of what to do and don't but I think it is just a matter of time until someone gets it. And in case someone sees this and ends up trying to do this, comment below what did you find in your career because I don't think I found everyway to fail this achievement so any other tips will be helpful.

    Something else to be pointed out is that according to some players it was possible reach a gold medal overall before but the achievement didn't popped, but according to the developers it was fixed after some time, and on PlayStation there are people with the corresponding trophy and because the game on console it's on the same version on both so getting the achievement is probably just a matter of time and patience.

    Before I start explaining the events I also wanted to point that this is same for all three career types the short and the medium and the large one. Also some tips that were discovered so far that will be necessary to know before starting the career:

    *Always choose the easy difficulty in all three careers, why? Well it's because you will make it easier for yourself against the AI obviously, and also the difficulty affects the the times required on the test events and some of them can be a little challenging even on easy so just choose it and don't worry about it.

    *Playing offline is a good way to have a backup save if anything goes wrong, because in test events I had four different times where I lost my career after getting a gold medal but my overall one dropped to silver so I recommend using on the test events only because I didn't had problems with any races.

    *DO NOT restart events with the option on the menu and always finish the events with gold medals on first try in order to not have to deal with bugs because I had a lot and according to some other players that tried this, say that the game registers your first result so if you get silver medal but restart and get a gold medal the game will drop you to overall silver so make sure you don't make this mistake.

    *This is not a skill required achievement overall but this a racing sim so don't think this will be a simple Forza career because there will be some difficult parts for beginners so finish everything else in the game and after that you should try to do this one.

    *About the overall medal, it needs to stay in gold throughout the entire career because if it goes down to silver it doesn't come back to gold again.

    *There are only two types of events: the race ones and the test ones both will be almost the same in all of them in races there will always be training, qualifying and the races themselves, and the test ones will vary depending on the objective.

    *You need to be the fastest in every event, every training, every qualifying, every test and every race you will need to win or get the fastest lap in order to get a gold medal in these sessions.

    *Deleted laps doesn't matter, if you cut the track you will see that your time is red and that your lap will not count, but as long as you get the fastest lap or win the race it will not change anything on your medal.

    *In races there will be two objectives that don't give points and are not necessary for the gold medal, which are the one for overtaking two adversaries and for having 100% of your laps being clean, the first one is impossible because you will start on first place so there is no way to overtake anyone even if you give them the position it will not count but both objectives doesn't matter so don't worry about them.

    *Before the timer goes out in every race or test event make a save on the pause menu to make sure your game doesn't crash and make you lose some progress because I had this problem a lot of times so yeah better be prepared to such thing. And in case you save and the game crashes on the second try you should go to the pit or retreat to the garage through the option on the pause to menu to avoid this issue.

    *Because some events need good results a tune could be needed to make it easier so this is a video just for that:
    Credits to Blu3 Angels
    In the events themselves I will tell when to look for a tune because it will not be necessary in every event.

    After the debrief of everything let's start with the events now:


    First test at Monza

    This one will be after you start your career and it doesn't matter because it doesn't give any medal, it's only a way for the game to recommend you a difficulty based on your performance but as I said choose the easy difficulty to not make things harder for yourself.


    Second and third test at Monza

    Both are simple ones only requiring you to get the fastest lap but the 2nd will be on wet condition and the 3rd will be at night.


    Before moving you will be able to pick a vehicle to drive during your career, for you to able to get tunes, the car to choose is the Porsche and is also considered the fastest car for the career so this is the one you should pick.


    First race at Zolder

    As it was mentioned before the three initial sessions which are the training and both qualify sessions just require for you the get the fastest lap. And there will be two races which also just require you to get first the place and you will be good. For all of the other races it will be the same process as in this one so use this as your usual procedure for all of the races in the career.


    Fourth test at Brands Hatch

    This is the first event that you will probably need a tune so use the video at the start of the guide in case you need it, now with that out of the way the challenge is to do 7 laps in less than 11:10 minutes if you are on easy difficulty, and for that you will need pace of 1:33s in your laps to get to this goal, there is also the opportunity to use the save after every lap to make you sure you don't make a mistake and lose it all.
    And as it was mentioned before you can play this one offline to make sure your overall medal stays on gold after finishing the event, because there is no way of coming back after getting to the title screen while you are online.


    Second race at Brands Hatch

    Same procedure as always be the fastest in every session and win the races and you're going to be good.


    Fifth test at Misano

    This is an easy one with no clear goal other than testing your tires so just drive around doing slower laps and build your way up to faster laps to be the fastest. And be careful with the tyre temperature avoid curbs and don't push the car to it's limit it will only burn the tyres with high temperatures so careful with that as well.


    Third race at Misano

    Same procedure as the other two be the fastest every session and win both races to get the medal.


    Fourth race at Hungaroring

    Same procedure I guess you already know it by know.


    Sixth test at Nurburgring

    This is another easy test which only seems to require for you to get some consistent laps and you will be done.


    Fifth race at Nurburgring

    Last race of the first season but same as the other races before as you could have guessed it.


    Seventh test at Paul Ricard

    Once again just another test to go around without a objective to beat just make sure you improve your laps and make everything as usual to finish this one.


    First endurance race at Monza

    Only one race session with a longer time and more pit stops than the other ones but it's the same thing be the fastest and win the race to get this one done.


    Second endurance race at Silverstone

    Once again another race and once again the same procedure but we're getting close to the end at least.

    Eighth test at Silverstone

    Ok this one is not easy but there is a way out which I can't confirm if it works but first let me explain the challenge itself. Your objective is to get a time of 2:04:500 or lower on wet condition and based on online races I know that a lot of people can't get this time even on dry conditions so it's a pretty complicated one, but based on the video that I linked before it is possible but it won't be reachable for everyone even more for controller users. But thankfully I found an way to deal with the event which would be to wait on the screen of the event before going out on track and starting the timer, so this way the day time will go by and with the 10 minute clock stopped and as it goes the track will become dry and you could use dry tyres to get a faster time I managed to get a 2:02 but my overall medal went silver and I lost my career in this event. As people keep on trying and testing I will make sure to edit the guide in order to bring more info on random bugs and how to deal with events like these.


    Third endurance race at Paul Ricard

    Just as the other races this is the same, do the "procedure" and you will be fine.


    Ninth and last test at Spa-Francorchamps

    This is the final test and it will require for you to get a clean lap of less than 2:24, so if this sounds like a challenge to you use the tune on the video to make it a little easier.


    Fourth endurance race at Spa-Francorchamps

    This will be the longest one and will be the big patience challenge but it's the same as always be fastest and you're good.


    Fifth and last endurance race at Barcelona

    Yeah this is it the last one but nothing special is needed to be done, you do what you did the entire career and finish it once and for all.


    If you followed everything correctly and was able to dodge all bugs and glitches congrats on the achievement.

    If someone is able to finish one of three achievements for the career I would kindly ask to message me so I can improve the guide and be able to provide more info and in case I get the achievement first I will take out the disclaimer and confirm if the method on Silverstone works or add other miscellaneous info to complete the guide even more.
    Either way make sure to comment if you think I should change something or add more to this guide I would appreciate it.
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    YourResidentDJHey Vikingo, how did you manage to get your save over from XSX to Xbox one?

    I downloaded the game on my One X but it's an earlier version, so some reason I had no driver stats or career carry over from the cloud.

    Not that it affects the career mode itself for the achievement, but I've got all available DLC on XSX, and downloaded all the content (minus the 2 or 3 that aren't compatible) for Xbox One.

    Let me know cheers!
    Posted by YourResidentDJ on 07 Nov 23 at 05:03
    YourResidentDJActually scratch my last message - the career save carried over this time... ***HOWEVER... if like me you haven't got the Platinum Driver achievement yet (or gold, silver etc for whatever reason), if you're doing what Vikingo did and I'm currently doing, make sure you go into options and turn rating and stat options to Multiplayer only...

    Reason??? My Rating (which is the most important) and Stat's have not carried back to the Xbox One version. They are all straight Zeros.

    Once you get the Gold Cup long career achievement, then jump back over to XSX version and play away.

    ***hopefully by doing this, you can go back over to XSX version with your driver rating unaffected from trying the above.

    For me this is currently a work in progress and I don't have the hours or time to rat this all out in the space of a week (dad duties), but eventually, will see what happens.

    Also, I can't comment on short or medium careers as I haven't done those yet. I went straight for the long career achievement. I haven't read up to see if there's any bugs for those careers for XSX still outstanding, or if there even was any.
    Posted by YourResidentDJ on 07 Nov 23 at 06:40
    Vikingo360YourResidentDJ, I noticed too that the rating (driver stats) are not shared between XSX and One, only the career saves. The rating on XSX remains unaffected when switching back to XSX.

    After reading your message on Special Events... I have only got short and medium career left to do... I will try the same doing tests and sprint races on XSX and endurance ones on Xbox One.
    Posted by Vikingo360 on 09 Dec 23 at 22:33
    o0EviIToaster0oI think Viking might be right. I was having issues with the first endurance race awarding medal: none, which would later become silver. This was after two separate attempts on XSX, winning and doing everything by the book required for gold. I tried a third time on my old Xbox One and boom, got gold. Finally a chance to complete this game! Thanks Viking! toast
    Posted by o0EviIToaster0o on 06 Jan at 11:23
    Vikingo360Glad my comment helped!
    I need to get back to it to complete my last two achievements, Short and Medium career :) using the same trick.
    Posted by Vikingo360 on 06 Jan at 11:41
    Joel78For the initial tests, at least the Night one in Monza, it's not enough to just have the fastest lap, you do need to post a reasonable time too, I was getting Bronze and Silver until I posted a time in the 1:57's.
    Posted by Joel78 on 17 Mar at 09:13
    JORGUIIn endurance races, as long as you respect the stints and have the fastest lap, you can afk the race.

    If you block the other cars for a few seconds, the cars will disappear and go to the pits.

    It is easier to block them by parking the car on tight, low-speed curves.

    Once they go to the pits, simply do enough laps to put yourself in first position and then wait for each driver's stint to end before entering the pits again.

    If you are trying for the platinum driver achievement, it will be important to disable the score and set it to multiplayer only. It will also be important to deactivate the consumption of both tires and fuel and deactivate the sanctions.

    At each stop, the requirements (change of driver, tires and gasoline) will have to be met. Add that in 6 and 12 hour races (long career mode paul ricard and spa), it is not necessary to refuel at all stops if you have fuel consumption disabled, but always change tires and refuel just in case.

    In my case, in the endurance races I would send everyone to the pits, do the fastest lap, put myself first and set a timer on my phone to let me know when to make the pit stop and not exceed the stint time, because if you exceed That time they disqualify you.

    And also very important, endurance races has to be done on Xbox one. Xbox series doesn't gives you any medal. So test, practice, qualifying and sprint races on Xbox series, and endurance races on Xbox one

    If anyone has any questions, you can send me a message and I will answer you without problem
    Posted by JORGUI on 03 Apr at 10:10
    JORGUIFor the Silverstone test, if you wait 30-40 minutes, the track would be optimum for dry tyres and you can get the time very easy (I use the Porsche)
    Posted by JORGUI on 03 Apr at 10:21
    Joel78This is a good guide, the Spa test was quite tricky for me the first time I did it with the Porsche, so for my other two careers I switched to the Bentley Continental for the second season only, and found that a lot easier to get the time for both Spa and Silverstone, just using the Aggressive setup.

    Also, if you know you're not going to beat the required time you can hit pause and restart, it's just if time expires and awards you a medal, you can't restart then as you will stick with whatever medal you were awarded originally.
    Posted by Joel78 on 30 May at 05:52
    PostUpWormI still have 2 races left to do for the trophy, but so far Gold overall. This guide works, this is just time consuming, challenge is easy. Use the Bentley 2018 considering you can only use old cars, Bentley 2018 is the fastest of the bunch (based on Esports competitions), the test times are very easy to do if you are a decently fast driver using proper setups. I can share setups free of course for the Bentley if you message me. (Keep in mind they are for wheel and require some knowledge on how to drive) but they can get you decently a 2.17/8 lap at Spa which is more than enough you need to beat Spa challenge for example.
    Posted by PostUpWorm on 13 Oct at 07:50
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