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Gotta Smash 'Em All achievement in Forza Horizon 5

Gotta Smash 'Em All

Complete 5 Seasonal Smashable Challenges

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How to unlock the Gotta Smash 'Em All achievement

  • DynamicWolfNLDDynamicWolfNLD
    20 Jan 2022 11 Nov 2021 28 Jan 2023
    To unlock this achievement you have to complete 5 Seasonal Smashable Challenges from the Festival Playlist. The achievement does track % so you can see how many you still need. Smashable challenges are shown in the "Challenges" category on the right side of the Festival Playlist menu (Daily Challenges that feature a smashable objective don't count).

    Smashable Challenges are shown as "Collectibles" in the festival playlist. Below is an explanation of how it looked in Series 1.

    In Series 1, there is one Smashable Challenge in Summer Season. The title is "Collectibles" where you have to smash 100 Cactus (good to do this while going for the smashing 500 Cactus achievement).

    Below is an example image of what a completed Smashable Challenge looks like - Picture is taken from Season 1 Summer.

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    Elementall19Can confirm what Tomassir said is still true. Got the achievement after starting both DLCs. Finally don't have to wait anymore!
    Posted by Elementall19 on 07 Aug 23 at 17:32
    TheMasterRevI did the smashables required when I was going for the season achievement but due to the achievement being broken at the time it didn't register anything. Still don't have it.
    Posted by TheMasterRev on 05 Sep 23 at 08:42
    Dr MartyI just did the "smash 10 star trophies" challenge. Got 20% on the tracker after smashing 10 of them. Thought to myself: wouldn't it be funny if it counted again when I smash another 10? And the tracker surely went up to 40% after smashing another 10.
    Unfortunately, there weren't enough stars to get a total of 30. And smashing the same ones again after they respawned didn't add to the tracker.
    Posted by Dr Marty on 01 Mar at 22:41
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  • Dylan0o7Dylan0o7
    13 Jun 2022 13 Jun 2022 24 Jun 2022
    edit: as mentioned in the comments, you can't manually change the date on the Xbox so this solution is unfortunately PC only. You don't have to own the game on PC, it works on gamepass, just ensure that offline play is enabled.

    Before we start make sure you have offline play enabled in your xbox app settings (On PC).

    What we are going to do is play offline fallback seasons that have the smashable challenge in them from different months and then as soon as each challenge is complete we go back online while in-game, save the progress, then repeat with a different month. (The accolade tracker would probably track (I didn't really pin or look at the accolade while doing it, so I can't confirm) but the xbox app won't track the achievement progress until its done.

    I've listed the challenges with the dates to go back to and where to find the smashables, but before we get to that you need to remember this process:

    edit: please note that If you have any issues with the game not doing what it should in the steps listed below, take a look at what @Uomo Forzuto said in the comments about resetting the game to its "default" state then start over from step 1.

    1 - Switch off your internet connection
    2 - Go to windows settings and change the date to whichever you need for the challenge (dates listed below)
    2 - Load the game, complete the challenge
    3 - After the challenge is done and while you are still in the game, switch your internet back on (don't change the date from step 2 as yet, just put your internet back on)
    4 - Wait for the game to take you back to the current season we are in in a few seconds after turning the internet connection back on.
    5 - Do something noticeable in the game to know that your game has actually saved when you exit and log back on. Anything from changing cars to using up skill points. Lets say you changed your car from a ford to a ferrari and you exit. If you load up the game again and your car is a ford, it means that the progress wasn't saved, if its a ferrari then it has.
    6 - If your progress has not saved, repeat the challenge. If it has saved, repeat steps 1 to 5 with different dates

    7 - When you complete your last challenge you'll get the accolade for the 5 seasonal smashables but not the achievement, the achievement would pop almost instantly once you turn your internet back on. You'll need to restart your pc for it to show as complete on the gamebar app if it didn't update after popping.

    The smashable challenges: (I've only listed 5 but they are probably more from other months)

    10 February 2022: SMASH 3 GOALPOSTS
    2 are found in Playa Azul, you'll have to smash the 2 and then fast travel away and back for it to respawn to get the third.
    https://imgur.com/bORvF54

    10 March 2022: SMASH 3 GOALPOSTS
    See above challenge for details.

    10 April 2022: SMASH 15 SNOWMEN
    There are a lot in Mulege, but also on the beach of Playa Azul and on the top of the mountain, also many other locations but these are the ones that I know of.
    https://imgur.com/sr10GiW

    20 April 2022: SMASH 15 GIFTS AT A HORIZON OUTPOST
    This one is pretty easy, drive to any outpost and they'll be there.

    5 May 2022: SMASH 3 GOALPOSTS
    See details above.

    If you want to skip the snowman or horizon outposts challenges, I'm sure changing to any month not listed here might give you the goalpost challenge.
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    YuGabeFor those this is causing issues:
    - There is only one version of the game, and it supports Play Anywhere. If you own "any" version (the only one), then you can also play it on PC. This is true for the Game Pass "version" as well.
    - You either need to set your PC as your "offline" PC (similar to your "Home Xbox", you can only set this a limited number of times), or be online **when you launch the game**. So to get this achievement, you can start the game while online and switch to offline as soon as the splash videos start.
    - I think the game tracks the offline series, the regular seriesand DLCs separately. I already had done 2 online and 1 offline smashables, but was stuck on a total of 3. After 2 ADDITIONAL offline smashable challenges completed, the next two would count (I was keeping a look at the accolade counter).

    So this method DOES work, it's just possibly more involved than it should be. Time limited achievements are a PITA.
    Posted by YuGabe on 05 Jan 23 at 22:25
    UNCLE SAMS BROJust to save anyone the time, after an hour of trial an error I believe they have patched this work around.

    You can get one smashable in the "Fallback Season". However, I cannot get another season to load. If you change you date and time to an early date and launch the game with the internet on, but date and time changed, it will load you into a past season. However, whether you disconnect from the internet or not, the second you load into the map it will update to the current season.
    Posted by UNCLE SAMS BRO on 17 Oct 23 at 20:06
    ByHerseyThis still works, and I did it on Xbox! A couple of things

    1. You need to own the game (games pass doesn’t work)
    2. You need to play on your “home Xbox” to allow offline playing
    3. After disconnecting from the Ethernet cable/wifi you need to restart the console, that way the option to change the date is visible under configuration/System/Hour
    4. After the challenge is complete when you connect back to the internet, it will change season but NOT TO THE CURRENT ONE, you need to make sure it changes again to the current one (the online tab on the menu should be enabled
    Posted by ByHersey on 28 Nov 23 at 20:01
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