Update: As of Nov 18th 2022 looks like this method may have been patched out of the game.
So your playing, what is undoubtedly, the prettiest looking Gen9 game out so far. Not just a beautiful game, but incredibly refined gameplay, optimization and a gorgeous open world experience...... but , you're a little limited for time, low on cash and could use a few more cars... don't worry! I gotcha!
Here's how to get around that and maximize your fun to game time ratio!
A word of warning before we begin, do try and strike a balance between this method and actually playing the game, it would be a shame to trivialize all the fantastic content. We all approach things differently, so use your discretion.
This is not an exploit or a cheat so should in no way impact your standing in the game, its simply using the tools Playground Games already provided ingame.
Ideally you are going to need the following things to get started:
A good car (BMW X5)
Some skill points (ideally around 100)
Have unlocked the Goliath event (see below for details)
An elastic band
There are several cars you can do this with, results will vary, too fast and you risk going off the track, while slower vehicles will just take more time.
Personally I used the BMW X5 provided in the VIP welcome pack, it provides a perfect balance between never getting stuck and (approximately) 11 minute laps.
The Lambo Sesto Elemento is another popular choice, but I did have issues with it going off the road and getting stuck at a bridge.
Next if you have available Skill points unlock everything to maximize your skill points and rewards during the race grind.
Now you need to enter your garage and select "find a tune", search for an X class tune with a title like "Goliath AFK" pick the most popular one and apply it to your car.
Next travel to the Goliath event. This is located over on the East coast of the map.
If you haven't yet unlocked this make sure you have done the following:
Unlock every Event in the Horizon Mexican Mainstage category. In order that is:
"Welcome to Mexico"
"On a Wing and a Prayer"
"Vocho"
"The Goliath"
To facilitate ease of movement around the map its also useful to grab the Buenas Vistas property which can be found on the West coast of the map and bought for 2 million CR. The perk of this house allows you to fast travel to any section of road or event on the map. Combine this with smashing fast travel boards to reduce the cost of fast travel and it's incredibly convenient.
So you have everything ready and you are at the Goliath event? Good, now enter the event and search for a Blueprint. There will be many available in the "most popular of all time" category; or just search for one I made specifically for the BMW X5, that takes 8 hours.
( Name: Ashraa or Blueprints: "8HOUR X5AFK" Share Code: 934 106 057)
Double check the settings in "Difficulty" before you begin. To maximize XP set the Drivatars to unbeatable, don't worry there are none actually competing but it still increases your overall XP and CR gains. Be sure braking is set to "assisted" and steering to "Auto Steering".
Once that is done, you are good to go !
Take your elastic band and use it to hold down the right trigger on your controller. Your car will now afk race for 8 hours racking up lots of CR, over a million XP, wheelspins and a few hundred skill points!
It's advisable to take the batteries out of the controller and connect it directly to the console via USB to avoid any battery issues. You can also turn off vibration or place the controller on a cushion to stop it moving about or being annoying, especially if you are running it overnight.
But wait! We're not done yet... Lets make even more money, XP and wheelspins from our AFK run.
Once the race is complete, head back to the Horizon Event, from here go to "Car Collection" and scroll down to the Willys Jeep right near the bottom, highlight it and purchase a few, 10 is good to start with (40k CR each). It's faster to purchase multiple Jeeps here than in the autoshow, just by pressing "Y")
Exit the show and enter one of your new Jeeps, once in the driving seat bring up the menu and go to "Car Mastery", from here you will spend 5 skill points to unlock 7000 XP and the Super Wheel Spin.
This should very quickly rack up prizes and CR and you also get XP both from the first Mastery Slot and from spending Skill Points.
As you swap to each subsequent Jeep to repeat the process be sure to mark the one you just used as a favourite. Once you are finished rather than sell them on the Auction house (which will take ages and not really make much CR) simply go to "Gift Drop" from the menu screen and gift them all.
As well as giving you celestial Kudos for being nice, this also gives you a chance of having ALL the Skill Points you used being refunded on your next login to the game!
So there you have it, the masterplan, you can now quite easily get any car you want and afford any tune you like. Just make sure you stop to smell the roses and use this new found wealth to fully enjoy the game. There are so many varied events to try both online and offline.
Unfortunately this method won't make you a better driver, but will allow you faster access to experiment with some of the best cars in the game, as well as show off your shiny new whips to your mates.
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