Burnout Paradise

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Firestarter

Firestarter

Made 50 online Rivals

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How to unlock the Firestarter achievement in Burnout Paradise - Definitive Guide

While in freeburn (multiplayer free-roam), if you Takedown another player's car or or receive a Takedown from another player, it will spark a 'rivalry' between you. It will also get you a number of mugshots toward the Hotshots in Burnout Paradise achievement if the players you are taking down have a camera.

A Takedown simply requires you to total someone's car, by hitting it with enough force to total it upon impact or by forcing it into a wall. Grinding it along a barrier/wall for long enough or landing on it from a height also count as Takedowns.

I have seen it mentioned in other guides for some reason, but you should not require a vision camera for this at all.

Keep playing and you will get this one before long, assuming you don't get it during normal play.
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19 Feb 2010 17:14

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I don't know why, but it seems that you can't get any new rivals if you are in the middle of a challenge.
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By Monkey540 on 15 Oct 2010 13:50
Yeah, that's normal. The rival system is inactive during challenges and possibly races too. I don't still own the game though, so I can't confirm.
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By Lozzy Denton on 15 Oct 2010 14:28
Confirmed, rivalries do not occur during challenges.
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By BlokeCDP on 04 Jan 2011 13:32
Thank you for the info, much appreciated! Would you mind also checking to see if rivalries are also disabled while a race is in progress?
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By Lozzy Denton on 04 Jan 2011 13:36
I don't think they are while racing, as your primary goal is racing and finishing first. Messages flashing up on-screen will detract from the race.

I'm trying to do the freeburn challenges at the moment so will look at this the next time I am in a race.
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By BlokeCDP on 04 Jan 2011 16:35
This has to be with 50 different gamertags? If that's the case I don't think this is even obtainable anymore unless the online is still active.
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By Fooga on 28 Jan 2015 01:32
Fooga, online is still active as of July 2015
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By Shadow XBL on 27 Jul 2015 05:59
Hi all. Idk why I lose my rivals?
Can somebody answer me privat message ?
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By lIl DINO lIl on 15 Jan 2017 17:16
Got it today, mp is still populated. Enter a Freeburn online, Quick match, takedown every player you can, exit, rinse and repeat
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By YESDIOCAN on 20 Jan 2018 22:14
I understood that if you 'settle' a rivaly, it's removed from your list. You can 'reignite' it by crashing into each other again, though.
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By mrbellek on 09 Jul 2019 11:43
I finally got this last night and tbh I don't know why I put it off for so long. if someone takes you down that is all that is required...some people seem to think that you have to do the takedowns because that was the case in Burnout Revenge. What I recommend is joining custom freeburns because it lets you pick which ones you want to join. Find one with a decent number of players with a host whose name you don't recognize. Once you have joined drive towards the cluster of cars as ppl normally stay close to each other. When you have become a rival with everyone else in the freeburn, exit the group and promptly join another freeburn. Note that the game will tell you when you have become rivals with someone else. A final note would be that I recommend picking up the Big Island DLC as a lot of ppl seem to hand around in there.
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By Boots Orion on 19 Jan 2012 17:49
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A short add:

For the Rival to count towards your total you have to quit out (Leave game). If you get kicked (Kicked, connection problems, host leave) it wont count towards your total.

But you can get your last Rival in a game and get kicked. Cause you will get the achievement right after you have taken the last person down.

Good luck hunting them.
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31 Jul 2010 17:36

when playing online, you have to take down 50 different players, then let them take you down. or you could get taken down by 50 different players and then take them down afterwards
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28 Feb 2009 17:24

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Just to add to this, There is probably a stat in the game as well but, criterion has a stats page online where you can view how many rivals you have, to see how close you really are.

http://www.criteriongames.com/burnout/paradise/myparadise/
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By Monkey540 on 05 Oct 2010 12:49
so it can't be 50 times with the same player?
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By imaidiot19 on 23 Jan 2013 03:59
Monkey, that site is no longer up.

imaidiot19, no it has to be 50 different players.
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By Shadow XBL on 27 Jul 2015 05:57
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To make an online rival you need to crash into another player which will start a rivalry with them. Sometimes this doesn't always set off a rival with another player so it takes a few goes, but you have to do this with 50 different players. Just keep crashing into players until it unlocks, you can keep track of your progress from the start menu.

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