DAYTONA USA
12 Achievements
200
1-2h
100 hits
Hit the sign or road cone 100 times. (no. of hits is the cumulative total)
20
How to unlock the 100 hits achievement in DAYTONA USA - Definitive Guide
On the Beginner course, there are five on the grass between the track and pit exit, just before turn 2. If you hit these well, you can bounce them onto the straight and rack up the hits. There are also five cones after turn 3, just before the pit entry and finish line - these are harder to exploit.
I suggest combining this with the "Karaoke Clear" achievement, as that mode allows you a free track and shots at the cones. However, any modes count towards this. The cones are also worth one second each in the Survival mode, so you may want to rack up some hits while going for "Survive: 5000".
On the expert track there is a big hill just after the Jeffrey statue and at the bottom of the hill there are 5 cones. Slow right down and drive into the cones, if you manage it right you get all 5 cones in front of your car and you can repeatedly hit them and the cheevo will pop
So once all other achievements are done (Except for Karaoke Mode which can be completed via auto-drive) you should have about 5 rewinds available per race. Load up the beginner track, line yourself up in front of the first five cones, drive toward them and as soon as you knock all five over you can rewind to just before you hit them to grind it out.
It shouldn't take more than the 5 rewinds (I used 3) if you were going for them throughout all the other races.
Even easier method is to use the 8th challenge for the Beginner track. The goal is to knock down 10 cones. 10 x 10 = 100
Either signs or road cones are okay. Start a race and continue to hit the same one, keeping it in front of you. Do this until the time limit is out then start again. There are a decent amount of cones on the beginner circuit. You can utilize the rewind feature in the game to make this go faster. Hit 4 cones in a row, then press . Press to rewind and continue from right before you hit the cones. Repeat until you run out of time or rewinds, then do it again.
Now this trophy is a "slight" grind...and I use the term very loosely. The game has a "rewind" feature to let you correct any mistakes that might have cost you the race. Well, there's a use for it and I'm going to explain how to utilize it for this trophy. Go to the Advanced level in Arcade Mode and at the start of the race, stay on the left hand side of the track. You'll notice there are four signs next to each other within a line. Lineup the car to take down all four signs. After hitting the fourth sign, pause the game and press button to initiate the "rewind" feature. Rewind to the point right before you hit the first sign, then press to start the race again from that point. Keep doing that until you've used all your "rewinds" available. Then, pause the game again and press to retry the event. Keep doing this until the game has registered that you've hit 100 objects and the trophy is yours.
Alternate Method:
Another way to nab this trophy quickly according to Totavier is to take on Challenge 8 where you must knock over 10 cones. Keep redoing this and the trophy will be yours. Thanks again for the alternate method Totavier!