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Algarve it a go!

Algarve it a go!

Win a stage at Vodafone Rally de Portugal that you started with heavy engine damage.

How to unlock the Algarve it a go! achievement in EA SPORTS WRC - Definitive Guide

This isn't quite as simple as just driving head first into an obstacle to damage your engine.

First off go Quick Play >Solo > Create Rally > Create Championship > Add Event > then choose your preferred class of car > Vodafone Rally de Portugal > choose your preferred season > now add multiple stages (I filled it with the max 24 stages just to be safe and used varying lengths of stage).

Keep in mind you'll be driving a damaged car so I would advise not to choose the long 30km stages. I personally completed this after 3 stages all around 15km but can likely be done using shorter stages. With each stage added you'll want to have a Long Service Area selected for each so you can repair any other damaged components.

Now once you have the stages set up Confirm Event > Confirm Championship > Championship Settings > AI Performance to 1 and Hardcore Damage set to ON > Start Championship

After selecting your car and starting the rally your going to want to drive aggressively and damage your car enough that your radiator has heavy damage. (Top right icon on the speedometer will be red). Once the radiator is damaged just drive the stage normally and try not to damage your car more. Your engine will overheat and become damaged in time. You'll know the engine has heavy damage once the bottom right engine icon is red.

If your engine doesn't have heavy damage after the first stage just continue the rally normally, repairing any component other than the engine and radiator. Once the engine is showing heavy damage you can repair the radiator, and continue the rally winning the next stage.
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03 Nov 2023 16:17

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Worked a treat. Thanks
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By Bonxy on 13 Nov 2023 16:59
Great guide, thanks!
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By exactor it on 13 Nov 2023 18:20
I started with the shake down and hit the first wall on the right. It was a fatal crash and I DNF the shake down.
I repaired the car ignoring the time limit and started the event.
The radiator was finished all ready. I gained a little space to the leader and used handbrake while hitting full throttle.
Can´t quite say if that supported the damage of the engine.
Can anyone confirm?
For daytime I chose noon, season summer, but can´t say if that helps.
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By TSR2000 on 12 Dec 2023 12:49
Same, I had the radiator in red, the engine in red, started the next stage with engine in red and ... no cheevo.
Actually the "red icon" does not mean that your engine is heavily damaged...
Your engine must be in red in the service area. During the stage you will know that it's heavily damanged once the engine smokes.
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By BenjiBurn on 26 Dec 2023 15:26
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Set up a custom championship in Portugal using 5 or 6 stages (7-8km each). Make sure to add a long service area for each one so that you can fix any damage unrelated to engine or radiator. Hardcore damage and very easy difficulty are also very handy so feel free to activate that as well.

The first thing you want to do after starting the first stage is to find a nice rock or a wall and bonk your car head first. Hit it at around 50-60kph, any faster and you risk getting an instant DNF. Also make sure you hit the thing as straight as possible to avoid suspension damage or a puncture. After a solid hit your radiator temperature indicator (next to the speedometer, lower right corner of the screen) lights up red, you're all set and you can finish the stage normally, but ideally without hitting anything else. If you set up your championship AI difficulty to 1 (lowest) you can easily win every stage without changing gears. Just redline it on 1st and let the engine cook. The achievement should pop around 4th or 5th stage. Once your engine stars cutting off power that means you're close to heavy damage. In my case it happened on the 5th one, but funnily enough I started it with medium damage and the red engine indicator appeared mid stage. It still counted for the achievement.

Make sure to use the service area between stages to fix anything that's not a radiator or engine.
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04 Nov 2023 09:13

  • Go to Quick Play -> Solo -> Create Rally
  • In the championship settings, set Hardcore Damage to ON and low difficulty for bots (just in case).
  • Choose any class of car (I took the WRC) -> stage of the Vodafone Rally de Portugal
  • I set medium length special stages, either #04 Marao or #05 Ponte de Lima
  • We set up such special stages with a reserve, a few of them just to be sure.
  • When choosing a site, always select the longest service zone.
  • Be sure to set the ASSISTS settings to manual transmission.

The bottom line is that ordinary accidents and blows to the wall will not damage the engine. Let's go the proven, but longer way.
Before the race we go through Shakedown in first gear. At the end you can drive your face into the stone once. Afterwards, we repair everything except the engine and radiator.
We drive along the highway itself, also in first gear. At the end, you can fly head-first into something again.
Already at these two stages I damaged the radiator, overheated the engine and gearbox. At the beginning of the second section, my engine had a Heavy damage level, glowing red.
We fix everything except the engine and win the next section.
If the engine hasn't sustained enough damage, go another route in first gear, repairing everything except the radiator and motor.
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06 Nov 2023 14:12