F1 2017

I found this be the most efficient way of getting resource points (easiest difficulty):

1. Go to Practice 1 - Do 1 lap of Track Acclimatization, then Qualifying Pace.
If you perfect them you will get 50 RP each, plus some points for Misc objectives.

2. Now tab right and skip to Qualifying. (You could get 10 RP each for starting P2 & P3 but with loading times its not worth it)

3. Completing one-shot qualifying should give you 85 RP.
(Note, this will decrease slightly as your car gets better)

*Edit - 4. I suggest getting a Grid Drop Penalty by going to Laptop and tab right to Vehicle Management. Select the '+' sign by any of the power units (or Gearbox). You will now start the race in 6th place. Overtaking the other cars will give you an extra 50RP at the end of the race. (I wish I figured this out sooner. 50 extra RP per race is huge).

5. Now start the Race... Do 1 good lap, then pause & Simulate Session.
You will get 1st place giving 55 RP + 1st driver bonus of 25-40 RP.
(If you do all 5 laps you will get 100 RP but again, its not worth it).

Now for spending points (and not wasting them on failed upgrades). - each time you have 1000+ RP to spend, wait until after the race when you can press to start the Next Weekend.

Instead - Quit to Main Menu, press and turn Auto-save OFF.

Go back into Career & purchase any upgrade you like and proceed to next weekend.

If the engineer tells you the upgrade failed just dashboard & quit the game. (If its good then don't forget to save your game soon after).

Now restart the game and make sure to turn Auto-save OFF again (it resets to ON). Repeat the above steps until the upgrade doesn't fail. I chose a different upgrade each time if it failed but I don't know if its necessary.

*Edit - for Major & Ultimate upgrades you can try this method at the very end of a Season, Advancing to next weekend will take 2-3 weeks.

I hope this helps getting faster RP and not wasting it on stupid RNG.

UPDATE: So there doesn't seem to be an exact point at which people are getting this achievement. Some people are getting it at fewer/greater upgrades applied than others. I'll keep my original solution down below, but don't take it as gospel. I've commented on the solution with some calculations on when you SHOULD get the achievement.

Jay ITFC's solution of investing in the efficiency upgrades will help, but I'll also add here that the Durability and Competencies upgrades do not count towards this achievement, so you'll have to invest into the Chassis, Aerodynamics, and Powertrain upgrades. There are 62 upgrades in total for these three sections, so to get 75%, you'll need to purchase 47 upgrades.

Minor upgrades cost 1000 resource points, Major upgrades cost 1500 resource points, and Ultimate upgrades cost 2000 resource points, but with the aforementioned efficiency upgrades, you can reduce these costs by up to 50%.

There's no fast way to earn resource points, so your best bet is to complete as many Practice Programmes as you can. Occasionally, you may earn Sponsor bonuses of 750 resource points, and after the end of every season, you'll earn a set amount of resource points, depending on how well you did in the season.

It took me 4 and a half seasons to get this achievement, so just stick with it, and you'll be fine.

While the other guides are great and all the info is there, I just thought I would add that after the updates there is an achievement tracker for this now.

Durability upgrades do increase the percentage, now i dont know whether they counted before or not but they do now. The competencies don't count.

My personal path towards gaining so for this achievement is to perfect the practice programs except race strategy, pole position in one shot qualifying and then change an engine component to get a grid drop penalty. Do 1 lap of the race to get into a decent lead and then simulate session.

All in all that's 6 laps per track And around 400 xp, skip the invitationals once you have done 20.

Here is my theory based on my own experience unlocking this achievement. I noticed that the 3 progress bars on vehicle performance status only include CHASSIS, AERODYNAMICS and POWERTRAIN upgrades. Now as you see in the screenshot below, I should have unlocked the achievement way before but it didn't unlock. It only unlocked when the 3 stats above averaged at 77%. Before I purchased the final component that granted the achievement, the percentage average was almost 75%.

In the below screenshot, CHASSIS, AERODYNAMICS and POWERTRAIN averages to 77,41%



So my theory is that this achievement only counts progress towards CHASSIS, AERODYNAMICS and POWERTRAIN. I would advice to start unlocking upgrades from this section first. Again, this is not a definite solution, but just an advice from my own experience.

This achievement will take time due to the small amounts of RP it coughs up, however, I found this to be a decent method of getting the maximum amount of resource points from each weekend:

(This guide will also help with the 'Some Assembly Required' achievement)

1. Go to Practice 1 - Complete Track Acclimatisation, Tyre Management & Fuel Saving programmes.
Perfecting these will gain 50 RP each. Also, completing team objectives will max the points you gain through the weekend.
Points break down: Session participation +10pt; Track Acclimatisation +50pt; Tyre Management +50pt; Fuel saving +50pt; Laps completed (10 max) +10pt; Team Obj - 25pt max; Discipline (pen free) +10pt; R&D Obj. +10pt.
N.B. It is possible to complete ALL programmes in P1 (track dependent) saving some time.

2. Go to Practice 2 - Complete Race Strategy & Qualifying Pace. Same as P1, finish any remaining team objectives (potential for up to approx. 305 RP per weekend from the programmes and objectives).
Every point counts!!

3. Skip to One-Shot Qualifying, qualify on pole.
- Points break down:
Session participation +15pt; Result vs Car Performance (exceed Exp Position 1-5 places +50pt); One Shot Qualy +10pt; Discipline +10pt
Max points is 85 for Qualy.

4. After Q, go to Laptop, tab right to Vehicle Management. Select '+' symbol next to any of the components (or gearbox) to take a Grid Drop Penalty.

5. Race. You will start the race in 6th place or lower due to grid drop pen. Overtaking other cars gives a bonus 50 RP per race which comes in very handy.
- Points break down:
Session participation +25pt; Clean lap % (100%) +25pt; Finish Position (P1 start to P1 finish gets +25pt/Starting down the grid gains +50pt; Discipline +25pt.

*1st Driver Bonus RPs: (w/15% bonus) by
- Practice Session [P1 & P2] (1st Driver) - +53pt(max)
- Qualy (1st Driver) - +11pt(max)
- Race (1st Driver) - +18pt(max)

Weekend Total = 626 RP (approx.)

Spending points efficiently (i.e. combat failed upgrades).
- I tended to try and save RPs over a few weekends & build up how much upgrades I could buy at the same time. Wait until after the race when you can press X to start the Next Weekend.
N.B. I highly recommend buying the Efficiency upgrades first, then 2-3 Quality Control upgrades. Personal choice if you go for Powertrain, Chassis or Aerodynamics first.

Before going to next weekend quit to Main Menu, press Y and turn Auto save OFF. Go back into Career & purchase any upgrade you like, then proceed to next weekend.

If the upgrade fails, dashboard & quit the game. Do this until the upgrade works & remember to save the game at the next available moment. Restarting the game, turns Auto save OFF as it resets to ON, so be careful.

I would also recommend completing some of the Competencies - including 20 Invitational races - as this will reduce the time for Major/Ultimate upgrades by half, from 6 weeks to 3 weeks. Also, completing 60 races as 1st Driver, will gain you 15% bonus RP per race.
Don't worry about Durability dept, focus on the other 3.

Hope this guide helps in some small way towards the two upgrade achievements, this will take some time - as I said it is a very slow process having to harvest RPs- at least 4 or 5 seasons maybe more, so good luck!

Update.

Got the achievement at Spa in S5 as per the screenshot above 👍

DURABILITY Works 100% and is 48% of the Achievement Progression when using my method.

Go to Practice 1 - Do 1 lap of Track Acclimatization, Fuel Saving and Qualifying Pace. As soon as you set a Qualifying Pace lap pause the game and skip straight to Qualification. After Qualifying I followed the above guides to get a Grid Drop Penalty and then of course complete 1 lap of the race and used the Simulate Race option from the Pause menu.

This is the basic steps you follow for every race.

First I unlocked 15/15 Powertrain after 4/5 Cost Cutting.

Next I unlocked 26/26 Aerodynamics after 4/5 Cost Cutting.

This put me on 52% Achievement Progression.

Next I focused on Durability and unlocked 13/23 which gave me 78% Achievement Progression at a general pace of 2% per upgrade. The final 10 upgrades didn't affect the progression bar at all which had me worried but as soon as I upgraded 23/23 the Achievement popped and jumped from 78% to 100% complete. Just to note also, I had 1 upgrade in the Chassis Department as shown in the photo below.

So Durability does work and also not one of my 23 upgrades failed so they seem like a certified pass at only 500 each. You won't need to worry or waste time using the Auto save method to reduce the chance of failure.

Hope this helps and speeds things up for anyone working through this pretty long Achievement. I unlocked it this morning giving me 1000G. All I have left is 10hours of F1 2020 and I will have done a Decade of Formula One games to 1000G ^_~