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Life's a Drag

Life's a Drag

Complete a drag race at the Airstrip in every Car Class.

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How to unlock the Life's a Drag achievement in Forza Horizon 3 - Definitive Guide

The Air Field Car Meet (Outback), is where you can do drag races on the airstrip, unlocked ~1 Million fans.
Just join a showdown (drag race), with each of the car classes (D, C, B, A, S1, S2), you don't need to win. Class X is NOT required!
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25 Sep 2016 04:07

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Just gotta hope its not filled with drivatars like it is for me atm
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By Spilner on 25 Sep 2016 11:05
how do you get the option to start a showdown ? i only get the option to do a free roam or adventure :/
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By Ant#2827 on 26 Sep 2016 12:01
If you don't have the option that means there's a showdown currently in progress, wait a while for it to finish and you'll be able to start one afterwards
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By Wyyvern on 26 Sep 2016 20:07
good tips bro. laugh
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By MilordeMK on 28 Sep 2016 23:37
When I go to the airport car meet all i can do is inspect cars, I don't see any options to start any race, drag or otherwise.
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By DrJekl on 01 Oct 2016 02:46
I left a comment about that a few days ago, he didn't add it to the solution so I made my own.
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By Wyyvern on 01 Oct 2016 08:55
I've waited more than 15 minutes and i can't start a showdown
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By XtR HyPnOzZ on 03 Oct 2016 23:49
The server might have crashed, you'll have to try again.
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By Wyyvern on 04 Oct 2016 08:06
Do you need Xbox Live Gold for this?
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By perceptron3000 on 08 Oct 2016 14:08
So here's something. I did the DCBAS1S2 races and it didn't unlock. So I started going backwards starting with S1 and it unlocked after that race. My first S1 was the DLC Jeep, second was the Lamborghini Urus.

So maybe the DLC cars aren't counting right now or something?
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By TonySki on 10 Oct 2016 08:17
Gamer Jameo asked: "how do you get the option to start a showdown ? i only get the option to do a free roam or adventure" - - -

Travel to the Air Field Car Meet in the Outback & enter into it. Wait for the option to "Start a Showdown" to appear at the bottom of the screen. It will only appear if there are other real human gamers in the Car Meet, not if every other car there besides yours is a Drivatar. Click the Right Trigger to display which Human Gamers & Drivatars are in the Car Meet.

You can either start a showdown or join a showdown.
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By ChockaShocka on 15 Oct 2016 14:15
This feature seems not to work. I never get the option to start or join a showdown.
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By whitet3260 on 06 Nov 2016 21:33
Trying to boost this this achievement!!!!!
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By ShamelessHamish on 28 Dec 2016 18:57
Just do it in an online freeroam, public or private. Head over to the strip and do six quick races. Car meet waste of time.
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By LifeExpectancy on 09 Mar 2017 18:07
Thanks for the quick run down solution, took about 20 or so mins. Mainly waiting around, but got it 😁
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By zDrUnKeNMoNkEyz on 25 Jan 2018 08:58
The races aren't unlocked at 1 million fans, I have 100k but don't know how I unlocked them
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By UnfurledEmu75 on 25 Sep 2020 18:47
Sure you dont need X class too ? Tracker says 83% despite i done S2 S1 A B C D
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By Psi Commando on 01 Sep 2021 12:15
C class don't count tracker , used DLC Car 1955 Hoonigan Chevrolet Bel Air
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By marciocxs on 30 Mar 2023 04:31
Needed three tries to get S2 to track. X wasn't needed.
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By Meshabba on 08 Oct 2023 00:34
I go to the car meet, but I cannot start a race. It gets stuck on matchmaking. What is the solution?
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By Amirreza Hy on 22 Oct 2023 05:29
Amirreza Hy, you need to play this with another player.

When another player appears, you can press X to start a showdown
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By Piyi Piyi on 28 Nov 2023 05:09
Very quick and easy. Took me about 10-15 mins. Enter online free roam, host the race from my own blueprint, people join.
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By segagamer on 06 Dec 2020 11:34
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In addition to what AussieBigfoot said above...

If you don't have the option to start a showdown, it means there's one currently in progress (press RT and there should be flags next to people's gamertags), wait a while for it to finish and you'll be able to start one afterwards.

If you're waiting more than five minutes, it's fair to say the server has probably crashed, so you'll have to exit and try again.

Also if you didn't know, you can switch cars without leaving the car meet. Press cn_back and then "change car".
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01 Oct 2016 08:19

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does not work for me every time i go into the car meet it immediately stops the player search. It's incredible frustrating. Tried it for over an hour with nobody showing up.
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By RrVonHinten on 09 Oct 2016 23:10
It's the "view" cn_back button on the left of the controller to change car.
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By Gobo on 01 Nov 2016 19:19
Thanks for the correction
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By Wyyvern on 01 Nov 2016 19:20
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There is a different kind of drag race from the "Showdown" that counts towards this...

This is where you drive into the parking garage and press Y to join an online free roam session. Having done that, you can drive down to the end of the long straight track where there is a blue icon that looks like a sprint race. This is where the drag race can be started. I did it this way for most of my drag races before I discovered the showdown. I only did showdowns in Class C and B but still got the achievement, having done all the other classes in this type of drag race.

Thanks to Pteppic42 for confirming that player created blueprint drags work to get this achievement as well as the stock ones.
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17 Oct 2016 05:08

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The point is relative what is shown to you on the map on free roaming adventure, it depends of the level of the players. Something could be shown on your map when you are playing with others online, due their level but, when you go back to your solitude, some icons are gone.
Those depends mostly on the festival sites upgrades.
It is pretty normal to do for example a stunt online jumping and then go back to your solo game and there is not such a place marked, yet, because you have not enough level to unlock it
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By FaSCoRP on 21 Feb 2017 14:34
Created blueprints work - got the achievement
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By Pteppic42 on 20 Oct 2016 21:37
"drive into the parking garage and press Y?" Not an option. Pressing Y does nothing..
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By whitet3260 on 03 Dec 2016 01:25
Would be helpful if you left a link that shows how to create a drag blueprint at this location.
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By whitet3260 on 03 Dec 2016 01:33
This is the solution that worked for me at this late date - did all but the "D" class car in "Online Free Roam". I was going to test if you could just get them all done in "Online Free Roam" but right when I went to do the last race everyone left, so I completed the last race ("D" class) in a Showdown & it popped. I still believe you can do them all in "Online Free Roam" and don't have to find a "Showdown" but I can't verify that now.
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By NmE War Eagle on 18 Jul 2019 03:55
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Freeroam - airport drag event - start.
Takes up to a minute (the race itself 30 seconds).
Repeat it 25 times and you're done unlocking also another achievement 👍

You race in that airport drag event in every class of car (D, C, B, A, S2, S1, X).
You can do it as you blueprint that event and make sure it's set on every car eligible with no specific class.
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01 Oct 2020 14:31

All you need to do is join an Online Freeroam Session and once in, simply start the Drag Race event that’s on the right side of the air strip.

You do not need to wait hours for doing the “Showdown” in the parking garage as many of us thought for years.

Most people are down to randomly join events in Free Roam so you should have no trouble.

I got Class D, C, B, A, S1, and S2 done in under 20 minutes back to back with randoms.

Be sure to set your blueprint to allow all classes.

Quickly teleport back to the event once you load back in so other players don’t start an event. You’re able to teleport back to the event quicker than the session recognizes the race is over yet.
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07 Jan 2024 02:28

From the Pause Menu, go to Online Free Roam. At the airfield, there is Car Meet. Enter that and participate in any Showdown that is being started. You need to run every car-class once except X-class. You do not have to win the drag race for this achievement. With some luck and people online, you will be able to enter every next showdown while changing cars in-between.

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We go into a free game, there on the runway we meet a drag racing car. All classes except X are needed.
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16 Nov 2016 12:31