This achievement requires you to upgrade all 4 festival locations.
Each of the four festival locations can be upgraded to level 5. The final festival upgrade is available once you reach 25,000,000 fans.
There are a few ways you can earn fans in Horizon 3:
-Exhibition Races
-Championships
-PR Stunts
-Showcases
-Bucket List Challenges
Events such as head-to-head races and street races do not gain you any fans since they are seen as "under the table" races and not directly affiliated with the Horizon Festival.
*EDIT* Thanks to AH GamerScore for pointing out that the amount of fans you win varies on what difficulty your playing, so all of these numbers are based on "Average" AI difficulty, which is the default.
Now I cannot attest to the amount of fans you earn before completing the final showcase, but after completing it each race and earning at least 1 star in PR stunts earned me about 130,000 fans plus bonuses from my Drivatar lineup and Skills completed during the race.
My personal suggestions to doing this, if you are going to attempt to 100% the game, is the following:
1) Make sure you do every showcase event. Not sure the outcome of losing but winning them earns you about 1,000,000 fans. I know most people will do them regardless but I say this because you can get the achievement for completing the final showcase without actually having to complete it.
2) Focus on Exhibition races first. There is an achievement linked to completing one at every single route in the game and you get about 130,000-140,000 fans per race win after you've completed the final showcase, so it really adds up and they aren't time consuming.
3) While travelling between Exhibition races, try and get at least one star on any PR stunts or complete any Bucket Lists you come across. Granted you may not have the right vehicle at the time to get 3 stars, but one starring PR stunts after the final showcase gets you 130,000-140,000 fans, plus more if you manage to get two or three stars. If you get stuck on a Bucket List challenge though, just leave it and come back to it later.
4) If you race all the Exhibition races and get tired of PR Stunts and Bucket List challenges, then you can race Championships, which are a series of races. Each race nets you about 130,000-140,000 after you complete the final showcase, plus if you win the championship you get an extra 250,000 fans.
There are more than enough fans to gather out there that you do not have to complete every race, Bucket List, PR Stunt and Championship to get this. At the time of writing I only finished 58/63 Exhibition races, 6 Championships, and haven't gotten at least one star on 5 PR events.
If there's anything I'm missing from this let me know, and if there are any questions feel free to ask. Again this is just my personal experience playing the game, not a get fans quick method.
39 Comments
I was the same error but the post of The Rankmeister on 27 Mar 20 at 15:29 has the solve!
I installed the game on the PC without sync data, I play about a half hour (First festival upgrade) and ready!
By darkPipeT on 30 Jun 2022 16:53
FIX: BUT WITH A WARNING! If you're stuck at 93% after completing all of the upgrades (like I was), exit the game. Press the start button on the Forza Horizon 3 game. Click on "Manage game and add-ons". Next, click on "Saved data". Next, click on your avatar picture (NOT "DELETE ALL"). Next, choose "DELETE FROM CONSOLE". When you start a new game it will automatically try to "Sync" (Make sure to cancel this before it completes syncing). This will start you from the VERY beginning, but no worries. Play the first hour or 2 to upgrade the opening festivals. This will trigger the achievement. Now click on the "Home" button and DELETE your new save file on "CONSOLE ONLY". Now reload Forza Horizon 3 and let it sync your old save file. You will now have the achievement and all of your progress. There is no need to disconnect your Ethernet cable during any of this. I followed these exact same steps and it worked flawlessly. I hope this helps someone. Just make sure you do this in one shot (which takes an hour or two), so there's no chance of syncing your "new" save file.
By Luv4Cheese on 27 Jan 2023 06:15
Also depends on what difficulty you use to for the races because you'll get more fans on higher difficulties then lower difficulties.
By AH GamerScore on 29 Sep 2016 15:02
I think co-op gets you a slight boost too - just a couple of hundred each but it adds up.
By Hirsute Dave on 03 Oct 2016 12:30
Weird. Achievement popped one upgrade early.
By toddycst on 08 Oct 2016 13:01
Weird. This Achievement is the 3rd one that hasn't unlocked for me. I hate that.
By ThaFlava on 13 Nov 2016 06:01
Same here - hasn't unlocked even though I completed it weeks ago - very frustrating.
By alpha54 on 20 Nov 2016 13:10
Weird. I have been playing for 24 hours on above average difficulty (488 roads driven) and I am getting a tenth of what is stated. For example one exhibition gives me 13,000 fans not 130,000. My sixth expansion upgrade was at 320,000 fans and the next one is at 440,000. The required 120,000 fans takes me several events.
By HolyHalfDead on 09 Dec 2016 22:38
achievement didn't unlock for me after my final expansion. Stuck on 93%
By darkavenger786 on 04 Jan 2017 14:54
I am still stuck at 93% as well... Even though I fully upgraded my last festival about three months ago. Losing hope that this will ever pop.
By alpha54 on 05 Jan 2017 03:12
Achievement popped up 2 upgrades too early (around 17M fans).
By LionTX on 11 Jan 2017 00:54
@freinhar ... Head to the horizon hardcore achievement and follow miojo666's solution. I did that and my achievement popped after the first expansion. Follow the solution step by step or you will lose your save game
By darkavenger786 on 11 Jan 2017 00:57
This achievement initially didn't pop for me, but when I signed on two days later it was unlocked. Seeing that some on this site (and on other sites) have encountered this issue, I would be patient before trying more extreme measures.
By JAYMATiK on 27 Jan 2017 13:34
Stuck on 93% for me too. I concur with JAYMATiK, I'll wait and see if it pops in future but I'm not risking messing up my save game, no matter how small the risk may be.
By FullNietzsche on 24 Apr 2017 14:51
This popped for me when I got one site up to only level 4, the rest were 5.
Like many of you, I'm also stuck at 93% despite all sites being fully upgraded.
By Scottpants on 04 Jul 2017 13:23
Me too... stuck at 93% after several months
By Panno92 on 02 Nov 2017 16:44
I was stuck at 93% too before it unlocked yesterday after a two weeks wait.
By Voltago on 21 Nov 2017 08:28
2 day and stuck in 93% ……..contínuos play …...last see if turn 10 make some improve to game
By zecareca on 24 Dec 2017 19:11
I got this after only upgrading 3 sites to Level 5 while Surfers Paradise was still on Level 4. Very weird.
By Otouto72 on 03 Feb 2018 22:09
If you wan't alot of fans quickly, then do all PR stunts, and play alot online.
1 Championship will give you 600.000+ fans.
It also helps if you have VIP pass.
By V3ntilator on 21 Jul 2018 07:45
stuck at 80ish% I'm going to do the solution that Miojo666 gave, delete the save from the console and work from there
By NickCremonez on 28 Sep 2018 16:36
This achievement is the 3rd or 4th one, that doesn't unlock. I made it several months ago: that is rubbish!
By DenJuandeMarco on 22 Apr 2019 09:27
Also stuck at 93%. Let me know if anybody finds a fix.
By rangersfan414 on 26 Jun 2019 20:49
Hi guys, just a quick update for those who are stuck at 93% for this achievement, like I was for ages. So, what I did was install FH3 on another Xbox One (I have an S and an X), started a brand new game (cancelled synching data) and as soon as I did the first festival upgrade at Byron Bay the achievement popped. Hope this helps anyone who has the same predicament. Thank you and stay safe.
By The Rankmeister on 27 Mar 2020 20:29
I still have 1 upgrade left at Surfers Paradise but I got the achievement somehow.
By DubstepEdgelord on 14 May 2020 04:42
How do I unlock the 4th festival site? I have all but the one in Yarra Valley. I have finished all other festivals and they are all level 5. It says in the top corner to drive to a site to expand but I dont have the 4th unlocked...
By King Craig x on 08 Jun 2020 11:27
Can confirm if you're stuck at 93% with all the sites unlocked and fully upgraded that you can just start a new game, do a few events and the first site upgrade will increment the tracker to 100% and unlock. Took about a half hour to do.
By StEvEY5036 on 13 Jun 2020 23:51
As mentioned above, this popped early for me, too. At 21M fans and 1 site at level 4.
By Dr Marty on 10 Sep 2020 15:11
Mine popped early as well, after upgrading my last site to a level 4.
By Berserkr IX on 03 Jun 2021 04:23
I'm stuck at 93% so looks like I'm among the unlucky ones who now have several achievements not sync on this game.
By AgileDuke on 10 Jan 2022 06:25
Yeah, stuck for me too... unlocked all the achievements in the 2nd guide... over 25m fans... all sites at Level 5.... nothing, so annoying :-(
By Rossa on 19 Feb 2022 18:21
Also got stuck at 93%, reset the game and nothing. Crossing my fingers that the new game trick works.
By Adoril on 06 Nov 2022 14:10
This game has been super buggy for me (a problem i rarely encounter). This achievement is stuck at 87%, my beauty spots one is stuck at 84% and one of the first achievements that should pop for adding 4 radio stations has still not popped for me despite having all festivals and now all upgraded to level 5 too
By VOODOO85 on 29 Mar 2023 19:52
I was dubious starting again would work, but decided to follow the steps @Luv4Cheese posted... And you know what, the chevo only went and popped after upgrading the first festival site to lvl 2... So happy 😊
By Rossa on 18 Nov 2023 15:14
@Luv4Cheese is my hero. Their way worked a treat. I was a bit nervous I’d lose my save, but alas, I did not. It synced right back up after following your steps. Kudos to you, @Luv4Cheese.
By MoneyLaunderer on 24 Mar 2024 21:17
Thank you @Luv4Cheese, you're a life saver! Thanks to your tip, i was able to get the achievements that was stucked for me, this one and "I want it all".
By ajWolfSkyrim on 11 Apr 2024 12:40
Just to let you know, losing doesn't make a difference on showcase events. I crashed out by the end of the final showcase and I still got similar numbers to my brother(who did it).
Also the number of fans you get from showcase events is basically "enough to get you to the next expansion".
I've only done 40 exhibitions, 4 championships and 1 star on most PR events, however I am on 28 bucket lists complete and I still need 1,000,000 for the 25mil
By TheGreatKoala on 07 Oct 2016 13:36
Achievement didn't pop after upgrading all sites. I came back a few hours later and popped on Xbox restart. Playing on Xbox Series X.
By CorleoneGang on 01 Jan 2021 14:26