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Kingmaker

Earn all 30 stars from the "Upgrade Heroes" story.

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How to unlock the Kingmaker achievement in Forza Horizon 4 - Definitive Guide

mossfan563

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11 Mar 2020 14:51

EDIT: If you already have completed Upgrade Heroes and have all the stars, this achievement and the other Upgrade Heroes achievements should unlock when you load the game. Thanks LeGagnan!

So kinda like some of the other Forza Horizon 4 businesses/story missions, you will need to get 3 stars on 10 missions.
Before you start Upgrade Heroes, make sure you have 100,000 CR as you'll need it to purchase the business.
You'll get a daily CR payout after purchasing.

The majority of missions will start with you driving to a point, getting the car and bringing the car back to the spot to "upgrade" it without going over the damage limit. Those parts do not count towards stars. Just don't damage the car too much when bringing the car to wherever as you will have to redo that part of the mission.

After the car has been upgraded, go crazy with shortcuts and offroading as it'll be needed for a lot of the missions (except for the final mission).

The Challenges
1. The Datsun - Finish in 1min 28sec
2. The Audi - Finish in 2min 15sec
3. The Camino - Finish in 1min and stay above 100mph or 160.93km/h.
4. The Mazda - Get 80,000 drift points
5. The Chevrolet - Reach 185 mph or 295km/h at the Speed Trap
6. The Land Rover - Finish in 1min 40sec
7. The Peugeot - Get over 180,000 skill points.
8. The Ford - Finish in 2min 10sec
9. The Bentley - Finish in 2min 20sec
10. The Koenigsegg - Finish in 3min 20sec and don't go over the damage limit.

If you got all 3 stars on all 10 missions, you should unlock this as well as:

The Wolf in Sheep's Clothing achievement in Forza Horizon 4 worth 100 pointsComplete all chapters of the "Upgrade Heroes" story.

If you need some visuals, I used this video (credit to MotoGamesTV on YouTube):

Let me know if there are any improvements to the solution that need to be made and I can edit. :)

11 Mar 2020 14:51

43 Comments

Updated to add metric measurements. Thank you @pedle zelnip.

By mossfan563 on 12 Apr 2020 18:42

The only one I had difficulty with was the Mazda, had to quit out and turn off the assists like breaking, steering, traction and stability, left gearing as auto as I suck at manual. There is a cross roads about half way through the run I recommend going left, right, right , and left back onto the recommended route to give you a few extra corners so you are basically driving around the square on the mini map. Time isn't an issue. I was able to comfortably get 90k that way on my first attempt.

By Calex dEUS on 11 Mar 2020 18:39

Yeah that was the only real pain out of all the challenges IMO. I had gears on manual and shifted between 2 and 3 to get something going.

By mossfan563 on 11 Mar 2020 18:47

If you had already completed all of the chapters the achievements should unlock as you load the game.

By LeGagnan on 11 Mar 2020 18:49

Thanks, forgot this was added previously and not part of Update 20.

By mossfan563 on 11 Mar 2020 19:06

Remember to use rewind, espescially on the Land Rover (offroad hitting trees and houses) and Koenigsegg (hitting traffic and stone fences) missions.

By ArcticRaider on 11 Mar 2020 19:23

How do you even 3 star the Camino? Always about 5+ seconds off

By tjw CENA2000 on 12 Mar 2020 07:54

@tjw CENA2000 - That's the one I have next, so I'll report back once I've figured it - in work atm .

By NoHeroes94 on 12 Mar 2020 14:12

@tjw CENA2000 - What I did was try to maintain my speed as much as possible and rewind any time I collided with something. Don't be afraid to brake a little if you feel like you're going to hit a wall.

By mossfan563 on 12 Mar 2020 14:36

5. The Chevrolet - Reach 185 mph at the Speed Trap

That's 298km/h for anyone wondering. But the game says it in the menu.

By Throni360 on 12 Mar 2020 17:33

As mossfan563 said, don't be scared about slightly breaking in corners. Did it first time around 56 seconds, so it is tight, but not too bad.

By NoHeroes94 on 12 Mar 2020 17:48

No need to brake at all. You can drive through the wall without losing that much speed. 57 seconds on second try.

By Throni360 on 12 Mar 2020 17:51

Alright, Finished the Camino on my 2nd attempt (for the night) last night, shortly after commenting on this. I brake lightly in some spots, I busted through a wall, an drifted like across the grass for a second was going at 142mph when I was back on the road. (took off without a issue). The corner I busted through was the corner that took you to the long somewhat straight road. I finished with a little over 58 seconds

By tjw CENA2000 on 13 Mar 2020 01:18

3- just drive straight at the start to the main road and don’t brake in corners.
4- Got 86k in the Mazda first try with traction and automatic on So it’s possible

By SaP RaZzor on 13 Mar 2020 21:00

Camino mission is pure Corona!

By jantrance on 26 Mar 2020 22:27

For the Camino I found that cutting off road through the stone wall on the corner after the big downhill at the start shaved a couple seconds off. Takes a few tries to get the right line but it allows you to maintain a lot more speed through the corner (especially in winter).

By BadTriangle on 31 Mar 2020 17:52

I am glad winter is done, and can try the Camino during the spring with dry roads

By GoClimbAGlacier on 02 Apr 2020 14:54

All were pretty easy for me except the Keonigsegg. I kept running into cars/trees before I could hit rewind so I was contantly having to restart.

By AbsoIuteZero x on 03 Apr 2020 15:21

That Mazda is so shit for drifting. They deserve to go out of business after turning out that piece of crap!

By CheshireMulisha on 11 Apr 2020 17:01

Agreed that drift one is @#$!ing terrible. So frustrating, such a terrible car for drifting.

By Pedle Zelnip on 12 Apr 2020 18:20

Thanks for this. I thought I’d have a go at these yesterday but it’s currently winter. Challenge 3 with the Camino is almost impossible as a result. I’m not slow by any means but need to cut it by 2 seconds for 3 star. Just going to wait until Tuesday for the next season.

By The Manic Moose on 25 Apr 2020 07:41

The only one that gave me trouble was The Peugeot, some of the score based story chapters can be annoying. I got the rest of these on my first try, even the Mazda chapter. For that one, I recommend turning Traction Control and Stability Control off in the Difficulty settings and try to drift even a little bit once you gain some speed using the e-brake, even on the straight section I try to get a couple of drifts in.

By Tommy Ferrari on 14 May 2020 17:34

Maybe worth noting too (for those of us in KM/h rather than M/h), challenge 5 is 298 KM/h. Will thumbs up if you add that.

By Pedle Zelnip on 12 Apr 2020 18:36

The vehicular hermaphrodite one is a real pain in the dick. Was a tenth of a second too late in the winter, but managed it with one second and a half left on the second try during spring. Peugeot is a close second, there's no good place to get any point in that one. Mazda is probably third, but only because the car is so underpowered compared to what you'd expect it to be for a drift car. To be fair, I mostly struggled because I was rusty. The rest was pretty easy. Nice serie overall, but preferred the delivery one to be honest. Best advice would be to do it during any season other than winter, and get used to the game before attempting (if you haven't played in a while).

By GoyetteQC on 28 May 2020 18:14

in the mazda chapter, turn off the traction, it will be very easy.

By FelipeDornelas7 on 08 Jun 2020 20:48

the Peugeot one i have issues with the most, the time limit doesn't seem appropriate to the amount of score you need to get...

By Wwau on 25 Jun 2020 17:09

All where a breeze only one I had to have more than one attempt with was the Ford one.

By purplecamel on 05 Jul 2020 10:45

Damn, The Camino was hard to 3 star in Winter.

By SPACE ODDITY on 10 Oct 2020 14:03

the camino cant be completed in winter

By GV Loc on 13 Oct 2020 22:46

@GVLoc well according to the comment above yours, it can 😁

By Skinfasst on 26 Nov 2020 22:21

^ I’ve given up trying it in Winter lol. It’s crazy difficult. So props to you if you can finish it in Winter because it’s almost nigh-on impossible.

By Waggie5150 on 05 Jan 2021 17:06

For the last mission, instead of turning right at the first big shift, turn left to join the highway ;)

By SSGhost63 on 20 Jan 2021 15:27

The El Camino one is kicking my ass. It's also Winter right now so I guess I have to wait until Spring to get more traction for 3 stars. The Peugeot and Mazda ones took me forever too.

By Elementall19 on 26 Feb 2021 22:20

Yes the El Camino one was terrible. I'd suggest taking advantage of the rewind system. Floor it and try perfect the bends as you go with the rewind system. The Camino drives like a boat and is horrible, luckily did it just now in spring. Can't imagine how terrible it is in winter.

By SaintShiba on 05 Mar 2021 11:56

How are you getting the Mazda to go that fast in the video? Mine is topping out at like 70 MPH so its not carrying momentum out of the turns... it basically comes to a stop.

By spankyNspronkle on 23 Jun 2021 00:33

The Camino one is definitely possible in Winter as I’ve just done it but it is a lot of hard work.

By Bownzinho on 24 Jun 2021 10:23

Just did the Camino in winter as well. Pay attention to your time early on and try different routes and see which gets you the furthest in the first 10 seconds. Turned out I was wasting 3 seconds by going too far right or left. Finished in 58 seconds after sorting that part out and using rewinds to work through the rest.

By Danny Bizz on 17 Jul 2021 02:55

That Mazda chapter is horrible. All assists off, Manual, and it still would not slide. Minimal acceleration, and the slightest touch of the brakes makes it stop. Easily the worst car provided for any of the story chapters.

By BeakerAU on 31 Jul 2021 00:58

I fell through the scenery twice. Glitched my way to Mazda 3 stars!

By FloriDUH JBot on 19 Aug 2021 16:18

Thanks

By OBlockMafia on 23 Sep 2023 19:07

crazy the rx7 one of the best cars for drifting but a pain in this game, had to 180 back for 10 seconds to get another 5,000 drift points

By DDev on 04 Jun 2020 11:36

Ignore everyone saying that the Madza and Peugeot ones are difficult. Clearly these people forgot to turn off traction AND stability control.

By on 06 Sep 2020 00:46

Heres a tip for mazda. Leave all settings on default. Never go for a drift early. Wait for right when the car auto switches from 2nd to 3rd gear. Once it switches hit the A to E drift. Then do this the whole way through only drift when u have hit 3rd gear each time. Anything below isnt worth it and the cars so bad at acceleration u need to make each one count.

When i noticed this and tried this techinique i did it first try no problem.

I didnt need to turn traction control off or switch to manual like i did when 3 starring drift zones.

Hope this helps

By Xitl on 23 Feb 2022 17:32

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