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Life Skills

Life Skills

Banked 1 Million Skill Score in Sierra Nueva

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How to unlock the Life Skills achievement in Forza Horizon 5 - Definitive Guide

This has to be done in 1 go.

If you don't want to wait for a skill song you are best off using either of the Hoonicorns, preferably the Gymkhana 10 one.

Unlock all the useful perks (% score increase for certain skills, multiplier + extra life if you're worried about messing up).

Then go to any open area on the map and go to town.

You want 125,000 score if you have the Gymkhana 10 version as it's multiplier perk takes it to x8.
142,858 if you use the standard Hoonicorn since that only goes to x7.
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29 Mar 2023 23:35

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For the 2nd time I clearly state Hoonicorn before I mention Gymkhana 10.
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By TheGillesMuller on 01 Apr 2023 13:41
toast
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By Doc Buddha on 29 Mar 2023 23:54
There’s like 4 Gymkhana 10 bud
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By ANGEL X DESTINY on 31 Mar 2023 22:53
I state it's a Hoonicorn before even mentioning that bit.
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By TheGillesMuller on 31 Mar 2023 23:21
You said go to town. Which town? Do you mean outside Sierra Nueve?

I’ve been trying for last 5 hours to get this in the Hot Wheels hub and in different town areas of the main game’s Mexico map. No matter how what, the achievement won’t pop when I bank 1 million points in those towns.

I hope I can figure out which town soon!
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By MajimaActual on 01 Apr 2023 02:18
MajimaActual

Você precisa fazer 1M de pontos em qualqjer lugar da nova DLC eu usei a pista de pouso.

*use Google translate
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By YDias on 01 Apr 2023 05:14
Lol when the guy said go to town, he didn't mean a specific place, he just meant start earning the score needed. It obviously has to be done in Sierra Nueva as the achievement description states
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By DA CYBER ZOMBIE on 01 Apr 2023 05:26
Could you be a little more specific than just "Gymkhana 10"?

There is the:

* 1965 Gymkhana 10 Ford Hoonicorn Mustang.
* 1977 Gymkhana 10 Ford F-150 'Hoonitruck'
* 1991 Gymkhana 10 Ford Escort Cosworth Group A
* 2016 Gymkhana 10 Ford Focus RS RTX

Which one are you talking about?
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By Jason S on 01 Apr 2023 10:54
@thegillwsmuller yes I was trolling with the go to Town comment. But I don’t get why people are confused about the gymkhana thing.
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By MajimaActual on 02 Apr 2023 21:42
So it’s the Hoonicorn Gymkhana 10, yeah? winklaugh
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By B4RN4RD5K1 on 04 Apr 2023 08:57
Not being trolled, the confusion is coming from the fact that there's the brand in game Hoonicorn, as well as some of their cars also containing the word Hoonicorn, and there being multiple cars with 'Gymkhana 10' in the name also.

Fully written out the car you recommend is the Hoonicorn 1965 Gymkhana 10 Ford Hoonicorn Mustang.

Your recommendation is spot on, just needs a little bit of clarification to help people find the right car faster.
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By the Quiltless on 05 Apr 2023 04:32
There is no brand called Hoonicorn, if you took a tiny bit of notice in-game, know even a modicum about cars in real life, have heard of Ken Block or played FH3/4 you know the brand is Hoonigan.

I'd have thought anyone playing a paid expansion to a racing game would have a tiny degree of knowledge on the subject.
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By TheGillesMuller on 05 Apr 2023 09:30
I know the guy who wrote the guide thinks we’re joking but I genuinely couldn’t find the car mentioned in the guide and actually think I am attempting this with a different car to what was suggested! (IE What even is the manufacturer - Ford? Hoonigan? 🤷‍♂️
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By KingyOwl on 05 Apr 2023 20:19
The full name of the car you're looking for is "1977 Hoonigan Gymkhana 10 Ford F-150 'Honnitruck'" It is found under Hoonigan within Manufacturer. At least, that's the one I used
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By Grazer J on 05 Apr 2023 22:39
I would also add that you might want to adjust two settings: Campaign > Settings > Difficulty > Traction Control (set to off) and Campaign > Settings > Difficulty > Stability Control (set to off) as this will improve your car's ability to slide sideways and get more drifting skills as part of your run.
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By DragyneSlayre on 07 Apr 2023 15:35
Just so there is no confusion the car OP is referring to is the 1965 Hoonigan Gymkhana 10 Ford Hoonicorn Mustang

The 8x multiplier unlock is at the very top right of the skill tree

Can be found under Hoonigan manufacturer
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By Cube623 on 11 Apr 2023 20:06
Its worth noting that the car you recommend using, with the x8 perk, can't be bought. The x7 one can.
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By Bonkekook on 13 Apr 2023 05:45
I bagged one you can't buy ages ago
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By LIAM SLANEY86 on 11 Jun 2023 12:15
For those like myself, who are aware that there's several hoonigan brand cars with the name gymkhana 10. The one with the 8x multiplier is the 1965 hoonigan 10 ford hoonican mustang.
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By the Quiltless on 02 Apr 2023 15:12
And for the 3rd time, I say Hoonicorn then I say Gymkhana 10.

Am I being trolled here or something? My explanation should be very clear to anyone with anything more than a couple of hours in the game, it's ridiculous that people are making such a hash of reading it.
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By TheGillesMuller on 02 Apr 2023 16:25
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I found a very nice spot to grind points without risking to hit something and lose the streak.

It is the Joya Marron valley located to West of Horizon Badlands Outpost.

During a Skill Song, I was able to grind points by smashing trees, jumping on bumps and hitting cactuses, while turning and drifting. Note that some bumps on the South West can be dangerous, so keep focused to avoid crashing your car.

I used the Lamborghini Sesto Forza Edition with drag tires.

Here is a video:


(open this solution page if the video doesn't load)
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29 Mar 2023 23:59

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Fantastic location! First try in the "Hoonicorn" mustang full car mastery. Thanks toast
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By Cheezatino on 30 Mar 2023 00:51
Some cars instantly hit the 10x multiplier with a Skill Song playing, regardless of car mastery upgrades (though Extra Life is always recommended, affording you a second chance before breaking the skill chain). I use the Apollo Intensa Emozione 2018, with an AWD X-class drift tune by MaxiEndymion22 (share code 175-326-987).

Head to the airstrip. Drift back and forth up and down the airstrip, sideswiping fencing and solar panels. With a skill song playing, it takes about a minute or two to hit 100,000 x 10. Avoid the parked planes at the north end of the runway.
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thank you, that's really helpful!!!
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By masterchief233 on 05 Dec 2023 18:06
You need to bank 1 million of the points you get through driving in free roam to get this achievement. In other words, the points you get for drifting and getting smactus and sideswipe bonuses etc. I did this in one go with a skill song active, so I accumulated 100,000 points plus the x10 multiplier and then let the points bank. I’m not sure if this is cumulative or whether it has to be done in one go but I would say it the points have to be banked in one go as the achievement progress bar did not move up by any percentage for me even though cumulatively I probably had about 100k points banked before getting the 1 million.
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29 Mar 2023 21:02


You need to bank 1 million skill points in a single run. The easiest way to do this is to travel to Joya Marron near the Badlands Festival Site with a good drift car. Then you just want to drift, smash cacti, and do jumps to earn a high enough score. You can purchase car mastery upgrades to make this easier, or do this during a Skill Song to earn a 10X multiplier for your skill chain.
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31 Mar 2023 21:56

You need to bank 1 million skill points in a single run. The easiest way to do this is to travel to Joya Marron near the Badlands Festival Site with a good drift car. Then you just want to drift, smash cacti, and do jumps to earn a high enough score. You can purchase car mastery upgrades to make this easier, or do this during a Skill Song to earn a 10X multiplier for your skill chain.
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Personally, I took the 2009 Formula Drift #99 Mazda RX-8. I upgraded my car talents to the maximum and went drifting in the desert. It is advisable to wait for a special track so that the multiplier increases to x10 and collect 100 thousand points. It literally took me 5 minutes of drifting
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11 Apr 2023 18:37

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It’s easy to do not even in the desert in a Ford Mustang hoonicorn; I did it in this car without even reaching the desert along the route. We just turn off the stability control and traction control, wait for a special song and bludgeon along the roads wherever we look, the main thing is to dodge oncoming cars in time, so we bludgeon not at the speed limit, carefully for fun.
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By pahomerr on 24 Nov 2023 00:25