Forza Horizon

Forza Horizon

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Close Encounters

Close Encounters

You've challenged and beaten 10 festival racers on the spot.

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How to unlock the Close Encounters achievement in Forza Horizon - Definitive Guide

Go up behind a festival goer - Their car will appear as a grey circle on the mini map - and they have the name above their car - Press X - Beat them to the finish line - Repeat 9 more times

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23 Oct 2012 08:44

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I honestly thought it meant beat the main characters after you finish a certain wrist-band lol Thanks for clearing that up though. Thumbs up for you!
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By Anth cF on 25 Jan 2013 02:21
If you want to knock this out quickly and simply, challenge the same driver 10 times.

If you come across a driver you have no trouble beating, challenge him again. Simply stay just a tiny bit ahead of the other driver the entire race, and when you are released from your winnings screen, you can let him pass (or catch up to/turn around to catch him) and challenge him again and get another easy win.
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01 Jan 2013 21:07

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how do you know if you have already challenged a driver if you were trying to challenge them each at least once?
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By S0PH0S on 15 Jul 2013 04:28
Unless you keep track yourself I don't believe there is a way to find that information.
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By Smeds on 15 Jul 2013 13:59
It's easier to leave this until you've got at least one faster car - in the A class or above. As you drive around the world you will see other festival racers in their cars, with their names above their heads (they also show up as grey circles in the map in the bottom-left corner of the screen). If you drive behind these cars you will be given the option to challenge them by pressing the X button. In the notification it gives an indication of how difficult the race will be, typically dependent on the type of car the other driver has.

So, in order to get this achievement easily, free roam in your A-class car and look for an opponent who's driving an old, slow car - and challenge them. Do this ten times - it doesn't even need to be a different opponent each time!
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04 Feb 2014 11:44

Festival racers are the NPC cars you will encounter while free roaming on the streets of Colorado. They are easy to identify as they have the racer’s name above the car. To challenge them you need to drive up behind their car until the challenge option appears. The class of car you are driving and the car they are driving will determine the difficulty. So it may be best to attempt this in a higher class car and only engage slow/ lower class cars.

Either way once the challenge option appears, press  to begin the race. 

The route will be highlighted on you HUD map but it is also a good idea to check your overall map as sometimes the highlighted route may not be the most effective route to take. Once you have beaten your 10th racer, the achievement will unlock. To make this easier, only engage ‘easy’ racers and turn on all assists.
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