Forza Motorsport 4

Welcome to my guide for the Bucket List.

Before starting, let me say you should start this achievement only after you finished Season 10, as it will avoid you to do the same race twice on some events.

Also, do not bother about grinding the Affinity Level to 50 (unless you are using a Hired Driver) in a make of car, as you probably will get to it before the end of Bucket List.

A quick explanation about the squares on the event list, found under Career, Go Race, Event List.
- A White square means that you need to buy a car for that event.
- A Blue square means that you have a car in your garage eligible for that event.
- A Green square means that your current car is eligible for that event.

There are two ways about going for this achievement.

1. You love the game (like me) and play every single race in every event. That will take you over 200 hours and, as the AI is ridiculouslly easy, I recommend that you increase the the difficulty to Medium or higher, this will net you more credits and affinity XP. Try to stick with a make of car where possible, Chevrolet in my case, many events you will have to use another make.

2. Hire a driver. This will be less boring for most people not inclined to actually spend time racing. Have a wired controller on hand or a play and charge kit. Do not forget that the hired driver is slower than you are, so it is going to take a lot longer using this method.
The bad thing about using a hired driver is that you will get almost no Driver or Affinity XP, so you will need to grind the Affinity according to the guide on this website.

Hope it helps, I hope you are enjoying this gaming masterpiece as much as I am.

[UPDATE] Changed the no driver/affinity xp gained using a hired driver, as per FPSDeath instruction.
[UPDATE] Changed the white square description. Thanks to GrmRpr69.

Welcome to my guide to the "Bucket List" achievement in Forza 4.

First off looking at the event list there is no doubt that ticking of all 290 squares is a big task which in total equates to 1,299 races overall. (be advised, Earning the "Legend" achievement before attempting this is key because it knocks off over 100 events from the list)

Colour key(IMPORTANT)
Green = Your current car is eligable for that event
Blue = Your current car is not eligable for the event but you own a car that is eligable for that event
White/Grey = You do not own a car that can take part in this event

Races and Types

European Manufacturer Races

This Section takes up 61 squares on the grid covering 194 races. These range from 1 race to 5 races per event and Cover Classes E-275 to R1-998

Asian Manufacturer Races

The Asian races take up 45 squares on the grid and cover 142 individual races. These also range from 1 race to 5 races per event and Cover Classes E-275 - R2-875

North American Manufacturer Races

The N. American races cover 34 squares on the grid and cover 117 seperate races. These once again only range from 1 race to 5 races in an event and cover classes F-200 - R1-998

Semi-Pro Body Style Races

Body style races don't just cover classes in terms of restrictions so i will cover both bodystyle type and class restriction. These events take up 10 squares on the grid and cover 50 races as they all have 5 races in each event

Bodystyle/Class
City Car - F200
Economy - E-275
Hatch - C-425
Wagon - B-500
SUV - B-500
Sedan - B-500
Roadster - B-500
Superlight - A-600
Sportscar - A-600
Supercar - S-700

That covers all ten bodystyle types and the corresponding classes for the events

Semi Pro Powertrain Races

Once again this is like the previous event type but using cars with certain drivetrain types instead. This also has a drivetrain- class thing going on so there will be a list below. This Section also Covers 10 grid squares while each event covers 5 races each totalling 50 races

Drivetrain Type/Class

Three Cylinder - F-200
Hybrid Drivetrains - F-200
Inline Four - F-200
Normal Aspiration - C-425
Boosted - B-500
Five Cylinder - B-500
Six Cylinder - A-600
Eight Cylinder - A-600
Ten Cylinder - S-700
Twelve Cylinder - S-700

Semi Pro European Races

These events cover 10 grid squares in total here and also contain 5 races each totalling 50 races. These events only take place on Tracks located in Europe but there is not a Car locale restriction meaning any car is eligable barr the class restriction which means the classes span from F-200 - R1-998

Semi Pro Asian Races

These events take up 10 squares on the grid with each event covering 3 races across Asian Tracks totalling 30 races. Once again no locale restriction is there and any car can enter barr restrictions whic means this group of events also has a class limit of F-200 - R1-998

Semi Pro North American Races

These events take up 10 grid squares and total 50 races meaning there is 5 per event. These are races on tracks throughout America and also span classes of F-200 - R1-998. These events once again bear no locale restrictions

International Masters

International Masters takes up 10 grid squares but have 7 races per event totalling 70 races in total. There is an event for each car class and these ar long drawn out races that are meant to last usually 10 - 15 minutes per race.

TopGear Bowling

Time to have a little fun while trying to beat a set score by knocking over some bowling pins round a short version of top gears test track. there are 10 grid squares taken up by this fun little activity and is only 1 event each making 10 little fun goes doing this. Their is tight restrictions though meaning you can only use cars from F-200 - B-500

Multi Class Races

These are the ameteur Versions of the multiclass events which only span from classes F-200 - S-700. This event also takes on another 10 grid squares and another 50 total races to complete making it 5 per event.

Fujimi 1v1 Mountain Chase(King of the Mountain)

These events are basically a 1v1 Sprint battle to the end of the cut bit of course. Bearing the name in mind these events are around 4 little stages of Fujimi Kaido. Sometimes the same couple normal and reverse. Thes events also take on another 10 squares and total to 40 sprints to the end which means 4 pieces of course per event. These range from E-275 - S-700

Super Speedway Series

These take place on 3 or 4 courses which are
Twin Ring Motegi Super Speedway
Sedona Raceway
Brickyard Speedway
Nissan Speedway

The classes range from C-425 to X-999 which is the highest class rating. These Races take 10 more grid squares and cover 3 races per event calculating to 30 races total.

Autocross

Autocross is a slalom event in which you have to beat a lap time round a course(in 1 lap) and go through a majority if not all the cones (achievement "autocrosser" can be earned here) and finish under the time. Classes here range from C-425 - S-700 and events range from 1,3 or 4 events totalling to 28 autocross events. Perfecting 10 of these will net you the "autocrosser" achievement

Track Days

Track days is where you have to overtake a certain amount of cars in an event in 2 laps. for these you are given a certain manufacturer plus their restrictions. these take up 10 grid squares and covers 38 races.

Manufacturer/class
Chevrolet - A-600
Nissan - A-600
BMW - A-600
Ferrari - S-700
Dodge - S-700
Lamborghini - S-700
Aussie V8 supercars - R3-800
Aston Martin GT1 - R2-875
Nissan GT500 - R2-875
Audi - R1-998

Nurburgring 1v1

Basically the same as the Fujimi kaido one. Split into 4 parts and spread from classes A-600 - R1-998. These events cover 10 grid squares and total up to 40 races.

Pro Multiclass

All containing 7 races each and 10 squares this covers 70 races towards the total. these follow very strict guidelines though which i will cover below.

LMP1 GT1-GTS - R1-998
LMP1 GT2 - R1-998
LMP2 GT1-GTS - R1-998
LMP2 GT2 - R1-998
GT1 GTS LMP1 - R2-875
GT1 GTS LMP2 - R2-875
GT1 GTS GT2 - R2-875
GT2 LMP1 - R3-800
GT2 LMP2 - R3-800
GT2 GT1 - R3-800

World Championships.

Now isnt this one a decieving little bugger. The event list tells you that this is 12 races per event so it leads you to believe that thier are only 120 races to do throughout all ten world championships but what it lets you find out for yourself is that each event is split into 2 heats which means instead of 120 races you are doing 240 races. These use All classes up to R1-998 and totals off to 1,299 races if you followed the guide

This will no doubt take a minimum of 200 hours to complete this achievement. Stick with it if you are as far through as i am and you shall reap the rewards.

Hiring a driver will make this achievement much better for you as you will not tire yourself out as much then.

Anyway enough blabbing on, Thanks To all who read the guide. Please if you Negative vote leave a comment with some constructive criticism so i can improve upon current solutions and improve future solutions to make gaming for achievements easier

Anyways Good Luck, your going to need it for this one

I won this last night but am still waiting for the site to update me.

Anyway, I carried out a little experiment which I will share with you now...

If, like me, you have the Porsche DLC, you will have noticed, like everyone else that it drops your career progress down by about 5%. If you don't want to get all the way up to 100% percent complete, or fancy saving a little time, then this is for you.

I was at 96.6% complete (with the DLC), saved my game and went back to the dashboard, erased the DLC from my HDD then booted up the game again. Looking at the Event List, everything had gone back to the old layout and, checking my progress, I was at 103.1% complete. I then started, completed and won an event I had not yet done and "Bucket List" popped on one of the rewards screens.

I know it's not much but, it saved me doing just over 3% of everything including DLC events.

I can't confirm whether or not that it still unlocks at 98.1% when you own the DLC, I just wanted to let you all know that you can remove it and still get this early.

I had 2 events left in the Porsche Pack and a few Autocross and Multiclass events left from the original list. This proves that you can do a mixture of events.

I hope this saves someone a bit of time at least.

As I'm sure everyone is aware this achievement will take a long time to get. So I thought I'd share a few hints and tips to help make it a little quicker and more efficient.

First of all, as most solution here have stated, you should complete the season play before you attempt the event list. However be aware that not all races you do in season play will necessarily tick off races in the event list. For example, if the race is set on say, Camino Viejo Extreme Circuit, and they give you an option between D-Class, C-Class and B-Class world tours, if you select anything other than the B-Class world tour, the race will not be ticked off the event list because that track does not exist in the D or C-Class world tours, however it does exist for B-Class. So it would essentially be a waste of time to do it in D or C-Class, so be sure to check that for each race.

On the other hand if there is a race in season play, such as 2 laps on Silverstone Grand Prix Circuit, yet in the event list for the selected series it is in fact 5 laps on the same circuit, it will tick it off, saving you from doing an extra 3 laps.

When you go onto the event list page, if you press start it'll bring up your assists. If you scroll to the bottom where it says 'Class Restriction' and select 'Open', it will allow you to enter certain events, such as American/Asian/European and World tours, with any car you like, regardless of it's class (the continent of origin still matters). So if you feel like your hire driver is struggling against F-Class opponents, then pop him in a R1 car and set him on his way.

Thanks for reading my guide. If you have any questions, criticisms or any other tips you'd like to share, then please leave a comment and I'll try and improve the solution.

I hope I've saved you some time on this achievement!

I don't know for sure but I just want to warn everyone that the Porsche DLC might glitch this achievement slightly. When I downloaded it I noticed that my career completition percentage went down and when I ticked the non-DLC boxes my achievement didn't pop. I started doing the Porsche DLC events wondering if doing all of them would make it pop and it popped when I had done about 12/20 of them and my career percantage was 98.2%.

I don't know if anyone else has had the same experience but this is what happened for me.

this cheevo popped with the following not done... 6 check boxes missing from the furthest right column and combined 35 different events x2( all had 2 heats) I was offline when this popped =( surprised the hell out of me cause i thought i had 20-30 more hours to go

i was around 97-98% done with all checked except for the furthest right column