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You're one smooth operator

You're one smooth operator

Beat a 03:03.765 lap in Time Trial at Strada Alpina (Circuito Stradale) in Bugatti Bolide

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How to unlock the You're one smooth operator achievement in GRID Legends - Definitive Guide

If you plan ahead, you can use this track/car combo to unlock two achievements and make progress towards a third.

To unlock this, you'll want to set up a race in the Race Creator using the Time Trial discipline. The car is in the GT Hypercar class of the Track Day category. As the achievement description says, you'll need to select "Strada Alpina" for the location, and "Circuito Stradale Strada Alpina", which is the first Route listed. You may as well set the conditions to Day (dry), and set the advanced options to allow you to use Vehicle and Mechanic upgrades. I also set damage to visual only, because some of the walls can really damage your suspension if you run a little wide.

This track layout is around 7 miles, and you may find yourself doing quite a few laps before you meet the target - so you should try to get this before you focus on completing all 200 miles needed to unlock "The racing car" achievement. However, you should first drive enough miles to be able to buy all upgrades on the car. I started by creating a custom race of 20 laps on the Indianapolis Oval (50 miles) and ran it once, and that was enough to unlock all of the upgrades for the Bolide.

I used the following tune settings:
Gear Ratio - center
Springs - 1 step right
Dampers - 1 step right
Ant-roll bars - 2 steps right (max)
Brake Bias - center

Those settings with full upgrades let me get to more than 265 mph on the back straight and unlock the "Need For Speed" achievement as well.

As far as the track, if you've played the rest of the game it shouldn't present too much of a challenge. Your first lap will be 2 - 2.5 seconds slower than a true flying lap, as you should be able to carry much more speed across the line than the rolling start gives you.

There are a couple of places where the road is very wide, and it is easy to stray too far off the racing line - if you do, you will get a message that your lap has been flagged as invalid. And the way they set up the Time Trial rules, not only will it invalidate the lap you're on, it will automatically flag the next lap, too. Personally, I ended the session every time I had a lap flagged - but as Mince lfc notes in the comments, you can still earn the achievement with a dirty lap (including cutting corners) - if you do it too often, though, you can be disqualified. Turning on the racing line before starting can help you avoid having your lap flagged (under the main game's Options\Difficulty menu).
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27 Jan 2023 02:22

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Thanks for the info :) you can cut corners and still get the achievement, i cut the corners at the start of the track and received warnings plus lap was invalid but it still popped at the end of my second lap. If you cut too many you will get disqualified though
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By Mince lfc on 27 Jan 2023 14:23
Might have just gotten lucky but using the tuning settings I managed to get this even on the starting lap with about 3 seconds to spare.

Maybe just dumb luck but at least for me a lot less painful than the one in the last DLC

Thanks for the suggestions!
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By Muetschens on 27 Jan 2023 17:39
Thanks for the tips. Only took me 4 laps and I cut the first two corners. Deffo way easier than the 1971 Plymouth one!
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By Barad 007 on 27 Jan 2023 19:31
I'm still having nightmares about the Plymouth achievement!
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By CecilMcW00t on 27 Jan 2023 21:59
On my first session (standard setup) i did a invalid 3:02:xxx on lap 2 and it seems it didn't count because i did a clean lap before. Then i restarted and used the setup above, did an invalid lap 1 at 3:06 and my second lap unlocked the achievement with a 3:02.
Relatively easy compared to the earlier DLC.
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By Superschrubber on 28 Jan 2023 11:31
Thank you. Got it on my first lap 😉
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By St Helens RLFC on 28 Jan 2023 16:24
Took a while for me to get this… Was well off the pace to start with, as wasn’t used to how the Bolide handled… Was lapping at 03:10, but after some practice and lots of restarts, I got it in under 03:02 on the first lap.
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By PureRhapsody on 29 Jan 2023 09:44
It doesnt work for me did all clean laps within 3mins and nothing poped . Then did just 1 lap time attack managed to get 3 misns aswell and still nothing...
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By ciornyiMD on 06 Feb 2023 08:20
I really don't know what I'm doing wrong here but I'm like over 10 seconds off the pace with a fully upgraded car. I didn't even find the Plymouth one very difficult it only took me around 5 laps.

edit: so it turns out I'm an idiot and had upgrades off when creating the race, done it first lap after sorting it
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By AdamAFCx on 06 Feb 2023 19:28
My advice is to be a bit conservative. I was trying to run as hard as possible, would spin out or get into the wall hard and miss it by about 3 seconds. Once a ran a smoother, slower lap I got it.
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By Pazuzu98224 on 10 Feb 2023 19:30
Don't do what I did and select Time Attack instead of Time Trial, then wonder 15 minutes later why your clean runs under 3 minutes aren't counting, haha
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By Schinderdiv on 10 Apr 2023 00:48
Yep also confirmed dumb and didn't have upgrades enabled in the custom race. Got it first try on the flying lap. Thanks for the guide.
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By mcnolty on 24 Apr 2023 09:29
I recommend setting ABS and stability to max and keeping TCS on at least 2 if you're going to cut into some of the offroad sections. If you manage to cut the early couple chicanes from a fast flying lap then getting a sub 3:00 should be fairly easy providing you don't lose pace by tapping any walls.

And like others have said, if you're using this method then make sure you don't set a clean lap before your dirty one.
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By Nefas on 01 May 2023 16:06
I was having troubles until I used your settings but moved the gear ratio one notch towards’long’. Then managed to pop this on the first lap. Seems to give a little more stability out of slow corners and less need for any ‘off throttle’ sections. Thank you!
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By Capt Poopey on 28 May 2023 07:13
just a heads up: your laps do NOT have to be clean. I just managed to do a sub 3 minute time, fully upgraded and popped the achievement on a flagged lap due to track limits on the lap before.
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By s3bb86 on 29 May 2023 07:33
Was not able to get this with an invalid lap. Went 2 seconds faster with no achievement.

For those who are unable to find Time Attack and like me, you were pulling your hair out, it will not show up if the have modifiers turned on.
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By a box of fish on 02 Jul 2023 16:26
@a box of fish - you say you didn't get it with invalid lap, mentioning you went 2 seconds quicker. You then mention finding 'Time Attack' - you do know this is to be done under Time Trial
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By VOODOO85 on 14 Dec 2023 16:23
Fully upgraded the car and clocked 2:59.746. Didn't make any changes to the tune setup and ran my difficulty settings as ABS-5, Traction-3 and Stability-0
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By VOODOO85 on 14 Dec 2023 16:34
03:02:259 on first lap. Several tries but it's not very hard.
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By ALLSETFORMOVE on 26 May 2024 10:17
Thank you, very helpful guide. Got 03:00.168, fully upgraded. Can confirm red colored invalid laps do count. Abs-5 Traction and Stability is also 5. Just start from first lap and cut the first corner with green floor without braking. Then complete lap without crashing and you can get the achievement even in first lap. That's how I done it.
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By k carmZ on 08 Mar 2024 14:15
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