Kinect Joy Ride
45 Achievements
1,000
Xbox 360
Marathon
Get behind the wheel for 5 hours in offline play
25
How to unlock the Marathon achievement in Kinect Joy Ride - Definitive Guide
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This Achievement unlocks after you have played a cumulative total of 5 hours of Kinect joyride. If you are like me, you only got joyride for playing with the odd guest. This isn't your serious racing sim. So the obvious solution of playing kinect joyride for 5 hours of racing time (so with menus and stuff you are looking at more) isn't for you.
That is where the fun solution comes in:
The way to do this is to trick your Kinect into thinking that you are playing the game. I did this by placing my puffy winter jacket over the back of a chair, zipping it up, and placing some pants over the seat of the chair, making a headless dummy. I put a broom in upside down poking the bristles out the neck of my jacket, then put my hat on top of the bristles. This was enough to convince my Kinect there was a player present.
For me it was just a matter of sitting in the chair, setting up a race and then ducking out of the way, leaving my dummy in place. A couple of times it didn't think I had stayed playing, thinking a guest had taken over, but I fixed that by ducking forward out of camera to the floor really quickly. I'm not sure if you get the achievement if the Kinect thinks a guest is driving, but it only took me a couple tries to trick the Kinect into thinking it was me.
If you spread the arms of your dummy wide and somewhat back to the sides the vehicle in Joyride should slow down to a crawl and stop. Some people suggest driving the vehicle into a corner, but I found that too difficult, whereas resting my jacket's arms on the coffee table just behind the chair worked great. The point is you don't want the dummy to finish the race, ideally you want your car to sit there for five hours, either nose into a wall or stopped.
(however if your dummy does finish the race the photos can be very funny :)
This allows you to turn the TV off, walk away and let the timer run on Joyride.
A few hours (5 to be exact) later I checked on the machine, sat down in the chair and finished the race. When I was done the race this achievement popped.
This method also works for the 10 hour version of this achievement, which is where I first read of it.
The Super Marathon achievement in Kinect Joy Ride worth 496 pointsGet behind the wheel for 10 hours in offline play
That is where the fun solution comes in:
The way to do this is to trick your Kinect into thinking that you are playing the game. I did this by placing my puffy winter jacket over the back of a chair, zipping it up, and placing some pants over the seat of the chair, making a headless dummy. I put a broom in upside down poking the bristles out the neck of my jacket, then put my hat on top of the bristles. This was enough to convince my Kinect there was a player present.
For me it was just a matter of sitting in the chair, setting up a race and then ducking out of the way, leaving my dummy in place. A couple of times it didn't think I had stayed playing, thinking a guest had taken over, but I fixed that by ducking forward out of camera to the floor really quickly. I'm not sure if you get the achievement if the Kinect thinks a guest is driving, but it only took me a couple tries to trick the Kinect into thinking it was me.
If you spread the arms of your dummy wide and somewhat back to the sides the vehicle in Joyride should slow down to a crawl and stop. Some people suggest driving the vehicle into a corner, but I found that too difficult, whereas resting my jacket's arms on the coffee table just behind the chair worked great. The point is you don't want the dummy to finish the race, ideally you want your car to sit there for five hours, either nose into a wall or stopped.
(however if your dummy does finish the race the photos can be very funny :)
This allows you to turn the TV off, walk away and let the timer run on Joyride.
A few hours (5 to be exact) later I checked on the machine, sat down in the chair and finished the race. When I was done the race this achievement popped.
This method also works for the 10 hour version of this achievement, which is where I first read of it.
The Super Marathon achievement in Kinect Joy Ride worth 496 pointsGet behind the wheel for 10 hours in offline play
6 Comments
Does it have to be 5 consecutive hours or just 5 hours of game time overall?
By RAVIOLICAPONI on 15 Feb 2012 13:34
5 hours total, does not need to be consecutive.
Doing it consecutively is just the fastest way to get the achievement.
Doing it consecutively is just the fastest way to get the achievement.
By ph0x1 on 15 Feb 2012 14:51
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There is a good chance that you will have the majority of the game completed BEFORE getting this achievement.
"Marathon" will pop right after crossing the finish line on the race/event that puts you past the 5 hour "game" time mark. I can confirm that the time counted down is definitely in game events ONLY. It does not count menus, loading screens, etc... just actual time counted down in gameplay events. I had gotten all the "play the event 30 times" achievements before this so I can average out the time I spent and break it down like this:
Races: 30 @ 2.5 min each = 75 minutes
Stunt: 30 @ 1.5 min each = 45 minutes
Dash: 30 @ 1 min each = 30 minutes
Smash: 30 @ 1 min each = 30 minutes
Trick: 30 @ 1 min each = 30 minutes
That makes a total is 210 minutes or 3.5 hours of "game play". That means you need at least 36 more regular races to hit the 5 hour mark. Or you can keep replaying whatever event you need to mop up achievements in. Once you reach the 5 hour mark the achievement unlocks. This takes significantly longer than 5 actual hours due to the horrible menu setup and constant loading screens.
"Marathon" will pop right after crossing the finish line on the race/event that puts you past the 5 hour "game" time mark. I can confirm that the time counted down is definitely in game events ONLY. It does not count menus, loading screens, etc... just actual time counted down in gameplay events. I had gotten all the "play the event 30 times" achievements before this so I can average out the time I spent and break it down like this:
Races: 30 @ 2.5 min each = 75 minutes
Stunt: 30 @ 1.5 min each = 45 minutes
Dash: 30 @ 1 min each = 30 minutes
Smash: 30 @ 1 min each = 30 minutes
Trick: 30 @ 1 min each = 30 minutes
That makes a total is 210 minutes or 3.5 hours of "game play". That means you need at least 36 more regular races to hit the 5 hour mark. Or you can keep replaying whatever event you need to mop up achievements in. Once you reach the 5 hour mark the achievement unlocks. This takes significantly longer than 5 actual hours due to the horrible menu setup and constant loading screens.
