Lawn Mowing Simulator (UP)

According to guides and comments that appear to have been deleted, the lawn at 59 Coville St. is the best location to try for this, and I agree. However, no matter how careful I was with the mower, I always got 25 cents of collision damage. So I decided to do the entire lawn with the Stig string trimmer. It took me 36 minutes and 39 seconds. No penalties, and achievement popped! Gotta do what you gotta do!!!

Update (1/19/22): I got another perfect score without even trying using the Toro ProLine H800 and the attached mulch kit on the rear garden of Rowley Manor. 7-minute job. Beats 36 minutes and 39 seconds.

Since the original guide(s) and accompanying useful comments seem to have been removed, I figured I'd put together some of the helpful tips from those, along with my own thoughts after finally unlocking this...

- First and foremost: be careful driving your mower off/on the trailer! You can easily get dinged for a collision here, and it's likely what it happening to anyone who has been careful doing the actual cut, but still winds up with a seemingly random .25 'collision' at the end of the day. Drive slowly and raise the cutting deck all the way back up to its maximum height before loading it back on. I'd also recommend backing it onto the trailer when you are done, though you may be able to carefully drive it on head first depending on the mower (I backed it onto the trailer when I got the achievement).

- Use string trimmers around problem areas or fixed objects (flower beds, trees, benches, walls, etc) first to give you a decent buffer to operate your mower in.

- As far as locations, lots of people have said that 59 Coville St. is a good place to attempt this, although personally I got it on one of the rectangular gardens at Hilltop House (the ones with the gnome and weird @/# statues) which I usually preferred to attempt it at since there are no flowers to deal with here.

-If you have one, I found a zero-turn mower (like the SCAG Patriot) to be pretty useful when going for this, preferably with a mulching deck attachment so you don't have to worry about fines for leaving clippings.

After struggling to avoid the minuscule collision fees as so many of my fellow achievement hunters have stated, I finally got this achievement on the 58 Coville Street Contract. I used the Stiga Estate 2084 H mower and the Stiga SBC 900 D AE trimmer for clean-up. It took me about 9 minutes total which is a much quicker solution if you don't want to spend half an hour strictly trimming.

What finally saved me from incurring the collision fine on the mower was basically what Herr Murphy stated above with an extra step. I SLOWLY backed the mower onto the trailer after raising my cut height to the maximum of 9.00 cm. I took things a step further by also disengaging the mower's blades for safe measure by pressing the button. I couldn't seem to successfully back any of the larger mowers onto the trailer without getting dinged for a "collision". I also noticed that if my blades were engaged, I'd sometimes hear the collision sound on the concrete or when backing up onto the trailer. SO FRUSTRATING.

One last tip I'd recommend if you decide to use the equipment I've mentioned is to watch your turns and take it slow while using the mower! The Stiga Estate 2084 H mower can easily damage the lawn with its wheels if you turn too quickly. Also, take extra caution when trimming around the flowers without planters. I went ham around the pool and potted plants but took things extra slow around the unprotected flowers.

I hope this helps someone!