Roundabout

Roundabout

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Smoke & Mirrors

Smoke & Mirrors

Drove the entire "classic" length of Desert Limo without crashing

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How to unlock the Smoke & Mirrors achievement in Roundabout - Definitive Guide

First off to unlock this mini game you need to first beat the story. Objectives don't matter you just need to get to the credits. After that select challenges from the main menu and choose Desert Limo.

The classic length is 8 hours. So you must stop the car from veering off the road for 8 hours straight. There is no way to pause it. So settle down for the long haul.

Achievement doesn't pop until after you crash! So after you are at 8 hours on the clock feel free to veer off and claim your achievement!
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19 Feb 2015 23:07

53 Comments
Really ? Oww fu**,i buy it right now >_<
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By Clad master on 20 Feb 2015 00:47
Yeah, I'll be attempting it when I finish my eSports achievements, but 8hours is gonna be a boring way to spend a day, lol
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By Bond OO7 on 20 Feb 2015 01:13
+1 and it is possible to pause the game ? Cause 8 hours in a row it's abused O_o

I love to made the endless setlist on all Rock Band games but it's fun unlike here.And for a cheevo at 51G.I know people who'll cry xD
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By Clad master on 20 Feb 2015 10:24
Yes you can pause it
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By Bond OO7 on 20 Feb 2015 12:40
Hopefully,thanks ^^
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By Clad master on 20 Feb 2015 13:24
Actually, I just tested it out and you CANNOT pause. When you press Start, it comes up with a screen saying Continue or End challenge. HOWEVER, in the background your car is still moving and you can, and will fail shortly after! This is going to be a test of endurance and boring as hell!
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By K4rn4ge on 20 Feb 2015 18:10
oh wow, i should have tested it better, lol. Edited
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By Bond OO7 on 20 Feb 2015 18:41
Did we really need a Desert Bus port in this game?

And did it REALLY need to be the achievement with uneven gamerscore. Either not playing this, or avoiding the other uneven scored achievement.
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By Maka91 on 20 Feb 2015 19:05
The other one is pretty easy to avoid if u dont sit still at the memorial. Game is definitely worth checking out though
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By Bond OO7 on 20 Feb 2015 19:19
Excellent game but stupid achievement
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By K4rn4ge on 20 Feb 2015 19:21
Err fuuuuuuu**** xD

The completion will be resumed by this ^^
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By Clad master on 20 Feb 2015 19:41
Not buying it then. Thanks for the info.
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By SlayerSpecial on 20 Feb 2015 19:47
Good luck to all those that are attempting it!!! Just stockpile some food next to you if you have to, maybe convince your roommate to switch off with you if you need a bathroom break or whatever. :D
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By Avianette on 20 Feb 2015 20:47
On second thought forget it, this achievement is an insult to everyone that bought this game - and its not even a good game to begin with. Why oh why did the designers think this achievement was a good idea - ppl that are into achievements will find this incredibly annoying and ppl that don't care about achievements will just ignore this ... so who was this achievements put in the game for I wonder?
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By The Dauntless on 20 Feb 2015 23:41
Ohhh man and this is the achievement they choose to even my gamerscore back out. Tragic. -_-
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By Lil Miss Cherry on 20 Feb 2015 23:42
The Dauntless -> It's a reference to the "Desert Bus" video game wink
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By Clad master on 21 Feb 2015 01:23
Sure like to whine Dauntless. It's a nice throwback to a Penn & Teller game. Good on the devs for not just slapping together a simple achievement list.
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By SuperS0nicSam on 21 Feb 2015 02:17
There is a 1G achievement for pressing start on a Double Dragon game on the 360 arcade which I own but have not played it. I shall get the memorial achievement then use the 1G to even out my gamerscore again! Anyone who won't be getting this achievement can do the same if they want.
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By ChrisAldin on 21 Feb 2015 04:08
This seems like a fun challenge. I however, learned long ago that doing hard/long achievements in a new game is stupid. I done got fucked on so many games they patched to make easier, or someone found a glitch.

I'll be doing this one a few years down the line if it's not made easier somehow.
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By DaOverUnder on 21 Feb 2015 18:53
"A fun challenge" ? Omg ! O_o
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By Clad master on 21 Feb 2015 19:49
Doubt they will make it easier. I was in the MS stream when the developer himself mentioned this achievement and how he was evil for putting it in and thereafter he chuckled and said, good luck! lol
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By K4rn4ge on 21 Feb 2015 19:56
Haha i'll try it tomorrow ^^

But pause doesn't work and unplug the reload cable of the controller doesn't work too.And back to the home too cry

I haven't found a single easy way to do it :-/
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By Clad master on 21 Feb 2015 21:40
smile
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By Avianette on 21 Feb 2015 21:54
^ Just tried it and unfortunately it restarts the whole game when you come back in. Was worth a shot though lol
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By K4rn4ge on 22 Feb 2015 02:34
I just tried and it DID NOT restart the whole game, however on the "Hi" screen the game continues running and I heard my vehicle crash before I got the the dashboard. By the time I had visual it was on the post stat screen
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By Bond OO7 on 22 Feb 2015 02:45
Terrible achievement , the fact you can't pause it is absolutely unreasonable ,I'll be skipping this game !
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By MC PHILABUSTA on 22 Feb 2015 14:56
So, any info on how to get to this mode? Do i have to beat the game first?
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By NO PULSE on 23 Feb 2015 02:12
^ Yep
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By K4rn4ge on 23 Feb 2015 02:26
Beat the game first, then go into Challenges from the main menu. You will see it there.
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By SuperS0nicSam on 23 Feb 2015 13:04
Thanks guys!
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By NO PULSE on 23 Feb 2015 16:53
I've edited the guide pretty heavily to include answers to all the questions
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By Bond OO7 on 23 Feb 2015 16:54
Funny how people don't start games just because of one achievement lol!
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By Kitty Skies on 25 Feb 2015 18:35
@Manic Ado. I agree. But I also get it if you are not 100% sure on a game then an achievement list could sway you one way or the other. However this game is totally worth the time and money with or without achievements.
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By Bond OO7 on 25 Feb 2015 19:34
Well achievements are supposed to be an achievement after all, the clue is in the name. They shouldn't all be piss-easy. Good on the devs for something original.
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By NawtyCawty on 02 Mar 2015 17:55
oh wow, 8 hours, that's disheartening. I was going to atleast attempt to 100% but i set a rule a few years ago that i wouldn't grind a game for ridiculous hours if it wasn't worth 50G an hour, 8 hours is about 6G an hour. I think i'll do all the collectables and the e-sport challenges seem fun.
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By FailedSeppuku on 02 Mar 2015 23:29
lmao XD I was gonna buy this too. HAHA
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By Foxy Gray on 23 May 2015 15:23
Just want to add that with W10 streaming, there are a lot more options than being tied to your gaming room.
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By ScuzzyBunny on 25 Aug 2015 16:17
I have one tip here.

Don't do it.

This was the worst experience of my life.
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By DaOverUnder on 23 Sep 2015 22:00
By the time you get to the point where you question whether this is a good idea you're too invested and have to continue.

The more you play it, the more you want to stop, and the more invested you are in it.

I have ADHD but due to switching states I did this without Adderall. Which made this doubly as bad.

I called my sister and begged her to buy me some off the street and she wouldn't.

I shit and pissed in a bucket and neighbors had a full view because I'm too poor for curtains.

I want to die right now.
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By DaOverUnder on 23 Sep 2015 22:05
And telling the Papa Johns guy to open the door and put the pizza next to you and open the box while you keep gaming with a bucket of piss and shit on the floor is horrible.

I had to beg the guy with the allure of a $15 tip.

Now I can never eat at that location ever again due to embarrassment.
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By DaOverUnder on 23 Sep 2015 22:07
I forgot toilet paper because that bucket was only for piss.

I promised never to go as low as to shit in it.

But when you're 3 and a half hours invested what can you do?

I had to wipe my ass with the crusts of the pizza.
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By DaOverUnder on 23 Sep 2015 22:09
We did this for a friend. One thing to help, if you push your thumbstick up you'll have a better grip on the wheel.
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By Fgeitas GRT on 26 Sep 2015 15:56
When I was in school I use to only use the bathroom when I got home because they were dirty at my school, so I do have a steel bladder but paying attention for 8 hours will be hell. Fuck it! I'm going to start this game and try for it.
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By Raw Sauce Ross on 01 Oct 2015 20:53
Best in Philly's story is fucking incredible, I can't believe no one has mentioned it
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By Octobot Super on 24 Sep 2016 14:17
I'm having surgery in a few weeks and am going to be laid up for a month or so, and that seems like the perfect time to attempt this, but I have a question. Did any of you have any freezing issues when you tried it? Obviously the main game is different than this side "game", but I've had multiple instances of the game freezing during the main game, and am curious if that might await me, say, 7 hours and 58 minutes in. It won't dissuade me from trying either way, but I'll feel a little better knowing others have had the freezing problems as well/it's not just my copy or console.
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By Bonkekook on 05 Jun 2017 08:04
I have not had any freezing issues in the main game or the minigames
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By K4rn4ge on 05 Jun 2017 13:08
My game froze within a minute of ending my 8 hour and 2 minute run. So if you do end up going for this, make sure to end your game as soon as you've reached the 8 hour mark. The achievement won't pop until you end the run, so if it crashes while you're still playing then you're out of luck. I say this because some madmen actually dared to go as long as 10 hours while probably yelling WITNESS ME!
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By Dr JaMiN on 06 Jun 2017 04:25
I forgot the name of this achievement for the first time in forever.. ahhhhh I love coming back to it.
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By TheAaronLad on 06 Feb 2021 05:52
Crashed it 7 hours and 42 minutes in just from a lapse in attention. Sigh.
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By quiettime3 on 10 Sep 2023 17:53
As someone who completed this almost two years ago, its not as bad as it looks. Its super and the game is actually really fun
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By Bunny Breakfast on 12 Jun 2024 19:23
One suggestion I had from a friend is to turn your system to instant on. Then if you want to take a break turn the system off and it SHOULD suspend the game in it's current state. I will test it out when I am able unless someone else here beats me to it!
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By Bond OO7 on 22 Feb 2015 00:04
Like clad master, MAKA91, and SuperS0nicSam mentioned, this achievement is an (evil) reference to Penn & Teller's unreleased "anti-game" Desert Bus. For such an awful game, it has an interesting story behind it's creation and usefulness as a charity fundraiser. You can read more here:
http://www.newyorker.com/tech/elements/desert-bus-the-very-w...
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By Dresden N7 on 22 Feb 2015 17:58
Best ln Philly "I had to wipe my ass with the crusts of the pizza." laughlaughlaugh
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By Frankie DrumsNY on 15 Jun 2017 17:05
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To unlock this trophy, you must play the Desert Limo challenge until the in-game mileage number reaches @333.33, which will take 8 real-time hours. You will be unable to pause in-game as pressing start simply asks if you want to quit while you're still driving.

However, on the PSVITA, you can pause this game using the HOME button, so you can continue this at intervals most convenient for you. Keep in mind that if you do this, you won't be able to load any other application on the VITA, not even Settings or the Web browser, as doing so will close the game.
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19 Jan 2019 00:45

just a complement to the original solution from Bond 007: the car will accelerate automatically at a constant speed and will be pushed to the left and right sides off the road, and your objective is to prevent that from happening, as you will experience as soon as you start playing. HOWEVER the car changes the direction it's been pushed every so often (at least that happened to me quite a lot during the whole run).

I think it's important to highlight that information because you might feel you are in control of the vehicle tapping the analog stick always to the same direction with the same intensity and all of a sudden the car automatically change direction, thus forcing you to tap the analog stick to the opposite side, and in case you're confident you'll keep the car always on the same side of the road and allow yourself to divert your eyes from the tv for a moment to check your phone for example, that might cost you the game.

On my first try I had 58 min and was playing while watching videos on the ipad and in a moment when the car was being pushed to the left I was pushing it to the right, lightly tapping the stick at a constant pattern between each tap and suddenly when I was looking at the ipad for a second the car changed direction, and since I was steering to the right I helped the vehicle stray from the road faster. So be aware at all times so that doesn't help to you.

And just a heads up: in case you're wondering if 8 hours will be enough to unlock the achievement; YES, IT WILL! As soon as the timer hit the 8h mark the game will freeze for a second like if it's loading something but that's supposed to happen so don't freak out thinking your game crashed lol. I think this is intentional to let the players know when to quit the game.

I did 8h and 1min just to be sure and got the achievement. If you're going for this achievement I HIGHLY recommend you don't exceed the 8h mark because if the game crashes or there's a blackout or something before you have the chance to crash the car after the 8 hours you won't get the achievement. I read a comment from this guy that claimed his game crashed with 10 min remaining to complete the 8 hours, so it's best not to tempt fate.

Good Luck!
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29 Mar 2018 15:13

Complete the game and the desert limo challenge will open.
In it you need to keep the limousine on a straight road for 8 hours (EIGHT HOURS!!!!!)
It’s impossible to save, but the car always pulls to the side, you have to hold it.
As a break, you can, of course, get creative and launch YouTube on the console, but there is very little time for this.
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You cannot pause the game in this mode either. Even if you exit to the main PlayStation screen, the car continues to drive.
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By alexey310398 on 11 Sep 2020 23:47