Sonic Mania
18 Achievements
1,000
15-20h
King of Speed
Got to the Stardust Speedway Zone Act 2 tower in under a minute
50
0.72%
How to unlock the King of Speed achievement in Sonic Mania - Definitive Guide
You need to finish Stardust Speedway Act 2 in under a minute.
Credits to Shadiochao for the video.
You don't need to be quite as perfect as it is in the video
Note: Once the level starts you have to be quick, if you go over 1 minute, pause and hit restart.
1. Get enough Gold/Silver Medallions to unlock Debug Mode.
2. Go into Mania Mode and hover over "No Save" then press to enter the Secrets Menu and make sure Debug Mode is turned ON, then press OK to exit.
3. Hover back over "No Save" then press and hold and until the Level Select screen comes up. Select Stardust Speedway Act 2.
4. In the level, press to enter Debug Mode and fly all the way to the right to get to the end of the stage.
6. Back track to the Red Spring (dont touch it) and press until you become a Checkpoint. Then press to set the Checkpoint on the ground.
7. Press to return to your character and run through the Checkpoint to activate it.
8. Press to re-enter Debug Mode and then press until you become an enemy. Press to spawn then enemy, then press to exit Debug Mode.
9. Touch the enemy and let it kill you. (Doing so tells the game you are no longer in Debug Mode and you will respawn at the Checkpoint you just activated. Run straight forward to find Metal Sonic's Hologram and Achievement unlocked.
This can be attained on the second act of Stardust Speedway Zone. But before starting, whilst in the Mania Mode screen press Y to bring up the Game Options and enable Debug Mode.
To access the Level Select Screen, highlight the 'NO SAVE' option (with Sonic selected as your character) and hold X followed by holding Start.
When the Zone loads up, transform into a Ring by pressing X and follow the route shown in the video to the area before the end of the level. Press A to scroll through the items available until you reach the Starpost. Place it on the level by pressing Y and scroll through again with A until you find the Large Ring and place a few down. Turn back into Sonic by pressing X and collect the Rings and enter the Special Stage via the Starpost. Complete the Special Stage (by hitting a Red Sphere) and return to the level.
To unlock the achievement you must reach the end of the level within 1 minute.
This trophy is earned on Stardust Speedway Zone Act 2 and is preferred to be done in Time Trial Mode using Sonic. It’s possible to beat with both Tails and Knuckles, but is much easier with Sonic!
What you need to do is beat the entire Act (minus the boss fight) in less than 1 minute. It sounds difficult, but is actually quite easy after playing through it a few times! The best way is to just keep playing in Time Trial Mode and utilizing the button to reset yourself if you mess up, so that way you don’t have to waste your time as much.
Always take the upper paths, and learn when to jump to get to a new path instead of always following the current one.
When in the “maze-like” area with springs, take the right path twice. Then on the 3rd spring, wait a second and take the upper right path (lower right is a dead end), followed by right once more to exit. Finally just keep running to the right and you’ll be home free!
My time was just under 46 seconds. So beating it in under a minute is very doable, don’t be scared!
Level: Stardust Speedway
Act: 2
Almost impossible to do in Mania mode as you will have to fight a boss at the end of it.
But the trophy itself popped up when the level was completed in 1.00.88