The Crew

I will list some tasks that may not be self explanatory. And some that are a bit out of the way. Also at the bottom are tasks I couldnt figure out what to do, any input greatly appreciated.

If you have questions or input to a specific award not listed here, let me know and I will update the guide.


200 AP - Indy Car Racer (Drive 200 laps around little eagly speeddrom; Zones -> Midwest) This is the biggest fish here and you will have to do it anyways. Do it before you grind the 10k AP. You will get this together with this achievement:
While grinding laps (1 lap is 4.5km; 200 laps = 900km), you can work on these:
10 AP - Fruit Salad (Drive pink & yellow vehicle for 8.05km)
10 AP - Mirror Mirror (drive a chrome vehicle 48km at night)
20 AP - Above the Limit (drive above 241 km/h for 8.05km consecutively)
20 AP - Deft Touch (drive above 338 km/h for 3.22 km consecutively without collision)

If you use a Circuit car you can also work on these:
5 AP - Places to go (16km above 322 km/h)
10 AP - Circuit Tripper (80km above 322 km/h)
15 AP - Pro Circuit (805km above 322 km/h)
50 AP - Addicted to speed (16km above 402 km/h)

10 AP - On the hood (hood view & above 322 km/h for 1.61km)
5 AP - Riding up front (hood view & above 322 km/h for 80km)

10 AP - Redline (drive above 322 km/h in bumper view)
15 AP - Eyes on the road (bumper view & above 322 km/h for 1.61km)
5 AP - POV (16km in Bumper cam)
20 AP - Flight Speed (bumper view & above 322 km/h for 16km)
15 AP - At Road Level (bumper view & above 322 km/h for 80km)
20 AP - Racing Seats (bumper view & above 322 km/h for 161km)

5 AP - Faster & Faster (burn 25 nitro from full to empty)
10 AP - Circuit Charge (burn 100 nitro from full to empty)
10 AP - Jet Fuelled (drain nitro 100 times from full to empty)
20 AP - Nitro Happy (burn 1.000 nitro from full to empty) [maybe not worth it]

While going for 8000 km with 1 car:
10 AP - Festive Feeling (drive a red & green vehicle for 20km in the snow)
10 AP - Zebra (drive black & white veicle 8km offroad)
50 AP - Behind the Wheel (drive 1.609km in bumper view)
50 AP - Overclocker (8.047km in a single vehicle)
50 AP - Night Owl (1.609km at night)
50 AP - Sunshine Kid (1.609km during daytime)
50 AP - Precious Goods (drive from san francisco to st. louis without crash cam)
50 AP - Sunday Driver (drive from seattle to miami without crash cam)
50 AP - The Mother Road (drive from chicago to los angeles in bumper cam)
50 AP - East Coast, West Coast (drive from new york to los angeles in 50 min)
50 AP - Urban Explorer (drive to all 5 racetracks in 1 session) => no fast travel allowed! the tracks are:
>Little Eagle Speedrome (Midwest)
>Long Island Speedrome (East Coast)
>Sebring International Raceway (The South)
>Golden Hills Racetrack (Mountain States)
>Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca (West Coast)

Take a reasonably fast Fullstock Spec car (=no modifications) and do stunt jump 10 in chicago. Jump the bridge, drive a bit, turn around, jump the bidge again. Will give you (all Specs > Fullstock):

5 AP - Taking Stock (24km with a fullstock car)
10 AP - Need A Fill Up? (drive 48km in a fullspec car)
10 AP - Hang Time (jump for 3.22km in a fullstock car)
15 AP - Hop To It (jump for 8.05km in a fullstock car)
20 AP - Stocked Up Skills (complete 50 skills in a fullstock car) => can be same skill over and over

Take the car to the salt desert. Drive backwards and after that do drifts for:
10 AP - All in my rear view (drive 1.61 km while looking backwards)
10 AP - Luck or Skill? (1.61 km without crash while looking backwards)
5 AP - Rear View (reverse for 8.05km in a fullstock car)
15 AP - Driftin' By (drift for 4.02km in a fullstock car)
5 AP - Sliding About (drift for 4.83km in a fullstock car)

660 AP - Under Cities & Zones there are 4 awards each 15 AP per city / zone dedicated to landmarks.

You just have to drive over the landmark, not entering it. You have to visit the 2-3 landmarks per award WITHOUT FAST TRAVEL in between.
As it is a pain to switch between map and award page I will list the landmarks per award. It helped me during my run:

CITIES
Detroit
On the slam: State Prison - Downtown - Mexican Town
Suburbia: Von Steuben - Warren - Cork Town
Walk in the park: Bloomfield Hills - Highland Park - Brush Park
Around the boundary: Rivertown - Grosse Pointe - 8 Mile

Chicago
Hugging the Shore: Gold Coast - Grand Park - Museum Campus
Touching the sides: Near West Side - Near North Side - New East Side
Central Chicago: Old Town - Fulton River District - Pilsen
Loop the loop: The Loop - West Loop - South Loop

New York
Jersey Devil: Jersey City - Central Park - New York Airport
Concrete Jungle: Financial District - Uptown - Bronx
The American Dream: Industrial Harbor - Chinatown
Island Hopper: Harlem - Queens - Brooklyn

Miami
Land of the free: Little Havanna - Freedom Tower - Little Haiti
Bridging the gap: Miami Harbor - Venetian Islands - North Bay
Welcome to Paradise: Airport - Coconut Grove - Florida Keys
Life's a beach: North Beach - Mid Beach - South Beach

Las Vegas
Sandy Settlements: Las Vegas South - St Georges - Santa Fe
Struck Gold: Old Gold Mine - North Las Vegas
Thirst Quencher: Boneville Salt Flats - Hoover Dam - Salt Lake City
Wild West: Rhyolite - Giant Thermometer - Amboy

Los Angeles
LA Tourist: Donut Stand - Crossroad of the World
By the waterside: Long Beach - Marina Del Rey - Santa Monica Pier
Outta the Ghetto: Inglewood - Paolos Verdes - Venice
Glitz and Glamour: Hollywood Boulevard - Beverly Hills - Rodeo Drive

ZONES
Midwest
Mainland: Badlands - Dairyland - Dakota Grasslands
Track Day: Doland - Mother Road 66 - Little Eagle Speeddrome
Water World: Navy Pier - Lower Peninsula - Lare Eerie
Cross Country: Black Hills - Blue Grass - Holmes County Fields

East Coast
Force of nature: Niagara Falls - Maine Highlands - Salem Woods
Nature Hike: Coal State - Allegheny Forest - White Mountains
East coast icons: Newport - Washington - Pentagon
Coasting Along: Long Island - Cape Cod - Acadia

The South
Atlantic Coast: Cape Canaveral - Daytona - Palm Coast
Florida Sights: Clarksdale - Natchitoches - Bayou
The way to armarillo: New Orleans Downtown - Dallas Amarillo
River run: West Florida Coast - Swamp - Port Isabel

Mountain States
Road to ruin: Grey Stone Ruin - Mission Ruins - Mesa Verde
Ghost Hunter: Barstow Ghost Town - Red Lands Ghost Town - Tucson Aircraft Cemetery
Whole Lotta Holes: Amboy Crater - Meteor Crater - Grand Canyon
Space Race: Space Arrays - Roswell - Observatory

West Coast
Mountain Ranger: Giant Sequoia Forest - Kings Canyon- Lake Tahoe
West Coast Towns: Fresno - Sacramento - Santa Barbara
Pacific Coast: Nuclear Power Plant - Big Creek Bridge - Eureka
West Coast Cities: Los Angeles Downtown - San Francisco - Seattle Landmarks


Kinda special awards:
20 AP - Mind the Blowhole (find the whale) => credit for the video to S Gaf

20 AP - Magical Gallops (find the unicorn) => credit for the video to Sykes

20 AP - Missing Link (find bigfoot) => credit for the video to Sykes



If you have spare money you can work on:

All under SPECS:
20 AP - Full Collection (Buy 10 Fullstock cars)
20 AP - Money to Burn (Own 10 Street cars)
20 AP - Dirt Collector (Own 10 Dirt cars)
20 AP - Perfect Specs (Own 10 Spec cars)
20 AP - Spoilt for choice (Own 10 Raid cars)
20 AP - Fast Car Fever (Own 10 Circuit cars)

All under ORIGINS:
20 AP - Helping the Economy (Own 10 American vehicles)
20 AP - Imported Glory (Own 2 Asian vehicles)
10 AP - Customzilla (Customize every body part of an asian vehicle in a session)
20 AP - Classy COllection (Own 10 European vehicles)

All under OWNERSHIP:
5 AP - Paintwork (change vehicle color)
5 AP - Two Tone (2 different colors in vehicle) => does this need to be unlocked?
5 AP - Interior Design (change interior, then sit inside it [in demo mode])
5 AP - Looking Good (apply a body part)
15 AP - Getting Creative (buy 1 sticker)
15 AP - Frankenstein (apply random body set with at least 5 parts)
15 AP - Facelift (customize every visual part of 1 vehicle) => use asian vehicle for Customzilla (10 AP)
20 AP - Rainbow (own 1 red, 1 green, 1 blue, 1 yellow, 1 orange vehicle)

5 AP - My first part (buy 1 part)
5 AP - Prized Part (spend 5.000 on parts)
5 AP - Prized Part (spend 100.000 on parts)
10 AP - Level 10 part (purchase a level 10 part)
10 AP - Level 20 part (purchase a level 20 part)
15 AP - Level 30 part (purchase a level 30 part)
20 AP - Level 40 part (purchase a level 40 part)
20 AP - Level 50 part (purchase a level 50 part) => these stack! (confirmed by vzr326)


If you have spare time you can work on (need to wiggle a stick every 10-15 min):

45 AP - Grease Monkey (spend 4 h in the HQ) [10+15+20 AP]
45 AP - Car Expert (Spend 3h at the car/bike dealer) [10+15+20 AP]
35 AP - In Tune (Spend 3h at the tuner) [5+10+20 AP]



Awards where I have no idea how to unlock them. Any input welcome:
20 AP - Stick like glue -> Which car & parts work?
20 AP - Stop on a dime -> Which car & parts work?
20 AP - What Limiter? -> Which car & parts work?
15 AP - New Plates -> Glitched?
20 AP - Slick finish -> Progress stays at 0%


Credit for these goes to vzr326:

5 AP - Experimental
Got this after entering Demo mode when I see the whole car (not only parts) and used every buttons what described on the side).

20 AP - Down the rabbit hole
"It's working now with a red and blue (two tone colored) vehicle. I used the 6th and 15th colors in Metallic 1 category."

To view your rewards total, go to the map and press the . Use or to cycle over to the rewards tab.

There are just over 15,000 award points available across hundreds of tasks. Some will come naturally as you play the game (beat a story mission, find a few landmarks, etc); some are very specific (drive to America Park in Detroit between 10 and 11 p.m.); and some are a straight up grind (drive 200 laps around Little Eagle Speedway).

I realize this is more of an explanation than a solution, but there is no one way to attack it. Find the tasks that will be most enjoyable to you and knock them out that way.

Good luck!

So I've got about 13000 award points. Some of them time based, some of them time consuming.

Here's a video playlist that helped me out with getting the hidden and odd awards.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlk-blXREIdh8puHissnq...

Playlist not done by me but the author gave the OK to link it.