The Crew

This faction mission is located in Las Vegas and is unlocked at level 40. You do not need to win for the achievement, just completing the race is sufficient. The race starts in Las Vegas and takes you through various landmarks around the United States, lasting the whole race around 3.5hrs, the longest event in the game.

The faction mission Landmark Tour is located in Las Vegas and is a LVL 50 race that requires you to use a dirt "D" class vehicle. It is "an epic lap around the entire United States" and takes about 3:30 hours to complete. The game suggests a minimum vehicle level of 740, and scales to a maximum suggested vehicle level of 1280 (faction mission suggested vehicle levels, and AI opponents are scaled to your vehicle level).

There are two conditions for this achievement:
- complete the mission ("Finish in the top 3");
- be "in a crew" when you finish the race.

You don't have to win the race to "complete" the mission, but one person has to place in the top 3 positions at the end of the race to fulfill the mission objective. Everyone that participated in the mission will get the achievement when the mission is completed, even if the others don't make it across the finish line. But, if the AI takes the top 3 positions, the mission "fails" instantly, and no achievement(s).

You can get the achievement completing the mission solo as long as you have "in crew" status at the end of the race. The other crew members don't have to participate in the mission with you. If at the end of the mission you are not "in crew", for example you get kicked from the crew, or everyone else leaves the crew (including disconnecting), you won't get the achievement and will have to try over. Due to the lengthy duration of this mission, it is unlikely that you will be able to maintain "in a crew" status with a random crew joined via the "Look for Crew".

However, you can start the mission solo and play until you get towards the end of the race (like around the last checkpoint before the finish line), pause the race (start button), pull up your friends list (push on right stick) and invite them to your crew. As soon as a friend joins your crew you can un-pause the race and finish in the top 3 to get your achievement. You cannot turn on "Look for Crew" in a mission, and there won't be any randoms in your session once you start the mission.

Warning: when you start the mission with other players (i.e. not solo) you cannot pause the race, and you cannot use the Xbox Guide button. Pressing, or double-tapping the Xbox Guide button will remove you from the race and return you to free-roam without warning or confirmation. You will still be in the crew, but you will have to start the race over again.

This Race is going from Las Vegas in a big circle throughout all 5 states and back to Las Vegas. Once you have finished this route you unlocked 2 additional achievements naturally as well, which is a nice bonus.



Here are a couple of things to consider, if you are going for this achievement, which I came to realize after I finished it ;)
1) just ONE person out of the crew has to finish the race and everybody will get the achievement ( at least, that's what happened in my crew, but you should still drive or at least push some buttons, as you will get marked as absent and the game will disconnect otherwise ;) )
2) deactivate the controller vibration, as this will get annoying in a 3,5 hours race;)
3) under no circumstances press the former "select" or "home" button, as this will abort the mission
4) although it is not necessary, I would recommend to have a "DIRT" car above level 1250, as the AI opponents are between 1260 and 1280. furthermore you can finish the race at least 15 min faster than with a level 750 car.
5) it is a really, really exhausting exercise, but try to focus, switch fingers for hitting gas, stand up or enjoy the view. I did this achievement at the end of a work day and must confess, I almost fell asleep a couple of times, but it is a great feeling once you get it done :D

Good luck