WATCH_DOGS
48 Achievements
1,250
50-60h
Xbox One
Xbox Series
Hard Crash
Perform 10 vehicle take downs
10
38.23%
How to unlock the Hard Crash achievement in WATCH_DOGS - Definitive Guide
Filip36365
TrueAchievements
TrueAchievements
Vehicle takedowns are when you are doing a mission in which you are chasing a vehicle and you cause it to crash by hacking the environment (such as hacking a traffic light, or a sewer pipe etc). Anything hacked can be used. The best way to get this is doing Criminal Convoys, and certain Fixer jobs have an objective to take down a target in a vehicle.
*NOTE* Getting out of your vehicle and shooting the target in the vehicle WILL NOT COUNT. It must be down with a hacked environmental takedown NOT with shooting your weapon.
*NOTE* Getting out of your vehicle and shooting the target in the vehicle WILL NOT COUNT. It must be down with a hacked environmental takedown NOT with shooting your weapon.
MagnumZero
TrueAchievements
TrueAchievements
Missions that allow you to rack up cars quickly are the prison escape, rescuing Jacks, reaching Tobias, and any other mission where you are being actively chased by cops/enemies. I got my achievement during the Rescuing Jacks mission. Both the Jacks and Tobias missions are convoy-type missions. So if for some reason you don't have this achievement after Tobias, you can always use Convoy side missions to get the last few.
Skills to have should be Hacking skills like Barricades, Spikes, Blockers, Traffic Lights, and most importantly Steam Pipes. While most of the previous ones requires a little timing, exploding the Steam Pipes under the roads will cause a massive explosion that can take out 2 cars possibly even 3 if you're lucky. This requires you to meet Clara in Act 1 to unlock the rest of your skills. You'll need to do some Crimes and Gang Hideouts to get the necessary Skill Points to buy this skill. The rest are either default or skills you purchase before Steam Pipes.
That's the prep, here's the how. You will actually get a prompt as to the best time to trigger these hacks. The icon for the hack will start to 'count down' so to speak until it starts flashing blue and says "Neutralize" when enemy vehicles get close to these triggers. This is when you want to hit these triggers as they are then guaranteed to take out at least one car. You can use Focus if you want to slow time and better allow you to trigger the event at the best time.
Lastly, you don't have to actively seek out and do this achievement. It will come as you do the story missions easily. You'll probably take out dozens of vehicles before the end of this game.
Skills to have should be Hacking skills like Barricades, Spikes, Blockers, Traffic Lights, and most importantly Steam Pipes. While most of the previous ones requires a little timing, exploding the Steam Pipes under the roads will cause a massive explosion that can take out 2 cars possibly even 3 if you're lucky. This requires you to meet Clara in Act 1 to unlock the rest of your skills. You'll need to do some Crimes and Gang Hideouts to get the necessary Skill Points to buy this skill. The rest are either default or skills you purchase before Steam Pipes.
That's the prep, here's the how. You will actually get a prompt as to the best time to trigger these hacks. The icon for the hack will start to 'count down' so to speak until it starts flashing blue and says "Neutralize" when enemy vehicles get close to these triggers. This is when you want to hit these triggers as they are then guaranteed to take out at least one car. You can use Focus if you want to slow time and better allow you to trigger the event at the best time.
Lastly, you don't have to actively seek out and do this achievement. It will come as you do the story missions easily. You'll probably take out dozens of vehicles before the end of this game.
CrucialVelocity
TrueTrophies
TrueTrophies
This trophy is awarded for taking down ten vehicles (either police chasing you or other enemies).
You can get vehicle take downs using traffic lights or other hackable environmental barriers (some of these require skill points to unlock). Simply start a chase, drive through areas with traffic lights etc. and when a takedown is available the hack prompt will pop up on screen flashing blue and with a distinctive sound. The prompt is generally at the bottom of the screen since the chasing vehicle will normally be behind you.
Hit square when you get the prompt and bam. Sometimes (but not always) you'll be treated to a slow-mo replay.
Repeat x10 and voila. You may well get this naturally through playing the story but if not just start police chases in open play, or some of the Fixer missions will also involve chases.
You can get vehicle take downs using traffic lights or other hackable environmental barriers (some of these require skill points to unlock). Simply start a chase, drive through areas with traffic lights etc. and when a takedown is available the hack prompt will pop up on screen flashing blue and with a distinctive sound. The prompt is generally at the bottom of the screen since the chasing vehicle will normally be behind you.
Hit square when you get the prompt and bam. Sometimes (but not always) you'll be treated to a slow-mo replay.
Repeat x10 and voila. You may well get this naturally through playing the story but if not just start police chases in open play, or some of the Fixer missions will also involve chases.
