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I have to go out of town this weekend. Any advice on how to approach this one to get it done very quickly Friday morning? Or just hit the auction house when I get back?

#Forzathon Starry-Eyed
Get 3 Stars on 3 PR Stunts to win the ’72 Mercedes 300 SEL 6.3


Thanks in advance for your thoughts!

I think jumps or speed traps are probably the easiest but then again I suck real bad at drift zones and speed zones.

Danger Signs and Speed Traps are your best bet; the first Danger Sign you are exposed to in the game (overlooking Byron Bay) has a really low target and any S1 or better car will destroy it.

As for Speed Traps, the Highways in a fast car.

Any PR Stunt can be 3 Starred multiple times, so once you find your groove, rinse and repeat.

Go to the Jump PR stunt in the rain forest. It was the first one that was available to you. Relatively short distance that you should be able to 3 star without even changing cars.

Lucky escapes are a bit tricky....

I have been getting a few playing "chicken" on the runway inducing a drift just before crossing but it's literally a bit "hit or miss"...

Speed trap at the goldmine is an easy 3 star one... only needs 135 MPH+ if you need 3 different ones to trigger it then the airstrip speed trap is nearby and is 250 MPH+ and West Outback is 200 MPH+ All a doddle in a speed tuned D type.... I had forgotten how badly they corner though haven't driven one for months!! ....

Edited by user Thursday, March 16, 2017 9:24:14 AM(UTC)  | Reason: Not specified

427 and Daytona Coupe yes, King Cobra no. It is not a Cobra, just a Mustang with Cobra in the name.

Edited by user Thursday, March 16, 2017 9:31:55 AM(UTC)  | Reason: Not specified

I'm going to assume anything named 'Cobra' will work.

Try downloading a drift tune for a Nissan and play in manual shift and just stick to 2nd or 3rd gear and weave between traffic on the highway.

Edited by user Thursday, March 16, 2017 10:06:19 AM(UTC)  | Reason: Not specified

Thanks I'll give that a go... :)

As am I. If it was just Cobra it wouldn't have the quotes around it....

I'm really looking forward to getting the Benz tomorrow. One of my favorites from the brand!

There's also the '93 SVT Cobra, the '95 Cobra R and '00 Cobra R that could work as well.

Edited by user Thursday, March 16, 2017 2:03:48 PM(UTC)  | Reason: Not specified

Maybe you can just do that jump PR stunt 3 times to unlock. Wouldn't surprise me. The challenge does not say 3 >different< PR stunts. Just a thought :)
Then again it is Forzathon so maybe it doesn't work because of some hidden requirements not released to the public. I will try tomorrow though...

Maxed Centenario in Blizzard Mountain doing the easy speed zones / traps.

The one from Project CARS is the fun one, it's the racing version of it that won it's class in 1971 at the 24h of Spa back in the days. :)

http://gearpatrol.com/20...rcedes-300-sel-6-8-amg/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUJiFCEwHa0

And go with the flow of traffic.

In practice before I came to work, I was just drifting back and forth on the highway and as I came up on traffic cars, just tried to stay sideways as close to them as possible while passing them.

Got several lucky escapes that way.

#Forzathon - A Shamrockin' Good Time
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These Forzathon challenges open at 4am Eastern (1am Pacific) March 17 and close the same time March 20.

#Forzathon That Was Lucky
Perform 5 Lucky Escape Skills to win 3 Wheelspins

#Forzathon Battling With Snakes
Complete a Race in a ‘Cobra’ to earn 25,000 XP

#Forzathon Starry-Eyed
Get 3 Stars on 3 PR Stunts to win the ’72 Mercedes 300 SEL 6.3

#Forzathon Top of the Mornin'
Complete ANY event to receive 20,000 CR



Remember to reboot if achievements or gifts don't appear promptly after you complete them. Windows 10 users who have disabled the Connected User Experience and Telemetry setting may have trouble receiving Forzathon awards.

think this bit needs to be highlighted as it seems a lot of people still ignore this every week and would rather complain about not getting their rewards

Edited by user Thursday, March 16, 2017 9:10:33 PM(UTC)  | Reason: Not specified

So what are lucky escape skills?

So ANY car with "Cobra" in the title should work for "Battling With Snakes". Be it the Shelby Cobra, Mustang II King Cobra or SVT Cobra R. Well, that's how I would do it at least. You never know what cars work and don't work when the challenges are vague like that. "100 Daredevil skills in a truck" comes to mind.

Edited by user Thursday, March 16, 2017 10:46:44 PM(UTC)  | Reason: Not specified

Near miss while drifting.

Thanks



I hope SVT Cobra is allowed because I don't have the Shelby yet, and don't have the money to buy one just for this forzathon.

Edited by user Thursday, March 16, 2017 11:23:33 PM(UTC)  | Reason: Not specified

Speed trap counts as an event so get the 20K Cr for that Merc in the bag already...

Head-to-head Didn't count this time so did the 1 lap blueprint at Coober Peddy in the Shelby Cobra 427 S/C

Just the Lucky escapes left to do... although that is saying "Done! Unlocking...." and I haven't done any yet and it seems to be frozen in that state

Update - next "Lucky escape" reset it to 20% complete....

Edited by user Friday, March 17, 2017 12:20:40 AM(UTC)  | Reason: Not specified

'95 Cobra R works.

Edit: And so does doing the same PR stunt 3 times.

Edited by user Friday, March 17, 2017 12:30:47 AM(UTC)  | Reason: Not specified

Thr SVT Cobra does work