Pacific Drive
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Pacific Drive is a first-person driving survival game with your car as your only companion. Navigate a surreal reimagining of the Pacific Northwest, and face supernatural dangers as you venture into the Olympic Exclusion Zone. Each excursion into the wilderness brings unique and strange challenges as you restore and upgrade your car from an abandoned garage that acts as your home base. Gather precious resources and investigate what’s been left behind in the Zone; unravel a long-forgotten mystery while learning exactly what it takes to survive in this unpredictable, hostile environment.
The Auto Shop
CommonAfter making contact with Oppy, plan your first route into the Zone from her Auto Shop
Into the Wilderness
CommonInstall the Zone Scanner above the Auto Shop
Investigate the Zone
CommonReturn to the Auto Shop after scanning five Anomalies or resources
This is easy and will come in normal play; just be scanning everything you come across (as you should be anyway, whilst being mindful of Scientific Pursuit) and it'll naturally pop after the first or second run.
Patent Pending
CommonInvent something new after installing the Zone Scanner
A Leap of Faith
CommonSuccessfully test Oppy's theory and return to her Auto Shop
Sleight of Hand
UncommonDistract an Anomaly with a light source
Great Scott!
UncommonReach 88mph
Keep an eye out for golden ball anomalies, which are all over the place, as they will instantly accelerate you. Provided you don't crash into anything this should be easy to reach 88mph and pop this one. Especially downhill.
Stabilizing the Route
UncommonActivate the Zone Stabilizers in the Outer Zone, and escape back to the Auto Shop
Juiced Up
UncommonComplete a run with at least two junctions, and twice the anchor charge necessary to escape
Troubleshooting
UncommonGive your car a few swift kicks (maybe it’ll help?)
Just kick your car a few times. This is easy to do anytime.
Et tu?
UncommonGet hit hard by your car
Park on a slope, don't put the parking brake on. Get out and stand in front. Wait to get run over. Done.
Car Whisperer
UncommonDiagnose and cure a Quirk
As you progress through the game you'll inevitably pick up some quirks on your car; where it does "weird stuff" like the door opening whenever you turn right - albeit there are hundreds of combinations.
Mid-game-ish you'll get access to a Quirk Identification System upgrade for the garage; install this and use it to diagnose and fix the quirk. Pay attention to the behavior when driving so you can understand the specific thing that the car does, and the specific action or actions that you take to trigger it - the ID system is very specific! Note you can upgrade the station too to make it easier, but this shouldn't be necessary for this achievement.
Driver's Ed Dropout
UncommonForget to put the car in drive before hitting the gas 20 times
ARDA Record-Keeper
UncommonDiscover 300 Logbook entries
Where We're Going, We Don't Need Roads
UncommonWhile driving, remain airborne for six seconds
This can be combined with Great Scott! if you go for a glowy golden ball on one of the abandoned car transporter trucks; you'll get a speed-accelerated jump into the air with that!
Or, depending on your approach to an exit gate, you may get some air off ground bumps and the low-grav/levitation as you enter the gate will keep you aloft for longer. Its reasonably likely you'll get it this way without having to make much special effort for it.
The Mid-Zone Crossing
UncommonGain access to the Mid-Zone, and escape from there to the Auto Shop
Hack the Planet!
UncommonDeliver the hard drive from Oppy's hideaway to Francis and Tobias.
Personal Methods of Creative Expression are Highly Encouraged
UncommonFully decorate your car by equipping one of each kind of cosmetic item, and applying a paint or decal to installed car parts in every possible slot
The Visions
RareUncover some of the Zone’s history in the Mid-Zone, then escape back to the Auto Shop
The Eye of the Storm
RareEscape through a Gateway after the storm has completely collapsed
It Would Take a Miracle
RareComplete a run with at least four junctions, and without breaking or removing any car parts
Packrat
RareLoad enough items into your car to fill 150 inventory grid slots
Long Haul
RareDrive an exceptional distance
The Red Meadow Records
RareReturn to the Auto Shop after recovering data ARDA hid in the Red Meadow Research Facility
Car Of Theseus
RareReplace all of the car's original parts
You have to replace everything for this; all 4 wheels, 5 panels, 5 doors and the engine.
Mainly for the engine, because its expensive, its not worth worrying too much about this until mid/late game.
DIY Expert
RareUnlock quite a few things in the Fabrication Station
The Deep Zone Crossing
RareGain access to the Deep Zone, and escape from there to the Auto Shop
They Weren't Using It
RareLiberate and equip a part from an abandoned car
Fully Outfitted
RareEquip or install something in every possible slot on the car
Certified Mechanic
RareFix six status effects on the same car component
I Don’t Know What I Expected
RareDeconstruct a resource
Graverobber
RareDiscover your Remnant Ghost, and retrieve any lost items or equipment it held
It is definitely worth trying to tick this off early game - when you've not got too much stuff to lose.
Basically, if you die your immediate priority should be to go straight back to the same junction and raid your car for this achievement. Don't leave it until later, because it may not happen again and the costs of death are real (in time spent, if nothing else).
If there's nothing in your wreck when you return, try putting something in the trunk and taking it out again - this should cause it to pop.
The Anomaly Barricade
RareOvercharge the car's ARC Device, and escape back to the Auto Shop
Nothing Personnel, Zone
RareKick a Tourist, Tour Bus, or Ticking Tumbler Anomaly
The easiest way to get this is to kick a tourist; the freaky mannequins that move when you're not looking at them. Yes they explode, but they might not. If they do, well you might go for Graverobber at the same time.
The End of the Road
RareReturn from the Well
Fly Homeward
RareEscape through a Gateway while the car's wheels are airborne
Renewable Power
RareFully charge a car battery from under 50% using only natural energy sources
Along for the Ride
RareReturn from the Well with Tobias’ favorite cryptid equipped
Streets Ahead
LegendaryComplete a run with at least seven junctions
This is a late/end-game achievement as you'll need access to the last zone to make a run long enough without getting stuck in a dead-end. Once you're at end-game though, its easy to do a long run as part of naturally completing the story missions - you shouldn't need to do a long run just for this achievement.
ARDA Lorekeeper
LegendaryDiscover 600 Logbook entries
Scientific Pursuit
LegendaryScan an Anomaly while the storm is approaching
This is technically missable because there are only so many types of anomaly to scan, and if you've done them all already then you won't be able to scan a new one to get this. It does need to be a new, not-previously-scanned, anomaly for this to pop.
But there are new anomaly types in each zone (outer/mid/inner) - so don't fret too much.
This is easiest if you get the activities you need to do done, and park near the map exit in sight of an anomaly (that you haven't scanned yet). Once the horns sound and you see the storm approaching, scan, and then leg it to the exit...
Personal Methods of Expression Encouraged
LegendaryEquip every type of cosmetic item, and apply a paint or decal to all possible slots.
Garage Barrage
LegendaryUpgrade the Auto Shop into its prime
Lumberjack
LegendaryDestroy 1,000 trees
Hitting trees does damage your car. Recommend just aiming to knock out a fair few on each run - with more toward the end of the run if your car is still in good condition with no real risks to making it back.
This is a long grind though - and will probably need mopping up after the story.
No Parking
LegendaryComplete a run with at least three junctions, and without the car ever being in park
This is easy to do, just don't put the parking brake on when you stop for a whole run. Make sure not to park on a steep hill (or if you have to, park side-on to the slope so it can't roll away too fast)!
Just Walk it Off
LegendaryGet electrocuted, acid-burned, and physically hurt all within a minute
With the Top Down
LegendaryComplete a run with at least three junctions, and without any panels, doors, or bumpers on the car
DIY Master
LegendaryUnlock not everything, but really quite a lot of things in the Fabrication Station
Watch Out for Hop-ons!
LegendaryDrive several miles with a Bunny on your car
The bunnies are the electric ball-like things which zip around the map in some junctions. They leap at and stick to your car (unless you have the LIM shield equipped and enabled) and require manual removal.
Note "several miles" is quite a long way, but this is cumulative - it doesn't all have to be done in one hit with one bunny.
That there are different bunnies which apply different status effects to your car; pick one with a positive effect (i.e. not the Broken Bunny!).
NB this *might* be cheesable by getting a bunny, getting up to speed, and then just pausing the game for a while (15 minutes or so). TBC.
Running on Empty
LegendaryComplete a run with at least two junctions, and with the car always having a low or empty fuel tank
"Low" is under a quarter full - and this is of the total capacity in your car.
So this is easiest mid/late game with some large upgraded fuel tanks. Then just don't refuel before going out on a run and you should be able to do most or all of the run without worrying about it.
You can also use petrol stations you find whilst out on the run, and also the portable fuel cans, to refuel mid-run - just make sure not to put too much in at a time.
The achievement will pop when you get back, having completed the run.
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