Racecar.io

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Racecar.io, 100% Achievement Guide, Gameplay Tips & Video Walkthrough.
By anrkyuk
Racecar.io, 100% Achievement Guide, Gameplay Tips & Video Walkthrough.
   
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Notes.
Racecar.io has a total of 13 Steam achievements, none of which are missable.

3 of the achievements are earned by clicking on buttons in the main menu and the remaining 10 are related to earning high scores in the game. Completion time is in the region of 15 to 30 minutes, dependant on skill/luck.
Gameplay Tips.
At its heart Racecar.io is a multiplayer twist on the classic game of snake.

Gameplay is drop in, drop out online multiplayer only, with a maximum of three players in game at once (although during my time with the game I only saw one other player, very briefly). Fear not, you can 100% solo the game.

You spawn near the centre of a large arena (invulnerable for the first 4 seconds) and the aim is to drive your car around the arena collecting coloured dots while avoiding the trail left behind by not only your car, but also other players cars (if there are any) as well.

Each dot collected awards one point and crashing into the trail left by any car or into the red square at the centre of the arena, equals game over, as you only have one life.

Controls are simple, in that your car constantly moves forward and your only actual control is the direction in which it moves, which is altered using the W,A,S and D keys on the keyboard.

Your aim for earning 100% achievements in Racecar.io is to earn 500+ points in one game, to help speed this process up, you should be on the look out for multipliers in the form of collectable X2 and X3 power-ups.

When you collect a multiplier you will gain two points per dot when an X2 multiplier is active and three points when an X3 multiplier is active, rather than the usual one point.

Multipliers last for exactly 10 seconds and for the first 3 or 4 seconds the multiplier is active you also gain a notable speed boost, which as a side effect, also causes your car to leave a much longer trail.

You also have another tool in your arsenal, at the bottom of the screen is a large lightning bolt symbol, this is your speed boost power-up gauge and starts the game off grey (empty).

Once you have collected 10 coloured dots the speed power-up gauge is full (indicated by the fact it flashes various colours), once full this power-up can be used by pressing the "space-bar" on the keyboard in return for a short speed boost.

Once used the gauge will refill again once you have collected another 10 coloured dots.

As noted earlier, during my time with Racecar.io, I only encountered one other player, and as we were both playing for achievements only, we did our best to stay out of each others way. In such an instance, speed power-ups are not so helpful as it hinders precision turning to collect dots, so if you are playing by yourself collect as many multipliers as you can, but leaving the speed power-up alone is probably prudent.

If playing against other players however, given the size of the arena speed power-ups will be essential to gain the upper hand against your enemy, both to trap them, and also to avoid being trapped.
Achievement Guide.
The achievements listed below are in order of which I earned them during my playthrough.

Share on Twitter.
Share the game on Twitter.
To earn this achievement, simply click on the Twitter icon in the games main menu, located in the bottom right corner. Be aware that when you click on this icon, the game will minimise and Twitter will open up in your desktop browser.

The achievement will pop as soon as you click on the icon, however you will not see the Steam overlay notification when you do so as the game will have minimised.

There is no need to "Share the game on Twitter" as per the achievement description, just maximise the game once again and check the achievement has popped before continuing by holding "Shift" and tapping "Tab" to bring up the Steam overlay in game, once you are sure it has popped continue to the next achievement.
Subscribe on YouTube.
Subscribe to KasSanity YouTube Channel.
To earn this achievement, simply click on the YouTube icon in the games main menu, located in the bottom right corner. Be aware that when you click on this icon, the game will minimise and YouTube will open up in your desktop browser.

The achievement will pop as soon as you click on the icon, however you will not see the Steam overlay notification when you do so as the game will have minimised.

There is no need to "Subscribe to KasSanity YouTube Channel" as per the achievement description, just maximise the game once again and check the achievement has popped before continuing by holding "Shift" and tapping "Tab" to bring up the Steam overlay in game, once you are sure it has popped continue to the next achievement.
Share on Facebook.
Share the game on Facebook.
To earn this achievement, simply click on the Facebook icon in the games main menu, located in the bottom right corner. Be aware that when you click on this icon, the game will minimise and Facebook will open up in your desktop browser.

The achievement will pop as soon as you click on the icon, however you will not see the Steam overlay notification when you do so as the game will have minimised.

There is no need to "Share the game on Facebook" (which is a good thing as the page the button is linked to no longer exists) as per the achievement description, just maximise the game once again and check the achievement has popped before continuing by holding "Shift" and tapping "Tab" to bring up the Steam overlay in game, once you are sure it has popped continue to the next achievement.
Highscore over 5.
Gain a highscore over 5!
See notes for "Highscore over 500" achievement for further info.
Highscore over 10.
Gain a highscore over 10!
See notes for "Highscore over 500" achievement for further info.
Highscore over 20.
Gain a highscore over 20!
See notes for "Highscore over 500" achievement for further info.
Highscore over 50.
Gain a highscore over 50!
See notes for "Highscore over 500" achievement for further info.
Highscore over 100.
Gain a highscore over 100!
See notes for "Highscore over 500" achievement for further info.
Highscore over 150.
Gain a highscore over 150!
See notes for "Highscore over 500" achievement for further info.
Highscore over 200.
Gain a highscore over 200!
See notes for "Highscore over 500" achievement for further info.
Highscore over 300.
Gain a highscore over 300!
See notes for "Highscore over 500" achievement for further info.
Highscore over 400.
Gain a highscore over 400!
See notes for "Highscore over 500" achievement for further info.
Highscore over 500.
Gain a highscore over 500!
All ten of the highscore related achievements are relatively self explanatory. Firstly the scores are not cumulative, to unlock the "Highscore over 500" achievement, you must earn over 500 points in one game.

Thankfully, you do not have to play the game ten times to unlock all ten of the highscore achievements, if you play a game and get a score of 201, you will unlock the highscore achievements for 5, 10, 20, 50, 100, 150 and 200 points and if you get a high score of 501 on your first game, you will unlock all 10 highscore achievements at once.

As such, just keep playing the game until you have a score of over 500 (NOTE OVER 500, not exactly 500) then crash your car into your own trail and once back at the main menu all the highscore achievements will pop.
500+ Point Run Gameplay Video.

Video contains...
@ 0:24 = "Share on Twitter" achievement.
@ 0:52 = "Subscribe on YouTube" achievement.
@ 1:20 = "Share on Facebook" achievement.
@ 1:49 = Tips on highscore achievements.
@ 3:47 = My 500+ point run.
Other 100% Achievement Guides.
I hope you found this guide of help, all comments, suggestions and criticism (constructive) is gratefully received.

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