We would like to implement Steam Achievements as an incentive to help players realise the full potential of VSC and grow the community more. These are not rewards, rather they are recognition of the player reaching an achievement above and beyond simply racing a single player session to gain coin and EXP. The Steam Community Overlay will notify you when you have unlocked an achievement in Steam. Your achievements can be viewed in the game's main menu or through the stats in the Steam Community. It is our hope that such visibility will encourage others to expand their use of VSC and their interaction with other players and modders. Below is a short list of what we intend for the first instalment.
Custom Car achievements
1. Aspirant tinker
Description: Create 2 cars using unique custom bodies in the Garage.
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2. Garage hermit
Description: Create 5 cars using unique custom bodies in the Garage.
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3. Behold, my fleet
Description: Create 10 cars using unique custom bodies in the Garage.
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We would love to see more custom cars being used in VSC. This achievement will increase the visibility to other players that modding bodies and creation of custom cars is possible and will hopefully increase interaction between modders to further create more cars or more targeted multiplayer sessions where the cars can be seen and enjoyed by all.
Custom Track achievements
4. A change of scene
Description: Design 5 tracks in the editor and assemble them.
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5. Choose your path wisely
Description: Design 10 tracks in the editor and assemble them.
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6. Welcome to my world
Description: Design 20 tracks in the editor and assemble them.
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Custom Track-Set achievements
7. Assemble this!
Description: Create 2 custom track-sets, available in the editor, to design tracks with.
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8. Dream designs
Description: Create 5 custom track-sets, available in the editor, to design tracks with.
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9. Anything is possible
Description: Create 10 custom track-sets, available in the editor, to design tracks with.
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Similar to custom cars are custom tracks and track-sets. These achievements will increase the visibility that VSC offers real opportunities to create whatever racing layout you can think of and gain more interaction between members of the community at both a modding and multiplayer level.
Multiplayer presence achievement
10. Racer unleashed
Description: Race 10km in multiplayer
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11. Whatever it takes
Description: Race 25km in multiplayer
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12. Can't get enough!
Description: Race 50km in multiplayer
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Recognising a player that has spent a good amount of time playing online will hopefully further boost the multiplayer awareness of VSC and cause more players to be able to link up and play online. The starting distance of 10km here would be achieved after, for example, four multiplayer sessions racing on Kyalami using 7 minute round durations. Of course it may be achieved by more sessions of shorter round durations.
Multiplayer win achievement
13. Meeting the challenge
Description: Obtain 5 wins on a full, 2 lane track in multiplayer
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14. Standing your ground
Description: Obtain 5 wins on a full, 4 lane track in multiplayer
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15. Rising up
Description: Obtain 5 wins on a full, 6 lane track in multiplayer
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16. Against the odds
Description: Obtain 5 wins on a full, 8 lane track in multiplayer
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17. Dominator
Description: Obtain 10 wins on a full, 2 lane track in multiplayer.
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18. Eat my Ozone
Description: Obtain 10 wins on a full, 4 lane track in multiplayer
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19. Leader of the pack
Description: Obtain 10 wins on a full, 6 lane track in multiplayer
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20. Strength and Honour
Description: Obtain 10 wins on a full, 8 lane track in multiplayer
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21. Is there no one else?
Description: Obtain 30 wins on a full, 2 lane track in multiplayer.
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22. You shall not pass!
Description: Obtain 30 wins on a full, 4 lane track in multiplayer
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23. Will is everything
Description: Obtain 30 wins on a full, 6 lane track in multiplayer
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24. There can be only one
Description: Obtain 30 wins on a full, 8 lane track in multiplayer
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Lastly we want to recognise multiplayer wins, and since these become increasingly more difficult with more lanes, we have created variants for all the possibilities.
We have more ideas for achievements, in particular for single player racing, but they may require further features to be added before we can commit to them. At this stage we would be keen to hear what you have to say about the current ones, we like them – they are simple, varied, and should hopefully bring more diversity to and engagement with VSC
Open for discussion...
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