Roadmap
Overview
- Estimated platinum difficulty: 3/10
- Offline trophies: 41 (2, 5, 34)
- Online trophies: 10 (1, 1, 8)
- Approximate amount of time to platinum: 20 - 30 hours
- Minimum number of playthroughs: 1
- Number of missable trophies: 1, Ring Master
- Glitched trophies: 2, some people were having problems achieving Dipping Your Toes and Global Domination.
- Does difficulty affect any trophies: Yes, Master Racer requires you to play on the hardest difficulty.
- Do cheat codes disable trophies: No cheats codes available.
- VIP Pass: Yes, if you buy the game new you will have the code on the box, if you buy on the PSN its already included in the download. If you buy the game used, you will have to buy a Online VIP Pass from the PS Store.
As the first GRID, this is another racing game. If you enjoyed the first one, you're gonna love this one. This time we have a lot of new modes and cars, a better “storyline” and a decent online game. You won’t have any trouble achieving the trophies. You can easily play this game using a normal controller, you don’t need a wheel to have fun. I recommend you play on Normal Difficulty, as you will have a good fun challenge and it won’t frustrate you, unlike the highest difficulties.
STEP 1: Complete the World Racing Series Career getting 1st place in every event, earn all miscellaneous trophies
The first thing you want to do is go into the 'World Racing Series' from the main menu. There are a total of 5 seasons you must complete here and you will want to come first place in each and every event. The best way for you to do it is to clear up every event and come first place then enter the WRC, as once you enter the WRC the only way to replay the season you were just in is via the timeline. Once you have completed the game you should have the majority of the trophies, including the one for coming first place in every event.
After doing all of that you will want to go into custom events and clean up the remaining offline trophies. They don't take very long to do but if you're having trouble then please refer to the guide.
STEP 2: Multiplayer
The online is very quick in this game, it will only take you a few hours. The first thing you want to do is go to the 'Global Challenge' option and play a few of the challenges here. There is a leaderboard within the menu here that will have your score and your friends' scores over all of the challenges for that week. By the leaderboard will also be a timer that counts down from 7 days. For the Global Domination trophy you need to be at the top of this leaderboard when it resets. The trophy will unlock if you have no friends with the game. If you do have friends just make sure to either delete them off your friends list and add them again later or just beat their score.
The next step is to go into the playlists and just keep playing here until you reach level 10 for the Dipping your Toes trophy. You will also get the majority of the other online trophies here too. The final step is to boost the rival trophy and the endurance trophy, see the trophy guide for more info about those two.
STEP 3: Clean Up
Mmissed out on coming first in a certain event? Didn't complete a miscellaneous trophy? Well now is the time to go back and complete it. You should now have your platinum, congrats!
[PST would like to thank Thiagoft_55 & Harry94 for this Road Map]
Spa-Francorchamps DLC:
Overview:
Estimated difficulty: 3.5/10
Offline trophies: 2 1
Online trophies: 1
Approximate amount of time to 100%: 1 hour
Minimum number of playthroughs: Minimum of one online endurance and one drift event. Likely to be a few other single player events on top of that though.
Number of missable trophies: None
Glitched trophies: None
Does difficulty affect any trophies: No
Do cheat codes disable trophies: None available
Online Pass required? Yes
Introduction:
The Spa-Francorchamps Track Pack adds the legendary Belgian track as you would have expected, plus two new cars - Aston Martin V12 Zagato and BMW Z4 GT3. No new events are included, however you can use this new track in all event types in single races.
Flashbacks
Flashbacks are very useful in this DLC as they will make a few of the trophies a lot easier to earn. To use one, simply press and you will be able to rewind time for a bit. This allows you to retake a bad corner or avoid a crash.
Please note that there isn't a set pattern to the following steps - they can be completed in any order.
Step 1: Head online and complete an endurance event in Spa GP track:
You will have to create/find a custom event and compete in an Endurance race on the new track. The online can be pretty empty at times, so chances are that you won't manage to start the game without finding someone to help you out. Head to the Boosting Thread if necessary to find a partner. Everyone that completes the event will earn the Staying the Distance trophy shortly after the race has finished. If you want, you can also try to reach a speed of 260 mph/420 kmh in the long straight (which would allow you to skip Step 3) and try to complete a lap in under 1:49 (which would let you skip Step 2) for two additional trophies. While these two trophies are entirely possible to earn online, don't worry if you can't get them done now. They can be unlocked in single player if need be.
Upon completion of this step, you will earn at the very minimum:
Staying the Distance
Step 2: Complete a lap in under 1:49:
Start an offline Spa race with the highest number of laps, unlimited flashbacks and the AI set to the easiest difficulty. You will need a top tier car to reach this time (I recommend the Audi R8 LMS as it is just fast enough to reach the time, but also very easy to handle.) With a few practice laps and liberal use of flashbacks, you should eventually reach the target time.
This step will unlock:
Spa Time
Step 3: Start a Spa time attack using Koenigsegg Agera and reach 260 mph on the long straight:
Remember to set flashbacks to unlimited. In time attack mode, the pack is spread out in the beginning, so you can go for the top speed right away. The target speed does require a pretty good line through the Eau Rouge bend to accomplish, so bear this in mind when going for it. Please refer to the trophy guide for more information.
This step will unlock:
Rouge Racer
Step 4: Start a Spa drift event in a tier 3 or 4 car and score 300,000 points in a single drift:
You will want to use unlimited flashbacks again. There is only one corner where you can reach the target score (unless you are a extremely skilled drifter) and it's the 180 degree right hand turn shortly after the start. This will require a lot of retries, but you should be able to reach the target score after several dozen flashbacks.
You will want to aim for at least 6x multiplier for easier time and will need a fast car here due to the need to maintain a decent enough speed throughout to continue scoring through the long corner. Balanced or drift cars are the choice here (I personally used the Koenigsegg, but any car similar to this should do the job.)
This step will unlock:
Super Drift
Bathurst Track Pack DLC:
Overview:
Estimated difficulty: 3/10
Offline trophies: 1 2
Online trophies: 1
Approximate amount of time to 100%: 1 hour
Minimum number of playthroughs: One online checkpoint event and one time attack either offline or online
Number of missable trophies: None
Glitched trophies: None
Does difficulty affect any trophies: No
Do cheat codes disable trophies: None available
Online Pass required? Yes
Introduction:
Bathurst track pack adds the Australian Mount Panorama circuit as well as three new cars - the Nissan Skyline and Ford Sierra RS500 Group A Racecars and the Ford Racing Ute. No new events are introduced, however the track can be freely used in online and offline custom events.
Flashbacks
Flashbacks will make Aussie rules a bit easier. To use one, simply press and you can rewind time for a bit. This is especially useful if you wish to retake a bad corner or avoid a crash.
Please note that Steps 1 and 2 do not necessarily need to be performed in the order shown below. Step 3 however, should be left until last for a possibility of saving time.
Step 1: Head online and win a checkpoint event at Bathurst
You will have to create/find a custom event online that utilizes the track in checkpoint event. Chances are that you won't manage to start the game without finding someone to assist you. Head to the GRID 2 Boosting Thread if you wish to find a partner.
If you use Tier 4 cars, you will likely reach a speed of 220 mph, which will earn you another trophy, and if you are skilled enough, you may even complete a lap in under 1:39 for a further trophy.
At the end of this step, you will earn at least:
Time Extended
and possibly
Outback and Gone
Aussie rules
Step 2: Complete Bathurst time attack event either online or offline
Simple enough step - just complete a time attack event. You can set the laps to minimum and winning the event isn't required. If you failed to unlock Outback and Gone or Aussie rules during the first step, feel free to attempt them here (although completing a lap in under 1:39 may be slightly harder as you will need to overtake the slower cars on the track.)
This step will unlock:
Bush-bash
Step 3: Cleanup
If you used a Tier 4 car in either of the last two steps, you will most likely already have unlocked the Outback and gone trophy. If so, then the only remaining trophy to unlock would be Aussie Rules. Both of these can be unlocked in the same run.
Start a race against with a high number of laps, unlimited flashbacks and the AI difficulty set to Easy. Outback and gone will likely unlock at the end of the long back straight. Reaching the lap time of 1:39 for Aussie Rules will be trickier however. Flashbacks will help a lot if you make any mistakes, so feel free to use them as many times as you wish. Many of the Tier 4 cars can reach the target time. Please refer to the trophy guide for more information.
This step will unlock:
Aussie Rules
Outback and Gone
Classic Grid Pack DLC:
Overview:
Estimated difficulty: 1/10
Offline trophies: 2
Online trophies: 0
Approximate amount of time to 100%: 10 minutes
Minimum number of playthroughs: Two events
Number of missable trophies: None
Glitched trophies: None
Does difficulty affect any trophies: No
Do cheat codes disable trophies: None available
Online Pass required? No
Introduction:
This small DLC adds two new cars to the game - Koenigsegg CCGT and Pagani Zonda Revolución. From a trophy perspective, this DLC is very straightforward and shouldn't take very long to complete.
You can choose which of the two steps to complete first - there's no set order.
Step 1: Win an elimination event with Pagani Zonda Revolución
Easiest to do offline, but online will also work. Simply win an elimination event. You can do this with the AI difficulty set to Easy to make it simpler if you wish.
This will unlock:
An Old Favourite
Step 2: Win a drift event with Koenigsegg CCGT
This can be completed online or offline as well. AI set to Easy difficulty are very simple to beat, but if you're still struggling, then don't forget to make use of your flashbacks. Scoring around 100,000 points should secure you a win against Easy difficulty AI.
This step will unlock:
Turn Back Time
[PST Would Like to Thank DeividHasselhoff for these DLC Road Maps]