Factory Driver Achievement

Factory Driver Achievement

Get any Car Manufacturer to Affinity level 50.  (60 GS)

This Achievement probably looks and sounds easier than it will actually turn out to be, largely because there are so many races in the game that require you to use this make of car or that make.  Before we discuss the strategy you need to be following to unlock this one though, we should address the while issue of Affinity and why it is important...

When you start the game you should be picking the make of car you plan to drive the most, and then expand your stable of cars from that manufacturer and drive them as much as you can to work towards getting the Affinity up -- but prior to really getting into that, it would be a good idea to spend some time with the major makes in Rivals Mode boosting their Affinity to Level 5 each.  Why?

At Level 5 Affinity you get a 100% discount on upgrade parts (excluding wheels, swaps, and body kits), which means that any time you have to use a car from that manufacturer and it needs to be upgraded for a new Class to race, most of the cost of the upgrade is FREE.  Now THAT is a good reason to spend a little time boosting Affinity, right?

Choose a Maker and Stick with them - I chose VW

There really is not a suggested list for you to simply fill in by leveling them, but you will see certain makes popping up frequently -- Ferrari, Ford, Chevy, BMW, and the like -- but it is hard to predict.  The best approach seems to be to continue through career mode and, when confronted with the need to use a car you do not have at Affinity Level 5, back out and level that one.

In any event beyond leveling up the makes you need to in order to keep from spending credits on upgrades, you should focus on one specific make and drive it whenever it is possible to do so, because getting to Affinity Level 50 is actually something that the developer does not expect you to do!  Seriously!  Here is a quote from a feature piece written by Turn 10:

"Rather than five levels per car, we now have 50 levels per manufacturer. We used logged community data from Forza 3 to set the Affinity level milestone. Our target was to have less than once percent of our players have any manufacturer up to level 50 within 24 months."

Less than 1% in two years!  So really, if you unlock this in your first year of play you will be in the top 1% of players...