NHRA Championship Drag Racing: Speed for All

Trophy Guide & Roadmap

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Step 1 - "Multiplayer"

All online trophies have to be obtained without any other player around. We have to race against ghosts.

Spreading the Wealth
Register a time on every leaderboard in Online
We start with this trophy to make the other ones a lot easier. First of all we need to register a time on every track with every class. Make sure to be extra slow to set up the 150 wins perfectly.

Classes:
  • Super Modified
  • Pro Mod
  • Pro Stock
  • Funny Car
  • Top Fuel
Tracks:
  • Auto Club Raceway Pomona
  • Atlanta Dragway
  • Bandimere Speedway
  • Bristol Dragway
  • Gainesville Raceway
  • Lucas Oil Raceway
  • Las Vegas Motor Speedway
  • Maple Grove Raceway
  • New England Dragway
  • Pacific Raceways
  • South Georgia Motorsports Park
  • Summit Motorsports Park
  • Tucson Raceway
  • Texas Motorplex
  • Virginia Motorsports Park
  • Zmax Dragway
Ready to Mingle
Win one race in Online
Please refer to Winning is the Only Thing.
Winning Streak
Win 15 races in a row in Online
Please refer to Winning is the Only Thing.
The People's Champion
Win 100 races in Online
Please refer to Winning is the Only Thing.
Winning is the Only Thing
Win 150 races in Online
Consistently beating one of the Top 20 times on the initial leaderboards is pretty much impossible for most people. That's why we chose the extra slow approach while posting times to the leaderboard. Now you can select an opponent close to your own position on the leaderboard and race against his/her ghost. Pick the class you're the most comfortable with, pick one of these slow ghosts and beat them.

Important: After winning a race, make sure to select "Retry" to beat the same opponent over and over again. Otherwise your new, faster time will be registered and you can't race the weak ghosts of your chosen track anymore. The first win will unlock Ready to Mingle, the 100th The Perople's Champion. Keep in mind that we have to win 15 races in a row for Winning Streak, so be careful to not wreck the car while beating easy ghosts. Don't worry if you accidentally register a faster time, if you really kept posting very slow times for the first trophy you got over 60 races to choose from.

If you keep retrying and beat the same opponent 150 times in one sitting, it's going to take about 3 hours.

Step 2 - Quickplay

Before we enter career mode where we have to really look out for our cars, we can get a better feel for the game by capturing all Quickplay trophies. They aren't particularly difficult.

Fan Boy
Play as at least 10 different drivers in Quickplay
If you want to save some time, combine this with Better Than The Pros and Dedicated Tourist. I'd recommend the Pro Mod class. Start on the first track (Auto Club) with the first driver Daria Parrish and race against the one right next to her. After winning the race, go to the next track (Atlanta) and pick the driver you just beat to race against the next one to his right. Do this 9 times.

Why 9 times, when the trophy is the reward for 10, you may ask. Because we choose to race on track number 10 with John Force in the Funny Car class to start working on Force Multiplier as soon as possible.
Better Than The Pros
Beat at least 10 different drivers in Quickplay
If you didn't follow the strategy for Fan Boy, keep changing opponents while you play as John Force.
Dedicated Tourist
Race on every track in Quickplay
The list of track is the same one you already saw at the leaderboard trophy. After unlocking Better Than The Pros, we don't have to win anymore tracks and can end the races with a DNF.
Better Late Than Never
Win a race with 0.5 second reaction time higher than your opponent in Quickplay
This may take a couple of tries, because the trophy requires a little bit of luck. To reduce the amount of required luck it is recommended to race in one of the slower classes and pick the highest rated driver to race against the lowest rated. We have to start poorly on purpose. We can't affect the reaction time of our opponent, therefore we should leave them a bit of room for error, but obviously not too much, because we have to reach the finish line first.
Force Multiplier
Play 30 races using John Force in Quickplay
The quickest way to earn this trophy is by getting disqualified before the event event starts. It counts as a played race if you return to the main menu afterwards. If you choose "Retry" it doesn't count.

Step 3 - Career

All remaining trophies are tied to Career Mode. Before you go, here are a few things that are good to know in advance:

Graduated
Complete the Onboarding in Career
This is unmissable, it pops before our first points race.
Don't Get Ahead of Yourself
Jumpstart the Christmas Tree in Career
Like stated above, Friday sessions can be skipped to save time and parts. However, to avoid losing in an important session on Saturday or Sunday, you should take care of this trophy in a Friday session. Just let go of the brakes before the green light appears.
Trouble with the Swerve
Crash your car during a season in Career
This can be combined with either I Didn't Know You Were There! or Oops, My Bad.
I Didn't Know You Were There!
Crash into your opponent's car in Career
Like stated above, Friday sessions can be skipped to save time and parts. However, to avoid losing in an important session on Saturday or Sunday, you should take care of this trophy in a Friday session. It helps a lot to get a good start to be in front. After the start just turn into your opponent's lane and hit the brakes if you're in front.
Oops, My Bad
Crash into the side wall in Career
Like stated above, Friday sessions can be skipped to save time and parts. However, to avoid losing in an important session on Saturday or Sunday, you should take care of this trophy in a Friday session. Just crash into the wall on your side after the start to pop this trophy.
Risky Business
Win a race with a car with 50% integrity or less in Career
This is another trophy where it is recommended to participate in all Friday sessions. Get through all Friday and Saturday sessions without repairing your car. Doing so should result in a broken Body Kit and everything else pretty worn out. But keep an eye on your engine, it needs to have at least 2 bars left to avoid blowing up.
Whole Again
Win a race on a holeshot win in Career
A Holeshot win in NHRA occurs when we have a better Reaction Time (RT) but a slower Elapsed Time (ET) than our opponent, while we still have the fastest overall time (RT+ET). This may happen by accident while attempting Risky Business. If not you may want to risk stepping off the gas before crossing the finish line. Don't worry too much about this trophy, we have to win a lot of races.
Getting the Job Done
Win 10 race weekends in a season
Please refer to Simply the Best.
Participation Trophy
Complete the first season in Career
Unlocks automatically after the first season, no matter where we finish.
Cash Rules Everything Around Me
Achieve all your sponsor goals in a season of Career mode.
Usually the sponsor goals are related to finishing in a certain position at the end of a race weekend and/or at the end of a championship. This should pop naturally while you're going for Simply the Best.
First One Tastes Better
Win your first championship in Career
Please refer to G.O.A.T.
American Legend
Win a Wally on every single track in Career
We get a Wally on a track for winning the Sunday tournament. This happens naturally while attempting Simply the Best.
Simply the Best
Win all the 24 race week ends in a season in Career
This is a lot easier in the lower classes, because the cars handle a lot better and little mistakes can be corrected without blowing up. Getting this trophy also unlocks Getting the Job Done and American Legend. The easiest way to achieve this is by uploading your save to the cloud everytime you won a race, because the autosave of this game doesn't show any mercy. It happens so fast, that closing the app right after a crash or a loss is too slow.
Unstoppable Force
Win three championships in a row
We don't have to win the same championship three times in a row. To unlock this trophy it is sufficient when we win the Super Modified, Pro Stock and Pro Mod championships in three consecutive years.
In the Bank
Earn at least $5,000,000 in Career
Please refer to Secure the Bag.
Lightning Fast
Beat each national time record in Career for PM, PS, FC and TF classes
I made a video with setups for all records that can be found in the playlist above. The time records (RT+ET) we need to break for this trophy:
  • Pro Mod - 5.621s
  • Pro Stock - 6.450s
  • Funny Car - 3.793s
  • Top Fuel - 3.623s
All Around Speed Demon
Beat each national speed record in Career for PM, PS, FC and TF classes
I made a video with setups for all records that can be found in the playlist above. The speed records we need to break for this trophy:
  • Pro Mod - 261 mph
  • Pro Stock - 215.55 mph
  • Funny Car - 339.87 mph
  • Top Fuel - 338.94 mph
G.O.A.T
Win a championship in every class in Career
We need to win all five championships this game has to offer. There is one for Super Modified, Pro Mod, Pro Stock, Funny Car and Top Fuel each.
Secure the Bag
Earn at least $10.000.000 in Career
This may seem like a whole lot early on during our career. But once we won everything and made it to the Top Fuel class, money won't be an issue anymore and if we go for I Don't Take Breaks, I Break Records while staying in Top Fuel, the trophy pops way ahead of the 155 wins.
For Science!
Complete all the R&D programs for all classes in Career
Always keep an eye on the R&D section of your garage. The number of parallel researches/developments is limited to 2, therefore it's mostly a matter of time rather than money.
I Don't Take Breaks, I Break Records
Beat John Force's record of 154 race week end wins in Career
Yes, you read that right. We need to win a total of 155 weekends for this trophy. There is no shortcut, it takes at least 6.5 seasons. While you're racking up wins, keep an eye on For Science!. It is recommended to stay in Top Fuel to get the missing victories after winning every championship, because we earn a lot more money there than in other classes.
Well Oiled Veteran
Complete 10 seasons of Career
Please refer to Finisher.
Finisher
Complete the 20 seasons of Career
When everything went according to plan you should have earned every trophy within the first seven or eight seasons. If so, you now need to do 12 more. The fastest way is:
  1. Start the race weekend
  2. Press Options as soon as you see the so-called Christmas Tree
  3. Select "Forfeit Race Weekend"
  4. Rinse and Repeat
Hail the King
Unlock all the Trophies in the game