If you’re hunting down achievements in Sunset Overdrive, the Explorer achievement is a particularly fun one to go after. It tasks you with finding all 20 Hideout points scattered across the city, which are essentially towers or high points where you can scan your surroundings using binoculars. This guide breaks down the process and offers some lighthearted insights to help make your collectible run a breeze.

Step-by-Step: Finding All 20 Hideout Points

Each Hideout point is marked by a high vantage point, usually on top of buildings or towers. To activate a Hideout point, you need to climb up to it and use the binoculars stationed there. Once you interact with the binoculars, the game begins tracking your progress for the Explorer achievement and other collectibles.

The best approach is to take it zone by zone. The video walkthroughs tend to show the points quickly, so don’t hesitate to pause and get your bearings as you go. For example, one of the earliest points is located at the Brewery area, up on a tower. This pattern holds true for most of the Hideout points—expect verticality, so be ready to climb, wall-run, and bounce your way to the top.

While progressing through the list of 20, you may run into moments of confusion—maybe you’ve climbed a tower in the story mode but need to go back up again. Just retrace your path, and you’ll usually figure it out pretty fast. The game’s traversal mechanics make it easy to re-navigate areas you’ve been to before. As the narrator mentions, it’s so easy you’ll feel like you’re “skating along in fast-forward.”

A Killer Reward: Assassin-Inspired Style

A little-known secret tied to the Explorer achievement is that once you find all 20 Hideout points, you unlock a special outfit called the “Killer Jacket.” It’s an outerwear piece for your character that looks suspiciously like something out of Assassin’s Creed. Pretty spooky, pretty stylish. You’ll find it in your customization menu under the Outerwear category—flip through until you land on the Killer Jacket and try it on for that full Ezio Auditore energy.

Though this outfit is purely cosmetic, it’s one of the cooler reward-based unlocks in the game. It adds flair and serves as a badge of honor for having explored every corner of Sunset City.

Some Miscellaneous Tips for Explorer Hunters

• Pause Often: If you’re following a guide, be prepared to pause often. These locations can go by quickly, and you don’t want to miss one and have to backtrack across the city.
• Binoculars Activation: Simply climbing a tower won’t be enough. You must interact with the binoculars at each point to make the game register your progress.
• Silly Requirements?: There’s a moment where the narrator jokes about needing to jump on a heater or even die at a certain location. While these aren’t real requirements, the humor points to the occasional quirky nature of the game.
• Traversal Makes It Easy: Sunset Overdrive’s traversal system is one of the best in any open-world game. Chaining bounces, wall-runs, and grinds is intuitive and fun, making the search for collectibles more enjoyable than tedious.
• Enjoy the Scenery: While you’re climbing these towers and jumping between rooftops, take a second to appreciate the vibrant, cartoonish world. Sunset City is a chaotic splash of color, full of visual surprises and weirdness.

One Final Note: When You Know You’ve Done It Right

After finding the final Hideout point, you’ll unlock the Explorer achievement, which nets you 10 GamerScore. But more importantly, it confirms your mastery of Sunset Overdrive’s vertical playground. If for some reason the achievement doesn’t pop, double-check that you’ve activated all 20 binoculars properly. In rare cases, dying near a tower might delay the notification, but don’t panic—it should still register once you’ve hit the last one.

And that’s it! With all Hideout points collected, you’re not just a wanderer anymore—you’re a true explorer, cloaked in your stylish new gear, ready to take on the next wild challenge Sunset Overdrive throws your way. Happy hunting!