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Achievement not given.

I've met the requirement for the Innovator achievement for several seasons in a row now. Even without the bonusses which come from sponsors. But the picture of the old professor is still vague. 

Breaking and cooling have 100 points now. Am I doing something wrong? I don't believe so...

 This infact is known issue which has been reported on many occasion and has also been reported to devs when they get through high priority tasks they will look into resolving this. Until then sit tight and enjoy the rest of this awesome game!

My target was to simply "Finish the Race"..

I finished the race, got the green tick, but got no sponsor money, and a negative balance ?

This is a known issue, the race viewer is displaying the wrong objective. The correct race objective will be found on the Home page, displayed once access to the race is available after qualifying ends, and will remain displayed until the race is over.