Originally got the sub 8 hour achievement during a 2-player game in Early Access, back when you had to collect alien orbs to get science. It was before cliffs, and logistics bots were easier to get, so I was curious if it would be much easier or much harder.

And not least I wanted to get the achievement "properly legitimately", i.e. single player release version.

All in all it was easier than I feared! With proper settings I didn't even encounter the biters even though they were present, and the run was doable by just winging it with little pre-planning and no restarts.

Yeah yeah it's a phone photo. I originally took it to brag on snapchat. :)