Hi All, I just found out from a close friend a few days ago that Forza Horizon 5 is essentially accessible; and since I love love LOVE driving games, I am super excited! :)
Apologies in advance if any of this is old news to folks here. I have seen a lot of people online wondering about these same things so I thought I would share these tips that I’ve found here. In the early parts of the game, I noticed that the map seemed to be a barrier to moving forward for many people, myself included. I’ve figured out since then though, that the map is actually somewhat usable so I wanted to share it here, as I’ve seen others wondering how to move forward in the earlier part of the game without sight as well. So the first thing I’ve discovered (as some may already know) is that when you pass your cursor over a designated game location on the map, there is a small audible click. So if you stop your cursor there, and press the A button, you will place a pin on the map and map a route to that location. >From there, if you simply exit the map, Anna should then begin navigating you >to that map point. I use the D pad to move my cursor on the map. Personally, depending on how much is currently visible on the map, I use a back and forth movement (row by row) across the map to see what is there. The next thing that I’ve discovered, is that you can actually place a pin on any location on the map (whether it makes a click or not) and Anna will navigate you there. So this can be helpful to find new places and also to find game events possibly along the way, which you can enter if you choose. There is also the map filter, which again, some may already know about. This is also accessible. When you bring up the filter, you are positioned on the All category. If you press A once to toggle this off, you will clear the map. Next, if you use the D pad and move down the list of filter categories, you can locate the category you’d like to show and then press A to only show those locales on the map. So now if you go back to the map and use your cursor again, you can hear the same small clicks when you locate important game locations. -And, as before, you can press A to set a route and then exit the map to begin navigation there. If you need to reset the map to show everything again, you can use the X button while in the filter screen. At this point, the exception to this is Barn Finds. These do not seem to make a sound when you pass over them. I’m still really early in the game so it may be that these are not actually available to me yet. I don’t know. I was able to get to one of them (the one with the Jag) but I have not figured out how. I’ll post again if I learn more about this. So now on to Accolades. I’ve also figured out that the Accolades menu is actually usable even though it says that it is not narrated. If you enter the Accolades menu and it says that the menu is not narrated, using the D pad, you can still hear a small click when you reach each group of accolades. Even though these are not announced verbally, when you click on them with the A button, they will be announced as you enter them. So for example, the group you land on by default is called "Welcome to Mexico," which contains the initial group of accolades. If you back out of that group and then move one click to the right and click that group, you will hear “Expeditions.” This is the group of accolades related to expeditions. So in this way, you can actually move through the game accolades without sight. I hope this is helpful to someone and I’ll post more tips when I find them. Happy Driving All! :) Cheers! Cara -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#125002): https://groups.io/g/blind-gamers/message/125002 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/91485895/21656 Group Owner: blind-gamers+ow...@groups.io Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/blind-gamers/leave/607459/21656/1071380848/xyzzy [arch...@mail-archive.com] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
