Hi All, Happy Friday eve!
I was able to create a second event and I also now have both share codes for these. Unfortunately, as I’d suspected, the share codes themselves are not accessible. Go figure. So I needed sighted assistance to read it. It may be possible to use OCR to get this but I’m on an XBox and so I will see if I can use my phone tomorrow to read these and let y’all know how it goes. I’ll also post a note tomorrow to go through the steps to create a new event. It will be a longish note so rather than post it now, I’ll check back in on the ‘morrow. :) For now, here are the share codes for both events I’ve created today. Will also detail these a bit more in my next note. Cara 1 share code: 182 276 379 Cara 2 share code: 439 824 962 Hope you like these if you check them out. Cheers and talk soon! Cara > On Jul 1, 2022, at 5:48 PM, Cara Quinn <caraqu...@caraquinn.com> wrote: > > Hey again All, > > Hope you’re all having a lovely Friday! > > Thought some might be interested to know that I found out how to make a test > track today and the process is doable without sight. As usual though, it > seems with FH5, there are a couple of areas which are not friendly. Go > figure! lol! > > Anyway, to get right to the point, if you’d like to try this track out; if > you go to the search area I mentioned before where you land on the Confirm > button and you can search on a share code, I found today that if you use the > D Pad to go up further, you will find many options you can search on. > > in this case, since it seems that I can’t find a share code for my event > (probably due to inaccessibility) you can actually just search on the event > name. So for my track, it is simply called Cara 1 > > So you’d go up in the search menu all the way to the top and press the A > button on the Event Title option. This will bring up a standard XBox keyboard > and you would type in “Cara 1” and then click enter with the A button. > > Then, just use the D Pad to go all the way back down the search menu until > you get to the Confirm button and click that. YOu should then see a search > results group with only my event in it. I’ll send along the share code when I > can find it. > > Anyway, this is a road racing circuit event and there are no drivetars and no > traffic so you can just drive. This event has 3 laps and you can use any car > you like. Also, just as a note, any car class above the high S1 range will > most likely require you to slow down a bit at the corners. These corners can > occasionally be tight so just be aware of it. > > I will post another note either tonight or tomorrow to share the details of > exactly how I did this. it’s not difficult but I need to check on a couple of > specific steps so I don’t give you the wrong info. :) > > I’m super new to the process so I really want to make sure I am completely > clear on it before I share it. > > Thanks, and for now, I hope you enjoy the event if you try it! > > > Cheers! > > Cara > > > > > >> On Jul 1, 2022, at 3:50 AM, Cara Quinn <caraqu...@caraquinn.com >> <mailto:caraqu...@caraquinn.com>> wrote: >> >> Hi All, >> >> I just found another feature of Forza Horizon 5 which at first appeared to >> be not super friendly but I’ve just found a very cool work-around which >> makes this available to us. >> >> It is the Event Lab which features tracks and races of all types, created by >> the Forza community. You can get to these events but neither the groups that >> contain them generally announce their titles nor the options themselves for >> each event. So it’s really hit or miss. >> >> However, I’ve just found that the search feature for these events is >> accessible and each event has a unique race code that you can search on to >> get to that event directly. So this is kind of a huge deal, as it means that >> we now have access to all sorts of community-created races and tracks etc, >> and we do not need to use the map or travel across the world to get to these >> events anytime we like. >> >> This is all available from the pause menu from anywhere in the game. For >> those who may not know, you get to the pause menu by pressing the menu >> button on your controller. >> >> Once you are in the pause menu, you get to the event lab by first moving to >> the Creative Hub group using the right or left buttons on an XBox >> controller. I do not know which keys this would be on PC. -My apologies. >> >> I can’t remember at the minute if the Creative Hub group announces itself >> via the screen reader but if it does not, the options in it do. So you would >> just locate the Event Lab option using the D pad and activate it by pressing >> A. >> >> Once you’re in the Event Lab, you will see two options which you can >> navigate between using the D Pad. I’m not in front of the game just now, but >> I believe these options are Blueprints and My Designs. I’ll verify this >> tomorrow and re-post if necessary. >> >> Anyway, the option you want is Blueprints. This option contains all of the >> comunity-based tracks and races. These are divided into groups, but only the >> first and last groups are spoken. You can still navigate between them and >> choose races within them, but the races will not announce their titles. So >> you cannot tell which event you are picking. >> >> This is where the above work-around comes in; As I’d mentioned, each event >> has a code associated with it and you can find these codes on the web. >> (Youtube etc) >> >> Once you are in the Blueprints section, you can go to the search area by >> pressing the View button on your controller. You should hear an option >> called Confirm. If you navigate up once with the D Pad, you should then hear >> a search edit field announced. You can click on this by pressing the A >> button and a search keyboard will open, which uses Narrator so we can access >> it. >> >> If you enter the search code for the event you want, and then click enter, >> you will get a search results group which should contain the option you’re >> looking for. If you just click the A button you will enter the event. >> >> I believe you can press Y in place of A if you would like to favorite the >> event. I’ll get to this again in a minute. >> >> For now though, once the event starts, it should be announced like any >> normal race would, so you can race like you usually do, but now we have >> access to a vast amount of community based events that do not require any >> use of the map or any travel to locate. >> >> Okay, so now on to favorites, when I was mentioning the groups in the >> Blueprints section earlier, I mentioned that only the first and last groups >> seem to be announced. The first group (all the way to the left) is the >> highest rated races (I can’t remember the exact name just now) and the last >> group (all the way to the right) is called History. This screen may be >> confusing, as you will still hear clicks if you keep moving to the right >> after you reach the History group. There are no more groups though and you >> will actually stay on the History group so just bear this in mind. >> >> So now, if you navigate to the History group and then go one to the left >> with the D Pad, you will land on the Favorites group. Even though this group >> and its options are not narrated, your favorites are here and they should be >> in the order in which you favorited them. You can access these using the D >> Pad as you normally would. So this is sort of a quicker way to get to these >> without needing to type in the race code each time. >> >> I’ve not used the History group yet but this also might work. >> >> If you like, here is a race code to get you started. This track is actually >> basically kind of a test track that you can race on alone. This one is >> actually meant for people wanting to get lots of points and credits using >> the auto-steering feature. I found this accidentally so thought I would >> give it a try and see if this was accessible for us. It turns out that it >> is, and this is a perfectly legit race. >> >> The race code is 966 452 663. >> >> A few words of warning / advice though; I believe this track is meant for >> class S 1 or 2 cars but for some reason when I started the race, it only let >> me choose the Jesko that I was currently driving, which is an X class car >> and currently the fastest car in the game. So I believe this car is way too >> fast for this track. >> >> I’m just saying this in case you run into the same situation I did. :) >> >> What I needed to do to be successful on this track is to kind of help the AI >> out a bit by doing some extra braking on the turns and taking some of the >> off-road bits slightly slower so as to avoid anything that would stop the >> car and cause me to lose points. >> >> when I notice the AI beginning to auto brake for me, I also brake manually a >> lot more to allow it to slow down as much as it should to take each corner. >> Taking corners on this track in a Jesko at full speed will absolutely cause >> you to crash! At least it does for me. :) >> >> So again, just bear this in mind when racing on this track. >> >> This is super fun though and allowed me to actually reach the Jesko’s >> currently tuned top speed of 303 miles per hour on a straight away so >> woohoo! this was awesome! :) >> >> This particular race is really long and I was never actually able to finish >> it because I got disconnected from the game server but your milage may vary >> so to speak. :) >> >> Also, this course takes you through some short off-road bits so if you hear >> your car suddenly slowing down and occasionally hitting a few things, this >> is actually normal and what is supposed to happen. The trick is just not to >> lose it in the turns and hit something big that will actually stop your car. >> Other than that, it seems essentially anything goes on this track. >> >> You can find a ton more race codes online and searching on Youtube for >> interesting event lab races will yield all kinds of treasures. I’ve already >> found more than I can race! :) >> >> Good luck with these events and hope y’all enjoy this! >> >> Cheers! >> >> Cara >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#125100): https://groups.io/g/blind-gamers/message/125100 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/92124897/21656 Group Owner: blind-gamers+ow...@groups.io Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/blind-gamers/leave/607459/21656/1071380848/xyzzy [arch...@mail-archive.com] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
