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Product: Race Deck for Forza Horizon 6 (Stream Deck plugin for Windows) · Provider: GRAMSHIFT (Tokyo, Japan)

Unofficial product: not affiliated with Microsoft, Xbox Game Studios or Playground Games. Forza is a trademark of the Microsoft group of companies.

Contact

Email contact@gramshift.com in English or Japanese. We reply within 7 business days, usually sooner. Please include your Windows version, your Stream Deck app version, the game and where you bought it (Steam, Microsoft Store or Xbox app), the text of the "Status" line in the key's settings, and, if possible, a screenshot of the key and of its settings. Ideas for new keys are welcome too.

Set up the game (once)

Drag a key of Race Deck for Forza Horizon 6 onto your Stream Deck and open its settings. Note the UDP port (20830 unless you change it).
In the game open Settings > HUD & Gameplay > Data Out and set:
- Data Out: On
- Data Out IP Address: 127.0.0.1 (the game and the Stream Deck on the same PC)
- Data Out IP Port: 20830 (the port in the key's settings)
- Forza Motorsport only: Data Out Packet Format: Dash
Drive. The Status line in the key's settings shows "Receiving ... data" and how many packets arrive each second.

All keys share the same port, so you set the game only once. If you change the port in one key, change it in the game too.

Game on an Xbox or a second PC

In a key's settings choose "This PC and the network" in Receive from.
In the game enter the network address of the PC that runs the Stream Deck app (for example 192.168.1.20; in Windows: Settings > Network & internet > Properties, IPv4 address) and the same port.
If nothing arrives, check that Windows Firewall allows Stream Deck on private networks.

The keys

Key	What it shows
Performance Timer	Choose a test: 0-100 km/h (0-60 mph in imperial units), 400 m (quarter mile) with trap speed, braking 100-0 km/h (60-0 mph), or top speed. Stop the car: READY. Drive off: the run is timed from the moment the car leaves zero. The key shows the last run and the best run of the car you drive; a new best shows NEW BEST in purple. A pause, a rewind, a menu or a car change during a run shows INVALID and the run is not saved. Clear the records of one car or of all cars in the key's settings (press twice).
Gear	The gear (R, N, 1 to 10), shift lights and a number you choose. The lights fill as the engine nears the shift point and flash at the shift point. Shift point: Automatic (learned from the engine while you drive) or a share of the highest rpm from 75% to 98%. On a Stream Deck + dial: gear and a light bar on the touch strip; turn the dial to change the number.
Readout	One value: speed, engine speed, boost, power, torque, fuel, or class and PI.
Tyres	The four tyres in their places on the car, colored by temperature or by grip (slip).
Race	Overview (position, lap, lap time and delta), the delta to your best lap, position, last lap or best lap. Outside a race it shows NO RACE.
Game Control	A labeled key for rewind, change view, horn, map, photo mode or a control you name yourself. It only sends a key: assign the same key to that control in the game's controls.

Every key has the settings Look (Classic, Neon, Carbon) and Units (km/h, m, °C, bar, kW or mph, ft, °F, psi, hp). The language follows the Stream Deck app (English or Japanese).

Send game keys from a key

In the game's control settings, assign a key to the action, for example F13 to Rewind. Keys F13 to F24 are not on most keyboards, so they do not clash with anything.
Enter the same key in "Key to send" in the Stream Deck key's settings, for example F13, Ctrl+Shift+E, Num5 or Alt+Up.
By default the key is sent only while the game is the active window ("Only while the game is the active window"). The game is recognised by its program name in Game program, ForzaHorizon6.exe by default. For Forza Motorsport, or if your copy of the game uses another name, add its program name there (the Status line shows the name of the window that was in front after a press).

What the key or Status line says

Shown	What to do
Waiting for data on port N	Nothing has arrived yet. Check Data Out in the game: On, IP address 127.0.0.1 (or this PC's network address for an Xbox or second PC), the same port, then drive.
NO DATA / No data on port N for N s	The game sends only while you drive: when paused, in a menu, in a replay or with the game closed the keys wait. Drive again.
PORT BUSY / Port N could not be opened	Another program (often another telemetry app) uses the port. Close it, or choose another port in the key's settings and in the game.
PORT?	The port in the key's settings is not a number from 1024 to 65535.
UNSUPPORTED / Packets of N bytes arrive	Packets arrive that the plugin does not read, for example from another game. The plugin shows no numbers rather than wrong ones. If this happens with Forza Horizon 6 or Forza Motorsport after a game update, please contact us.
DASH FORMAT	Forza Motorsport sends the Sled format, which has no gear, lap or tyre data. Set Data Out Packet Format to Dash.
NO RACE	The Race key shows numbers only in a race; in free roam there is no position or lap.
INVALID	The timed run was stopped by a pause, a rewind, a menu or a car change, and was not saved. Stop the car to arm the timer again.
Last press: not sent, the game was not the active window	Click into the game first, or add the program name shown in the Status line to Game program.
Last press: could not send	Windows does not let the Stream Deck app send keys to a program running as administrator. Start the game normally.

Common questions

Can I use it with another telemetry app at the same time? The game sends Data Out to one address and port only. Use one app at a time, or let the other app forward the data to this plugin's port, if it can.
Why is my time a little different from the game's own timer? The plugin times runs from the telemetry packets the game sends and interpolates between them. Times can differ slightly from the in-game timers.
Which car is "this car" when I clear records? The car you drove last, as reported by the game.
Is anything sent to the internet? No. See the privacy policy.

Privacy

The telemetry stays on your PC and the plugin never sends anything over the network. Details: privacy policy.