Forwarding Forza telemetry to SimHub
Keeping SimHub working as well
Because Forza only sends to one place, pointing it at the plugin means the telemetry stops reaching SimHub. Dashboards, ShakeIt bass shakers, anything SimHub drives from Forza telemetry goes quiet.
Forwarding is what gives that back. The plugin relays every packet it receives straight on to SimHub, so you end up with the direct feed and everything SimHub was doing before.
One thing is not a straight copy. Forza blanks its packets during replays, rewinds and menu blips, and SimHub reads that as the game disconnecting: dashboards reset and ShakeIt rebuilds itself mid-session. So for gaps shorter than fifteen seconds the plugin holds the last known car and engine details in place on the forwarded copy, and SimHub carries on as though nothing happened.
- In SimHub, click Home at the top of the left sidebar. It should show Forza as the active game; if not, click Change game. Open Game config and note the UDP port it shows, often
8000. Read it only, change nothing. - Tick Also forward to SimHub in the plugin’s UDP telemetry settings, set the forward host to
127.0.0.1, and set the forward port to that number. - Drive for a moment and watch the Forwarded line. Once it counts packets, SimHub’s dashboards and shakers are back.
Leave forwarding off if you do not use SimHub for anything in Forza.