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Gone Viral achievement in Forza Motorsport 5

Gone Viral

Get 100 downloads across all of your shared photos.

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How to unlock the Gone Viral achievement

  • EngineerJaredEngineerJared
    27 Nov 2013 27 Nov 2013 03 Dec 2013
    You can self-boost this achievement with an alternate account. Take 10 photos and download 10 times with an alternate account. Since Gold is now shared across the console it should be easy.


    Edit per scuzzybunny: It appears that multiple downloads by the same account will count. Just back out of the photo gallery, go back in and search and dowload again. The reason it may appear that this does not work is there is a delay on these views propagating to you account. With that in mind you may want to just take 10 pictures and use 1 alternate account to download the set 10 times.

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    DoomScottVIEWING YOUR OWN PICTURES COUNTS! Just take 10 different pics, save them, then go to your gallery and click on each one and select "load" on each one. Then go back to the loading screen with the orange McLaren and press A to enter back into the game. Each time you do this you will get 10% progress. Repeat 9 more times for the achievement. No alt needed.
    Posted by DoomScott on 23 Jun 23 at 14:04
    Just to add to DoomScotts comment: This works 100%, but you don't have to take 10 pictures. You can use the same picture over and over. Simply open & close ONE picture 10 times, then back out to the main menu, and enter back into the game, and rinse & repeat.

    You can't do it more than 10 times before going back to the main menu, I can confirm. 10 at a time, but you can do it with only 1 picture to make it easier than going through 10 different photos.

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    Posted on 27 Jun 23 at 00:28
    Philyokwan79I can't get this to work, although I have had two other achievements not work in this game. My tracker isn't going up at all. I have taken a photo and saved it. Gone into gallery and viewed it 10 times, backed out to the orange mclaren screen then gone back in and repeated 12 times now and neither the 50 or 100 have popped. still says 0 downloads on the photo. I tried to switch to doomscotts method but it wouldn't let me share it to search by my alt. Am I doing something wrong or does this game really not like me
    Posted by Philyokwan79 on 30 Aug 23 at 09:36
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  • Omex4everOmex4ever
    21 Jan 2018 14 Feb 2018
    This is an alternative solution to using the dummy account, you will only need to download Forza Hub app on your console or you can access Forza Hub from your PC browser.

    I have unlocked this achievement by viewing my own pictures on Forza Hub, it will count a download every time you view your pictures (at least one instance). Sometimes when you close the Forza Hub fully an reopen it will count the views/downloads again.

    Basically, I made a bunch of pics (around 20) and daily went to Forza Hub and viewed my own pics to unlock this achievement.
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    R1DD3R5Thanks for helping on this. You might want to add that you need to favourite/like your photo. Only worked on console app for me. Otherwise like a breeze!!
    Posted by R1DD3R5 on 14 Apr 20 at 09:49
    tonyxJuly 2020: take 10 pics > close game > like pictures on console Forza Hub App > left app open and opened Forza 5 > hit A 3 times (start screen, career, skip cutscene) > back to main menu > repeat last 2 steps 10 times (for 10 pics)
    Posted by tonyx on 12 Jul 20 at 13:08
    FantasticFranc0I have tried both ways mentioned on this solution and neither have worked for me as of September 1, 2020
    :(
    Posted by FantasticFranc0 on 01 Sep 20 at 08:14
  • KingFlippynipz0KingFlippynipz0
    31 Jan 2021 01 Feb 2021 01 Feb 2021
    As of 31-January-2021, this is how I unlocked it - no dummy accounts or other people needed. Takes about 20-30 minutes, depending on how many pictures you take.

    Don't be intimidated by the length of the guide - this is really one of the easiest online achievements you will unlock in these games.

    1) Install the Forza Hub app on your Xbox (if you don't already have it, then you're missing out on free credits each week). Go through the setup and make sure it's synced to your account. (Some guides say you can install it on your computer, but there seems to be issues with delays and views not counting when done this way.)
    2) Open Forza 5. Start a race. Pause the game and select Photo Mode.
    3) Start taking pictures. The more pictures you take, the less time it will take to unlock. Taking 20 means you only have to go through steps 6-11 five times.
    4) Save each picture to your Xbox. The second Save box is the Share box - it will prompt you to enter a description, whatever you put doesn't matter. You also don't have to put anything in to help you find your pictures - just save, share and move on to the next one.
    5) Once you are done, close out of Forza 5 COMPLETELY (home screen, start, close game fully). It's VITAL that you close out completely each time you exit the game, not just go to the home screen.
    6) Open the Forza Hub app. Go to the Gallery tab. Select "My Pictures" in the bottom right.
    7) Open the first picture you took (if you took pictures in other Forza games, select Forza 5 in the dropdown box at the top to filter them out). Once it loads, move to the next one. Do this for each picture you took. Each view, REGARDLESS OF WHO VIEWS IT, counts as a "download" here....I don't know why Turn 10 called it a download instead of a view in the achievement.
    8) Close out of the Forza Hub app completely (some guides say to keep it open, I closed it just to be safe, I suggest you do the same).
    9) Open Forza 5. Go through the intro screens to get to the Main Menu.
    10) Check your achievement status. If you took 20 pictures, then you should be 20% of the way through Gone Viral and 40% through New Wallpaper.
    11) Close out of Forza 5 completely. Repeat 6-11 until achievement pops.

    If it isn't popping or showing any progression, then check your network status - sometimes there's a bit of delay between the Hub and the game.
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