Boosting Creative Accolades

MathGuy42 said:Nice if this is the case then uses might not be as difficult as I thought, likes will take more time...

I'll test this out after i get all the download accolades..

So 15 minutes in free roam counts?

Can i use the rubber band trick in free roam on my xbox to AFK uses?

D3M0N666 said:I have added you on Xbox my friend, I'd like to chat with you in depth about the solo boosting of these creatives with your method, I also have a 2nd account.

I haven't truly tested uses but from what has been posted 15 minutes = 1 use, so USES will take alot of time to get to 1,000. USB cable/rubber band trick will be our best friend to stop the controller from disconnecting.

TheGame1083 said:Thanks mate I'll have a chat to you soon!

Facebook is Nick Pearce

Nickwpearce@hotmail.com

Might be easier

I uploaded a video to YouTube

My tests are varied seem it works but might be limited to how many times we can download one thing.

Likes seem to be hit and miss.

https://youtu.be/BEeTgeDIito

Hi.

I need help with downloading, liking and using tunes and only dowloading and liking vinyls (vinyls use is bugged). Player tag: wicek69, there are three car configurations and three vinyls. As a reminder, vinyls and tunes You can download and like quickly at the horizon/home, but the successful use of tunes is only after using it in three races. To make things faster, You can use drag races or use very short race in EventLab - share code 955 129 854.
Of course, if someone needs similar help, please write, I will help.
D3M0N666, Cobwebbyend9407 and TheGame1083 - I downloaded and liked and used in three races ours paint designs and tunes. I downloaded and liked over a dozen vinyl shapes for Cobwebbyend9407 and TheGame1083 and downloaded and liked all eight vinyl shapes for D3M0N666. Maybe a little revenge ?
Thanks

Regarding Uses
D3M0N666 said:Yes, 15 minutes in Free Roam counts also. And AFK should work also, as long as the rubber band keeps the Xbox from bringing up those "Next achievement" half-screens.

Do not AFK in races, or anything else that gains appreciable XP, CR, or Skill Points. I was banned for awhile for this. It's not worth the risk.

wicek69 said:Thanks, much appreciated! I downloaded and liked all of your vinyl shapes, then downloaded, used and liked all your tunes as well.

Thanks wicek69 I will return the favor

Just an update on my remaining accolades


Vinyl Shape Likes = 37/1000

Livery Likes = 84/1000

Tune Downloads = 896/1000
Tune Likes = 78/1000
Tune Uses = 463/1000

I'm pretty sure I can get uses myself via my 2nd account but any help with likes would be appreciated I will continue to go through and download like more accounts

seems to be the hardest ones to get will be likes

I've done some more testing via using two different accounts to boost my main account, one on my series s and the other on my PC.

Downloads and likes for everything are limited per account, you can delete and download them and try again with the same tunes, shapes and paint jobs but i'm not sure what the limit is exactly.

So deleting and creating new vinyls, tunes and paint jobs is required maybe once a week do 5 or 10 new ones and unshare the old ones.

as for uses xbox with a rubber band and usb cable works for both tunes and paint jobs on Xbox, as for PC just sit there idle it doesnt matter!

I would assume once the vinyl shapes are fixed uses will be the 15 minute mark too.

I've started to get back into boosting these accolades recently and it seems like the "likes" are limited to 1 per item. I use my second account to "download" and "like" for tunes, designs and vinyl's and though there are some oddities and exceptions it's pretty much 1 like per item.

Using vinyl shapes as an example, if I create 10 items then my second account downloads, likes and deletes them I will show 10 downloads and 10 likes. If my second account downloads, likes and deletes them again I will only show 10 more downloads and 0 more likes. If I un-share the items and rename them and share them again I will ultimately get 10 more downloads but 0 more likes.

When I do the same thing with tunes and designs sometimes I will get additional likes and I don't know why. It could be that it sometimes it counts, maybe it's time-locked and a re-shared item can be liked again after a certain time, or maybe someone liked a download that they did a while ago. That's the only thing I can think of to explain the oddities. Vinyl's don't seem to be affected by this because people aren't really actively downloading them whereas your tune and/or design may actually show up on someone's list.

How many people are actively boosting this right now? I'd like to get back into it and help everyone accelerate the process. If someone could drop me a current list and how it's going I'd like to get more involved. Maybe we could set up a chat and exchange notes as well.

I'll also be freed up to help people in the group to farm the "uses" as soon as I finish testing and completing mine. (Should be done within a week.)

OLOT said:I've come to the same conclusion as you so i'm making 10 of an item using three different accounts then deleting them and creating another 10 over and over again.

This will take a while but i'll definitely end up with it all completed and will be able to help others again as well.

Having 3 accounts sitting idle for uses really speeds things up.

After some more testing I believe I have figured out the most efficient way to boost the "likes" on designs and vinyl groups. There's no need to mention "downloads" any further as you cannot "like" anything without first downloading it. "Uses" should also be discussed separately as the mechanics of how it works is vastly different than "likes".

Let's start with vinyl groups as it's the easiest. The best way to do this is for everyone to have 50 vinyl shapes. Using the "followed players" module rather than the "Creative Hub/Vinyl Groups" method I can simply add you as a follower, download 50 of your shapes in a few minutes, then go to "Garage/Designs&Paints/MyVinylGroups" and like all 50 then delete all 50 vinyls in a few minutes as well. If we had 20 people doing this we'd all have 1000 "likes" in a weekend tops. I couldn't fully test this as nobody in my test group had very many vinyls but testing it on myself with my dummy account I was able to go from 25 likes to 348 likes in a few hours. (which also included me having to make many more than would otherwise be necessary...)

Let's move on to "designs". This did not initially work out the same as the Forza servers must be using some kind of buffer system where if you download a bunch of paint designs from the "followers" module for the same car it will only actually save 1 or 2 of them to the "Garage/Designs&Paints/MyDesigns" section. To overcome this, I recommend that each person make 1 "design" for 50 different cars. This worked and tested flawlessly. For myself, I made 50 "designs" all with an ugly pink paint job. My dummy was then able to download all 50 designs from the "followers" module then go back to "Garage/Designs&Paints/MyDesigns" and like all 50 then delete all 50. Two of the people in my test group also had plenty of paint jobs on different cars. If TheGame1083 and CobwebbyEnd9407 could report back you should see a substantial boost in "likes" on paint jobs.

My test group was the names on page 11 of this thread: TheGame1083, Cobwebbyend9407, D3m0n666 and Wicek69. TheMathGuy42 didn't have any so I couldn't find him to "follow". I got most of the vinyl's for everyone in the test group and most of the "paint jobs" for everyone except cobwebby. For you I did the "Blacked Out" series.

I know what I'm suggesting can be a pain in the rear to setup but it's really a one time deal and it makes it super easy to "download", "like" and "delete". After all, you want to make it easy for the people "liking" your stuff, right?

Let me know what you all think and whether you want to help get this stuff all blown out.

I have some thoughts and idea's on "tunes" but I'm still working on it. What makes the vinyl's and designs easy is you can download/like/delete all of them without ever loading up a car or even owning it. And because you're using the "followers" module you aren't loading up the car, or applying it to the car so you never leave the screen or have to keep searching and remembering where you left off.

The tunes don't work this way. Even if you downloaded 1 tune from 50 different cars using the "followers" module, you have to load up each car to get to the tune and like it. Being that you select and get into each car anyways it's probably more efficient to download the tunes from there. More on that later.

MathGuy42 said:You can disable those annoying screens in the options,

From my testing in free roam no rubber bands needed just a usb cable.

OLOT said:Thanks so much for this ive been going back and fourth not using the followers menu!

I'm going through now and I'll make 50 Shapes, 50 Tunes and 50 Paint Jobs for 50 Different Cars!

Quick recap of what we have all found

Downloads don't mean anything like OLOT said so simply ignore them as likes will automatically get them downloads first.

Uses can simply be done by creating a 2nd account I'm going to have 4 different accounts soon and just line them all up so this will be much quicker by having a tune and paint job equipped on multiple accounts and just letting them AFK in free roam when you go to bed you will get uses by yourself within time, I think Paint Jobs are 15 minutes per and Tunes are longer...

As for likes follow OLOTs great advice!

Use the followers menu to speed things up!

we should probably the the OP to update the guide

Sounds good Demon, I'll look for your new stuff tomorrow. As a tip, (which I learned the hard way), if you or anyone else decides to delete some old or unused designs, tunes or vinyl's to be more organized, be sure to "unshare" the item first, then delete it. Just deleting it will remove it from your "my design's" section but it doesn't actually remove it from the server. So anyone following you or searching you will still see the old items and might be wasting their time downloading them and liking them only for you to not see the "likes" because they already did it before.

I had to search for and re-download like 75 corvette tunes just to be able to unshare them and properly delete them. Doh!

p.s. - I have the "likes" figured out on tunes, it's just going to take me a bit to write it up. Almost as easy as the designs...

D3M0N666 said:Please put the 50 tunes on the same car, I'll explain in my next post. I used the Acura Integra Type R 2001 because it's cheap (25k) and near the beginning of the car list. It doesn't really matter but it would be nice if we all used the same car for those of us that haven't created their tunes already.

On the paint jobs you just need 1 paint job on 50 different cars. Doesn't matter what cars they are, the person downloading and liking doesn't even need to own the car you painted. Just try not to paint the same car twice. (like if you have more than one copy of a car in your inventory, just submit a paint job for one of them.)