Now my Designs locked

So i had Trouble with my Xbox and downloaded my designs from the store again. now they all locked - why? how can i unlock my design? created by me?

That is too bad but downloading design from the store does not make it yours EVEN THOUGH it was created by you.

I really wish there was a way to back-up the designs as many hours go into the designs but as of today, I know of no way to retrieve your own designs . . . other than the arduous task of recreating it.

If there is a way, sure would be good to know.

In older Forza games, you can, with no problem, copy saves of your paints, tunes, and vinyl groups. Is this different in FM5?

Sure about that? Maybe I was not aware of it. In FM4, I at least gifted many of the paints then asked them to gift a copy back to me. I still lost some but I was able to retrieve about 80% of the work this way. FM3 & 2, they are frankly too far in the past for me to remember; but I do remember recreating the liveries from scratch.

So far, I’ve heard of many sad stories of lost work but never heard of successful recovered work for FM5.

100% sure about, I’ve done it a few times.