Painting Guides
- For those struggling in the painting scene I highly recommend you view this forum. It really revolutionizes the painting scene. When I first began to paint, this guide was recommended to me by @PTG_Wildcat (who is a super talented painter) and wish others knew about this. This guide created by @PJTierney helps showcase the pure power of glass 2k and the benefits. As well as glass2k obeying TOS so you have nothing to worry about. That being said its important to make sure that your paints you are creating obeys Forzas TOS itself (https://support.forzamotorsport.net/hc/en-us/articles/360035563914-Forza-Enforcement-Guidelines )
- Another Guide Created by the super talented @ABGRAPHICS showcased below also shows a different way to color match
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Realistic Manufacturer colors. Guide which uses the manufacturer colors we already have but uses two tone to give a slight boost in realism.
Forza Colour Sheet (Est. 2019) - Google Sheets
Credits to @Mitcho2001 @JaCor653 and @madarxUchiha from GT Planet ( Forza Horizon 4 - Colour Creation Database (CONSTANT WORK IN PROGRESS) READ FIRST POST | GTPlanet) -
Another awesome thing to use is (https://coolors.co/) which was recommended to me a while back by another super talented painter and great friend @aeqnx (so sorry for all the mentions bud). This allows you to create a pallet of colors to help you view any incoming projects.
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Another Method that is worth a shot trying if you do not have easy access to a laptop/pc is what I am going to call the grid method. Which was shown to me by a good friend @MARVAN_ai and an awesome painter. He uses a digital measuring tool (ImageMeter by Dirk Farin is used in this demo) and creates a sort of grid. If you would like to see more here is a link to their socials: Twitch, TikTok, Discord, Instagram, and Twitter/X. In which the digital measuring tool he can use to measure out the exact lengths and difference in each part of the grid to give a measurement to try and scale towards. This sort of grid style is used in alot of different ways outside of just Forza as well. It can be used to scale images and make them smaller or larger (more info here). For a visual representation please see the images below.
This same method can be used for alot more complex imagery as well. As seen below.
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Another helpful link from @Skreamies showcasing some manufacturer color recreations. Alot of which make the already realistic manufacturer color choices in game even more realistic. My good friend @SlowJournalist also has an eye for this sort of thing. Idk how but its astounding how they work their magic.
Forza Color Sheet - Google Sheets -
Wanted to give a special shoutout to @Dayshi1989 who had put in alot of work in recreating the full NCS Color Pallet Filled to the brim converted with Forza Color Codes as well as the RAL Color Pallets.
Dayshi’s Painting Guide
Dayshis_FH5_How_to_Paint_Guide (1).pptx
NCS Color Pallet
The RAL Pallet
Together these are the two most known color pallets in the world. They said that this took him 12 entire hours to complete!
As of Aug 10th 2023, Dayshi also put in the work to add in yet another Pallet!! Now we also have all 915 colors of the Pantone Matching System (PMS). Thanks once again @Dayshi1989 !!
- If you ever see cars run around with an incredibly dark black (Vanta Black) and was wondering how it was done. Here is a link to show you how to do it.
FH5 - (SEE INTRODUCTION FIRST!) Out of Bounds Exploration, Glitches, Etc. Code Of Conduct Friendly! - #18 by Oliver0023
I will always recommend trying to learn it yourself as its quite fun once you get going but if your still having issues. There is a Forza Forums thread where you can ask for help with liveries and vinyls. 
If you are having trouble unsharing vinyl groups… as it can be quite tricky here is a guide to do so.