Forza Horizon 4/Hosting /ovg/ series

So you have the next big idea and want some help making it real? You've come to the right place!

Create the doc

There is a template available in the /ovg/ doc for easy doc creation.

• Open the doc
• Click on the hamburger menu at the bottom left
• Find the "doc template" sheet in the list, open it
• Right click the template tab at the bottom, select Duplicate
• Rename the copy to your awesome series short name (/ovgfh4/ + a suffix if needed)
• Edit all the fields in the doc with the names, round list, etc.

Advanced doc features

This section is a good read if you want to put any effort into your series, otherwise just go with the flow and skip that.

• When entering race dates, type it in full length with a GMT start time (for instance, 11/10/2018 20:00)
  • This allows proper start time calculation
  • Note that in the Format->Number menu there's a preset for the short dates typically used (it's labelled 26-Sep)
• Start time calculation is achieved by setting the race index in BT31
  • Make sure the days reading in BT33 is positive
  • Typically you need to increment the index by 2 for each race because of 2 column wide race events

Creating the event in the WATR club

• As before, find the WATR club
• Select the Looking for Group tab
• Click on Create post
• Select FH4
• Fill in the data
  • Race start hour is in your local time
  • Set your post name to something recognizable, ideally the series' name
  • Remember that Horizon Convoys are limited to 12 people so going past need 11 may not be useful

Starting the event proper

• At the scheduled event start, find your post in the LfG section
• Click "Gather party"
• Wait for everyone to join the party
• Click Invite -> Invite party to game
• Wait for everyone to join your Horizon Convoy
  • Monitor that in the Horizon Convoy menu (Y button from pause)
  • Wait until everyone has a car, this is the sign they're properly loaded into the session
• Start hosting your events