Race Element

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Auto-switching

Race Element has an option in the main menu of the app that allows it to automatically switch itself to any supported running simulator. Without it you'll have to manually switch between games, you can do so by clicking the game selector in the left bottom of the app.

Prequisites

The game you want to play with Race Element might require some extra steps, this so Race Element can receive all required data. Below you can find a guide for each game that requires a setup. If you can't figure it out, ask in the Race ELement Discord.

American Truck Simulator & Euro Truck Simulator 2

Both simulators require a plugin to be installed before any data can be read from the game.

  1. For both simulators you will need to "Install" a plugin: scs-telemetry.dll
  2. Download the latest release and Follow the installation instructions here: https://github.com/RenCloud/scs-sdk-plugin?tab=readme-ov-file#installation

Automobilista 2

  1. Go to Options
  2. Go to System Options
  3. Enable Telemetry

Le Mans Ultimate

  1. Open the installation folder of Le Mans Ultimate
  2. Go to Plugins
  3. Download the shared memory plugin https://www.mediafire.com/file/s6ojcr9zrs6q9ls/rf2_sm_tools_3.7.15.1.zip/file
  4. Open the downloaded zip file and look for the rFactor2SharedMemoryMapPlugin64.dll
  5. Extract that .dll file to the folder you've opened
  6. Launch the game and exit it
  7. Open the installation folder of Le Mans Ultimate
  8. Go to UserData\player
  9. Open CustomPluginVariables.json with a text editor like notepad
  10. If you see anything else than null as text in this file go to step 11. Else please read: https://community.lemansultimate.com/index.php?threads/shared-memory-plugin-not-loading.3705/#post-24870 and install the C++ redistributable(https://aka.ms/highdpimfc2013x64enu). Then launch and exit the game.
  11. Set the rFactor2SharedMemoryMapPlugin64.dll to " Enabled": 1, and Save.

Forza Horizon 5

  1. Go to Options
  2. Go to HUD AND GAMEPLAY
  3. Set Data Out to On
  4. Set Data Out IP Address to 127.0.0.1
  5. Set Data Out Port to 5300
  6. Restart Forza Horizon 5.
  7. Restart Race Element.
  8. If Windows asks permission for network access allow it else race element won't be able to receive data from Forza Horizon 5.

Forza Motorsport 8

  1. Start Forza Motorsport 8
  2. Go to Gameplay and HUD tab
  3. Scroll to the bottom
  4. Enable Data Out
  5. Set Data Out IP Address to: 127.0.0.1
  6. Set Data Out Port to: 5300
  7. Set Data Out Packet Format to: Car Dash

Project Motor Racing

  1. Start Project Motor Racing
  2. Go to Options (X on keyboard)
  3. Go to Preferences
  4. Set UDP Enabled to On
  5. Set UDP Frequency to 60
  6. UDP Port should be 7576
  7. UDP Host should be 224.0.0.150
  8. Save (spacebar on keyboard)

rFactor 2

  1. Open the installation folder of rFactor 2
  2. Go to Bin64\Plugins
  3. Download the shared memory plugin https://www.mediafire.com/file/s6ojcr9zrs6q9ls/rf2_sm_tools_3.7.15.1.zip/file
  4. Open the downloaded zip file and look for the rFactor2SharedMemoryMapPlugin64.dll
  5. Extract that .dll file to the folder you've opened
  6. Launch the game
  7. Go to Options -> Gameplay: Set rFactor2SharedMemoryMapPlugin64 to ON
  8. Restart the game

WRC Generations

  1. Open Windows Explorer
  2. Paste %userprofile%\Documents\My Games\WRCG\ in the address bar and hit Enter.
  3. Open UserSettings.cg with a text editor like notepad.
  4. Scroll to the bottom and add or set these 4 lines to:
  WRC.Telemetry.EnableTelemetry = true
  WRC.Telemetry.TelemetryPort = 20777
  WRC.Telemetry.TelemetryAdress = "127.0.0.1"
  WRC.Telemetry.TelemetryRate = 60
  1. Save the file.