Is TachoDash Official? What This Project Is and Isn't

# Is TachoDash Official? What This Project Is and Isn't

Is TachoDash official?

No. TachoDash is an unofficial fan-made project. It is not made, endorsed, sponsored or supported by Microsoft, Playground Games or Turn 10 Studios, and it is not part of the Forza franchise in any sense.

It is a dashboard app built by people who play Forza and wanted a better-looking instrument cluster on their rig. That is the whole premise: a third-party app that reads the telemetry data the game already broadcasts, and draws it on a phone or tablet.

Who makes TachoDash?

The app is published by Chengdu Xiyanghuo Technology Co., Ltd. (2026). It is a small independent product, not a studio release — which is also why the support channel is a plain email address rather than a ticket portal: [email protected].

If something is broken, or a game update changes how telemetry is sent, that address is where it should go.

Is it affiliated with Microsoft, Playground Games or Turn 10?

No. There is no affiliation, partnership, licensing arrangement or approval of any kind. The names of those companies appear on this site only in the disclaimer that says exactly this, so that nobody mistakes a fan project for an official companion app.

The same applies beyond Forza. The project is not affiliated with Microsoft, Playground Games, Turn 10 Studios, Polyphony Digital, Codemasters or Electronic Arts. All game titles and trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

Does it use Forza logos, official screenshots or car models?

No. We do not use Forza logos, official screenshots, promotional art or licensed car models — not in the app, not on this site, not in anything we publish.

Every image you see in our marketing is either a capture of the app itself or artwork we made for our own themes. The dashboards you browse in the theme library are our own designs: their typography, needles, colours and layout logic were drawn for this app.

Then why does it mention Forza game names at all?

Because you need to know whether the app works with the game you own. Saying "supports Forza Horizon 6, Forza Horizon 5, Forza Motorsport (2023) and Forza Motorsport 7" is a compatibility statement, not a claim of association — the same way any accessory says which device it fits.

Game names are used descriptively only. Nothing in the app or on this site suggests that the games' creators endorse it.

What does the app do with the game's data?

It reads the telemetry the game broadcasts on your own local network and draws it on screen. The link is a native UDP connection between the console and your phone or tablet, over the Wi-Fi you are both on.

The app is a display for that stream. It is not a tuning tool, not a coaching service and not a competitive analysis product — its value is the look of the cluster in front of you, with the numbers there to support it.

For what the app does with data in detail, the privacy policy is the authoritative document, not this page.

Where can I get TachoDash?

Only from the two stores: the App Store and Google Play. Those are the versions we publish and update.

If you see the app offered anywhere else, it did not come from us — and we cannot say what is inside it.

Does it modify my game or my console?

No. Nothing is installed, patched, sideloaded or unlocked on the console. The app does not change how the game runs, and it does not unlock anything in the game.

The only thing you change is the game's own telemetry setting — the switch that makes the console start broadcasting data. From there the app reads what is already being sent. This matters for two reasons: there is nothing to break in your game, and a game update can change what is broadcast without any action from us.

Who do I contact?

• Support and bug reports: [email protected]
• Privacy and data questions: see the privacy policy
• Account deletion: account deletion page

If your question is "why is my dashboard not moving", it is almost always a setting rather than a bug — the connection guide covers the two usual causes, and the Motorsport output format covers the third.

Is there anything else worth knowing?

Being unofficial cuts both ways. It means nobody at the games' studios is responsible for this app, and it also means the app can be shaped by what players actually want on their dashboards — new themes, new looks, new games when the data allows it.

What it does not mean is that we get to borrow the franchise's identity. No logos, no official art, no pretending to be the official app. If you ever see TachoDash presented as anything other than a fan project, that presentation is wrong.

The check is simple, and it works in both directions: if a page or a post implies Microsoft, Playground Games or Turn 10 made this app, it is not our page. If someone tells you an unofficial dashboard is the official companion app, that is the same mistake with the sign flipped.

TachoDash is an unofficial fan-made project, not affiliated with Playground Games or Microsoft.