Forza Horizon 5: General Discussion

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Usually a big payday when I come back after a long break, not that I need the CR anyway.

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My update was only about 8.2 GB on Steam. The Horizon Stadium Circuit is now available for all and Horizon Realms is officially LIVE, a day early!

Here are the unlock criteria for all the cars:
Hennessey Ram Mammoth 6x6: Complete Skill Mode in one Realm
Lotus Exige Cup 430: Complete Skill Mode in six out of the twelve Realms
Lamborghini Huracan Sterrato: Complete Skill Mode in all twelve Realms
Lamborghini Revuelto: Win a race at the Horizon Stadium Circuit!

By the way, all of the Pike Factory cars are in Cult Cars/Cult Classics, as @pclark06 predicted. As for the others, though...
Lotus Exige Cup 430: S1 833 Track Toys. A rough equivalent to the Lotus Three-Eleven, but lower PI owing to it not being open-top. Ultimately has the advantage everywhere except braking though.
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Lamborghini Revuelto: S2 905 Hypercars. Very pleasantly surprised they took the S2 route, though I guess the thing does have a total of 1000 HP thanks to its PHEV assistance. It pays for this by having the absolute lowest PI in S2 Hypercars, though, second only to its older brother the Veneno, so upgrades are required to make it competitive on the higher difficulties.

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Hennessey Mammoth 6x6: B 697 Pickups and 4x4s. Not terribly surprising considering how popular this category is but, if this was even possible, this is now the undisputed king of B-class Pickups and 4x4s, outdoing even the Saleen Sportruck. Just hope that 6x6 drivetrain doesn't have any adverse effects on its cornering--I'd hate to overturn this thing.

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Lamborghini Huracan Sterrato: S1 836 Rally Monsters. Not unexpected either, but definitely pleasantly surprised by the 836 PI. This puts it slightly ahead of the Group B Quattro and slightly behind the Subaru ARX, but it should still be an absolute riot!

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Overall, a nice, amazing spread of cars to send FH5 off with. I'll be going for these as quickly as I can, but... dang. Hard to believe this is really it, huh?

EDIT: Oh, also--no new content update follows this. This month's Playlist vote is between Horizon Rush Takeover and Midnights at Horizon, so either way the Evolving World PR Stunts are returning next Series IIRC.

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Just noticed in my stats, it now says 56/57 landmarks discovered since today’s Realms update

I’ve been to the new Realms launching point on the map, and done the new stadium circuit race, anyone got any ideas where/what this missing landmark could be?

I was 56/56 before today
 

FH5 Release Notes: April 24th, 2025



We're constantly working to improve the experience in Forza Horizon 5. Below you will find a summary of items fixed or improved upon in this update.
Version Number:
  • Xbox One: 2.683.258.0
  • Xbox Series: 3.683.258.0
  • PC: 3.683.258.0
  • Steam: 1.683.258.0
  • PlayStation 5: 1.683.947.0
New Features (Available from April 24)
  • Horizon Realms
    • Available from the Pause Menu or from the Horizon Realms Icon in the World Map.
    • List of Realms; Retrowave Highway, Oval Track, Cars and Coffee, Summer Party, Neon Airstrip, Lunar Drift Arena, Día de Muertos, Stadium Maze, Winter Wonderland, Stunt Park, Ice Rink and Stadium Track.
    • Skill Mode and Free Mode
Find more information about Horizon Realms here Dive into the Horizon Realms on April 25!?
  • New Achievements and Trophies
    • 17 new Achievements on Xbox, Windows PC and Steam.
    • 165 Trophies on PlayStation 5.
  • New Accolades
    • 45 new Accolades
  • New Badges
    • 12 New Badges
4 Unlockable Cars
  • 2022 Hennessey Mammoth 1000 6x6 TRX
  • 2023 Lamborghini Huracán Sterrato
  • 2024 Lamborghini Revuelto
  • 2018 Lotus Exige Cup 430
4 Cars Available in the Nissan Retro Rides Car Pack (included with the Ultimate Car Pack at no additional cost/not included with the Forza Horizon 5 Car Pass, Standard, Deluxe or Premium Editions)
  • 1997 Nissan BE-1
  • 1991 Nissan Figaro
  • 1989 Nissan Pao
  • 1989 Nissan S-Cargo
Individual Car Pack cost - $4.99/4.99€/£3.99/AU$7.95/¥680
Bug fixes and changes (Available from April 24)
General

  • Fixed an issue where players would receive an error message after leaving a convoy and then attempting to rejoin (Bug 3987366).
  • Fixed an issue with controller buttons being unresponsive whilst introducing ANNA during the Initial Experience (Bug 3982057).
  • Fixed an issue where the game would crash when changing the graphics preset from ‘very low’ to ‘low’ (Bug 3896063).
  • Fixed an issue where the game defaults to a ‘low’ preset if the GPU name is not recognised (Bug 3988571).
  • General performance and stability fixes.
Cars
  • Fixed an issue with the 1995 Ford Mustang SVT Cobra R when applying a livery to non-stock side skirt on the right-hand side (Bug 3986752).
Playlist
  • Horizon Open challenges have been changed from ‘Earn 2 Levels in Horizon Open’ to ‘Complete a Custom Race in Horizon Open’ to allow players already at max level to complete these (Bug 3982153).
  • Cinco de Mayo - ‘Only Fordward’ challenge changed from ‘Win’ to just ‘Complete a Horizon Open Custom Race in any Ford' (Bug 3986276).
  • Summer Party - 2023 Ford Fiesta ST has been added to the ‘Ford Fiesta’ bucket for players to be able to complete 'Summer Fiesta’ challenge in this car (Bug 3982988).
  • American Automotive - ‘Dodge Ball’, ‘Hot Dam’, and ‘Top of the World’ Treasure Hunt challenges will now reward players with 300 #Forzathon Points instead of 100,000 Credits (Bug 3982952).
  • Horizon Cars & Coffee - Players are now able to complete the ‘Lamborghini A'Venti'dor' Daily challenge with the 2021 Lamborghini Aventador LP 780-4 Ultimae (Bug 3983105).
  • Horizon Holidays - Snowmen are now present in the Ice Rink and the descriptions of the ‘Sweet Tooth’, ‘A Real Treat’, and ‘Mazda of All Trades’ Accolades have been updated to better direct the player (Bug 3981978).
  • Explore The Horizon - The flamingos and wolves as part of the ‘Flamingo Falls’ and ‘Where Wolf?’ Collectible Challenges are now smashable (Bug 3899656).
 
Um, what is the Ultimate Car Pack?


I thought Car Pass owners were getting the new car pack for free, but this text implies otherwise?
"included with the Ultimate Car Pack at no additional cost/not included with the Forza Horizon 5 Car Pass, Standard, Deluxe or Premium Editions"
 
Um, what is the Ultimate Car Pack?


I thought Car Pass owners were getting the new car pack for free, but this text implies otherwise?
"included with the Ultimate Car Pack at no additional cost/not included with the Forza Horizon 5 Car Pass, Standard, Deluxe or Premium Editions"
Nope. Our Car Passes ran out nearly two years ago. Ultimate Car Pack is a later bundle.

At £3.99 the final pack didn't break the bank for me and earnt me enough points to qualify for a £5 MS voucher.



This person's account needs to be wiped out:

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I'm gonna hire The Equalizer, and I don't mean no Queen Latifah. He doesn't forgive:

 
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Playlist
  • Horizon Open challenges have been changed from ‘Earn 2 Levels in Horizon Open’ to ‘Complete a Custom Race in Horizon Open’ to allow players already at max level to complete these (Bug 3982153).
  • Cinco de Mayo - ‘Only Fordward’ challenge changed from ‘Win’ to just ‘Complete a Horizon Open Custom Race in any Ford' (Bug 3986276).
  • Summer Party - 2023 Ford Fiesta ST has been added to the ‘Ford Fiesta’ bucket for players to be able to complete 'Summer Fiesta’ challenge in this car (Bug 3982988).
  • American Automotive - ‘Dodge Ball’, ‘Hot Dam’, and ‘Top of the World’ Treasure Hunt challenges will now reward players with 300 #Forzathon Points instead of 100,000 Credits (Bug 3982952).
  • Horizon Cars & Coffee - Players are now able to complete the ‘Lamborghini A'Venti'dor' Daily challenge with the 2021 Lamborghini Aventador LP 780-4 Ultimae (Bug 3983105).
  • Horizon Holidays - Snowmen are now present in the Ice Rink and the descriptions of the ‘Sweet Tooth’, ‘A Real Treat’, and ‘Mazda of All Trades’ Accolades have been updated to better direct the player (Bug 3981978).
  • Explore The Horizon - The flamingos and wolves as part of the ‘Flamingo Falls’ and ‘Where Wolf?’ Collectible Challenges are now smashable (Bug 3899656).
The fact that they made fixes to Explore the Horizon of all things seems to indicate that they're thinking about bringing back the Pathfinder Accolades at some point. I do still need to do those at least. If that ends up winning a Playlist vote, would anyone be willing to let me know here? I uninstalled the game again after I grabbed the new cars.
 
Nope. Our Car Passes ran out nearly two years ago. Ultimate Car Pack is a later bundle.

At £3.99 the final pack didn't break the bank for me and earnt me enough points to qualify for a £5 MS voucher.



This person's account needs to be wiped out:

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I'm gonna hire The Equalizer, and I don't mean no Queen Latifah. He doesn't forgive:


A man with good taste! The Equalizer is still my favourite show [and no i don't mean Queen Latifah either :lol: ] (the first show I was allowed up after 9pm to watch).

As for FH5, I've done the new circuit to unlock the new Lambo. The rest will be done later on.

PS It must be a bug (and I hope they don't fix it!) But for some reason my Forzathon points go up 1,200 every week without me doing anything... been using them to bank some Backstage Passes for when i need them :D
 
A man with good taste! The Equalizer is still my favourite show [and no i don't mean Queen Latifah either :lol: ] (the first show I was allowed up after 9pm to watch).
"What do you call a person with three wooden heads?"
As for FH5, I've done the new circuit to unlock the new Lambo. The rest will be done later on.

PS It must be a bug (and I hope they don't fix it!) But for some reason my Forzathon points go up 1,200 every week without me doing anything... been using them to bank some Backstage Passes for when i need them :D
If my #Forzathon Points are going up I haven't been counting. I'm swimming in Backstage Passes right now. I'm only missing one car besides the Realms prize Elise anyway. One of those Challengers I forgot to show up for.
 
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Horizon Realms and unlocking the 3 cars behind it is rather boring IMO. Just sit idle in a scoring game for 5 minutes, repeat 8-10 times or something?

Anyway, I’m done with it. I officially own every FH5 car now 😎 (that’s 907 unique car entries, but a bit more south from 900 if you remove all duplicates like Oreo and nail polish cars, Forza edition cars or old-fashion dupes like half a dozen of Extreme-E cars etc). Still a very impressive amount of cars. 👍
 
Horizon Realms and unlocking the 3 cars behind it is rather boring IMO. Just sit idle in a scoring game for 5 minutes, repeat 8-10 times or something?
Must be the most boring, pointless and joyless update to a Forza game so far. Why did they bother, really. I did it, to get back to 100%. It is sad really because you can see some level of effort went into some of it, but then the actual game part, no effort was made at all. PG need to hire someone who knows about what makes games fun and satisfying to actually play. I don't have any faith they will actually do this though.
 
Must be the most boring, pointless and joyless update to a Forza game so far. Why did they bother, really. I did it, to get back to 100%. It is sad really because you can see some level of effort went into some of it, but then the actual game part, no effort was made at all. PG need to hire someone who knows about what makes games fun and satisfying to actually play. I don't have any faith they will actually do this though.
Sorry, it's difficult to hear you over the roar of my Lambo Revuelto engine. :D
 
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