Forza Horizon 5 Season Change: The New Seekers

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Forza Horizon 5’s latest series continues into its second week today, with the theme of hiding and seeking central to the action.

Officially known as “Hidden Horizons”, Series 38 brings an all-new game mode — including to the Playlist itself — as well as a number of activities based around looking for things.

You’ll be playing “Hide & Seek” with cars in the new, eponymous mode, as five players hunt down one in an online multiplayer event. There’s some new Accolades available for the mode this month too, although Achievements for it won’t be added until next month.

There’s a further makeover for the Stadium too, which sees it transformed into an intricate maze. You’ll need to navigate it for several challenges this month, including all of the Treasure Hunts.

In total there’s four new reward cars available this month, with one each for 20pt within each of the four seasons. There isn’t a fifth new vehicle as an overall reward, but all players will be awarded a special tie-in Camaro through their in-game messages.

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Series 38: Hidden Horizons

This month’s Playlist is another full-fat one at 300pt in total, with 75pt distributed equally across the four seasons.

However, in addition to the DLC packs accounting for their usual 56pt across the Series — thus 100% completion requires only 244pt — the addition of the Hide & Seek mode does add a few online-only points into the mix and you’ll need Xbox Live Core for those.

Neither overall Series reward is new, but both are Playlist-exclusive Nissans. The Tsuru is available for 80 points, while you’ll get the Safari at 160 points.

Series 38 Autumn/Storm Season Rewards

There’s a brand new Subaru up for scoring 20pt this season, as the 2022 WRX makes its debut. Rack up 40pt and you’ll earn the madcap Sierra 700R buggy too.

Autumn will run until 1430UTC on Thursday September 26, with Series 38 running for another two weeks until the same time on Thursday October 10.

Series 38 Autumn Playlist: Forzathon Events

After last week’s Peel, there’s a bit more power in the Plymouth Hemi Cuda needed for this week’s Forzathon Weekly Challenge. Seven more Daily Challenges — one new event each day at 1430 UTC — are also available for a point each.

There’s a couple of complex requirements this week. You’ll need to go flat-out from rest for at least ten seconds in the Cuda to score the Hard Charger Skills for one task, while another requires you to accumulate a score of 426mph through as many Speed Traps as you like. The Wrecking Ball Skill in the Daily Challenges can be awkward; you need to score at least three different Wreckage Skills in one Skill Chain for this.

Series 38 Autumn Forzathon Weekly Challenge: Street King

  • Car: Plymouth Hemi Cuda ’71
    • Chapter 1: Own and drive the Plymouth Hemi Cuda
    • Chapter 2: Earn two Hard Charger Skills
    • Chapter 3: Hit a total of 426mph across Speed Traps
    • Chapter 4: Win a Street Race
  • Reward: 5 points, 80FP

Series 38 Autumn Daily Challenges

  • September 19 – I Have the High Ground!: Reach the top of the tower in the Stadium Maze
  • September 20 – From Me to You: Send a Gift Drop to another player
  • September 21 – Sand & Skills: Bank a Skill Chain worth at least 25,000 Skill Score in Dunas Blancas
  • September 22 – Porsche Perfect: Take a photo of any Porsche
  • September 23 – Old Reliant: Earn a Wrecking Ball Skill in the 1972 Reliant Supervan III
  • September 24 – Drifting to the Extreme: Earn six Stars across Drift Zones
  • September 25 – Show Off!: Complete any Showcase Event

Series 38 Autumn Playlist: Season Events

Only The Trial remains as a multiplayer event in Season Events this week, requiring an Xbox Live Core subscription (unless you play on PC) in order to have access to online multiplayer. You’ll need an A Class (701-800PI) car from Japan for this Street Racing event.

Two EventLab challenges are on the list this week, each comprising a unique, player-created challenge selected for the Playlist by Playground Games.

Both PR Stunts require an S1 Class (801-900PI) Chevrolet, and we’d recommend more downforce for the Speed Trap so that you can negotiate the final corner at speed, but less for the Danger Sign so that you can soar.

There’s three Seasonal Championships, each of which is a three-race challenge against Highly Skilled AI. Two are offroad events, with the History Lesson event for B Class (601-700PI) cars from the 1960s and the Right on the Money challenge for A Class (701-800PI) cars worth 100,000cr or more when new. You’ll need an A Class (701-800PI) car from either Mercedes stable for the Benz and Curve road event.

Lastly, Horizon Arcade just requires you to complete three rounds of any event type — Air, Chaos, Drift, Speed, or Wreckage — to grab the points.

The Trial: Acura-Te Detail*

  • Car: A Class, Japan
  • Reward: 10 points, Acura NSX ’17

Horizon Arcade: Mini Games

  • Car: Any
  • Reward: 2 points

EventLab: Circuit Des Reines

  • Car: S1 Class, Track Toys
  • Reward: 3 points, Super Wheelspin

EventLab: Close & Technical Street

  • Car: A Class, Super Saloons
  • Reward: 3 points, Super Wheelspin

PR Stunt Danger Sign: Cannonball

  • Car: S1 Class, Chevrolet
  • Target: 220m
  • Reward: 2 points, Super Wheelspin

PR Stunt Speed Trap: Canyon Pass

  • Car: S1 Class, Chevrolet
  • Target: 162mph
  • Reward: 2 points, Super Wheelspin

Seasonal Championship: Benz and Curve

  • Car: A Class, Mercedes-AMG/Mercedes-Benz
  • Reward: 5 points, Chevrolet Corvette ’09

Seasonal Championship: History Lesson

  • Car: B Class, 1960s
  • Reward: 5 points, Ford Mustang ’16

Seasonal Championship: Right on the Money

  • Car: A Class, 100,000cr+
  • Reward: 5 points, KTM X-Bow ’12

Series 38 Autumn Playlist: Challenges

Hide & Seek is on the Playlist debut this week, requiring only that you complete a round to nab the points, while another multiplayer event in Horizon Open needs you to complete any such event in any A Class (701-800PI) car.

Detective Tank appears again in the Photo Challenge, #SpyTraining, located within the grounds of the Hotel Castillo player house. Finally you’ll need to pick up five Air Skills in a Datsun Bluebird 510 for the Treasure Hunt, to reveal the Chest high up on the green (south entrance) gantry in the Stadium Maze.

Hide & Seek: 5 vs 1*

  • Cars: Any (provided)
  • Location: Hide & Seek
  • Reward: 2 points, Super Wheelspin

Horizon Open: Bring Your “A” Game*

  • Cars: A Class (any)
  • Location: Horizon Open
  • Reward: 2 points, Confetti Cannon Horn

Photo Challenge: #SpyTraining

  • Cars: Any
  • Location: Hotel Castillo
  • Reward: 2 points, “Kinda Sus” Forza LINK

Treasure Hunt: Free as a Bluebird

  • Cars: Datsun Bluebird 510
  • Location: Any
  • Reward: 3 points, 100FP

Series 38 Autumn Playlist: Monthly Events

There’s only two Monthly Events this Series. Each requires you to complete a clean run of the indicated course in the car provided to you. These award one point to each season, for a total this month of 8pt.

Monthly Rivals: Lookout Circuit

  • Cars: Volvo C30 Polestar (provided)
  • Reward: 4 points (1 added to each season)

Monthly Rivals: Plaza Circuit

  • Cars: Mitsubishi Lancer Evo III GSR (provided)
  • Reward: 4 points (1 added to each season)

Series 38 Autumn Bonus DLC Events

The usual 14 points is available for players who own the two DLC expansions, with seven points on offer in each of the locations. There’s a PR Stunt and Seasonal Championship in each location, with both PR Stunts requiring a car of the same type: an A Class (701-800PI) Toyota.

Hot Wheels Speed Zone: The Ribbon

  • Car: A Class, Toyota
  • Target: 150mph
  • Reward: 2 points, Super Wheelspin

Hot Wheels Seasonal Championship: Against the Elements

  • Car: A Class, Sports Utility Heroes
  • Reward: 5 points, Porsche 911 Turbo ’82

Rally Adventure Danger Sign: Canyon Snap

  • Car: A Class, Toyota
  • Target: 200m
  • Reward: 2 points, Super Wheelspin

Rally Adventure Seasonal Championship: Old Sport

  • Car: C Class, Retro Hot Hatch
  • Reward: 5 points, Audi RS6 ’15

Series 38 Autumn Forzathon Shop

  • Koenigsegg Jesko ’20 – 700FP
  • Mercedes-Benz G63 AMG 6×6 ’14 – 325FP
  • Hot Wheels Orange Hoodie – 75FP
  • Hot Wheels Crew Socks – 75FP
  • Hot Wheels Guitar Stadium Horn – 75FP
  • Super Wheelspin – 150FP
  • Wheelspin – 60FP

*denotes a multiplayer event, requiring Xbox Game Pass Core

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