Drive Across Britain in the Impeccable Lexus LFA Supercar
This week in Britain is all about JDM legends. It starts with dual Toyota MR2 action as the 1995 Toyota MR2 GT and the 1989 Toyota MR2 SC are both up for grabs in the Autumn season of the Series 60 Festival Playlist in Forza Horizon 4.
The 1995 MR2 GT is especially prized by collectors as the last MR2 of its kind. Mounted behind its seats is a 2.0-liter, 241-horsepower engine with a five-speed gearbox. Such incredible numbers put it on equal footing with cars like the Ferrari 348. In 1995, the MR2 ended its production run due to rising prices and insurance premiums.
The MR2 name has built a following that has endured over the years. MR2 stands for “Mid-engined Runabout 2-Seater,” while in the U.S. it is known as “mid-engine rear-wheel-drive two-seater.”
As for the 1989 MR2 SC, the SC stands for “super-charged” because of its Roots-type supercharger that used an electromagnetic clutch to adapt usage based on power demands. This 1.6-liter, 145-horsepower car is a hero in road racing, so get it turned up in the Autoshow and show your opponents what it’s made of.
It’s an exciting week for Toyota fans as their most successful homologated rally car, the 1992 Toyota Celica GT-Four RC ST185 is also unlockable, as well as the iconic rear-wheel drive 2010 Lexus LFA, a car that redefined Lexus and evolved their otherwise luxury performance vehicles to the realm of supercar with 552 powerful horses, innovative technology for its time and a truly impeccable exhaust note that will forever make it stand out amongst its sea of competitors.
The unlock requirement for each of these must have car rewards can be found below:
SERIES REWARDS:
50% Completion – Horizon Backstage Pass
80% Completion – 1991 Nissan Pulsar GTI-R
AUTUMN REWARDS:
50% Completion – 2010 Lexus LFA
80% Completion – 1995 Toyota MR2 GT
You have until Thursday, April 20 to complete this week’s Festival Playlist events with the overall series rewards available until May 4.
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Drive the Incredible Track-Tuned Lamborghini Huracán Performante
Welcome to Series 60! This week Forza Horizon 4 on Steam received an update to fix an incompatibility between the game and NVIDIA drivers newer than 522.25 versions that resulted in a potential client crash. Check it out and let us know how it's running for you!
This series is also your chance to earn 100% completion on the Festival Playlist and unlock the “Encore?” achievement following a fix released last month.
Race for victory alongside your team in The Trial and emerge in first place to secure the track-tuned 2018 Lamborghini Huracán Performante. Before its debut in Forza Horizon 4, this was the number one most required car on the official Forza Forums, which is also where you’ll find like-minded drivers for this week’s Festival Playlist.
The Performante features reworked suspension, recalibrated steering, and a reported 750% more downforce than its road counterpart! At the time, it also broke the production car record at the prestigious Nürburgring Nordschleife with a lap-time of 6 minutes and 52 seconds, which Lamborghini attributes to the car’s more advanced aerodynamics system, which adjusts micro flaps on the Huracan to decrease drag and increase downforce as necessary.
This week’s Festival Playlist events and rewards are available until Thursday, April 13 while the overall series rewards are available for the next four weeks.
SERIES REWARDS:
50% Completion – Horizon Backstage Pass
80% Completion – 1991 Nissan Pulsar GTI-R
SUMMER REWARDS:
50% Completion – 1973 Mazda RX-3
80% Completion – 1987 Mercedes-Benz AMG Hammer Coupe
Get the full rundown of this week’s activities below:
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Leave Your Rally Mark in a Peugeot 205 Retro Hot Hatch
Spring has blossomed! This week in Forza Horizon 4 is your chance to drive the 1991 Peugeot 205 Rallye, a front-wheel drive retro hot hatch homologated to compete in rally sports.
With a naturally aspirated 100-horsepower inline-four engine, this incredibly lightweight car has removed all the unnecessary details to maximize performance. Ideal for newcomers to the rally scene, it’s the perfect choice to take on the dirt trails across Britain and it’s yours for completing the Star Dew Rallye Seasonal Championship on this week’s Festival Playlist.
Looking for even more rally racing goodness? Check out Forza Horizon 5 Rally Adventure and jump into the rugged Sierra Nueva featuring the most challenging and exciting roads in Forza Horizon history. With asphalt roads, dirt trails and thrilling night routes to race on, as well as 10 incredible new off-road cars to unlock, this is your opportunity to master all facets of rally driving!
Players who do not yet own Forza Horizon 5 can find all versions of the game 40% off the full price on Steam for a limited time. Get the Premium Edition to receive Forza Horizon 5 Rally Adventure, Forza Horizon 5: Hot Wheels, VIP, Car Pass and Welcome Pack. Do you already own the game? Complete your Mexico experience with the Premium Add-Ons Bundle or Expansions Bundle!
This week’s Festival Playlist events and rewards are available until Thursday, April 6. Check out the unlocks below and if you’re looking for players to join your Convoy, head on over on the Forza Forums.
SERIES REWARDS:
50% Completion – Horizon Backstage Pass
80% Completion – 1975 FIAT X1/9
SPRING REWARDS:
50% Completion – 1993 Porsche 928 GTS
80% Completion – 2013 Toyota GT86
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Forza Horizon 5 Rally Adventure is Now Available
Today is the day! All of us here at Playground Games are excited to welcome you to Sierra Nueva as you begin your Forza Horizon 5 Rally Adventure. Play it today on Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, PC on Windows and Steam, and Cloud Gaming (Beta).
Ready to jump in? If you already own the Forza Horizon 5 Premium Add-Ons Bundle, Premium Edition, or Expansions Bundle, you’re all set to begin playing. Simply download the latest Forza Horizon 5 series update and the Forza Horizon 5 Rally Adventure expansion from the Microsoft Store or Steam. For those of you who do not yet own Forza Horizon 5, all versions of the game are now 40% off the full price on the Microsoft Store and Steam.
As noted above, to play Forza Horizon 5 Rally Adventure you will need to download both the latest game update and the expansion separately. Once installed, you can load into the game and begin the Horizon Badlands Expedition by accessing the Rally Adventure icon on the northwest coast of the game map in Dunas Blancas.
Players who are brand-new to Forza Horizon 5 will need to complete the initial experience of the base game before travelling to Sierra Nueva. This includes the first drive to the Horizon Festival, the creation of your character and selecting a starter car, the first Showcase Event featuring the Cargo Plane, and completing either of the first two available Horizon Story chapters.
Once the Horizon Badlands Expedition is completed, you can access the Sierra Nueva map through the Pause Menu at any time. Fast Travel is free and immediately available to those who own the Buenas Vistas Player House in Mexico. Players have access to their full garage in Sierra Nueva and can begin exploring the new map and career in their favorite cars without any class restrictions.
Build Your Rally Career
Forza Horizon 5 Rally Adventure introduces players to an all-new rally career. In the first hour of gameplay, familiarize yourself with all three rally teams as you get a flavor of asphalt, dirt and night racing in Sierra Nueva. Each team has a dedicated captain who will be your co-driver in events.
Captained by Alejandra, the Apex Predators are all about the asphalt in Road Rally. Alex leads the Horizon Raptors ready to kick up the dust in Dirt Rally. Finally, as the Grit Reapers ambassador, Ramiro will put that dramatic helicopter spotlight to use in Night Rally.
Once you’ve experienced the first rally of all three teams, you’ll choose your starter team. Each unlocks new events and challenges, featuring a dedicated progression tree with nine Reputation Ranks and unique rewards. Completion of Reputation Challenges will contribute to unlocking new events, rewards and the invites to join the other rally teams.
Once Reputation Rank 8 and eight race victories have been achieved in each team’s career, the associated head-to-head Ambassador Race is unlocked. Beating the team captain rewards the player with their car, while winning all three unlocks the Horizon Badlands Goliath, where you can race to become the Horizon Rally Champion and drive home in the all-electric 2022 Ford F-150 Lightning Platinum.
Leave Your Mark
Sierra Nueva introduces several new biomes to explore including the town of Pueblo Artza, a huge Abandoned Quarry perfect for some Gymkhana action, epic deformable Sand Dunes, the tight and twisting Desert Gorge, rolling Green Hills, and an entirely smashable Palm Forest. You’ll even find the remote village of Cráteres Secos nestled into a breathtaking crater! These biomes will change every week as seasonal rotations occur and bring new weather changes, just like on Mexico.
With a great mix of asphalt and off-road tracks, Sierra Nueva features a drivable area of 6.25 miles squared – that's 16.2km squared – with 38 miles (61km) of roads full of unpredictable adverse-camber turns, blind crests and thrilling asphalt jumps. For a closer look at the environments of Sierra Nueva, check out our deep dive here of each biome. Now let’s explore the improved deformation technology in Forza Horizon 5 Rally Adventure.
Over the years rally drivers have put Sierra Nueva through its pace and this is nowhere better reflected than in the rugged deformable sand roads interwoven with pre-deformed tire tracks. As deformable surfaces are driven over repeatedly, they accrue multiple tire tracks and trails. Tire tread is visible in these deformed tracks while the deformation-width is adjusted based on the car’s speed, tire size and steering angle.
Meanwhile, sand trails kicked up by vehicles can be seen in the far distance, so you can spot the work of other drivers that are miles away! It also persists for longer with shadows and camera-lens accumulation as you drive through it. These dust plumes are physics-driven and result in the most complex weather effect in a Forza Horizon game.
Horizon Rally Modes
All events in Sierra Nueva feature two distinct flavors of off-road racing: Horizon Rally and Horizon Race. Both modes do not enforce car restrictions.
Horizon Rally is a race against the clock. Follow your co-driver's pace notes and drive as fast as possible through the four split gates that are placed at around each 20% interval of the track. The co-driver is on standby from the Horizon Rally Helicopter, which dynamically follows the car and provides audio-visual callouts like upcoming turn and obstacle alerts. Hold up, did they say Chicken?
Each split-gate crossed is accompanied by a notification to highlight where you’re currently positioned on the leaderboard stage. Here's how to interpret these colors:
Red: You have lost a position relative to other competitors.
Orange: You have maintained your position.
Green: You have improved your position.
Light Green: You are in first place.
Horizon Rally events can be played in co-op with collisions disabled. For a more immersive rally experience, disable the Rally Driving Line option in the driving assists menu. This separate toggle only applies to Horizon Rally events. You can also further spruce up the challenge by increasing the AI difficulty or the PI class of your car.
Secondly, there’s Horizon Race – the racing action you already know and love from the Horizon Festival. Only this time, you’re taking on a pack of rally drivers on the thrilling roads of Sierra Nueva. Race against Drivatars or other players with collisions enabled. This mode does not feature the co-driver or helicopter.
Race Events and PR Stunts
Forza Horizon 5 Rally Adventure features the largest number of racing events of any Horizon expansion, and in Sierra Nueva, this means the most thrilling routes in Horizon history, so buckle up.
Here’s a look at the new Horizon Rally and Horizon Race events with all routes also supported in Rivals:
Head-to-Head: 3 Ambassador Races with mixed surface cross-country events.
Goliath Race featuring a mix of asphalt and dirt surfaces.
Here’s the breakdown of the 20 new PR Stunts:
5 Speed Traps: Unlocked through Apex Predators.
5 Speed Zones: Unlocked through Apex Predators.
5 Danger Signs: Unlocked through Horizon Raptors.
5 Drift Zones: Unlocked through Grit Reapers.
With the Midnights at Horizon series, new Rally Adventure events will be added to the Festival Playlist. These will include a Seasonal Championship and PR Stunt every week and are unlocked upon completion of the Horizon Badlands Goliath.
Look out for new smashable objects in Sierra Nueva including the Horizon Raptors Pinata Trucks at day and the Grit Reapers Crates at night, both of which respawn, as well as the Apex Predators Promotion Boards. There are 30 of these scattered around the map and they do not respawn once smashed!
Multiplayer
Horizon Open, Horizon Tour and Rivals are all available to enjoy in Sierra Nueva. Join a Horizon Open or Rivals event through the Rally Adventure tab in the Pause Menu. Go to the Horizon Tour icon located in the center-right area of the map to team-up with fellow players and race a team of Drivatars.
Horizon Open features available in Sierra Nueva include Badges, Open Racing, Custom Racing and Leaderboards. The custom filters include Road and Dirt with class options for Any, S2, S1, A, and B. All the Rally Adventure routes mentioned above are present in Horizon Open.
Create A Rally Monster
New features introduced in the Midnights at Horizon series update – available free for all Forza Horizon 5 players – allow you to build the rally machine of your wildest dreams.
Look out for all-new rally parts and body kits, adjustable Tire Profile Size on select vehicles to fit massive wheel arches, and an anti-lag system that delivers more power to turbocharged engines while producing spectacular flame effects and fire-cracker audio. Players can also enable launch control as a new driving assist to ensure a perfect start in both rally and drag racing!
Over in the EventLab Blueprint Builder, we’ve introduced new objects including branded barriers, flags and civilian vehicles, allowing you to build races that capture the look and feel of a Horizon Rally event!
Start Your Rally Adventure Today
Between its challenging roads and epic dust kick-up, we’ve designed every mile of Sierra Nueva to be incredibly fun and exciting. We can’t wait for you to embark on your Forza Horizon 5 Rally Adventure. Get it today on the Microsoft Store or Steam if you haven’t already, and we’ll see you at the Horizon Badlands Festival!
Forza Monthly March Livestream and Forza Discord Sweepstakes!
It’s almost time for your Forza Horizon 5 Rally Adventure! Join us on Forza Monthly for a fresh look at the all-new expansion and a deep dive into the next series update, Midnights at Horizon.
We’ll also test drive the upcoming Festival Playlist reward cars and interview a new Community Spotlight guest while checking out your latest creations.
It all begins next Monday, March 27 from 9am PT (4pm UTC) on the official Forza Twitch and YouTube channels.
We're excited to share two major events ahead of Forza Horizon 5 Rally Adventure that are taking place in our Official Forza Discord:
Join the Microsoft Forza Horizon Rally Adventure Game code sweepstakes that begin today for a chance to win a Rally Adventure game code.
March 28th we're hosting a Developer Q&A featuring Forza Horizon 5's Design Director, Vehicle Director, and Level Designer.
Get all the details on these awesome events inside our Official Forza Discord here: https://discord.gg/forza
Drive the Last RWD Turbocharged Mitsubishi in Forza Horizon 4
Get ready for snowfall and icy roads all over Britain as the Winter season sets in. This week the 1988 Mitsubishi Starion ESI-R invites Horizon Festival drivers to experience the final evolution of the Starion breed and the last rear-wheel drive turbocharged Mitsubishi to date.
With iconic 80s styling, four-wheel independent suspension, and a massive 2.6-liter “Astron” engine, the 180-horsepower Starion gave all its contemporaries a run for their money and won the intense Paris-Dakar rally’s experimental class back in 1983. Unlock it in this week’s Seasonal Championships and you too can experience a car that remains active and beloved today amongst the JDM community.
In addition, check out the 1975 Citroën DS 23. This French-bred front-wheel drive car is a timeless classic delivers an incredibly smooth on-road experience – even over the bumpiest rugged roads.
SERIES REWARDS:
50% Completion – Horizon Backstage Pass
80% Completion – 1975 FIAT X1/9
WINTER REWARDS:
50% Completion – 1975 Citroën DS 23
80% Completion – 2015 Lexus RC F
This week’s Festival Playlist events and rewards are available until Thursday, March 30. Check out the unlocks below and if you’re looking for players to join your Convoy, head on over on the Forza Forums.
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Discover the Rare and Britain-Exclusive Ford Racing Puma and Spring Sale
Autumn leaves scatter along the British roads as this week brings another opportunity to unlock exclusive cars and cosmetics on the Festival Playlist, most notably headlined by the 1999 Ford Racing Puma, a front-wheel drive retro rally car by the American automotive giant sold exclusively in the UK.
What makes the Puma an incredibly rare and peculiar car is that out of the 1,000 Racing Pumas that were planned, only 500 of those ever rolled off the production line. This was also the final limited-edition Puma produced and it features an advanced 4-piston motorsport braking system, a beefed-up body with lightweight aluminum components, and a racing-inspired interior.
You can drive the Puma around its distant homeland by unlocking it in the Cool Cats Seasonal Championship, available alongside this week’s other Festival Playlist events and rewards until Thursday, March 23:
SERIES REWARDS:
50% Completion – Horizon Backstage Pass
80% Completion – 1975 FIAT X1/9
AUTUMN REWARDS:
50% Completion – Horizon Backstage Pass
80% Completion – 2009 Lexus IS F
Don’t forget that you can discuss the latest Festival Playlist events and look for like-minded players to join your Convoy over on the Forza Forums.
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Drive an Early 1970s Sports Car Roadster in the FIAT X1/9
Series 59 brings a mixtape of classic events and car rewards for drivers at Horizon Britain. Before we dive into the Festival Playlist, this week we released a new Forza Horizon 4 title update. As mentioned in the release notes, this version will allow players to earn 100% completion on the Festival Playlist from Series 60 onwards – which begins in four weeks – and unlock the “Encore?” achievement.
Earn 80 PTS this series to unlock the 1975 FIAT X1/9, an affordable sports car that delivered exciting performance anywhere but the drag strip with a 67-horsepower engine for European customers. Best experienced on twisty backroads, this rear-wheel drive roadster by Fiat is made for the historic roads across the beautiful British landscapes.
This week’s car rewards include the 1992 GMC Typhoon with incredible acceleration, tenacious grip, and an astounding 280 horsepower through its 4.3-liter GM 4300 V6 intercooled turbocharger. It’s an AWD performance SUV that packs a serious punch! Then feel true power with the spectacular 2019 Bugatti Divo, an AWD track-focused hypercar capable of 236mph with increased handling, braking, and agility.
While the 2019 Bugatti Divo only had 40 units to roll off the manufacturing line in the real world, it's yours to drive around Britain in Forza Horizon 4 unlocked as part of the Summer Festival Playlist, available until Thursday, March 16:
SERIES REWARDS:
50% Completion – Horizon Backstage Pass
80% Completion – 1975 FIAT X1/9
SUMMER REWARDS:
50% Completion – 1992 GMC Typhoon
80% Completion – 2019 Bugatti Divo
Oh, and did we mention there’s a trio of incredible off-roaders that are unlockable in this week’s Seasonal Championships? If you’re looking to venture off the beaten path around Britain, look no further than the 2020 Jeep Gladiator Rubicon, the 2006 Hummer H1 Alpha Open Top and the 1974 Lancia Stratos HF Stradale.
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Push Extreme Horsepower in a Formula Drift 370Z across Britain!
Spring has arrived in Britain which means the final week of Series 58 is here. Get ready to unlock an extreme Formula Drift machine that drives over 1000 brake horsepower, the 2018 Formula Drift #64 Nissan 370Z. Driven by Chris Forsberg, this is a machine featuring heavy modifications and custom tuning to take on every Drift Zone across the Horizon Festival in style.
Remember that it’s your final chance to score the overall series rewards, set a clean lap time in the Monthly Rivals and secure your position on the Online Adventure Roster!
Here’s what’s available on this week’s Festival Playlist, available until Thursday, March 9:
SERIES REWARDS:
50% Completion – Horizon Backstage Pass
80% Completion – 1965 Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupé
SPRING REWARDS:
50% Completion – 1991 Bentley Turbo R
80% Completion – 2018 Formula Drift #64 Nissan 370Z
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Forza Horizon 5 Rally Adventure Available March 29
Kick up the dust in Forza Horizon 5 Rally Adventure, the second expansion coming to Forza Horizon 5 on March 29, 2023.
Are you ready for the ultimate Horizon Rally experience? Today on the Forza Horizon 5 Let’s ¡GO! livestream, our friends at Playground Games introduced the community to the second Forza Horizon 5 expansion that we’re calling Forza Horizon 5 Rally Adventure, coming on March 29 to Xbox consoles, PC on Windows and Steam, and Cloud Gaming (Beta).
Pack your bags, because we’re driving to an entirely new location: the rugged and biome diverse Sierra Nueva, home to the dustiest and dirtiest races we’ve ever hosted at the Horizon Festival.
Forza Horizon 5 Rally Adventure is included in the Forza Horizon 5 Premium Add-ons Bundle, the Premium Edition and Expansions Bundle. It’s also available for standalone purchase at $19.99. Xbox Game Pass members can upgrade to the Premium Add-ons Bundle and enjoy our biggest discount yet with (insert %) off through (insert date). Upgrade today for immediate access to Forza Horizon 5: Hot Wheels, VIP, Car Pass and Welcome Pack, and you’ll be all set for Forza Horizon 5 Rally Adventure.
Kick up the Dust!
Welcome to Horizon Rally! Your first choice? Pick a team. You might notice some familiar faces. Alex is leading the Horizon Raptors to break new limits in Dirt and Offroad events; Ramiro is steering the Grit Reapers to defy nature’s unpredictability in street-style Night Rally; while finally, Alejandra is guiding the Apex Predators to master the technical, high-speed Asphalt Rally.
Once the paperwork is signed, you’ll compete in eight races with your team of choice with PR Stunts along the way before taking on the leader in an epic Ambassador Race. Take the lead across all three teams to unlock a special Goliath route.
Forza Horizon 5 Rally Adventure features the largest number of racing events of any Horizon expansion, and these are spread across dirt, asphalt and challenging night races featuring timed point-to-point Rally stages and Multi-Car Races. Across these events, you’ll hear navigator callouts from your co-driver, who follows the action from the Horizon Rally Helicopter, which features a dynamic night-time spotlight to improve your visibility in rally events taking place after sunset.
When in a Horizon Rally event, you will see a selection of new HUD elements which can be toggled on or off. These include a mini leaderboard showing your position relative to the other drivers who you're competing against, a notification pop-up which appears at each timed split-gate to show whether you have improved, maintained or lost positions, and new icons representing the pace notes called by the co-driver throughout the route. It will also be possible to disable the ‘Driving Line' just for Horizon Rally events, allowing for a more authentic and challenging Rally experience!
Discover Sierra Nueva
Get ready to experience the most extreme off-road adventure ever seen in Forza Horizon.
Sierra Nueva features miles of our most exciting driving roads ever, which are full of unpredictable turns with steep inclines, blind crests and thrilling asphalt jumps, as well as rugged deformable sand roads interwoven with pre-deformed tire tracks. Massive dust trails kicked up by every car in the pack will allow rally drivers to feel the heat while listening to that hard-rock rally soundtrack, courtesy of our friends at Epitaph Radio.
We know the question on your mind is “what new locations will I be able to discover in this expansion?” Sierra Nueva features a range of biomes to explore including the town of Pueblo Artza, a huge Abandoned Quarry perfect for some Gymkhana action, epic deformable Sand Dunes, the tight and twisting Desert Gorge, rolling Green Hills, and an entirely smashable Palm Forest.
With the release of Forza Horizon 5 Rally Adventure, we’ll be expanding our roster of EventLab props with a selection of new objects including branded barriers, flags and civilian vehicles, allowing you to build new races which capture the look and feel of a Horizon Rally event! These will be available for all Forza Horizon 5 players, regardless of whether they own the new expansion.
Build Your Rally Monster
To inspire you to create the rally machine that you’ve always dreamt of, we’re introducing all-new rally parts and an anti-lag system with spectacular flame effects and fire-cracker audio! Launch control has also been added as a new assist for all cars, ensuring you can pull off that perfect rally start.
Ready to kick up a massive dust storm? Forza Horizon 5 Rally Adventure introduces 10 incredible new-to-Forza cars, all specialized for the extreme off-road nature of Sierra Nueva where you can push each one to the limit in our most thrilling, fun and authentic race routes yet!
GET READY TO RALLY
Feel the intensity in Forza Horizon 5 Rally Adventure when the expansion launches on March 29! Now is the time to ensure you have everything you need to conquer the rugged Sierra Nueva.
If you already own the Forza Horizon 5 Premium Add-ons Bundle, the Premium Edition, or Expansions Bundle, then you’re already sorted! Don’t have Premium? Upgrade to the Premium Add-ons Bundle and enjoy immediate access to Forza Horizon 5: Hot Wheels, VIP, Car Pass and Welcome Pack, and you’ll be all set for Forza Horizon 5 Rally Adventure.
How else can you prepare? Start building your rally cars today so you’re ready to push them to the limit! If you need help choosing a car or installing upgrades, the Forza community has you covered with their approachable and pro-level Tuning Setups shared in-game and informative video guides uploaded on YouTube. Take a moment to search “Forza Horizon 5 best rally cars” to get started!
Our next Forza Horizon 5 series is the Horizon Wilds Takeover, which starts on Thursday, March 2, and with its off-road and stunt driving focus, this will be a perfect proving ground to experiment with new rally tunes ahead of the expansion release. See you there!
