Forza Horizon 5

The Horizon Backstage Shop expansion widened access to previously exclusive cars, while Festival Playlists continued to rotate races, challenges and rewards. Later October activities brought additional reward cars and player-created events.

• Horizon Backstage: The shop added previous Festival Playlist-exclusive and Backstage Vote cars, bringing the selection to 136 vehicles.
• Horizon Road Trip: The playlist organized themed Road Racing, Cross Country, Street Racing and Dirt Racing weeks with seasonal challenges across the game’s locations.
• Cars and customization: Playlist additions included the Nissan Z, Lamborghini Countach LPI 800-4 and Toyota GR Yaris, with new widebody options for the latter.
• October rewards: Players could earn the 1998 Mitsubishi FTO GP Version R and 1990 Aston Martin Lagonda, alongside the 1992 Mercedes-Benz 500E and GMC Typhoon.
• Activities and presentation: Seasonal championships, PR stunts and EventLab races continued, including Horizon Wave Circuit and Cathedral GP.

Forza Horizon 5 came to PlayStation 5 in April 2025, expanding its audience with cross-platform play. Horizon Realms also opened a collection of evolving world locations to explore.

• PlayStation 5: The game became available on PS5, with cross-platform play connecting players across supported platforms.
• Horizon Realms: Players could explore 12 evolving locations, including a new Stadium Track.
• Nissan Retro Rides: The April 2025 car pack added four classic Nissan vehicles.
• Festival Playlist: The Horizon Holiday Mix-up returned with winter-themed events and rewards.
• Existing world: Mexico’s 11 biomes were part of the original map, while Hide & Seek and the franchise’s tenth-anniversary update had arrived in earlier periods.

Hide & Seek arrived on September 10, 2024, adding a multiplayer chase mode to Forza Horizon 5. New vehicle packs and seasonal playlists also expanded the game’s car collection and activities.

• Hide & Seek: Hiders and Seekers competed in a 5v1 chase, with a dedicated progression track and mode-specific vehicles.
• Apex AllStars: The April 2024 car pack added performance cars to the roster.
• Additional car packs: Universal Icons brought vehicles from popular media, while JDM Jewels focused on Japanese cars.
• Festival Playlist: Back to the 90’s celebrated classic cars with themed challenges and rewards.
• Photo Mode: Enhanced settings gave players more options for capturing their cars and surroundings.

Rally Adventure launched on March 29, 2023, taking players to Sierra Nueva for off-road racing. The year also brought new car packs, events and creator improvements.

• Rally Adventure: The expansion added Sierra Nueva, rally events and three teams: Apex Predators, Horizon Raptors and Grit Reapers.
• Italian Exotics: The car pack added seven performance cars, including the 2023 Lamborghini Huracán Tecnica.
• Horizon Oval Circuit: A new circuit provided another racing venue in the game.
• Festival events: The Horizon Summer Party and Día de Muertos playlist offered themed challenges and rewards.
• Customization: Garage capacity increased from 1,000 to 2,000 cars, with additional rims, body kits and EventLab improvements.

Hot Wheels Expansion launched with Hot Wheels Park, more than 200 km of extreme tracks across four biomes, new track types, and a five-tier Academy progression system. Horizon 10-Year Anniversary content and several substantial Festival Playlist arcs also expanded the base game with new stories, modes, cars, and events.

• Hot Wheels Expansion: The expansion added a major new playground and creation toolkit.
  • Hot Wheels Park introduced areas such as Giant’s Canyon and Ice Cauldron, plus Ice, Water Flume, Rumble, Magnet, Speed Boost, and Air tracks.
  • Hot Wheels Academy provided five progression tiers with rewards, missions, and events, alongside A History of Speed, a five-chapter Horizon Story.
  • Hot Wheels Creation Kit let players build and share custom Hot Wheels tracks and events, while expansion owners received new online play options and co-op support.
• New stories and Festival Playlists: Three named content arcs supplied fresh activities and unlocks.
  • Rami’s Racing History added an eight-chapter Made in Mexico Horizon Story, new Accolades, clothing, props, and cars including the 2021 BMW M4 Competition Coupe.
  • Horizon Road Trip introduced a Mexico-focused Playlist with new cars, body kits, and themed racing activities.
  • Horizon Open Custom Racing added matchmaking by racing discipline and PI class, alongside a separate Horizon Open progression track and Badges.
• Horizon 10-Year Anniversary: The anniversary celebration added the Horizon Origins Story, Midnight Battles head-to-head races with car rewards, a permanent Horizon Mixtape radio station, classic-series EventLab props, and themed Playlist rewards.
• Creation and accessibility systems: EventLab gained save-and-edit support, gravity controls, new conditions, props, and camera tools; Horizon Stories became playable in co-op for up to six players. ASL and BSL cinematics, Chinese voiceover, additional subtitle languages, and screen-reader support broadened access.
• PC and driving updates: NVIDIA DLSS Super Resolution, NVIDIA DLAA, and AMD FSR 2.2 were added for PC players, while the Hot Wheels physics received improvements and an electric-vehicle horsepower exploit was fixed.