New Features (Available from January 28)
Cinematic Start Screen Selection
Festival Playlist Voting (From January 30 onwards)
"Midnight Muscle" Limited Timed Series Features (Available from January 30 to February 28)
Returning Neon Airstrip Evolving World and Drone Show
Returning Evolving World Neon H Collectible and Neon Tank Photo Decorations
Returning Neon Decorated Races
Returning Extended Nights
1 Series Car Collector Accolade
Bug fixes and changes (Available from January 28)
Retroactively marked the Series 40 Horizon Track Day “ISO 200” Treasure Hunt Challenge as completed
Fixed an issue with the Horizon Backstage where cars in the Backstage Shop were not ordered by the date they were added
Fixed an issue with the 1971 Nissan Skyline 2000 GTR where the widebody kit front splitter couldn’t be painted
Fixed an issue with the 2014 Ford UTE where the lamps were incorrectly showing a ‘’CH_1’’ when braking
You can find a list of issues we are currently investigating here. The Troubleshooting Hub is always open for you to leave any reports you have.
Cinematic Start Screen Selection
Available from January 28, players will be able to select their favorite Start Screen video from a curated list of favorites.
Your selected cinematic will replace the traditional “Welcome to Mexico” default screen every time you boot the game.
Players will be able to choose the following cinematics:
Welcome To Mexico (Standard)
Welcome to Colorado (FH1)
Welcome to Europe (FH2)
Welcome to Australia (FH3)
Welcome to the UK (FH4)
Italian Automotive
Horizon Retrowave
If you can’t choose your favorite (we know how difficult it must be), there will also be a Shuffle option available which will automatically choose a different video every time you start the game.
Festival Playlist Voting
From January 30 onward, our community will vote between two previous Festival Playlists they want to replay next month!
Head over to the “Playlist Vote” section (which replaces the Coming Soon section) and vote for one of two previous Festival Playlist options. The one with the most votes will be available to play in Forza Horizon 5 for the next 4 weeks. Voting starts on the first week of each series. The winner will be announced with a dedicated screen as week 4 starts
The first Playlists available for voting will be Italian Automotive and High Performance, make sure to cast your vote before time ends!
For more information, please take a look at our dedicated blog post.
Race Under the Neon Lights
Buckle up and start your engines to race underneath the neon lights decorating racing events this series.
To enjoy the neon-lit scenery, the extended night cycles make a triumphant return as well!
Aeródromo en la Selva becomes shrouded in lights once more as neon decorations and the Drone Show from Midnights at Horizons returns to this iconic location.
If those features aren’t as bright for you, there’s still more coming. The Neon Tank Photo Decorations are coming back for Photo Challenges during the four weeks of Midnight Muscle. Travel to the Horizon Street Scene Outpost in week four to find and smash the Neon Cube Collectible!
Festival Playlist
2022 Dodge Challenger SRT Super Stock
One of the mightiest modern muscle cars shows up to blast the Street Racing scene as a reward car for Midnight Muscle. Taking the best from the Demon, the Hellcat, and the Redeye, say hello to the 2022 Dodge Challenger SRT Super Stock.
The 6.2-liter Hemi V8 engine (same engine you can find in the Redeye) looks better than ever fitted inside a widebody kit. Some computer tuning and the already amazing engine now produces 807 horsepower.
Dodge made sure the Super Stock could master more than one type of racing fitting it with an adaptive shock system that helps the car perform like a grand tourer on the track, and to obliterate competition on drag races.
Show how well this car performs underneath the neon lit Horizon Festival!
1995 Ford Mustang SVT Cobra R
A muscle car built for endurance racing: the 1995 Ford Mustang SVT Cobra R is a road legal racing monster purchasable only by licensed racers.
This new model of the SVT Cobra was fitted with an even larger engine than its predecessor. The Cobra R came with a 5.8-liter V8 engine that produces 300 horsepower, making it the most powerful pony available at the time.
Only 250 units of the SVT Cobra R were built, and you could only buy them if you had intentions of running them on the track for endurance events. Making sure every copy of this car has one clear target: secure a win for the American car maker.
What’s cooler than a snake badge? Try a snake wrapped around a blood-red R.
What’s Next
Don’t forget to vote for the Festival Playlist you want to replay with the new Playlist Voting! The first duel puts High-Performance and Italian Automotive head-to-head.
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