Forza Horizon 5: General Discussion

[Emick81]

So, the 2025 Developer Direct came and went and no hint of a new FH, and the major release for Xbox is Doom the Dark Ages on May 15. If they do announce anything this year, the next FH will probably launch in 2026.

The Horizon series have always been announced at the E3 or Summer Game Fest events with a release in September/October.

I don't think it means anything that nothing was shown yesterday.


I think FH6 will release this year. They might delay it a month or 2 when the GTA6 release date gets announced.

 

[pclark06]

Quick dirty predictions for if we get an article reveal tomorrow

Series 80pts Reward
2023 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat "Redeye" Widebody

Festival Playlist Rewards
1990 Chevrolet Camaro IROC-Z
1970 Mercury Cougar Eliminator
1971 Plymouth GTX 426 HEMI
2012 Shelby 1000

Hoping for all of these start screen options as well

• Forza Horizon 1
• Forza Horizon 2
• Forza Horizon 3
• Forza Horizon 4
• Horizon Retrowave

That's about how I feel except maybe Hot Wheels P1800 Gasser goes somewhere, and 50/50 on the GTX 426 or the Coronet

 

[RazorSharkz]

I am still surprised we don't have a catfish Camaro anywhere. We don't even have the Firebird this time around.

 

[Famine]

Just spotted you can't get both rewards without Core/DLC this week either, due to the Hide & Seek requirement for the FWC!

Huh. Went to do this and it completed after the third chapter (jump 100m).

Perhaps if you've already used the Nomad for H&S at one point (I know I have) it completes?

 

[Digolgrin]

Huh. Went to do this and it completed after the third chapter (jump 100m).

Perhaps if you've already used the Nomad for H&S at one point (I know I have) it completes?

Question mark in bold--why would the game justify you using the Ariel Nomad in Hide and Seek? I know it's a Seeker car but... why?

That being said that definitely sounds ill-thought-out. The Seeker cars aren't even in your garage, they're basically loaners. They could've just done, like, a five mile drive in it instead.

 

[CarbonDaimon]

It’s Lights Out and Engines on with Midnight Muscle.

Hit the lights and start your engines with Midnight Muscle featuring returning neon light decorations for races, the Neon Airstrip, extended night cycles, and two new reward cars.

forza.net

 

[skazz]

So just 2 new cars in the coming playlist. Interesting.


Also old-playlist voting implies maybe no more cars after this month?

Vote for the Festival Playlists You Want to Play on Forza Horizon 5!?

Forza Horizon 5’s latest feature lets our community vote for the Festival Playlist they want to play!?

forza.net

 

[Famine]

Oh boy.

Just checking off the days until the FH6 announcement then.

Edit: Aaaaand they've not actually uploaded images of either car.

 

[pclark06]

They could have stopped with "It's lights out" with the title there

 

[CarbonDaimon]

the last one turns off the light...

 

[nukleabomb]

This is what they say:

There’s still more coming to Forza Horizon 5 in the near future! While we are getting that ready, we hope veteran players will enjoy this trip down memory lane, and that new players will enjoy the unique looks and features the Horizon Festival has worn for the past three years! 




That means FH6 announcement in june for sure

 

[Nacho Libre]

Oh boy.

Just checking off the days until the FH6 announcement then.

Oh, boy, we are heading to a Mexican-style breakup/farewell, it will be teary and messy, just hang on.

 

[Digolgrin]

I was dead-on about a new Challenger at least, even if it's the Super Stock rather than the Redeye Widebody. Neat!

...also SN95, old SN95 at that. Depending on when that is I might be tempted to reinstall to nab it.

 

[Beebo]

It is a shame we didn't get the Aztek in this game's lifespan, we must admit it's kind of fitting.

 

[Nacho Libre]

It is a shame we didn't get the Aztek in this game's lifespan, we must admit it's kind of fitting.

I don't know... they didn't even spell that right.

 

[skazz]

On Reddit there was some mention of revised car rewards in the returning playlists, but I find that hard to believe. Let's call this as the final playlist for FH5 and start the countdown for FH6

 

[Digolgrin]

On Reddit there was some mention of revised car rewards in the returning playlists, but I find that hard to believe. Let's call this as the final playlist for FH5 and start the countdown for FH6

That reads like they'll be tossing in Backstage Pass cars into the Playlists so as to help folks coming in late save Forzathon points for cosmetics or cars they really want. FH4 seems to have been doing it for a while.

 

[willbsn13]

This is what they say:

There’s still more coming to Forza Horizon 5 in the near future! While we are getting that ready, we hope veteran players will enjoy this trip down memory lane, and that new players will enjoy the unique looks and features the Horizon Festival has worn for the past three years! 




That means FH6 announcement in june for sure

I really hope we do go out on more than a bang than this update, seems like a bit of a whimper if it is FH5's last update with actual new content.

Perhaps the live team working on FH5 is so small now that they can't keep up with the content required to bring new playlists - so they're just rerunning old ones until they add the final piece of content they're teasing here.

But yeah definitely looking like a June announce for FH6. Let the speculation begin.

EDIT: If these are the last "new" cars to FH5, we'll be ending on 894 cars.... so close to 900, come on PG, just add 6 more!! Satisfy my OCD

 

[skazz]

I really hope we do go out on more than a bang than this update, seems like a bit of a whimper if it is FH5's last update with actual new content.

Perhaps the live team working on FH5 is so small now that they can't keep up with the content required to bring new playlists - so they're just rerunning old ones until they add the final piece of content they're teasing here.

But yeah definitely looking like a June announce for FH6. Let the speculation begin.

EDIT: If these are the last "new" cars to FH5, we'll be ending on 894 cars.... so close to 900, come on PG, just add 6 more!! Satisfy my OCD

For those of us without the 3 tie-in cars, your 900 would be 897. I see no difference between that and the 891 I will have at the end of the coming season…:

 

[UKMikey]

Let's call this as the final playlist for FH5 and start the countdown for FH6

 

[FireWheels58]

This is what they say:

There’s still more coming to Forza Horizon 5 in the near future! While we are getting that ready, we hope veteran players will enjoy this trip down memory lane, and that new players will enjoy the unique looks and features the Horizon Festival has worn for the past three years! 




That means FH6 announcement in june for sure

This seems... weird. There's no new themed updates, and no new festival playlists means no new cars unless they gift us one or add it to the shop. Any features they add will be wasted as we'll be on FH6 in a few months minimum anyway. Though I do have a wild theory on what they could potentially do based on some rumours going around for a while, what if this is when they port it to PS4/5? They get easy money from new sales from the game and DLC, the backstage and festival voting systems allow new players to get old seasonal cars more easily, and at the same time we still get to play FH6 on Xbox and PC.

Also the other thing worth noting is that the 20th anniversary of Forza is in a few months and was expecting a themed update for that with some music from FM2-4, some old cars from FM1-4 at least and maybe a new story (idk). But I imagine they probably will still do something, so maybe there's a 20th anniversary car pack coming? But hopefully it's new stuff and not just previous cover cars but pre-tuned and a livery copy-pasted on all of them.

 

[skazz]

A 20th anniversary car pack with the McMerc SLR.. I’d pay altogether too much money if they did that

 

[Edax 76]

I'm in Dreamland territory I know, but I'd love to see the Ford Capri FE car brought to FH5 before it dies. I just think it's a perfect vehicle for the games map.

 

[Johnny Caisse]

I wonder if the car count will barely reach 900 or end up just a few cars short.

 

[Populuxe]

I'm not surprised we are likely seeing the end of FH5, but for the record, I want to say I've enjoyed our visit to Mexico. It's been a big, fun map to explore, and there have been so many cars added to the game, I'm continually looking at my garage and saying "oh, wow, I forgot about that one." I only have one question (beside where FH6 will be): If we spent two years at FH3, three years at FH4, and four years at FH5, will we be at FH6 for five years?

 

[willbsn13]

For those of us without the 3 tie-in cars, your 900 would be 897. I see no difference between that and the 891 I will have at the end of the coming season…:

Well lets hope PG hit 903 then, 9 more cars would do the trick though it's probably unlikely

A 20th anniversary car pack with the McMerc SLR.. I’d pay altogether too much money if they did that

A celebration of some of the finest vehicles featured in the Forza franchise - finally returning to both modern titles!

FH5 x FM2023 20th Anniversary of Forza Celebration Car Pack (comes to both games simultaneously)
1986 Alfa Romeo Spider Quadrifoglio Verde
1971 De Tomaso Pantera
2009 Gumpert Apollo S
2018 Kia Stinger GT
2005 Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren
2004 Peugeot 206 RC
1985 Pontiac Fiero GT
2010 Spyker C8 Laviolette LM85
2004 Vauxhall VX220 Turbo
2018 Volkswagen #94 VW Motorsport I.D R Pikes Peak

Ok I get that will never happen but let me dream for a second!!

 

[Populuxe]

1986 Alfa Romeo Spider Quadrifoglio Verde

There is one Alfa that has never been in Horizon, but always seems to make it into Motorsport, and that's the Montreal. It's such a sexy beast. I have no idea why it never makes the cut for Horizon.

 

[Apple Slipper]

The 2022 Dodge Challenger SRT Super Stock is a decent addition to the game. I assume that Dodge and Jeep are the two Stellantis brands that are easier to do licensing permissions.

 

[Digolgrin]

Here are the playlist rewards for this month.

They're bringing back the GTO Judge. All I need to hear to get me to reinstall the game, unfortunately for me.

 

[-Fred-]

Oh great, another million hp boat that weighs as much as a small planet. With the addition of the Cobra R, surely this is the racing game with the most Mustangs in its roster ever? Outside of the old Mustang game, anyway.