Seasonal Preview // Series 3 Summer

[geistwriter]

PGG/T10 again with the lack of communication between series. I was expecting a monthly livestream with this game, but apparently not. I think Asha Sharma has them scouring for loose change in the sofa cushions. We'll probably get the official Summer infographic on Wednesday, but for now this is the entirety of what we know:

Italian Passions Car pack: '25 Ferrari F80 // '67 Ferrari 275 GTB4 Spider // '21 Alfa Romeo Giulia GTAm // '90 Alfa Romeo SE 048SP

Images from store page: https://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/store/forza-horizon-6-italian-passion-car-pack/9P621LBX7XB4

Also the '72 Mazda Fomo finally unlocks later in this series.

Feel free to chime in as info becomes available.

 

[Famine]

I was expecting a monthly livestream with this game, but apparently not.

You may get one with the first DLC expansion, but otherwise it's blog posts every fourth Tuesday.

 

[BurmaEK]

72 Mazda Fomo

😂

 

[Jezza14]

I wonder if the fact the Cosmo can be unlocked will mean we will get a 750 or 1000 point car added.

 

[StackedMan256]

I would most likely to miss out on Mazda Cosmo '72 because I just started playing FH6. Especially that car was featured in Return of Ultraman TV show back in 1971 and I want to drive this car so bad with this MAT Vehicle livery.

 

[Famine]

I would most likely to miss out on Mazda Cosmo '72 because I just started playing FH6.

I don't think that's how it works. It does not appear to be time-limited, rather you earn it when you reach 500pt across all activity in seasonal playlists. S3 Winter will just be the first time anyone will be able to earn it.

 

[StackedMan256]

I don't think that's how it works. It does not appear to be time-limited, rather you earn it when you reach 500pt across all activity in seasonal playlists. S3 Winter will just be the first time anyone will be able to earn it.

Oh, ok! I was still thinking about FOMO feature from FH5, my bad

 

[geistwriter]

wow, new update just hit:

Leaderboards

Reset all Rivals Leaderboards due to the presence of unrealistic entries (Bug 4443235).

Developers Notes:
These unrealistic entries have been achieved through the exploitation of glitches or obtained by using Drag Tires before the latest physics balance changes we’ve introduced on June 15.

Therefore, we’ve made the decision to proceed with a complete reset of the affected Leaderboards, which will be wiped as soon as these exploits get patched in the game. 

We understand this will be disappointing to players with legitimate lap times; however, we’ve chosen this approach so that way everyone has a clean sheet to play with going forward. Regardless of the Leaderboards deletion, any clean times posted to earn the associated Collection Journal items for the Rivals will not be lost and will remain unlocked.

Our team are also looking into resolving some glitches that can be used to pollute PR Stunts Leaderboards with unrealistic scores, and while we don’t have a timeline yet, we do expect to perform a complete wipe of those Leaderboards once the fixes have rolled out.

 

[mynameis66]

Theres going to be some wheelspin only cars available at the festival site for a limited time.Ive just picked up the 599XX Evo from the AH.lol

Heres the link if anybody needs it.

Embrace Your Passion for Italian Exotics in Forza Horizon 6

Discover Japan with Italian Exotics, featuring a special Italian Aftermarket Takeover and the Italian Passion Car Pack.

forza.net

Also from the patch notes,I wonder what these 2 statements mean.

• Made a change where the Credit cap was being incorrectly applied to non-Auto Show cars in the Auction House (Bug 4403320).
• The price of the 1998 Subaru Impreza 22B-STi Version has been adjusted to better reflect the value of the car (Bug 4388342).

Right,just to add regarding the above comments.Subaru 22B is now 315,000 credits to buy,up from 86,000 and any rare car can now sell for max 20million credits.For example,the speed 12,Subaru FE,Dodge Durango are all maxed at 20million.Thats just a few I clicked on to see.
All the previous cars that never turned up in the AH,such as Nissan`93 240SX and Toyota altezza are on there now for 20million.All these rare hard to find cars are not so rare now,just expensive.
I thought that this AH was not going to be like the previous ones with the max prices but not so.Hey,if you missed a playlist reward car chances are you will get it for 20Million.

 

[T G M]

Theres going to be some wheelspin only cars available at the festival site for a limited time.Ive just picked up the 599XX Evo from the AH.lol

Heres the link if anybody needs it.

Embrace Your Passion for Italian Exotics in Forza Horizon 6

Discover Japan with Italian Exotics, featuring a special Italian Aftermarket Takeover and the Italian Passion Car Pack.

forza.net

Wow am I lucky with the timing of this, the F8 Tributo is the last wheelspin + car full stop that I haven't got after landing the Dart a couple of days ago, I don't have to farm wheelspins with the now grindier methods post-patch or ever again in general.

 

[T G M]

Following on from my reply above....

The 22B Impreza's price has been bumped to 330k/313.5 with the 5% discount, so the new cheapest super wheelspin car is Car Pass only, that Mazda Mad Mike drift car at 100k/95, 21pts per super, I actually found this out on Reddit surprisingly, I guess there are people over there who pay a bit of attention to the actual game rather than just looking at static photos of it and getting fooled by useless tuners and clickbaiters, if someone doesn't have the car pass though I have no idea what the new wheelspin car would be for them.

With EventLabs being nerfed the new best way is likely the inefficient one I was using for weeks before changing to EL's, download an estate set up for farming skill points then still use a 22B or the Stratos with all car masteries unlocked (keep a radio on too for skill songs, when you have a long chain going and you're waiting for the game to catch up counting pause the game so you don't lose time).

Edit: Ignore this paragraph above, seems the Estate has been given the same nerf as EventLabs for skill points, so looks like your only option now is just find a good spot in the open world with the 22B/Stratos.

Bit of a bummer with Rivals but I don't think it'll really truly annoy anybody but sweats and the small minority of WR players, everyone who went there just to do the journal entries still retains those so doesn't really affect them anyway, and I'm rather glad to be back at square one with a handful of the times I did myself early game cough cough Sierra, certain cars on Offroads will still end up spamming particular Road/Street boards but shouldn't be as bad or as unbalanced as the Drags, though this game's balance in general remains hideous with certain engines, you'll still see the Beat on a lot of B Dirt leaderboards in particular.

Good update overall but don't like that they clearly want the amount of time between obtaining those wheelspin exclusive cars to be spaced out as much as possible for everybody, as above I've just been very lucky that it's worked out ideally with the aftermarket thing for this series.

 

[mynameis66]

Following on from my reply above....

The 22B Impreza's price has been bumped to 330k/313.5 with the 5% discount, so the new cheapest super wheelspin car is Car Pass only, that Mazda Mad Mike drift car at 100k/95, 21pts per super, I actually found this out on Reddit surprisingly, I guess there are people over there who pay a bit of attention to the actual game rather than just looking at static photos of it and getting fooled by useless tuners and clickbaiters, if someone doesn't have the car pass though I have no idea what the new wheelspin car would be for them.

With EventLabs being nerfed the new best way is likely the inefficient one I was using for weeks before changing to EL's, download an estate set up for farming skill points then still use a 22B or the Stratos with all car masteries unlocked (keep a radio on too for skill songs, when you have a long chain going and you're waiting for the game to catch up counting pause the game so you don't lose time).

Bit of a bummer with Rivals but I don't think it'll really truly annoy anybody but sweats and the small minority of WR players, everyone who went there just to do the journal entries still retains those so doesn't really affect them anyway, and I'm rather glad to be back at square one with a handful of the times I did myself early game cough cough Sierra, certain cars on Offroads will still end up spamming particular Road/Street boards but shouldn't be as bad or as unbalanced as the Drags, though this game's balance in general remains hideous with certain engines, you'll still see the Beat on a lot of B Dirt leaderboards in particular.

Good update overall but don't like that they clearly want the amount of time between obtaining those wheelspin exclusive cars to be spaced out as much as possible for everybody, as above I've just been very lucky that it's worked out ideally with the aftermarket thing for this series.

I was lucky and bagged an R33 for 300,000 on the AH as i missed it from the playlist.10 mins later,the same seller has 2 more for sale for 20Mill each.How?Is he using a modded account off the net,if thats the case these rare/missed cars are going to appear in there droves. 👍

 

[ziperrPL]

Bit of a bummer with Rivals but ...

Yeah, I'm a bit bummed. Had 1 WR, couple of podiums and was working on another WR. All of that of course in most important categories --> D/C class Cross Country events
And as much as I understand the wipe, I don't get why dirt/CC was done too.

BUT...

I think that we can't get any BIGGER sign. @Jezza14 What do you think? Is it the time for a revival? Or maybe you don't want to host?

PS. Apparently I had account here since 2006 🤷‍♂️
PPS. Not gonna lie, emojis were much better on the official forum 😜

 

[WhiteBurrito]

I was lucky and bagged an R33 for 300,000 on the AH as i missed it from the playlist.10 mins later,the same seller has 2 more for sale for 20Mill each.How?Is he using a modded account off the net,if thats the case these rare/missed cars are going to appear in there droves. 👍

They've changed the max buyout for non-autoshow cars to 20m for everyone. Have to see how it plays out but everything I could think of to check has listings

 

[WhiteBurrito]

The car pass additions. Nothing Italian so I'm guessing they won't be eligible for much this series. Could be wrong though.

DB7 GT - Retro Sports Cars
Patrol - Offroad
Prius - Hot Hatch
Z GT - Eclectic Domestics

 

[geistwriter]

Patrol

😍

330k/313.5

still not terrible, but will be prohibitive to a lot of players. better than them nerfing the entire skill tree though.

 

[shaboo]

The price increase for the Subaru is a real non-issue. For one thing, you only need one of them for farming, and surely everyone has 330k credits to spare. On the other hand, there are several other vehicles with the same 9/2.5 modifiers as the Subaru that are just as suitable for farming Skill Points:

1983 Audi Sport Quattro
1977 Ford #5 Escort RS1800 MKII
1974 Lancia Stratos HF Stradale
1995 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution III GSR
1984 Peugeot 205 Turbo 16

The Peugeot is even a Barn Find, and the Lancia and the Mitsubishi are Treasure Cars, so you can get these three completely free.

And even before the latest patch, the Mazda from the Car Pass was much better for farming Super Wheelspins than the Subaru, so nothing has changed here. If you don't have the Car Pass, you can buy the Mazda alone for a small $2,99.

 

[T G M]

The price increase for the Subaru is a real non-issue. For one thing, you only need one of them for farming, and surely everyone has 330k credits to spare. On the other hand, there are several other vehicles with the same 9/2.5 modifiers as the Subaru that are just as suitable for farming Skill Points:

1983 Audi Sport Quattro
1977 Ford #5 Escort RS1800 MKII
1974 Lancia Stratos HF Stradale
1995 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution III GSR
1984 Peugeot 205 Turbo 16

The Peugeot is even a Barn Find, and the Lancia and the Mitsubishi are Treasure Cars, so you can get these three completely free.

And even before the latest patch, the Mazda from the Car Pass was much better for farming Super Wheelspins than the Subaru, so nothing has changed here. If you don't have the Car Pass, you can buy the Mazda alone for a small $2,99.

I wouldn't ask or expect anyone to spend one penny more than they already paid/are paying if they're using GP for something like this.

 

[shaboo]

Like it or not, many people spend much time for farming in various computer games, and it would be quite dumb to waste hours of your lifetime just to save you $2,99. Not to mention that those who play the game intensely enough to think about farming have presumably bought the Car Pass anyway.

 

[Jezza14]

The price increase for the Subaru is a real non-issue. For one thing, you only need one of them for farming, and surely everyone has 330k credits to spare. On the other hand, there are several other vehicles with the same 9/2.5 modifiers as the Subaru that are just as suitable for farming Skill Points:

1983 Audi Sport Quattro
1977 Ford #5 Escort RS1800 MKII
1974 Lancia Stratos HF Stradale
1995 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution III GSR
1984 Peugeot 205 Turbo 16

The Peugeot is even a Barn Find, and the Lancia and the Mitsubishi are Treasure Cars, so you can get these three completely free.

And even before the latest patch, the Mazda from the Car Pass was much better for farming Super Wheelspins than the Subaru, so nothing has changed here. If you don't have the Car Pass, you can buy the Mazda alone for a small $2,99.

I don’t think anyone would be bothered by paying 330k as a one-off. It’s only your last paragraph which is relevant, as the increase in price will definitely be to prevent the farming of SWS through 22Bs. The revised price means that, rather than making a small profit on average over time, you will now make a credit loss on average to buy a 22B. If that causes people to buy a DLC car, then happy days for PGG I guess.

 

[shaboo]

What else do you get in life for a measly $2.99? You can really go overboard with making an issue out of things.

 

[WhiteBurrito]

There is no guarantee Fursty won't have the skills nerfed. I would expect the Revuelto to be the next best non-dlc for spins. It has 3 singles and one super for 39 points for 365k/346,750. Some people were already using it anyway.

 

[shaboo]

Absolutely nothing is safe from being nerfed by the developers; that’s true and obviously includes the Fursty.

 

[Jezza14]

I doubt they will nerf the Fursty. They are understandably reluctant to touch cars which people have paid separately for. If people pay that £2.99 and then it’s nerfed, they will face a lot of complaints.

 

[WhiteBurrito]

I'm guessing many of us pre-ordered the game. They added 4 extra vouchers and $5 gift card extras closer to the release of the game. I just received mine recently but had to claim them under offers and credits in the Xbox store. If you qualified and haven't claimed them, don't forget!

 

[mynameis66]

Did they nerf the custom race on the Colossus?I used to get roughly 140k ish with the Toyota tacoma on unbeatable ai,tonight it was 20k.This is with controller not self drive.It used to be a quick credit grind with the Toyota FE or Mazda FE.Any ideas?

 

[WhiteBurrito]

Did they nerf the custom race on the Colossus?I used to get roughly 140k ish with the Toyota tacoma on unbeatable ai,tonight it was 20k.This is with controller not self drive.It used to be a quick credit grind with the Toyota FE or Mazda FE.Any ideas?

I don't normally run it but out of curiosity, I ran the Colossus custom race on expert, Tacoma FE, 11 drivatars, all assists off except rewind and received 161k for the win. Idk what's different.

 

[Vincenzo_CVR]

I have to say, Series 3 has really won me over.

The Playlist is what excites me the most, especially the De Tomaso Pantera GT5, which finally marks De Tomaso's debut in Forza Horizon, and the return of the Lancia 037 Stradale. It was definitely one of those cars that deserved to make a comeback.

I also like almost everything in the Car Pass. I'm especially interested in the more unusual additions, like the Toyota Prius Prime and the Honda Z GT. They're the kind of cars that a lot of people might overlook, but I think they can be incredibly fun in Horizon. Small cars, when properly tuned, can be an absolute blast to drive and have a charm all their own.

The car I'm least interested in? Ironically, the Lamborghini Huracán EVO Spyder. Not because it's a bad car—far from it—but I'm honestly starting to get tired of the Huracán lineup. Between the LP610-4, EVO, STO, Tecnica, and Sterrato, the platform has been used over and over again. And knowing Playground Games, the only one missing is the Performante... so watch, they'll probably add that one too! 😂

The Italian Pack, on the other hand, is simply fantastic. The Ferrari F80, 275 GTB4 Spider, Giulia GTAm... but above all, the Alfa Romeo SE 048SP. That car is an absolute masterpiece: a historic prototype that very few people know about, and I'm so glad it's finally making its way into Horizon. Those are exactly the kinds of cars I love to see in the game because they tell a piece of automotive history.

And then there's the next Season, Mascot Party. The name immediately makes me think of something lighter, cuter, and more fun, and I really hope it's the perfect opportunity to bring in more compact cars and a few kei cars. After the Honda Z GT, this would be the perfect time to add one of my most wanted cars: the Suzuki Cappuccino. It would fit perfectly in an update celebrating mascots and all things adorable. Fingers crossed... maybe this is finally the one!

 

[mynameis66]

I don't normally run it but out of curiosity, I ran the Colossus custom race on expert, Tacoma FE, 11 drivatars, all assists off except rewind and received 161k for the win. Idk what's different.

I`ll have another go,with assists off and see if thats the issue.Cheers.

 

[PLAYERS86]

@Vincenzo_CVR Adding Suzuki and especially ☕ would be fantastic. 😍 You have a nice guess. 👍