A new timed event has arrived at the Horizon Festival. This time, the entire Forza Horizon 5 community will race together to unlock rewards in every player’s garage.
The Horizon Festival will also receive a new moving outpost for you to locate in Free Roam.
18 new props will become available for your EventLab creations including the latest collectible to join Forza Horizon 5’s gallery of smashable items.
Aside from the cars unlocked by completing the Race-Off goals, 4 exclusive Festival Playlist rewards will be available to obtain as well.
The race is on in Horizon Race-Off!
Release Notes & Game Fixes.
The following list details some of the fixes and changes we are implementing with this new update.
- Fixed an issue with EventLab where “Disable Standard Scoring” rule was not working
- Fixed an issue with EventLab where Players made events were automatically set to 5 minutes when launched from the shared events menu
3, 2, 1...and the Horizon Race-Off is on!
Horizon Race-Off pitches two new community-wide goals for our players to complete, one for Asphalt Racing and one for Off-Road. After each goal has been met every player will receive a reward in their Message Center.
Add points to the Asphalt Racing goal by completing events in the following categories:
- Mexico [list]
- Drag Racing
- Road Racing
- Street Racing
- Midnight Battles
[*]Hot Wheels
- Speed Racing
[*]Rally Adventure
- Apex Predators Races
Unlock the 2024 Ford Mustang GT completing the Asphalt Racing goal.
You will be able to contribute to the Off-Roading goal by clearing these types of events:
- Mexico [list]
- Dirt Racing
- Cross Country Racing
[*]Hot Wheels
- Hazard Racing
[*]Rally Adventure
- Grit Reapers Races
- Horizon Raptors Races
Complete the Off-Road challenge to unlock the 2023 Ford F-150 Raptor R for every player.
Please bear in mind that Rivals, Mothly Rivals/Forza EV, Showcases, Horizon Stories, Expeditions, or EventLab events will not count towards the contribution of either goal.
The entire Horizon Festival teams up to beat the goals and unlock rewards for every member in the community!
Don’t forget to check each goal’s progress and look at your Message Center when they are cleared.
Wear Your Team and Go for the Win!
We couldn’t let the opportunity to let you show off your favorite team in style, so as early as March 28, you will receive the Horizon Race-Off outfits via in-game message as soon as the season switches.
Hit the tarmac and feel the blue racing in the Asphalt Racers race suit.
Get ready to get dirty with the Off-Road racers race suit.
Both outfits will be available to redeem during the four weeks of Horizon Race-Off. Get yours and represent your team’s colors.
An Adventuring Outpost Arrives.
Horizon Race-Off will feature a new, unique Outpost in this series.
The Horizon Race-Off Outposts will be decorated with the distinctive colors and logos of each racing division featured in the same name; the blue is for Asphalt while the orange represents Off-Roading.
What sets these Outposts apart from others found at the Horizon Festival is that these new ones will change locations on each week of the series.
Once inside the Race-Off Outposts, you’ll be able to check up on the progress of the Asphalt and Off-Road challenges.
Chase after this moving Outpost and share where you found it with the community!
Piñatas for All, No Matter Your Team
After you are done chasing and finding the moving Outpost featured in this series, the Horizon Festival will also get two new collectible items to search for.
On week 2, find and collect the Offroad Helmet Pinata Collectible. Look for it in Playa Azul’s sands
An Asphalt Helmet Pinata will also be available to collect, this one will be available during week 3. Start going round Ópalo de Fuego to find it!
Racefy Your EventLab Creations
Creators will also be able to get their share of the Race-Off with the brand-new EventLab props added to the game in this series.
Support team Asphalt, Off-Road or both using the themed flags, billboards, and other decorations featuring the colors and branding for each team.
Furthermore, you will be able to include both Piñata Helmets scattered throughout the Festival to your EventLab races and events.
The complete list of new props features:
- 8 Signs & Flags [list]
- Asphalt Billboard
- Off-Road BillBoard
- Asphalt Flags [list]
- White
- Blue
- Dark Blue
[*]Off-Road Flags
- White
- Orange
- Dark Orange
[*]2 Gameplay
- Asphalt Helmet Piñata
- Off-Road Helmet Piñata
[*]6 Festival
- Horizon Race-Off Display
- Horizon Race-Off Entrance
- Asphalt Entrance
- Off-Road Entrance
- Asphalt Festival Tower
- Off-Road Festival Tower
[*]2 Walls & Fences
- Asphalt Barrier
- Off-Road Barrer
Acceleration Car Pack
Get four new rides to conquer the many races featured in Horizon Race-Off.
The Acceleration Car Pack features four limited-build cars created to achieve the highest speed possible in the shortest amount of time.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2868420/Forza_Horizon_5_Acceleration_Car_Pack/?curator_clanid=40722422
One classic drag-race titan and three modern super-fast racers are available for purchase starting March 26 for 4.99$ / 4.99€ / 3.99 £ on the Acceleration Car Pack!*
*This Car Pack is not included in the Premium Version or in the Forza Horizon 5 Car Pass
2021 McLaren Sabre
What goes beyond a hypercar? We believe the answer to that question is “2021 McLaren Sabre”. Only 15 units of the Sabre will ever be produced, and each one will arrive at their owner’s garage with a unique livery. However, styling isn’t what makes this car shatter our hypercar parameters.
The Sabre comes equipped with a twin turbocharged V8 engine that puts out 824 HP and can produce close to 800 Nm of torque. Put this engine into action to achieve this car’s top speed of 350 kmh, making it the fastest non-hybrid McLaren ever made.
Of course, no hypercar is complete without a supreme exterior design. The Sabre takes some inspiration from previous McLaren designs (mainly the Senna) and adds a few upgrades that give the car the insurmountable aerodynamics it needs to make the best out of such a magnificent engine.
2019 Ginetta G10 RM
The closest Forza Horizon 5 will get to time traveling is taking a ride in the 2019 Ginetta G10 RM. Just in case you were wondering, the RM stands for “remastered”, meaning this high-speed classman is a new take on the already amazing original G10.
Built to put the modern touch into Ginetta’s already extraordinary racing pedigree, the RM brings the finest contrasts between vintage and modern. For starters, the finishes on the inside of the car are made from wood and leather, the entire car is built by hand; while its glorious 6.2-liter V8 comes from the brand’s most recent prototypes.
Get a sense of what it feels like to travel to the past with the latest technology and atention to detail in the 2019 Ginetta G10 RM.
2022 Ford Supervan 4
A Ford utility vehicle fitted with a 2,000 hp producing electric train? Sounds like a superhero hiding behind the outfit of a reporter.
It might not be faster than a speeding bullet, but the 2022 Ford Supervan 4 power train can still cover massive amounts of distance in a very limited time, Four electric motors fitted underneath a built-for-the-track body make the most out of the 50 kW producing battery included in the Supervan give this van the power to sprint from 0-100 kmh in just under 2 seconds.
Rather than holding a symbol of hope on its front, the “S” in Supervan represents Speed.
1967 Shelby GT 500
Driving off a huge victory at Le Mans, Ford took a bunch of the lessons they learnt and applied them to a performance-focused version of their next powerhouse, the 1967 Shelby GT500.
Powering Carrol Shelby’s latest creation was a 7.0-liter V8 engine called the Cobra Le Mans, a for-the-road version of the already great 427 cu- in. Engine made by Ford. It came with 355 bhp and a rumble that very few cars of the era could match. The GT500 could run a quarter mile in 15 seconds and go from 0 – 100 kmh in just 6.5 seconds.
The exterior of this car matched its speed and loudness, precisely what you need to stand apart from other Mustang models. Its new fiber glass front and back, as well as headlights, and characteristic grill made this car a street racer with a very sportive, modern look.
A classic muscle car ready to take on the challenge offered by its more modern counterparts will hit the Horizon Festival on the Acceleration Car Pack.
What’s next?
Apex All-Stars are approaching Forza Horizon 5!
This next series will feature new sets of EventLab props, an all-new collectible item, and new reward cars to add to your garage will be available to unlock on the Festival Playlist!
See you on our next series, Apex All-Stars.
