Series 5 CU (Steam, Windows & XBOX)
Version Number:
- XBOX Series X|S: 3.440.853.0
- Windows PC (Xbox app): 3.440.853.0
- Steam: 1.440.853.0
New Features (Available from Sep 7)
- Drift Attack
- 1990 Jaguar XJ-S Forza Edition
- New Paint Car Options - 2025 McLaren W1
10 Unlockable Cars (Available from Sep 10 onwards)
- 10 Festival Playlist Reward Cars
- 2025 Bentley Continental GT Speed (Series Reward, 80 PTS)
- 2019 Aston Martin Valhalla Concept Car (Series Rewards, 160 PTS)
- 2019 Ginetta G40 Junior (Summer Reward, 20 PTS)
- 2021 McLaren 620R (Summer Reward, 40 PTS)
- 2015 Jaguar XKR-S GT (Autumn Reward, 20 PTS)
- 2021 MINI John Cooper Works GP (Autumn Reward, 40 PTS)
- 2006 Vauxhall Astra VXR (Winter Reward, 20 PTS)
- 2016 Bentley Bentayga (Winter Reward, 40 PTS)
- 2002 Lotus Esprit V8 (Spring Reward, 20 PTS)
- 2023 Lotus Emira (Spring Reward, 40 PTS)
4 Car Pass Cars (Available from Sep 10 - only included with the Forza Horizon 6 Car Pass, Deluxe, Premium & Premium Upgrade Editions)
- 2025 McLaren W1 (Sep 10)
- 2023 Dodge Challenger SRT Demon 170 (Sep 17)
- 1998 Renault Sport Spider (Sep 24)
- 1987 Porsche 911 Carrera Coupe ‘Luftauto 002’ (Oct 1)
“British Automotive” Limited Time Series Features (Available from Sep 10 - Oct 8)
- Evolving World: British Automotive Aftermarket Takeover
- Evolving World: Drift Tyre Collectible
- Classic Jacket, Drift Attack Helmet, Drift Attack Racesuit & Vintage Racesuit
- 1 Player Badge (Lionheart)
- 1 Emote (Karate Master)
Bug fixes and changes (Available from Sep 10 onwards)
General
- Performance and stability fixes.
- Players will now be presented with a pop-up when trying to use a corrupted Prefab. The pop-up will prompt them to redownload the Prefab (Bug 4418203).
Accessibility
- Added the option to set audio language separate to subtitle language (Bug 4447811).
- Added a live preview for the Environment Colour Filters (color-blindness accessibility) (Bug 4377457).
Cars
- Fixed an issue with the 1989 Volkswagen Rallye Golf where the in-car speedometer did not match the HUD speedometer (Bug 4481577).
- Fixed an issue with the 1970 Porsche #3 917 LH & 1970 Porsche #3 917 LH Forza Edition where the player character’s helmet could clip through the roof (Bug 4487006).
- Fixed an issue with the 2018 Exomotive Exocet Sport V8 XP-5 where the wheels could clip through barriers (Bug 4534145).
Festival Playlist
- Retroactively rewarded all players who played during the Winter or Spring Seasons of Series 4 (Horizon Mascot Party) with completions for all Winter Daily Challenges due to the Horizon Story Challenge not unlocking for some players.
Gameplay
- Fixed an issue with the leaderboard for Chapter 6 of the Drift Club Japan: Drift[1]zoku (Bug 4419443).
- Increased the detection radius for the Lady Aiko Mural Photo Challenge (Bug 4376666).
Horizon Play
- Adjusted the number of laps for certain Events in Horizon Play depending on the Car Class and length of the Event (see below) (Bug 4382221 & Bug 4385147):
- Daikoku Circuit - increased to 4 laps for some classes.
- Electric Town Circuit - reduced to 2 laps for some classes.
- Highway Circuit - reduced to 2 laps for some classes.
- Hokubu Circuit - increased to 4 laps for some classes.
- Irokawa Circuit - increased to 5 laps for all classes.
- Kawazu Nanadaru Scramble - reduced to 2 laps for some classes.
- Legend Island Circuit - reduced to 2 laps for some classes.
- Legend Island Circuit - increased to 4 laps for some classes.
- Narai-Juku Circuit - increased to 4 laps for some classes.
- Shimanoyama Circuit - increased to 5 laps for all classes.
- Soni Circuit - increased to 4 laps for some classes.
- Developer Notes:
- We have reviewed the length of all circuit races in Spec Racing, to give a more consistent race time across circuits. This has been adjusted per class, based on lap times for the class.
Visuals
- Fixed an issue where cars would sometimes have misplaced wheels (Bug 4499080).
- Fixed an issue with exhaust locators appearing on electric vehicles (Bug 4510222).
- Fixed an issue where other players' character models were not appearing in their cars at lower graphical settings (Bug 4452339).
- Fixed an issue with raytracing not working on Intel GPUs (Bug 4501614).
- Based on performance telemetry we have made a change to improve car rendering quality for players using the High preset on PC (Bug 4418166).
- Developer Notes:
- The player's car now uses a higher quality model when the 'Car Level of Detail' graphics option is set to the 'High' setting. All other settings Low, Medium, Ultra and Extreme remain unchanged. Most players using this setting should not encounter any issues from this, other than a higher quality car. However, players running unlocked framerates may experience up to 3% GPU increase due to the additional detail. If players want to prioritize framerate then reducing this setting down to Medium will match the same quality and performance for the player car as it was before