The Forza Horizon 5 Festival Playlist is constantly breathing new life into an already-fantastic game.
After months of waiting, Forza Horizon 5 is here and it's wonderful. The base game of Forza Horizon 5 already includes mountains of content and dozens of hours of playtime for players to explore, but Playground Games isn't stopping there. The Festival Playlist returns from Forza Horizon 4 and it's better than ever, with an all-new design, improved features, and the promise of years of continued support for FH5.
Here's what you need to know about the Festival Playlist in Forza Horizon 5, and the current challenges and rewards this season.
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Playground Games has delivered their latest masterpiece with Forza Horizon 5, which features the series' most diverse map and largest car list yet. Forza Horizon 5 somehow fulfills its ambitious promises to be the best open-world racer right now, and one of the best racing games in general.
What is Forza Horizon 5?
Forza Horizon 5 is the culmination of all of Playground Games' efforts to master racing games, and it's genuinely one of the best Xbox racing games of all time. The latest in a long-running series of open-world racing games, Forza Horizon 5 combines the largest and most diverse world in a Forza Horizon game yet with hundreds of cars and thousands of quality-of-life improvements.
In our Forza Horizon 5 review, we concluded that FH5 is a veritable masterpiece just for the base game alone, and Playground has also massively improved Forza Horizon 5's online multiplayer to be more accessible and open than its predecessors. A large part of this is the return of the Festival Playlist that was first introduced in FH4, except newly evolved for a new game.
Forza Horizon 5 is now available, and releases on Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S, Xbox One, PC, and Xbox Cloud Gaming. Forza Horizon 5 is also available through Xbox Game Pass.
If you want to learn more about Forza Horizon 5, including about in-game features like Barn Finds and Player Houses, be sure to check out our ultimate guide to Forza Horizon 5.
What is the Festival Playlist in Forza Horizon 5?
The Forza Horizon 5 Festival Playlist is an ever-changing list of challenges and missions that players can complete as they play the game. Players can complete races, events, PR Stunts, and online activities as Festival Playlist challenges, sometimes with specific requirements, to earn rewards such as cars, Wheelspins, cosmetic items, and Forzathon Points that can be redeemed at the Forzathon Shop.
The Festival Playlist has Series, with each Series lasting four weeks, and each week lasting about one week. Each week has its own unique challenges and rewards, giving players incentive to return week after week to complete the Festival Playlist and collect new cars and prizes. The Festival Playlist consistently adds new content to Forza Horizon 5, and is how Playground Games will seamlessly inject new ways to play into FH5 over time, including brand-new cars.
New cars, events, and much more can be added to Forza Horizon 5 through the Festival Playlist, and Series updates can even be themed and evolve Forza Horizon 5's world. Series 1, for example, welcomes players to Horizon Mexico, while Series 2 will apparently be Holidays themed and add new seasonal decorations to the FH5 world. EventLab creations from the community that gain popularity can also be surfaced through the Festival Playlist, adding even more variety to this constantly moving in-game feature.
Forza Horizon 5's Festival Playlist should provide years of support and content to the game, even after DLC expansions have been released and finished. Thanks to new creation features like EventLab, the Festival Playlist has practically endless content to pull from.
Forza Horizon 5 Festival Playlist: Spring, Series 0 (Nov. 5-10, 2021)
The Forza Horizon 5 Festival Playlist updates every week as the in-game season changes, with larger updates slated for every month as a new Series begins. It can be difficult to keep track of everything there is to do in Forza Horizon 5's Festival Playlist and decide whether it's worth it to tackle the challenges. Fortunately, that's what we're here for. Here's everything you need to know about the current Festival Playlist in Forza Horizon 5.
Series 0 (Nov. 5-10, 2021)
- Series 0 rewards. Series 0 of Forza Horizon 5's Festival Playlist is a shorter affair that only spans one season, and is there to offer activities for players that join Forza Horizon 5 during the early access period or right at launch. Because of this, there are no overarching rewards for Series 0. Check back in for Series 1's rewards starting Nov. 11, 2021.
- Monthly Events. There is one Monthly Event.
- Horizon Baja Scramble: Beat the Rivals challenge at Horizon Baja Scramble. Rewards 4 Season Points.
Spring (Nov. 5-10, 2021)
This is the Spring season of Forza Horizon 5's Series 0 Festival Playlist, which is available from Nov. 5 until Nov. 10, 2021.
- Season rewards. The Spring season of Series 0 has a total of 38 Season Points across all challenges. The main season rewards include:
- 2017 Alpine A110 for 16 Season Points: This is an Epic rarity car that is quite hard to find in Forza Horizon 5
- 2005 Honda NSX-R GT for 26 Season Points: This is an Epic rarity car that is quite hard to find in Forza Horizon 5
- Weekly Challenge. "Wouldn't It be Loverly?" — The Weekly Challenge has four Chapters. Rewards 5 Season Points and 81 Forzathon Points.
- Chapter 1: Own and drive the 2003 Nissan Fairlady Z
- Chapter 2: Earn 9 stars from Drift Zones with the 2003 Nissan Fairlady Z
- Chapter 3: Earn 5 Ultimate Drift or E-Drift Skills with the 2003 Nissan Fairlady Z
- Chapter 4: Bank a total of 500,000 Skill Score with the 2003 Nissan Fairlady Z
- Daily Challenges. There are seven Daily Challenges. Rewards 1 Season Point and 10 Forzathon Points each.
- Challenge 1: Earn 3 Clean Racing Skills in a single road race
- Challenge 2: Complete a Horizon Open event
- Challenge 3: Earn 5 stars from PR Stunts in a Lamborghini
- Challenge 4: Win a Drag Race in a Modern Sports Car.
- Challenge 5: Smash 5 phonebooths
- Challenge 6: Send a Gift Drop to another player
- Challenge 7: Earn 12 stars from PR Stunts in a Truck.
- Season Events. There are seven Season Events.
- Horizon Arcade: Complete any Horizon Arcade event. Rewards 3 Season Points.
- Off the Grid: Complete the Seasonal Playground Games Championship in a B-Class in an Offroad vehicle. Rewards 3 Season Points and the 2018 Porsche Macan LP Racing T1 Rally Raid.
- Coast View: Complete the Coast View Speed Trap challenge in an S2-Class Track Toys vehicle. Rewards 3 Season Points and a Wheelspin.
- First Course: Complete the Seasonal Championship in an A-Class Super Saloon vehicle. Rewards 5 Season Points and the 2018 Mercedes-AMG E 63 S.
- Event Horizon: Complete the Event Horizon Danger Sign challenge in an S1-Class Ford vehicle. Rewards 2 Season Points and a Wheelspin.
- Ranchito: Complete the Ranchito Speed Zone challenge in an S2-Class Audi vehicle. Rewards 2 Season Points and a Wheelspin.
- Co-op Championships: Complete a Horizon Tour Championship. Rewards 3 Season Points.
- Challenges. There are three Challenges.
- #MuralCompass: Photograph any Modern Sports Car at Star 27's mural in Mulegé. Rewards 2 Season Points and the "Beautiful!" Forza LINK phrase.
- Clean Sweep: Earn 5 Clean Racing Skills in Horizon Open. Rewards 2 Season Points and 25,000 Credits.
- Battle Royale: Finish 30th or better in The Eliminator. Rewards 2 Season Points and the "Mwahahaha" Forza LINK phrase.
- Forzathon Shop. There is no Forzathon Shop for this season.
What are the past Festival Playlists for Forza Horizon 5?
Playground Games may occasionally resurface older Series updates and challenges to give players another shot at earning those rewards. It can also be helpful to know what previous Festival Playlists included as rewards, in case you're missing any of those cars in your own collection. Whenever a Festival Playlist is retired, you can find it here.
The unchallenged champion
Forza Horizon 5
$60 at Xbox (Xbox & PC) $60 at Amazon (Xbox physical) $60 at GameStop (Xbox physical) $60 at Steam (PC)
The best open-world racer
Playground Games has delivered their latest masterpiece with Forza Horizon 5, which features the series' most diverse map and largest car list yet. Forza Horizon 5 somehow fulfills its ambitious promises to be the best open-world racer right now, and one of the best racing games in general.
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