Forza Horizon 5 grabs a new patch update with fixes for cars, online, and much more
Forza Horizon 5’s latest patch update features plenty of improvements for cars, online multiplayer, Accolades, and more.
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What you need to know
Since its release, Playground Games has been working tirelessly to expand and improve upon Forza Horizon 5. On Tuesday, these efforts culminated in a new update that begins to roll out throughout today. The Feb. 1, 2022 patch update for FH5 is the first release of 2022, fixes a myriad of bugs and issues, and prepares the game for Series 4 of the Festival Playlist.
WhileForza Horizon 5is considered to be one of thebest Xbox racing gamesyou can play today, there’s undoubtedly always room for improvement. The Feb. 1, 2022 patch update fixes a plethora of issues regarding overall game stability, online matchmaking and multiplayer, Accolades and progression, car models and audio, wheel support, and much more. This is a sizeable release, and includes fixes for many of the biggest issues plaguing the FH5 community.
The new patch update may not be available to you, yet, but it will continue to roll out gradually across Xbox and PC platforms over the course of the day. This patch update should improve the experience everywhere that Forza Horizon 5 is available, includingXbox Series X,Xbox Series S, Xbox One, PC (through the Microsoft Store and Steam), andXbox Cloud Gaming. On Xbox Series X, the patch update is approximately 11.5GB in size.
Forza Horizon 5 still has issues, but Playground has communicated it’s continuing to work on additional fixes, many of which will appear in a future patch update arriving alongside Series 5 of the Festival Playlist, in about a month’s time. This patch update precedes the next chapter of theForza Horizon 5 Festival Playlist, which begins on Feb. 3, 2022.
In case you missed it, Playground recently held a stream todetail Forza Horizon 5’s Series 4 Festival Playlist, which will featurenew cars, the Horizon World Cup community event, Showcase remixes, and much more.
The full changelog forForza Horizon 5’s Feb. 1, 2022 patch updateincludes:
Improvements & bug fixes
Game stability
Multiplayer
Wheel compatibility
Exploits
PC
Cars
Accolades
EventLab
Festival Playlist
Other
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