Forza Horizon 5 Series 5 update is available now with new cars, PR Stunts, events, and bug fixes
The Series 5 update arrives on Mar. 1, with the Festival Playlist kicking off on Mar. 3.
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Update, Mar. 1, 2022, at 12:30 p.m. CT: The Forza Horizon 5 Series 5 update is now available to download on Xbox and PC.
What you need to know
Forza Horizon 5 refuses to sit still, with a constant stream of updates arriving to add new features and content, fix existing bugs, and improve the experience for players everywhere. With Series 4 and the Horizon World Cup beginning to wind down, Playground Games hosted a stream to detail everything arriving with the upcoming Forza Horizon 5 Series 5 update.
TheForza Horizon 5 Festival Playlistcontinually evolves over time with new challenges, events, and rewards, and the next chapter is Series 5: Horizon Rush Takeover. The new Festival Playlist will focus almost entirely on PR Stunts, and will include a huge variety of content for players to explore, as well as rewards to collect. The highly requested 2020 Nissan GT-R Nismo (R35) is also here, complete with a body kit and other body modification options.
Some of the highlights of the Forza Horizon 5 Series 5 update include:
It’s hard to argue thatForza Horizon 5isn’t one of thebest Xbox racing gamesyou can play right now, especially since Playground Games continues to add a seemingly endless stream of fresh content through these updates. Playground Games also teased what may come after Series 5 with the “Series 6 Customs Update.”
The Forza Horizon 5 Series 5 update arrives to all players acrossXbox Series X,Xbox Series S,PC,Xbox Game Pass, andXbox Cloud Gamingon Tuesday, Mar. 1, 2022. Players will be able to jump into Series 5 and its first wave of events and challenges starting on Thursday, Mar. 3.
The full changelog for theForza Horizon 5 Mar. 1, 2022 content updateincludes:
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Update, Mar. 1, 2022, at 12:30 p.m. CT — The Forza Horizon 5 Series 5 update is now available
Players can now install the Forza Horizon 5 Series 5 update, which includes all of the new features and bug fixes listed above. Fixes and quality-of-life improvements are available immediately after installing the update, while Festival Playlist Series 5 additions and world changes are being enabled on Thursday, Mar. 3, 2022. The update is available everywhere Forza Horizon 5 is, including Xbox, the Microsoft Store, and Steam. On Xbox Series X|S, the update is approximately 11.89GB in size.
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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