Playground Games details Forza Horizon 5 Series 4 update, new cars
The next Forza Horizon 5 Series update will bring new cars, world changes, and more.
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Forza Horizon 5 is already one of the most beloved entries in the busy racing game genre, but it’s also in a constant state of evolution. On Monday, members from the Playground Games team behind Forza Horizon 5 kicked off another Let’s Go! stream to share what’s coming next to the game. The Series 4 update is right around the corner, and will feature new cars, a community-wide racing-focused event, bug fixes, and much more.
Forza Horizon 5manages to continually change over time via theForza Horizon 5 Festival Playlist. The Festival Playlist introduces a new Series every four weeks, with different challenges, events, cars, and much more. For Series 4, the focus is all about racing and celebrating your favorite cars from different countries. The next Festival Playlist Series begins on Thursday, Feb. 3, 2022, and will include plenty about which for players to get excited. Here are some of the highlights:
Forza Horizon 5’s Series 4 Festival Playlist content update should be arriving to all players within the next few days, with Series 4 officially starting on Thursday. With the Horizon World Cup and the addition of Chinese manufactured cars for the very first time in a Forza Horizon game, Series 4 is shaping up to be an excellent addition to one of thebest Xbox racing gamesyou can play.
Get a closer look at the Lunar New Year livery, available now in your Messages, on the 1961@JaguarE-Type.pic.twitter.com/TjC08Pn0V9Get a closer look at the Lunar New Year livery, available now in your Messages, on the 1961@JaguarE-Type.pic.twitter.com/TjC08Pn0V9— Forza Horizon (@ForzaHorizon)January 31, 2022January 31, 2022
In other news, the latest gift car in Forza Horizon 5 is a 1961 Jaguar E-Type decked out in a Chinese Lunar New Year-inspired livery. Any players who log in to FH5 starting today can redeem the exclusive car for free from the in-game Message Center.
Forza Horizon 5 isnow availableforXbox Series X,Xbox Series S, andPC. It’s also available throughXbox Game Pass, PC Game Pass, andXbox Cloud Gaming.
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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.
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