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Forza Horizon 5 Horizon Tour: Access, Race Type, And Rewards

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30th Nov 2021 13:00

The Forza Horizon 5 Horizon Tour is a part of the latest season of this online driver experience, and key to unlocking some sweet new wheels. Forza Horizon 5 is stuffed full of online activity to take part in during its winter season, however there are few that are more fun than the Horizon Tour. But what exactly is the Horizon Tour, what kind of race type, and what do you get for taking part? Here's everything you need to know about the Forza Horizon 5 Horizon Tour, including how to access it, what it is, and rewards. 

Taking part in more Forza Horizon 5 seasonal events? We've got some guides for you. 

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Forza Horizon 5 Horizon Tour: What Is The Horizon Tour?

The Forza Horizon 5 Horizon Tour is one of the many activities that you can race through as part of the seasonal event. Forza Horizon 5 is currently in its winter season, offering up the ID Zerouno '18 and Subaru 22B vehicles, which you can only unlock by earning points. The Horizon Tour is one of those many ways to earn points. 

The Forza Horizon 5 Horizon Tour itself is a three-race co-op event where players will face off in two teams of six, split between the red and blue team. The goal is to have the majority of your team place in the top six to earn points, and as such, you don't want to be running your team off the road just for you to get first place. The race takes place on dirt tracks and will use C-Class vehicles. Once any given race is over you will then drive collectively to the next race, and so on. 

• Haven't picked up the game yet? Check out our Forza Horizon 5 review . 

Forza Horizon 5 Horizon Tour: How To Access The Horizon Tour

The Forza Horizon 5 Horizon Tour can easily be found in the Festival playlist. Just hit the pause button and find the playlist on the left of the world map. Once in there, you will be treated to the current reward cars, along with weekly and daily challenges. Scroll through to the right until you come across the various activities. On the bottom right, you should see the Horizon Tour Co-Op Championship. By clicking on it, you will be put into a waiting lobby, before eventually joining the Forza Horizon 5 Horizon Tour. Since this is a part of the winter season, you will only have until December 4 to take part in it. 

• Want to know the roads of these races a little better? We've got a Forza Horizon 5 map guide you should have a look at. 

Forza Horizon 5 Horizon Tour: Rewards

Of course, the ultimate reward for the Forza Horizon 5 Horizon Tour is to gain enough points to earn the latest legendary cars. For that, the Horizon Tour will grant you three Forza Points. For context, you will need 22 and 42 points to earn either of the reward cars. Additionally, from taking part in the event you will earn your usual rung of XP and skill points, which obviously increase depending on your position in the race. If this is your first Horizon Tour race, you will also earn the Tourist Attraction achievement. 

That's everything you need to know about the Forza Horizon 5 Horizon Tour. Looking for an activity that will bag you a little bit more money? Check out our Forza Horizon 5 Goliath glitch . 

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A list of all the Forza Horizon 5 Tour races/schedule rotation

Forza Horizon 5 Tour is a co-op multiplayer mode where you and a team of five other players compete against AI drivatars in three consecutive Apex, Wilds or Baja races across the map. Whether you came across the Forza Horizon 5 Tour races from the Festival Playlist or it’s already one of your favorite FH5 features due to its cooperative nature and more lowkey, laidback nature compared to competitive online races, what might not be apparent from the get-go is a definitive list of all the Forza Horizon 5 Tour races nor their rotation schedule.

Which is why we’ve put together this list of all the Forza Horizon 5 Tour races, the schedule they follow by the hour and which cars fall under each race category so you won’t be left in the dust by your convoy or more importantly, the drivatar opposition.

Forza Horizon 5 Tour Races List and Schedule Rotation

As for which particular vehicles fall under the different categories, here’s a list to help you prepare for each race type in the time allotted (you have a minute to select your respective car).

Reasonably Priced Cars :

• Acura RSX Type S 2002
• Acura Integra Type R 2001
• Chevrolet Impala SuperSport 1996
• Ford Racing Puma 1999
• Ford Escort RS Turbo 1986
• Honda Civic Type R 2007
• Honda Civic Type R 2004
• Honda Civic Type R 1997
• Honda Prelude SI 1994
• Honda CR-X SIR 1991
• Lexus SC300 1997
• Mazda Mazdaspeed MX-5 2005
• Mini John Cooper Works 2009
• Mitsubishi Eclipse GSX 1995
• Mitsubishi Starion ESI-R 1988
• Nissan Silvia Club K’s 1992
• Nissan Pulsar GTI-R 1990
• Polaris RZR XP 1000 EPS 2015
• Toyota Supra 2.0 GT 1992
• Toyota Celica GT-Four RC ST185 1992
• Toyota MR2 SC 1989
• Volkswagen GTI VR6 MK3 1998
• Volkswagen Corrado VR6 1995
• Volvo 850 R 1997

Playground Games

Unlimited Offroad :

• AMG Transport Dynamics M12S Warthog CS
• Ford 11 Rockstar F-150 Trophy Truck
• Ford 25 “Brocky” Ultra4 Bronco RTR
• Ford F-150 Prerunner DeBerti Design Truck
• Jeep Trailcat
• Jeep Wrangler Unlimited DeBerti Design
• Local Motors Rally Fighter
• Mercedes-Benz 24 Tankpool24 Racing Truck
• Nissan Fairlady Z
• RJ Anderson 37 Polaris RZR-Rockstar Energy Pro 2 Truck
• Toyota 1 T100 Baja Truck

Classic Rally :

• Ford 5 Escort RS1800 MK II
• Ford Escort RS1600
• Ford Escort RS1800
• MINI Cooper S
• Renault Alpine A110 1600s
• Volvo 242 Turbo Evolution

4×4 and Pickups

• Ford Bronco, Ford Bronco (2021)
• Ford F-150 Raptor (2017)
• Ford F-150 SVT Raptor
• Ford Ranger Raptor
• Hennessey VelociRaptor 6×6
• Hummer H1 Alpha
• International Scout 800A
• Jeep C75 Renegade
• Jeep Gladiator Rubicon
• Jeep Wrangler Rubicon
• Lamborghini LM 002
• Land Rover Defender 90
• Land Rover Range Rover
• Land Rover Series III
• Mercedes-Benz G 63 AMG 6×6
• Mercedes-Benz G 65 AMG
• Mercedes-Benz X Class
• Nissan TITAN Warrior Concept
• RAM 2500 Power Wagon
• Toyota FJ40
• Toyota Hilux Arctic Trucks AT38
• Toyota Land Cruiser Arctic Trucks AT37
• Willys MB Jeep

Classic Racers

• Chevrolet Corvette (1953)
• Ferrari 250 GTO
• Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa
• Ferrari 330 P4
• Ford GT40 Mk I
• Ford GT40 Mk II
• Ford Lotus Cortina
• Jaguar D-Type
• Jaguar Lightweight E-Type
• Jaguar MkII 3.8
• Lola 6 Penske Sunoco T70 MkIIIB
• Porsche 3 917 LH
• Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupe

Heavy Hitters

All the cars in this category must be over 4,400 pounds in weight, such as the Bentley Bentayga, Ford F150 trucks, Jeep Trailcat, Jeep Grand Cherokee and the Mercedes-Benz #24 Tankpool24 Racing Truck.

Modern Muscle

• Cadillac ATS-V
• Cadillac CTS-V Sedan
• Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 (2017)
• Chevrolet Corvette Z06 (2015)
• Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 (2009)
• Dodge Challenger SRT Demon
• Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat
• Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat
• Dodge SRT Viper GTS
• Ford Falcon GT F 351
• Ford Mustang GT (2018)
• Ford Mustang RTR Spec 5
• Ford Mustang Shelby GT500
• Ford Shelby GT500 (2013)
• HSV GEN-F GTS
• Vauxhall Monaro VXR

Super Saloons

• Audi RS 4 Avant (2013)
• Audi RS5 Coupe
• Audi RS 6 (2009)
• Audi RS6 Avant
• Audi RS7 Sportback
• BMW 1 Series M Coupe
• BMW M2 Coupe
• BMW M3 (2008)
• BMW M4 Coupe
• BMW M5 (2009)
• BMW M5 (2012)
• BMW M5 (2018)
• Infiniti Q60 Concept
• Jaguar XE-S
• Jaguar XFR-S
• Mercedes-AMG C 63 S Coupe
• Mercedes-AMG E 63 S
• Mercedes-AMG GT 4-Door Coupe
• Mercedes-Benz C 63 AMG Coupé Black Series
• Mercedes-Benz E 63 AMG (2013)
• Porsche Panamera Turbo (2017)
• Volvo V60 Polestar

Upgrade Heroes

• Ariel Nomad 2016
• Audi Sport Quattro 1983
• BMW M4 Coupe 2014
• BMW M3 2008
• BMW M3 2005
• BMW M3 1997
• Buick Regal GNX
• Chevrolet El Camino Super Sport 1970
• Chevrolet Chevelle Super Sport 454 1970
• Chevrolet Impala Super Sport 409 1964
• Chevrolet Camaro Z28 1970
• Chevrolet Camaro Super Sport Coupé 1969
• Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat 2015
• Dodge Charger R/T 1969
• Dodge Dart Hemi Super Stock 1968
• Ford Escort RS Cosworth 1992
• Ford De Luxe Five Window Coupé 1932
• Ford De Luxe Coupé 1940
• Honda NSX-R 1992
• Lamborghini Aventador LP700-4
• Land Rover Defender 90 1997
• Mazda RX-7 1997
• Mazda RX-7 1990
• Mini Cooper S 1965
• Nissan GT-R Black Edition (R35) 2012
• Nissan Silvia Spec-R 2000
• Nissan Silvia K’s Aero 1998
• Nissan Silvia K’s 1994
• Nissan 240SX SE 1993
• Nissan Skyline GTS-R (HR31) 1987
• Nissan Skyline 2000 GT-R 1971
• Nissan Fairlady Z 432 1969
• Peugeot 205 Turbo 16 1984
• Plymouth Cuda 426 Hemi 1971
• Porsche 911 GT2 1995
• Porsche 911 Carrera RS 1973
• Renault 5 Turbo 1980
• Subaru Impreza 22B-STI Version 1998

• Bentley Bentayga
• BMW X6 M (2015)
• Dodge Durango SRT
• Jaguar F-Pace S
• Jaguar I-Pace
• Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT
• Jeep Grand Cherokee Trackhawk
• Lamborghini Urus
• Land Rover Range Rover Sport SVR
• Land Rover Range Rover Velar First Edition
• Maserati Levante S
• MINI John Cooper Works Countryman All4
• Porsche Cayenne Turbo (2018)
• Porsche Macan Turbo (2019)

Retro Rally

• Audi Sport quattro
• Ford Escort RS Cosworth
• Ford Racing Puma
• Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VI GSR
• Nissan Pulsar GTI-R
• Peugeot 205 T16
• Peugeot 207 Super 2000
• Renault 5 Turbo
• Subaru Impreza 22B STi
• Toyota Celica GT-Four RC ST185
• Toyota Celica GT-Four ST205
• Volkswagen 1107 Desert Dingo Racing Stock Bug
• Volkswagen Class 5/1600 Baja Bug

Did our list help better prepare you for all the different Forza Horizon 5 Tour races? Are there any any Forza Horizon 5 Tour races you think should be added to the list? Or a race whose list of cars you need us to share? Sound off in the comments.

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How to find the Horizon Tour Mural in Forza Horizon 5

The country of Mexico is filled with different murals in Forza Horizon 5. Many of these murals need to be found in order to complete various Accolades and Playlist challenges. One such mural is the Horizon Tour Mural, and this one might be a little tricky thanks to its location. So, how can you find the Horizon Tour Mural in Forza Horizon 5? Let’s take a look.

To find the Horizon Tour Mural, head to the Horizon Festival home site in Mexico. Here’s a look at where it can be found on the map:

After you have done that, head south from the garage site until you reach an intersection. Then, drive west until you have found the Horizon Mexico Hall of Fame site. This is a space of land that is near the Horizon Pulse DJ setup, on the side.

If you drive up to the Hall of Fame site, make sure to look down. Here, you will find a padded, black space. But right on that padding is the Horizon Festival logo and an image that depicts the Horizon Tour Mural.

If you need to take a photo here, make sure to use RT to zoom out, and then use the left and right sticks. This will allow for getting the whole mural in the frame, enabling you to get the whole mural in the shot.

Related: How to find Senkoe’s Mural in Forza Horizon 5

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Forza Horizon 5 The Road to Mexico | September Update

Your Horizon Adventure in Mexico will be like no other as Forza Horizon 5 gives you the tools and freedom to craft your own unique journey through our largest game world yet – all by engaging in content as you see fit. Therefore, it’s only appropriate that throughout September, we focused on the campaign and multiplayer components that make up this ultimate Horizon Adventure!

Buckle up as we recap The Road to Mexico as seen in our most recent Let’s ¡Go! streams. If you need to get caught up to where we were before September, here’s our blogs from June , July and August that’ll ensure you’re fully in the know with all things Forza Horizon 5. With that out of the way, let’s dive right in!

In Horizon Adventure, Forza Horizon 5’s campaign mode, everyone’s adventure will be different based on the festival outposts they open and the expansions built for them. This is brought together via an artistically stylish map that summarizes your Horizon Adventure in one place.

It’s why we designed Horizon Adventure to be a “snackable” campaign. You can drop in, do a small piece of gameplay to earn Accolades, and drop out. Alternatively, take on an entire category of Accolades and steadily progress through them all in a weekend. Forza Horizon 5 is undoubtedly a massive game that you can sink hours into, but we’ve made it just as rewarding if you can only spare 15 minutes for a play session. We also know that every Horizon player has their own distinct play style so you’ll always have a choice in which Accolades to pursue next.

One of the best ways to earn Accolades early on is by completing races. To unlock the next stage of our Horizon Adventure, Marco Conti, the game’s Senior Vehicle Dynamics Designer, took on the Horizon Festival Circuit Race. This previously abandoned racing circuit proved to be an ideal showcase of the investments that we’ve made into wheel gameplay. In Forza Horizon 5, handling and force-feedback has been improved all-up. For instance, Conti was able to “catch” the car after losing the backend even with sim-steering enabled and traction off. He also noted that driving on the wheel now makes you feel connected with the road and every detail on the ground as the car, tires and terrain all vary the experience.

From there, we were ready to expand our Horizon Festival and build a new outpost. Each has its own speciality, so you can choose whichever speaks loudest to you:

• Horizon Festival – Main Stage
• Horizon Apex – Road Racing
• Horizon Wilds – Dirt Racing
• Horizon Baja – Cross Country Racing
• Horizon Street Scene – Street Racing
• Horizon Rush – PR Stunts

To kick off road racing in Mexico, we needed to build the Horizon Apex site at Tulum – requiring us to undertake an Expedition to reach it. These set-piece gameplay sequences introduce players to new areas of Mexico, where you’ll learn more about the environment courtesy of your tour guide, Ramiro. For the Tulum Expedition, he leads you through a tropical storm from his plane before embarking on the ancient ruins of the lost city of Ek’ Balam. Here you can complete optional side objectives to earn additional Accolades and even uncover a Barn Find clue!

Expeditions can also be undertaken with your friends, as we demonstrated on-stream. In fact, we’ve designed the entirety of Forza Horizon 5 around co-op play – available once you complete the first Horizon Story mission around 20 minutes in. The game uses a flexible drop-in and drop-out model that ensures all progress is preserved, no matter if you’re playing alone or with others.

We also checked out the Car Collection screen in Forza Horizon 5. It’s like a virtual car sticker book that tracks the vehicles you’ve acquired from each manufacturer. You can purchase new ones at the click of a button and obtain exclusive rewards by unlocking a total number of cars per manufacturer. That way it’s always compelling to add new cars to your garage and complete each set. With this in-mind, we also shared a continuously updating list of cars coming to Forza Horizon 5 on day one .

As always, we finished up by inviting Creative Director Mike Brown and Senior Designer Ben Thacker-Fell to answer some of your Forza Horizon 5 questions! You can also click on any of the questions below to jump to that point in the livestream.

Q: Can you tell us if clothing items will be still in Wheelspins?

A: Yes, but you’re now also able to purchase both Common and Rare clothing items with credits. Rarer clothing items are unlocked through Wheelspins, the Festival Playlist or other such activities.

Q: What has been your favorite car to drive on your favorite road so far in Forza Horizon 5?

Mike and Ben handed the microphone to Marco for this one, here’s what he had to say!

A: I think the Horizon Festival Circuit is actually phenomenal. You can really bring any car, especially road car – I think it’s really good, especially when you get into driving S1 and S2 class cars. It’s really good fun and also, it’s really good for drifting. You can really connect all the corners right there and actually create a proper drift – so go for it!

Q: Is Abraham (voice actor) working on the Spanish version of the game too?

A: Great question, yes, he is! Abraham provides the English version of the character and also the Spanish version of the character in the Mexican-Spanish and Spanish versions of the game.

Q: Are weekly weather changes coming back?

A: Yes, seasons still change every week and with that, so will the weather and the world around you.

Q: Will Barn Finds be more complex or harder to find?

A: To answer if Barn Finds are more complex to find, you’d have to ask the person how hard it is for them in the first place. Barn Finds are a really nice feature and we’re never planning on making that more complex in the beauty of finding an amazing old car hidden away in the world.

A slight twist on it this time is that a few of them unlock in different ways. One of them you unlock in a Horizon Story, another in the Tulum Expedition – when you take a jump over the temple and spot a barn. That gets added to your map, so when you finish that Expedition, you can go back and find it. There’s a couple of others that have interesting discovery criteria – to give it a dev-sounding term.

Overall, in some ways more complex, more fun and more interesting. There are lots of Barn Finds, we won’t reveal them all to keep them a secret!

Q: How close can you make the game feel like a sim? Or do you consider it to still drive as an arcade/sim-cade like game?

The perfect question for Marco! We recommend hitting the above timestamp for this one so you can follow along with his response as he demonstrates some in-game functionality.

A: This is the way I was driving. ABS is still on, but the Steering is simulation – it feels much nicer for me. You feel more attached, more responsive and more in control of the car. Traction control is off because it’s more fun, with manual shifting.

But let’s go through the new sliders that we’ve added so you can actually customize the way the force-feedback in the steering wheel works. So, we always have Force Feedback Scale, Center Spring Scale, Wheel Damper Scale – that hasn’t changed at all, but we have changed the Mechanical Trail so this one allows you to tune up or down the suspension component of the force-feedback so you can feel more of the backend or frontend – depends on what you like, depends on what you’re doing. If you’re drifting, just go up.

And then we actually added a Minimum Force which basically enhances the lateral force from the tires, so you feel a lot more – especially in the center point of the steering wheel. Then we have the Load Sensitivity, so you can tune up or down the maximum lateral force that gets sent to the force-feedback, so you feel more force when you’re at the peak of the grip.

Ultimately, the Road Feel is split into two parts – there’s the Road Feel for when you’re on asphalt and Off-Road feel for wherever you are off-road. So, you can really go down and tune every single aspect of the driving experience on the steering wheel.

Q: How many players are on one online server?

A: We have overhauled how the Horizon Life servers work. So, whereas in Forza Horizon 4 you were connected in a server with up to 71 other players (to make 72 in total), it’s a bit different now.

You’re actually connected to everyone at the same time on the one server, and as you’re travelling around, you’ll still see up to eleven other players on-screen at once, but everywhere feels – or as appropriate, places feel livelier. We can tune how likely it is that you’ll bump into other people based on whether an area should feel full of life, like a city or if out in the jungle where we might tune down that density of players.

The following batch of questions were submitted to us on Twitter using #DearForza.

Q: Is there a radio station in Spanish? Just like in FH2 we had one in Italian, and I loved it, by the way.

A: We have huge Mexican influence across radio stations. We don’t have an entirely dedicated Mexican radio station, but we have music of the Mexican diaspora infusing every single station – brilliant representation throughout and we also have an artist, a Mexican DJ. Angelica Garcia, she is one of the artists on Horizon XS and she’s also the DJ of that station as well.

Q: Will we be able to experience the diverse atmosphere of Mexico with a demo?

A: We know that you are incredibly excited to get your hands on Forza Horizon 5 and wanted to let you know that while we will not be releasing a demo, you can expect to hear and see more about new game features on these Let’s ¡Go! livestreams.

Playground is delivering the biggest and best Horizon game on Nov. 9 and we’re excited to share more soon about how FH5 looks and plays across platforms – Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, PC in the Microsoft Store and Steam, and Xbox Game Pass including console, PC and Cloud Gaming (Beta).

And whether you’ll be playing on Xbox Series consoles, or Xbox One, or PC – for those wanting to try out Forza Horizon 5, they can check it out in Xbox Game Pass on day one.

Q: In the VIP Pass, one of the items you get is called Vanity Items. What is a Vanity Item? Can I [Don Joewon Song] appear on the show and create events using EventLab #WorthAShot?

A: VIP comes with some vanity items that includes exclusive clothing, an emote and there’s a car horn as well – more details on what this is later.

In addition, VIP grants you 2x credit race rewards, weekly bonus Super Wheelspins, 3 exclusive Forza Edition cars, a crown flair for your in-game profile and a Player House gifted to you.

Can you appear on the show? Yeah, I guess so. Reach out to us – should probably get you on, I feel like that’d be really fun. Can you make your stuff in EventLab? Sure, yeah. Everybody is obviously welcome to create some stuff on EventLab.

One of the cool things we’ll be doing this time around is taking some of those great creations and delivering them to all players through the Festival Playlist. So, when people make amazing experiences – races or gamemodes, we’ll then package those up and deliver them to everyone else. So, as well as the cool stuff we make, the cool stuff you make can get delivered to everybody as well so you can share it with the world.

Q: What are Kudos going to be used for? Are Kudos going to be like Forzathon Points?

A: No, Forzathon Points still exist and are earned by completing Forzathon challenges. Kudos are a social currency, which you can earn for being one of the coolest and most social people in the Forza community. There’s a bunch of opportunities where you help other players out and they give you a Kudos, or someone helps you and you can give them a Kudos.

One of the examples is in Forza LINK – If I’m searching for a Barn Find and I’m in that Barn Find area trying to find it, then I might get LINK up and say, “Hey, does anyone know where this barn is?” I can press that, and maybe Ben has already found the barn and he’ll go, “Yeah, I know where it is!” That then gives me a clue on my map as to where it is, and because he’s helped me out, I can go “Thanks” using LINK and it’ll give Ben a Kudos.

Related to that Barn Find, once I’ve discovered that barn – a new feature is Gift Drops. So, once I’ve gone and collected that really cool Barn Find and I’m waiting for it to be restored, I can then go and create a Barn Find of my own using that empty barn. So, I can take one of the cars from my garage, I can paint it, I can apply an upgrade preset and then I can package it up and deliver it as a gift to another player.

Maybe someone who has just joined the game and then when that person receives it, maybe they think “That was really cool, that guy is really nice, I’ll give him a Kudos” – and then I’ll get one Kudos point as well. So, it acts as this sort of social currency that rewards players for doing really cool things for each other within the community.

Q: My question is about the props we can place in EventLab. Are there racing themed props like maybe kerbs or similar things? That would be really nice for us racing nerds who want to make nice tracks for track days.

A: Yes, they are! We kind of first dabbled in this stuff with Super7 in Forza Horizon 4, where all the props that we gave you are really geared around making big jumps and stunts. This time of round, we’ve massively expanded our props – I don’t know the exact number, but it does include all of that stuff that internally we call “race-ification.” That’s a word we made up to describe all of the stuff that makes a race, a race – all of the barriers, flags, chevrons, grandstands – all that stuff that turns a bit of road into a race will now be in there that you can go and place yourself to create cool races all over the world.

Q: Will there be any cut scenes in the game, and will there be a definitive ending to the story mode of the game?

A: Yes, the game opens with a really cool cutscene that introduces you to Mexico. There is a cutscene when you arrive at the Festival for the first time that introduces you to all the main characters such as Ramiro, Hayley and Alexandria. As you’re playing through Horizon Stories, Showcases and Expeditions, there are loads more.

No, there isn’t a point which the game goes “roll credits, you’re finished!” There is the goal of the campaign, it’s reaching the Hall of Fame but when you get to that point, there’s still loads to do. There’s all the Accolades, there’s loads of content still to complete and that’s before we talk about all of the updates and the new things we’ll deliver after the game launches in the way that we’ve done in the past – all the cool stuff that we add on!

Long story short: Definitive end, no.

I would repeat, we don’t expect any one person to do all of that stuff. We make probably like thousands of hours of stuff, and you should pick your way through that – pick the things that you love to do. Festival Playlist this time has loads more discovery stuff, there’s treasure chests in there. So even if you’re not much of a racer, there’s things in there to keep you coming back week after week and give you “explore-y” things to do in the world. There’s something for everyone.

Ahead of our second Let’s ¡Go! livestream of September, Mike appeared on Forza Monthly to highlight some of the new customization features in Forza Horizon 5: from removable side doors on the 2020 Jeep Gladiator Rubicon to a Duke Dynamics bodykit for the 2018 Porsche 911 GT2 RS. We’ve also introduced off-road suspension for every car in the game, as well as off-road, rally and snow tire compounds. Between these options and our new off-road stat rating, Mike transformed the 911 GT2 RS into an off-roading beast geared to take on desert trails.

This was also a prime opportunity to showcase the improved Livery Editor which brings through the design language of modern image editing software. This includes a vertical stack – where paint layers are above one another, while functions like copy/paste, move, cut and recolour are now given their own tool tray. We’ve also made brake callipers paintable! With the Livery Editor already robust, Playground invested in the usability of the tools and overall paint quality by increasing the resolution of liveries on Xbox Series X|S for higher fidelity.

Meanwhile, over on Let’s ¡Go! we took a deep dive into Forza Horizon 5’s multiplayer features as 12 Playground developers explored Mexico together in a convoy taking on various online activities. Mike was joined by Level Designer Andrew Baranowski and Game Designer Anna Poliakova.

Horizon Arcade is a collection of minigames that anyone can participate in around the world. Once the ongoing event has ended, everyone can drive to the new designated location to play another game. On stream, we played 3 variations including Piñata Pop, Bullseye and Mini Missions.

Piñata Pop tasks players to smash the donkey piñatas – but watch out, hitting those angry red cacti will ghost your car – preventing you from earning points temporarily!

In Bullseye , drive through as many of the floating targets as possible. Use the conveniently placed ramps to reach them. The closer to the centre you hit, the more points earned. Successfully smash a target and the next one appears. Miss and you’ll need to go back!

Horizon Tour is a friendly and relaxed way to experience Forza Horizon 5 online. It’s a casual co-op racing mode where you’ll team up with other players to face off against a team of easy-going Drivatars. Everyone drives to the next location after each race and the theme changes every five minutes so you can try out different cars. The Horizon Tour starts at the Horizon Festival site by its own gorgeous mural. It’s a great location to meetup and socialize, either with new people or friends and to show off your tuned-up ride. Here you can use Forza LINK to suggest Horizon Tour to those nearby – everyone who “Accepts” will be grouped together to play.

Horizon Open presents four flavours of gameplay – Open Racing, Open Drifting, Playground Games and The Eliminator. On stream, we highlighted how the sheer scale and verticality of Mexico makes it a great open world for our battle royale mode. For instance, torque is key to climbing the Gran Caldera volcano, while the city of Guanajuato tests your map knowledge. Due to its roots in Mexican car culture, we’ve chosen the 1963 Volkswagen Beetle as the new starter car. We’ve also placed Car Drops around points of interest, making these areas rewarding but risky to explore. Check out the livestream to see the gameplay for yourself, featuring 50 Playground developers all battling it out to be The Eliminator!

Before heading into our Q&A, we took another look at our social features, including Forza LINK, Kudos and Gift Drops.

Forza LINK – A smart tool that tracks your progress alongside that of nearby players to make it easy and seamless to “Link Up” and complete activities together. In addition to in-game communications with teammates, rivals and drivers in the open world, LINK can even be used to help other players locate Barn Finds by leaving a clue on their map.

Kudos – A social currency earned for positive actions in the game prominently highlighted in your Storefront. Perhaps you’ve helped someone locate a Barn Find, sent a Gift Drop or received a compliment on your driving finesse in an online race.

Gift Drops – Choose any car from your garage, customized or stock and send it to another player to find in their world. Select a message to attach with your gift and sign off with your in-game name or Gamertag. Once you send the car, it’s removed from your garage because you’re giving it away. You can choose if you’d like the gift to go to Anyone, New Players, Returning Players, New Hall of Fame Members or Community Contributors.

Now, let’s answer more of your burning questions across the spectrum of all things Forza Horizon 5!

Q: I heard that Forza LINK will be adaptive to our status and other players’ status. Will it also be adaptive to the seasons, time, races, places and anything else?

A: The way LINK works, there are certain conditions that we pick that will determine what options are available, and places are absolutely one of those. It looks at what’s nearby and different options will become available. Like, when you’re near a Barn Find, you can ask someone for help. If you’re in Playground Games for example, it knows what mode you’re in so you can give commands to ask for help. You can tell your teammates that there are zombies around the corner, or to go in and flank them! It also pushes you towards seasonal events if you haven’t already done them, it looks at what’s available right now and you can suggest those to other players.

Q: Will we see the Auction House feature in Forza Horizon 5 or just the Autoshow?

A: Yes, the Auction House returns – it’s had a bit of a lick of paint and been all modernized, alongside the Autoshow as well.

Q: Can you tell us more about what to expect with Street Scene?

Plus, new to Forza Horizon 5, fully customize any Street Scene event using EventLab!

Q: In previous livestreams, the updated livery system has been briefly mentioned. Can we get a glimpse at the customization options of the updated livery system?

A: We looked at the improved Livery Editor on Forza Monthly! You can check that out on Twitch or YouTube as a VoD – or scroll up in this blog for the rundown.

Q: Can we import liveries from past Forza games into Forza Horizon 5?

A: Yes, that’s a feature we have. You absolutely can import them!

Q: It’s amazing to show the works of Mexican artists in the game. What prompted you to do so and what was their reaction to the idea?

These beautiful murals, they’re not like on every street corner, but you see them as you’re moving through Mexican cities. And that was something we wanted people to be able to discover in the version of Mexico that we were creating.

So, we reached out to a number of artists across Mexico to try and touch on the different regions that you’ll be able to visit in the game, so they would be filled with the culture of that particular area of the world. They were thrilled to be a part of the project, they were really excited as soon as we spoke to them, and we couldn’t be happier with the end results. I think players will really enjoy going and hunting down those murals in the game.

There you have it. Everything we shared on our Forza Horizon 5 livestreams throughout September. For even more of Mexico in your life, visit the Xbox Wallpapers website to download murals from CIX , Raul Urias , Senkoe and Spaik . Click any of their names to learn more about the artist and their works.

We also shared 30 minutes of ambient sounds captured from Forza Horizon 5’s natural world for your listening pleasure. Ideal for relaxation, work or study.

Catch our upcoming Let’s ¡Go! episodes on the official Forza Twitch channel and follow us on Instagram and Twitter for all the latest news from the Horizon Festival. Adios amigos!

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Bring Me The Horizon Stokes Controversy With 'Jesus' Comments: 'This is Beyond Insulting'

Bring Me The Horizon caught some flak for the religious references in one of their recent social media posts.

The band just wrapped up a tour in Australia . The controversial statements came in a post announcing the set times for a show in Brisbane on Saturday, April 20.

"NEX GEN presents [Dreamseeker variant] 2024 OST+ A Post Human Study (phase II)," says the top of the schedule, which references the title of the BMTH's upcoming album .

"If Jesus Christ returns, well just kill that f--ker 2X," the graphic says. "What the hell is f--king wrong with me? I guess there's no remedy."

Christians left lots of angry comments left below the band's recent tweets, which surprised many longtime fans. Frontman Oli Sykes has been knocking organized religion since some of BMTH's earliest releases.

"As both Christian and metalhead, this is beyond insulting," one person said.

"Can’t believe I was so into this band when I was 16. You guys are so talented, yet reduce your self to this. Oli is such a loser," said another.

"Have mercy on them lord," a different commenter said.

"I’m never listening to you guys ever again. Disrespectful, distasteful, and when He does come back you’re going to learn a very hard lesson," someone else said. "Dare you to target a different religion."

Other commenters felt that knocking Christianity is no longer particularly controversial or edgy for a British band in 2024.

BMTH is most popular in the U.K., Australia and other parts of the Anglosphere, which have both historically been dominated by Christianity. But most of these places have seen a dramatic turn away from organized religion in recent decades.

Some fans pointed out that the band would likely garner a lot more attention and hate if they targeted a different religious group.

"Mock Islam if you have b--ls but you don't your just a coward going for low hanging fruit," one person said.

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BMTH still had lots of fans coming to their defense.

"Ayo, as a Christian I find this deeply, DEEPLY your own free will and right to artistic freedom," one person said. " Music slaps, their religion none of my business, non issue. Also sorry on behalf of the snowflake Christians that didnt read the bible properly."

Many other fans felt the same way.

"I think most people in this comment section forgot what shock value is," one commenter said.

"Thx for weeding out all the annoying ppl," said another.

"Now all of the snowflake Christians have left it's a lot nicer here," a different fan said.

An exact release date for BMTH's new album hasn't been announced, but it's supposed to come out sometime this year.

This will be Bring Me The Horizon's first full-length studio album since 2020's Post Human: Survival Horror . That record made it to No. 1 on the albums chart in the U.K., where it was also certified gold.

The upcoming album will be Bring Me The Horizon's first release in more than a decade without longtime keyboardist and composer Jordan Fish , who produced the new Architects single " Curse ."

He first appeared on the 2013 LP Sempiternal , which made it to No. 3 on the albums chart in the U.K.

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Sleep token, blink-182, bring me the horizon among 2024 heavy music awards nominees.

The U.K.’s Heavy Music Awards has announced its 2024 nominees, including Sleep Token , blink-182 and Bring Me the Horizon .

Sleep Token will compete for the Best Album prize with  Take Me Back to Eden , as well as in the Best U.K. Artist and Best U.K. Live Artist categories. blink’s ONE MORE TIME… is also up for Best Album, and Bring Me the Horizon is nominated for Best U.K. Artist and Best U.K. Live Artist, as well.

Other nominees include Avenged Sevenfold , Bad Omens , Beartooth and Spiritbox for Best International Artist; Bad Omens, Spiritbox, Ice Nine Kills , Limp Bizkit and Slipknot for Best International Live Artist, and Architects for Best U.K. Artist.

The 2024 Heavy Music Awards will take place August 22 in London. For the full list of nominees and to vote for your favorites, visit HeavyMusicAwards.com .

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‘the lord of the rings’ trilogy returning to theaters, remastered and extended.

Peter Jackson's Oscar-winning trilogy is coming back to theaters this summer via Fathom Events.

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Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings trilogy is coming back again — but it’s a bit different this time.

Warner Bros. and Fathom Events are teaming to rerelease the Oscar-winning fantasy blockbusters this summer.

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The screenings will start with 2001’s The Fellowship of the Ring  on June 8, then 2002’s  The Two Towers  on June 9, followed by 2003’s  The Return of the King  on June 10.

Tickets are now up on the Fathom Events site.

This year will be a big one for LOTR fans. Prime Video’s drama series The Lord of the Rings : The Rings of Power is expected to release its second season. There’s no official premiere date yet, but a fall or winter release seems likely.

Also, there’s Warner Bros.’ upcoming anime film, The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim , which tells the story of Helm Hammerhand, King of Rohan (of Helm’s Deep fame) who ruled over 250 years prior to the events of  The Lord of the Rings . The new film is set in the same universe as Jackson’s trilogy, with Mirando Otto returning to voice Éowyn. The War of the Rohirrim is being released Dec. 13.

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