One of the mightiest modern muscle cars shows up to blast the Street Racing scene as a reward car for Midnight Muscle. Taking the best from the Demon, the Hellcat, and the Redeye, say hello to the 2022 Dodge Challenger SRT Super Stock.

The 6.2-liter Hemi V8 engine (same engine you can find in the Redeye) looks better than ever fitted inside a widebody kit. Some computer tuning and the already amazing engine now produces 807 horsepower.

Dodge made sure the Super Stock could master more than one type of racing fitting it with an adaptive shock system that helps the car perform like a grand tourer on the track, and to obliterate competition on drag races.

Show how well this car performs underneath the neon lit Horizon Festival!

A muscle car built for endurance racing; the 1995 Ford Mustang SVT Cobra R is a road legal racing monster purchasable only by licensed racers.

This new model of the SVT Cobra was fitted with an even larger engine than its predecessor. The Cobra R came with a 5.8-liter V8 engine that produces 300 horsepower, making it the most powerful pony available at the time.

Only 250 units of the SVT Cobra R were built, and you could only buy them if you had intentions of running them on the track for endurance events. Making sure every copy of this car has one clear target: secure a win for the American car maker.

What’s cooler than a snake badge? Try a snake wrapped around a blood-red R.


Don’t forget to vote for the Festival Playlist you want to replay with the new Playlist Voting! The first duel puts High Performance[forza.net] and Italian Automotive[forza.net] head-to-head.

There's still more content coming to Forza Horizon 5, so sign up for our Newsletter[forza.net] where you can stay up to date with the latest news about the game!

Time to flex and to race in Forza Horizon 5’s latest update: Midnight Muscle. This series brings back some fan-favorite Evolving World features such as the extended night cycles, Neon Airstrip, and neon decorations in racing events.

Unlock two muscle cars from the modern era on Midnight Muscles Festival Playlist.

A brand-new feature will let you pick your favorite cinematic Start Screen from previous Forza Horizon 5 content updates.

Midnight Muscle also introduces the Festival Playlist Voting which lets players vote between two prior Festival Playlist to return to the game during the following month.

Make those engines roar underneath the neon lights with Midnight Muscle!

• Cinematic Start Screen Selection
  
• Festival Playlist Voting (From January 30 onwards)

• Returning Neon Airstrip Evolving World and Drone Show
  
• Returning Evolving World Neon H Collectible and Neon Tank Photo Decorations
  
• Returning Neon Decorated Races
  
• Returning Extended Nights
  
• 1 Series Car Collector Accolade

• Retroactively marked the Series 40 Horizon Track Day “ISO 200” Treasure Hunt Challenge as completed
  
• Fixed an issue with the Horizon Backstage where cars in the Backstage Shop were not ordered by the date they were added
  
• Fixed an issue with the 1971 Nissan Skyline 2000 GTR where the widebody kit front splitter couldn’t be painted
  
• Fixed an issue with the 2014 Ford UTE where the lamps were incorrectly showing a ‘’CH_1’’ when braking

You can find a list of issues we are currently investigating here.[support.forzamotorsport.net] The Troubleshooting Hub[aka.ms] is always open for you to leave any reports you have.

Available from January 28, players will be able to select their favorite Start Screen video from a curated list of favorites.

Your selected cinematic will replace the traditional “Welcome to Mexico” default screen every time you boot the game.

Players will be able to choose the following cinematics:

• Welcome To Mexico (Standard)
  
• Welcome to Colorado (FH1)
  
• Welcome to Europe (FH2)
  
• Welcome to Australia (FH3)
  
• Welcome to the UK (FH4)
  
• Italian Automotive
  
• Horizon Retrowave

If you can’t choose your favorite (we know how difficult it must be), there will also be a Shuffle option available which will automatically choose a different video every time you start the game.

From January 30 onward, our community will vote between two previous Festival Playlists they want to replay next month!

Head over to the “Playlist Vote” section (which replaces the Coming Soon section) and vote for one of two previous Festival Playlist options. The one with the most votes will be available to play in Forza Horizon 5 for the next 4 weeks. Voting starts on the first week of each series. The winner will be announced with a dedicated screen as week 4 starts

The first Playlists available for voting will be Italian Automotive and High Performance, make sure to cast your vote before time ends!

For more information, please take a look at our dedicated blog post.[aka.ms]


Buckle up and start your engines to race underneath the neon lights decorating racing events this series.

To enjoy the neon-lit scenery, the extended night cycles make a triumphant return as well!

Aeródromo en la Selva becomes shrouded in lights once more as neon decorations and the Drone Show from Midnights at Horizons returns to this iconic location.

If those features aren’t as bright for you, there’s still more coming. The Neon Tank Photo Decorations are coming back for Photo Challenges during the four weeks of Midnight Muscle. Travel to the Horizon Street Scene Outpost in week four to find and smash the Neon Cube Collectible!


Don’t forget to vote for the Festival Playlist you want to replay with the new Playlist Voting! The first duel puts High Performance[forza.net] and Italian Automotive[forza.net] head-to-head.

There's still more content coming to Forza Horizon 5, so sign up for our Newsletter[forza.net] where you can stay up to date with the latest news about the game!

Unlock two more DeBerti monstrous creations this week! The 2019 DeBerti Toyota Tacoma TRD "The Performance Truck" and the 2018 DeBerti Chevrolet Silverado 1500 Drift Truck as rewards for completing the Heavy Duty Dash Seasonal Championship and the To the Limit Hot Wheels Seasonal Championship.

This week’s EventLab challenge, the Scale X Tricks features an Aston Martin superstar as reward!

Complete these and many more events on the final week of Horizon Extreme starting today and until January 30.

If you have encountered any issues with this update, please make sure to report it on our Troubleshooting Hub[aka.ms]. You will find other known issues we are currently investigating as well.

SERIES REWARDS

• 80 PTS: 2015 Radical RXC Turbo
  
  
• 160 PTS: 1969 Hot Wheels Twin Mill

SPRING REWARDS

• 20 PTS: 2024 Aston Martin Valkyrie AMR
  
  
• 40 PTS: Backstage Pass

Be the first to know everything about Forza Horizon 5 by joining our newsletter.

Visit the official sign-up page[forza.net] and join in to learn more about what’s coming to the game.

New preference options in the “My Details” page on ‘My Forza’ allow you to choose Forza Horizon, Forza Motorsport or all Forza game news. You can also check out previous newsletters sent by our team when you sign up.

Sign up and stay in touch!

For 20 PTS on the Festival Playlist, add a car that shows off an astonishing power-to-weight ratio of less than two: the 2013 Donkervoort D8 GTO.

Built for speed and handling, this car will surely leave its mark around the Stunt Park!

This week at the Forzathon Shop, you’ll be able to pick between a 2018 Apollo Intensa Emozione and a 2021 Rimac Nevera. Why not get enough points and get them both?

The Trial’s reward goes as extreme as this series with a 1977 Hoonigan GYMKHANA 10 Ford F-150 'Hoonitruck' as a reward for completing this week’s “Ute the Best!” challenge.

Let us know what you’d like to see in Forza Horizon 5 in the future. Send your ideas and suggestions to our team through the Suggestions Hub[aka.ms].

If you into any issue on this update or others in the future, tell us about them on the Troubleshooting Hub[aka.ms]

These are all the rewards coming to Forza Horizon 5 starting this week.

SERIES REWARDS

• 80 PTS: 2015 Radical RXC Turbo
  
  
• 160 PTS: 1969 Hot Wheels Twin Mill

SPRING REWARDS

• 20 PTS: 2013 Donkervoort D8 GTO
  
  
• 40 PTS: Backstage Pass

Connect with other players in our community!

Join our Discord server [discord.gg] to see EventLab maps, liveries, and photos. Look for specific cars on the Auctions channel. Get tips on tunes and builds for your cars. Participate in our polls, discuss your favorite rides, and so much more!

Our Discord is open for everyone, so click on the link and join our community today.

The extreme car collection welcomes the 1965 Hoonigan GYMKHANA 10 Ford Hoonicorn Mustang, a 1400 bhp monster available to unlock on the Festival Playlist for 20 PTS as this week’s reward car.

Keep gathering those points to score a Backstage Pass! Unlock hard-to-find cars on the Backstage Shop and purchase them using this unique currency. For more info on how Backstage Passes work, please visit this article[support.forzamotorsport.net].

Shoot your suggestions to make Forza Horizon 5 the best experience for you at our Suggestions Hub[aka.ms].

If you have encountered any issues with this update or any other part of the game, please visit the Troubleshooting Hub[aka.ms].

SERIES REWARDS

• 80 PTS: 2015 Radical RXC Turbo
  
  
• 160 PTS: 1969 Hot Wheels Twin Mill

SPRING REWARDS

• 20 PTS: 1965 Hoonigan GYMKHANA 10 Ford Hoonicorn Mustang
  
  
• 40 PTS: Backstage Pass

Drift around the Stunt Park on a specialized Corvette unlocking the 2013 Formula Drift #777 Chevrolet Corvette by completing this week’s The Trial: Corvetting the Competition.

A 2014 Local Motors Rally Fighter and a 2002 Koenigsegg CC8S are available as rewards for the two Seasonal Championships. You have until January 16 to complete them!

Grab your camera and get to the Stunt Park to complete this week’s Photo Challenge, #STUNTPARADISE.

Reign in speed with another DeBerti speed monster: the 1965 DeBerti Chevrolet C10 ‘Slayer’.

Extreme is not enough to describe this car. Fitted with six wheels, three axels, matte finishes, and red details on the exterior, the Slayer is as metal as cars can get.

The goal when building this monstrous machine was to take it as close as possible to 1000 horsepower while still using regular fuel. The DeBerti team managed to reach 900 bhp thanks to the 2020 GM LSX-B15 V8 engine provided by Chevrolet Performance.

Get onboard this metal storm unlocking it with 20 PTS on the Festival Playlist!

If you have any suggestions to make the Forza Horizon 5 experience better than it has been, visit our Suggestions Hub[aka.ms] and let us know!

Contact the team on the Troubleshooting Hub[aka.ms] if you see any issues with this new update or its features.

Shred the Horizon Festival’s featured challenges:

SERIES REWARDS

• 80 PTS: 2015 Radical RXC Turbo
  
  
• 160 PTS: 1969 Hot Wheels Twin Mill

SPRING REWARDS

• 20 PTS: 1965 DeBerti C10 Slayer
  
  
• 40 PTS: Backstage Pass

The Stunt Park has returned to the Stadium for Horizon Extreme!

Explore its jumps, ramps, smashable props, and more. Accolades related to the Stunt Park Stadium will be available to unlock during this series as well.

On the first week of Horizon Extreme, dive into the Park and search for 10 Dinosaur Piñata Collectibles. Smash them all to complete the Pinatasaurus challenge!

Complete the holiday tour of performance luxury wagons with the 2014 Cadillac CTS-V Sport Wagon, a turbocharged vehicle with Cadillac’s unique touch for comfort.

To get this beast of a ride moving Cadillac put a 6.2-liter V8 engine inside of it. We believe this decision was made in case a street race arose on your weekend dives with your family. Better believe the CTS-V Sport Wagon will perform in that situation clocking in a 0-100 kph time of about 4 seconds and can finish a quarter-mile race in about 12 seconds.

Racecar-esque times around the track won’t stop the American brand from fitting this car with luxurious and comfortable leather interiors.

Unlock this station wagon monster with 20 PTS on the Festival Playlist until January 2.

If you have encountered any issues with this update, please make sure to report it on our Troubleshooting Hub[aka.ms]. You will find other known issues we are currently investigating as well.

SERIES REWARDS

• 80 PTS: 2022 BMW i4
  
  
• 160 PTS: 2018 Audi RS 4 Avant

SPRING REWARDS

• 20 PTS: 2014 Cadillac CTS-V Sport Wagon
  
  
• 40 PTS: Backstage Pass

Your final gift is waiting in the Festival Playlist.

Complete the “Snow Business” Seasonal Championship available on this week of the Horizon Holiday Mix-up and unlock the Classic Cinema Outfit.

Take your character back to the time when classic holiday films were on the big screen with this new outfit available until January 2.

As we approach the end of 2024, we want to hear from you on what you like and don’t like about how we engage and interact with the Forza community on Steam.

What could we do better, or more of, to make it better for you? Your thoughts and ideas are important to us, so please fill out the survey today, and we will see you on the racetrack!

Complete our Steam Forza Community Survey by clicking here.[forms.office.com]

NOTE: The feedback we’re looking for is specific to the work we do to keep you in the loop here on Steam. If you have general game feedback or other issues to report, those should instead be shared on the Suggestions Hub[aka.ms] or Troubleshooting Hub[aka.ms], so they can be seen by the right people on our development team. Thank you!

2024 has been one of Forza’s busiest years yet, as both Forza Horizon 5 and Forza Motorsport continue to receive regular feature and content updates from our developers at Playground Games and Turn 10 Studios.

With so many game updates to keep up with, this year we launched the Forza Newsletter[forza.net], a periodic notification service that delivers the latest Forza news to your email inbox. Whether you prefer exploring offroad vistas, zooming through chicanes on circuits, or even doing both kinds of racing, there’s something for everyone in the Forza Newsletter[forza.net]. (Psst... keep an eye out, and you might find some in-game goodies in a future newsletter...)

Livery by JDMADIAZ


Cars and community—a combination made possible by game developers and game players, together. The Forza team is continuously inspired by the out-of-the-box and thoughtful creations made by the millions of Forza players across our games. While we’ve shared some examples in this article, our complete “Best of 2024” collections on the forums will let you peruse some of our favorite photos and livery designs. You may find a new signature look for your favorite car, or maybe you’ll be inspired to start creating and sharing your own in-game artistic talents!

• Best of the year in FH5 Photos [forums.forza.net]
  
• Best of the year in FH5 Liveries [forums.forza.net]
  
• Best of the year in FM Photos [forums.forza.net]
  
• Best of the year in FM Liveries [forums.forza.net]

Forza Horizon 5 players--there’s still time to vote for your favorite EventLab creations in this year’s Golden Tank Awards![forums.forza.net] These fantastical and elaborate races, obstacle courses, puzzles, adventures, and tracks continue to evolve in quality as more players try their hand at building their own blueprint and placing props.

2024 was also the year of creative UGC collaborations. Livery artist PTG Fluex and EventLab expert JohCee came together to produce "Miniracers," a project featuring four unique EventLab creations designed to evoke the charm of racing vintage toy cars in nostalgic and whimsical environments, with liveries inspired by classic toy cars.

The collaborations went far beyond just individual players teaming up; one example is the fan groups Forza Street Wars and the Forza Creators Guild, who partnered to create compelling competitive courses that highlighted the technical skills of EventLab builders while challenging the racers of Street Wars tournaments with exciting and unfamiliar terrain.

Arguably, the biggest Forza Motorsport community event of 2024 was the 9 Hours of Kyalami World Cup, hosted by TORA (The Online Racing Association) and featuring over 100 teams, with 350+ individual drivers. And yes, they all really raced for 9 whole hours! Congratulations to ESV Motorsports!

Livery by FormFirm

2024 was a steady year of progress for Forza Motorsport. Between 12 content updates, the game bolstered its lineup of cars and tracks, while also introducing several new features and quality of life improvements, many of which were inspired by the community voting on Suggestions Hub. [aka.ms]
Some of the notable track highlights over the past year include Nürburgring Nordschleife, Sebring International Raceway, Road Atlanta, Sunset Peninsula – last featured in Forza Motorsport 4[forza.net] – and most recently, Mount Panorama Circuit, Bathurst – home of the V8 Supercars Championship.

Many new and returning cars were also added to the game, such as the 2024 Next-Gen NASCAR, 2024 Ford Mustang RTR, 2019 Ginetta G40 Junior, 2018 Aston Martin #97 AMR Vantage GTE, 2018 Saleen S302 Black Label, 1988 Chevrolet #77 Beretta Trans Am, and even more.

There have been improvements to overall stability and performance, new game modes like Drift, Endurance and Multi-Class, and a host of new feature additions, including Car Proximity Radar, Spectate, Practice & Qualifying in Private Multiplayer, Advanced Car Ghosting, and more. With Challenge Hub, it became possible to earn reward cars by playing either the Career or Featured Multiplayer,[forza.net] and we’ve continued making updates to other aspects of the game, including visual fidelity and audio quality, Drivatar AI, Forza Race Regulations, and Driver & Safety Ratings.

Photo by FRT Davi

As we work towards the future of Forza Motorsport, we started some new community initiatives this year to help ensure we’re going in the right direction. Our team has been sharing progress updates in our letters to the community[forza.net], and we kicked off a new “In the Garage” Discord AMA[forza.net] series to allow our developers to go deeper into the areas of the game that you care the most about.

We also opened the Forza Insiders Program where you can sign up for the opportunity to participate in playtests[forza.net] of future Forza Motorsport updates on PC or console as well as share your opinions on game content in feedback surveys and our exclusive forums.

We’ve celebrated numerous partnerships throughout 2024[forza.net], including Mobil 1 – with new Rivals challenges and a rebranding of Maple Valley[forza.net] – as well as Logitech, McLaren, and NASCAR. An undoubtable highlight was our sneaker collaboration with Jordan and professional basketball player Luka Dončić. This included a rendition of Hakone featuring the iconic Jordan brand, and all players were sent a custom 1969 Chevrolet Camaro Jordan Luka 3 Motorsport Edition. Players can compete in the Jordan Luka 3 Motorsport Series using this car – inspired by the shoe – to unlock a special racing suit, and we also made the vehicle available to everyone playing Forza Horizon 5. [forza.net]

Photo by Kerles


Never thought we could dribble around the roads of the Horizon Festival in a car like the 1969 Chevrolet Camaro Jordan Luka 3 Motorsport Edition, but 2024 was a year with a ton of surprises coming to Forza Horizon 5 that we hope you enjoyed and will keep enjoying while adventuring through Mexico.

We kicked off the year with Community Choice[forza.net], a content update done partially with members of our community. Our players got the chance to vote which cars, features, and decorations they wanted to see back into the game. The votes were tallied, and the result was a series filled with neon lights at Aeródromo en la Selva, 16 returning stunts, 10 reward cars added to the Autoshow, and a Festival Playlist packed with European Exotics.

That’s not the only time our community came together for an update. Back in March, the Horizon Race-off went live[forza.net]. This update gave our players a collaborative goal: complete street and off-road racing events to unlock two cars for the entire community! A new traveling outpost made its way to the Horizon Festival this series too. The Race-Off Outpost showed players progress on both the street and off-roading challenges, but the past part of this new feature is that it changed its location every week allowing players to explore the map to find it.

Two months after the Race-Off, a wave of retro vibes took over the Horizon Festival with Horizon Retrowave[forza.net]. This content update featured a new start screen players saw (and many chose as their favorite) as soon as the game booted with the update. The Retrowave wasn’t only about the looks, but also the sounds. Forza Horizon 5 welcomed a new synthwave radio station: Horizon Wave. Hosted by Isabel Moss, the new station featured 21 new songs including a streamer friendly “Encanto Remix” by Mitch Murder.

An exciting new game mode came to Forza Horizon 5 this year on the Hidden Horizons[aka.ms] update along with all the cars and content: Hide & Seek. This new 5v1 experience had players enjoy a thrilling game of chase between two teams. 5 players joined the game as the Seekers whose job is to find and stay close to the Hider in order to fill their meter. If the meter reached 100% before time runs out or before the Seeker reaches their destination, they took home the win! On the other side, Hiders had to use the environment and NPC cars to cover themselves and stay hidden from the Seekers until the End Zone location was revealed to all players. When the End Zone is revealed, their mission becomes to reach that location before Hiders complete their meter. The following game update, Back to the 90’s[forza.net], gave players the opportunity to unlock accolades and achievements related to Hide & Seek. We hope you still enjoy hiding and chasing as much as we have!

EventLab creators had a great time this year with all the props added to the game that ranges from coffee cups, racing decorations, highways, elevation pieces, and of course the new Halo props that came in the Horizon Track Day[aka.ms]. Our largest Prop Pack ever featured 71 pieces with iconic structures from the Halo franchise such as the Covenant Barricade, UNSC Barricade, Covenant Drop Pod, Energy Shield, Covenant Crate, UNSC Pelican, and more. Most of these pieces came directly from Halo Studios, bringing them right out of Forge Mode and into the Horizon Festival. Three songs from Halo’s OST were also added to the game during this series to FH5’s radio stations. Horizon XS now plays the Halo Theme Gungnir Mix (feat. Steve Vai) and Radio Eterna added Installation 04 and The Trails to its catalogue.

Forza Horizon 5 saw an amazing set of car packs with a large variety of cars, including EVs, superstar racers, pop culture icons, and more. One of our community’s favorites was the Universal Icons Car Pack[forza.net], which included 5 cars from TV shows and movies: 3 versions of the Back to the Future Time Machine with movie-like lights and sounds, the 1982 Universal Studios K.I.T.T. (featuring the Super Pursuit Bodykit), and the iconic 1992 Universal Studios Jeep Wrangler Sahara ‘Jurassic Park.’


By the time this article is published, Forza Horizon 4 will no longer be available for purchase at online stores. However, the game is still completely playable, and the game’s servers are still running, so you can still hop in and explore Britain’s beautiful landscapes with other players in the open world! Remember that if you played Forza Horizon 4 on Xbox Game Pass and bought any DLC content for the game, you may be eligible for a game token that you can still redeem. Please take a look at our blog post for more information. [forza.net]


In the grand scheme of time, 2024’s coming and going marks 19 years since the release of the very first Forza game. That’s right—2025 is Forza’s 20th anniversary, and we’re planning some fun activities and surprises for the whole Forza community next year.

Thanks for racing with us this year, and we’ll see you on the road in 2025!