Forza Horizon 5

Forza Horizon 5

Developers
	Playground Games
	Turn 10 Studios
	Sumo Digital
Publishers
	Xbox Game Studios
Engines
	ForzaTech
Release dates
Windows	November 9, 2021
Reception
Metacritic	91
OpenCritic	92
IGDB	94
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase, DLC, Subscription gaming service
Modes	Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Third-person, First-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Open world, Racing
Vehicles	Automobile, Truck
Art styles	Realistic
Themes	Contemporary, North America
Series	Forza

Forza
Forza Motorsport 6: Apex	2016
Forza Horizon 3	2016
Forza Motorsport 7	2017
Forza Street	2018
Forza Horizon 4	2018
Forza Horizon 5	2021
Forza Motorsport	2023

Forza Horizon 5 is an open world racing game developed by Playground Games with the assistance of Turn 10 Studios and published by Xbox Game Studios. It is the twelfth main title in the Forza series. As with past Forza Horizon games, it has players driving around in various real-world vehicles within a fictionalized recreation of a real-world environment to compete in and enjoy the fictitious Horizon Festival. Mexico is the setting for this entry, with a map that's 50% larger than Forza Horizon 4's version of Great Britain.

The game was released on November 5, 2021, for Premium Edition players and Xbox Game Pass subscribers who bought the Premium Add-ons Bundle, and November 9, 2021, for Standard and Deluxe Edition players, including Xbox Game Pass subscribers.

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Microsoft Store		Xbox Play Anywhere. Standard Edition included with Xbox Game Pass for PC.
Steam		Deluxe and Premium Edition also available.

All versions require a Microsoft account.

Version differences

The Deluxe Edition includes the base game and the Car Pass.

The Premium Edition includes the base game, all Deluxe Edition content, VIP Membership, 2 expansions (Hot Wheels and Rally Adventure) and the Welcome Pack.

Monetization

Type	Notes
Cross-game bonus	Certain vehicles can be unlocked by playing Forza series games from Forza Horizon to Forza Motorsport 7 and Forza Horizon 4.
DLC	The DLC includes new cars.
One-time game purchase	The game requires an upfront purchase to access.
Subscription gaming service	Available via Xbox Game Pass for PC.

DLC and expansion packs

Name	Notes
Car Pass	Includes 50 cars for a discounted overall price.
Formula Drift Pack	Included in Car Pass
Horizon Racing Pack
Hot Wheels	Introduces a new Hot Wheels-inspired playable area, new cars, and events
Italian Exotics Car Pack
Rally Adventure
Treasure Map	Reveals the exact location of all Bonus Boards and Barn finds in the main game and its expansions
VIP Membership	Receive 3 Exclusive Forza Edition cars, Crown Flair, Vanity Items, Emote and Car Horn, gift Player House, 2x Credit race rewards, weekly bonus Super Wheelspins, and more.
Welcome Pack	Includes 5 pre-tuned cars, a Player House, a single-use free car voucher redeemable for any car available in the Autoshow, and 3 single-use free clothing item vouchers for any Common or Rare rated clothing items.
Xbox Wireless Controller – Forza Horizon 5 Limited Edition Bonus DLC	DLC exclusively bundled with the Forza Horizon 5 Limited Edition Xbox Wireless Controller. Includes a 1932 Ford De Luxe Five-Window Coupe Forza Edition with an exclusive livery, the Color Pop avatar T-shirt, and the Color Pop avatar emote, only redeemable with a microsoft account, is impossible for steam users.

Essential improvements

Skip intro video

Delete the intro video files[citation needed]
Delete the file T10_MS_Combined.bk2 in the following two folders <path-to-game>\media\UI\Videos <path-to-game>\media\UI\Videos\hires Notes Instead of the too loud intro video now only a silent black screen is displayed. The game might now load a little faster into the main menu if your PC is fast enough. This may need to be redone every time a new patch drops.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Microsoft Store	%LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\Microsoft.624F8B84B80_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalCache\Local\User_GamingLocalStorageDirectory\ConnectedStorage\ForzaUserConfigSelections\UserConfigSelections
Steam	%LOCALAPPDATA%\ForzaHorizon5\User_SteamLocalStorageDirectory\ConnectedStorage\ForzaUserConfigSelections\UserConfigSelections
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1551360/pfx/

Save game data location

System	Location
Microsoft Store	%LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\Microsoft.624F8B84B80_8wekyb3d8bbwe\SystemAppData\wgs\
Steam	<Steam-folder>\userdata\<user-id>\1551360\remote\<user-id>\
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1551360/pfx/

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud
Xbox Cloud

Video

Video settings

Graphics settings

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed		Enabled by default, no option for exclusive fullscreen.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		Option doesn't work properly as of now. Force it to 16x in GPU control panel and set in-game Anisotropic Filtering to Low.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		TAA, FXAA, and up to 8x MSAA. MSAA softlocks the game with "Applying MSAA Settings" when using integrated graphics. DLAA was added through an update on November 8, 2022.
High-fidelity upscaling		FSR 2.2, DLSS 3.1 FSR 2.2 and DLSS 2 were added through an update on November 8, 2022. DLSS Frame Generation was added through an update on March 28, 2023.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS		Includes a FPS-cap to refresh-rate and half of refresh-rate. Crowds animate at 30 FPS.
High dynamic range display (HDR)
Ray tracing (RT)		Car reflections. On November 8, 2022 an update was released that enhanced the previous implementation of ray-traced car reflections further by introducing new Ultra and Extreme ray tracing settings: Off Medium (ForzaVista: half resolution) High (ForzaVista: full resolution) Ultra (ForzaVista: full resolution; Photo mode: full resolution including AI cars; Free roam + races: half resolution) Extreme (ForzaVista: full resolution; Photo mode: full resolution including AI cars; Free roam + races: full resolution).
Color blind mode		Deuteranopia, Protanopia, and Tritanopia modes.

Input

Controls settings

Advanced controls settings

The game can send telemetry data to supported software like SimHub and devices like motion platforms, bass shakers and telemetry displays through the UDP protocol.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration

PlayStation controllers		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.

Generic/other controllers		Also support racing wheels and add-on from various manufacturers.
Button prompts		Generic button prompts is used when using a racing wheel.

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio

Audio settings

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Master, Car, Tires, Speech, Radio, UI, SFX, GPS & LFE
Surround sound		Supports Windows Sonic, Dolby Atmos for Headphones, Dolby Atmos for home theater and DTS:Headphone X. Outputs exhaust audio only to Center Channel, breaking sound on many virtual surround setups.
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

ASL (American Sign Language) and BSL (British Sign Language) translations in the form of videos with interpreters in picture-in-picture mode are available for cut-scenes in the Accessibility menu. This option was added on May 1, 2022, then will later be added in the Hot Wheels DLC in the future. It was added for the Stories on November 8, 2023. More info here

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English				US and UK
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese				Voice over added on December 6, 2022.
Czech
Danish				Added in Series 9 update.
Dutch				Added in Series 9 update.
Finnish				Added in Series 9 update.
French
German
Greek				Added in Series 9 update.
Hungarian
Italian				Voice over added in Series 9 update.
Japanese				Voice over added on December 6, 2022.
Korean				Voice over added in Series 9 update.
Norwegian				Added in Series 9 update.
Polish
Portuguese				Added in Series 9 update.
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Spanish				Voice over added in Series 9 update.
Latin American Spanish
Swedish				Added in Series 9 update.
Turkish

Network

Crossplay with Xbox One and Series X/S is available.

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
Local play
LAN play
Online play		12	Versus, Co-op 2-12 players for Versus, 2-6 for Co-op Supports crossplay between PC and Xbox One.

Connection types

Type	Native	Notes
Matchmaking
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Self-hosting
Direct IP

Issues fixed

See Known Issues for current issues with the game.

Stuttering

Eliminate sudden framerate fluctuations
Navigate to Settings → HUD and Gameplay and disable player-designed cars and drivatars. Disable online-functionality by switching to Horizon Solo mode.

Eliminate random framerate drops[citation needed]
Set G-Sync in NVIDIA Control panel or NVIDIA Profile Inspector (choose Forza Horizon 5 profile) to Fullscreen only.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	12

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Audio	FMOD Studio
Cutscenes	Bink Video	2020.07

Higher resolution and higher quality cutscene videos for lower than 4K resolutions

Copy the higher quality/resolution videos over[citation needed]
Open the folder <path-to-game>\media\UI\Videos\hires Copy and overwite all .bk2 files into <path-to-game>\media\UI\Videos Notes This will heighten your CPU load very slightly. This may need to be redone every time a new patch drops.

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	10 (1703)
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core i5-4460 AMD Ryzen 3 1200	Intel Core i5-8400 AMD Ryzen 5 1500X
System memory (RAM)	8 GB	16 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	110 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce GTX 970 AMD Radeon RX 470 DirectX 12 compatible	Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 AMD Radeon RX 590
Other	Broadband Internet connection

A 64-bit operating system is required.

A LGA775 processor can only reach the menus (as of 1.414.967.0).