By Sean Carey,
A new Festival Playlist is live in Forza Horizon 5 and Forza Horizon 5: Hot Wheels, and we've raced across Mexico to bring you the latest Festival Playlist challenges, tips, and tricks for the spring season in Series 13.
We've played through this season's Trial, Seasonal Championships, and PR Stunts to give you our recommended car selections and tunes for each event. We've also detailed the spring season's complete list of challenges, including vehicle restrictions, to make things easier to parse.By completing every event this month's Festival Playlist has to offer (Hot Wheels events are not required), you'll unlock the Min, Meet Max achievement.
The Min, Meet Max achievement in Forza Horizon 5 worth 102 pointsComplete all non-Expansion Events in a Festival Playlist Series
Series 13: Horizon 10-Year Anniversary
Forza Horizon 5's 13th Series gives us a fresh batch of cars to unlock. In Series 13: Horizon 10-Year Anniversary, grabbing 80 points across the Series will net you the hard-to-find Wuling Sunshine. If you collect 160 points, you'll bag the 650S Spider.
Spring: Hot Season
This week's Festival Playlist season is spring, and as always, two cars are up for grabs. For earning 20 points, you'll unlock the exclusive AM One-77, and for 40 points, the hard-to-find Peel P50.
Forzathon Events
Forzathon Weekly Challenge — Welcome to the UK (5 Season Points and 80 Forzathon Points)
Chapter | Chapter requirements |
Chapter 1: New Beginnings | Own and drive the 2018 McLaren Senna |
Chapter 2: No Limits | Earn five Ultimate Speed Skills in the 2018 McLaren Senna |
Chapter 3: Horizon History | Earn 12 Stars at PR Stunts in the 2018 McLaren Senna |
Chapter 4: The Great Race | Win a Road Racing Event in the 2018 McLaren Senna |
Forzathon Daily Challenges
Challenge | Challenge requirements | Season Points | Forzathon Points |
Party Like it's 2018 – active: 03/11/2022 | Visit the Horizon 4 Festival Site in Tierra Próspera | 1pts | 10 FP |
Block-Buster – active: 05/11/22 | Complete a Challenge Card in any Hoonigan | 1pts | 10 FP |
Trailblazing – active: 06/11/22 | Earn three Stars at Trailblazers | 1pts | 10 FP |
British Racing Green – active: 07/11/22 | Win a Road Racing Event in any Aston Martin | 1pts | 10 FP |
Master Builders – active: 08/11/22 | Play any EventLab from the Creative Hub | 1pts | 10FP |
Can't Catch Me! – active: 09/11/22 | Earn 5 Speed Skills in The Eliminator | 1pts | 10 FP |
Season Events
Event | Event requirements | Vehicle restrictions | Season Points | Reward |
The Trial: Stock Showdown: Land Rover Velar | Win two out of three races as a team against Unbeatable Drivatars | No Upgrades - Land Rover Velar, Class: B638 | 10pts | Mclaren P1 |
Eventlab: Dinofire Speedway Hot Wheels | Complete the Eventlab | Anything Goes, Class: S1900 | 3pts | Rawr Emote Reward |
Seasonal Playground Games: Survival | Complete the series of Playground Games events | Offroad, Class: B700 | 3pts | Land Rover Velar |
Drift Zone: Reservoir | Score 120,000 points in the Drift Zone | TVR, Class: S1900 | 2pts | Super Wheelspin |
Trail Blazer: Desert Descent | Beat the Trailblazer with a minimum of 12 seconds remaining on the clock | Land Rover, Class: A800 | 2pts | Super Wheelspin |
Trail Blazer: Over the Dune | Beat the Trailblazer with a minimum of eight seconds remaining on the clock | Jaguar, Class: A800 | 2pts | Super Wheelspin |
Seasonal Championship: Well-Seasoned | Win the Seasonal Championship against Highly Skilled Drivatars | Country: UK, Class: A800 | 5pts | Odesza - A Moment Apart |
Seasonal Championship: Mini Mayhem | Win the Seasonal Championship against Highly Skilled Drivatars | Mini, Class: B700 | 5pts | AM DBS SL '19 |
How to beat Forza Horizon 5 Spring Festival Playlist Season Events
For this week's Trial, Stock Showdown: Land Rover Velar, we can't give you any recommendations as you're restricted to a stock Land Rover Velar. Overall, The Trial this week is pretty easy and providing you have a half-decent team, you should win this one without a problem. The Velar is a pretty decent car overall, and there isn't too much to say about it. It can be a bit slow getting it up to a decent speed, but other than that, it's a good car for its class.For the Reservoir Drift Zone, you'll need to score more than 120,000 points in the Zone in a Class S1 TVR. To keep things nice and simple, we used a stock 2018 TVR Griffith, which costs 105,000 CR from the Autoshow. This Drift Zone is really long, so you'll have plenty of time to rack up 120,000 points. Get a bit of speed up, keep flinging the TVR's back end out using the handbrake, and you'll easily beat the target.
The Desert Descent Trailblazer asks you to beat the Trailblazer with at least 12 seconds remaining on the clock in a Class A Land Rover. We beat this one using a stock 2015 Land Rover Sport SVR. As soon as you pass through the starting gate, immediately hit a right and prepare yourself for a bumpy descent down the mountain. On your way down, you should see a dried-up riverbed that merges with an offroad track — don't follow these exactly as a straighter path is more efficient, but try to utilise them where possible until you get to the finishing gate. The rewind button is your friend here!
The final PR Stunt this week is the Over the Dune Trailblazer, which asks you to beat the Trailblazer with at least 8 seconds remaining on the clock in a Class A Jaguar. For this one, we went with a stock 2012 Jaguar XKR-S. Once you've passed through the starting gate, turn left and boot it towards the finishing line. Try to avoid crashing through trees and obstacles as they'll sap your speed, and once you get to the dunes, don't make any big jumps as the landing will slow you down.
The first Seasonal Championship, Well-Seasoned, you can use any Class A car so long as it was manufactured in the UK. The only car you'll need for this Championship is the excellent 2012 Lotus Exige S with tune: 160 987 299. The Lotus with this tune is blisteringly fast off the line and in terms of acceleration. It also handles really well, so you can easily nip around some of the tighter bends. It's not very fast overall, but once you're in first place, it will be easy to hold it there.
Our next Seasonal Championship is Mini Mayhem, where you can only use a Class B Mini. We won all three races in this Championship with a 2018 Mini X-Raid John Cooper Works Buggy with tune 132 585 243. The X-Raid is incredibly speedy off the line, but its top-end speed is lacking, so you'll want to drive aggressively and draft to get out in front, especially on the first race. Overall, the X-Raid with this setup is decent, and you should pick up three wins with it.
Challenges
Challenge | Challenge requirements | Season Points | Reward |
Treasure Hunt: Fame and Fortune | Earn at least one star at the Airfield Speed Zone in the 1945 Willys MB Jeep | 3pts | 250,000 CR |
Photo Challenge: #HorizonAnniversary | Photograph the 2018 Mclaren Senna at the Horizon 4 Festival Site in Tierra Prospera | 2pts | UK Cover Car Car Horn Reward |
Horizon Open: Muddy The Waters | Complete a Dirt Racing Horizon Open Custom Event | 2pts | Snow Crew Socks Clothing Reward |
The Eliminator: Battle Royale | Finish 30th or better | 2pts | Karaoke Emote Reward |
Collectibles: Alex Delivery! | Smash ten Horizon 4 Bonus Boards | 3pts | McLaren Senna |
Monthly Events
Event | Event description | Season Points | Reward |
Horizon Origins: Horizon Mexico | Take Scott for a ride through Mexcio | 12pts | Viper '13 Anniversary Edition |
Monthly Rivals: Lookout Circuit | Post a clean lap to complete | 4pts | N/A |
Forza EV: Arch Of Mulege Circuit | Post a clean lap to complete | 4pts | N/A |
Hot Wheels Events
Event | Event requirements | Vehicle restrictions | Season Points | Reward |
Drift Zone: Water's Edge | Score 130,000 points in the Drift Zone | Anything Goes, Class: S2998 | 2pts | Super Wheelspin |
Seasonal Championship: Hot Wheels-athon | Win the Seasonal Championship against Highly Skilled Drivatars | Country: United Kingdom, Class: S1900 | 5pts | Ranger Rover '73 |
For the Water's Edge Drift Zone, you'll need 130,000 points or more in the Zone in any Class S2 car. To keep things simple, we went with the excellent 1965 Hoonigan Ford "Hoonicorn" Mustang, which will easily see you score more than 130,000 points in the Zone — get up some speed and keep throwing the back end out.
This week's Hot Wheels Seasonal Championship, Hot Wheels-athon, requires you to win the Championship in a Class S1 car manufactured in the UK. We went with the same 2018 TVR Griffith that we used for the Reservoir Drift Zone, and picked up three wins on the bounce. You'll probably find yourself languishing at the back at the start of each race, but once the TVR gets up to speed, it flies.
Got any recommended cars or tunes for completing this season's challenges that differ from ours? Give the community your suggestions down in the comments below, and let us know if you found our round-up useful!
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