Forza Horizon 5 Series 11 Brings Seven New Cars and a Celebration of Mexican Racing History

What you need to know

• Forza Horizon 5 is constantly evolving over time through the Festival playlist, bringing new cars, challenges, races and more to the game.
• On Thursday, Playground Games revealed all the details about the upcoming Series 11 update.
• The FH5, also known as “Rami’s racing history”, will celebrate the history of Mexico with cars and players leading through the decades.
• The update brings seven new cars, the “Made in Mexico” Horizon story, and much more.

Forza Horizon 5 includes dozens of hours of content in the base game, but it has been adding more and more with each successive Festival Playlist update. On Thursday, Playground Games hosted its monthly Let’s Go! FH5 stream to share what’s coming to its flagship open world racing game with the next content update. Series 11 “Rami’s Racing History” is coming.

After celebrating Forza Horizon 5: Hot Wheels and the Extreme E racing extravaganza, Series 11 of Forza Horizon 5’s Festival Playlist focuses on Mexico’s vibrant automotive culture and the personal racing history of one of its best characters. A respectable range of cars, new challenges and events, and quality of life improvements are arriving with the release. There’s also a new Horizon story “Made in Mexico,” which celebrates important vehicles in Mexico’s automotive culture.

Some of the new features and additions in Forza Horizon 5 Series 11 “Rami’s Racing History” are:

• A celebration of racing history. Series 11 of Forza Horizon 5 dedicates each season to a new era of racing, starting with all pre-70s cars. Each season features numerous vehicle rewards, as well as an assortment of challenges, races and championships.
• “Made in Mexico” Horizon Story. Another Horizon story is coming to Forza Horizon 5, this time with nine chapters. Each chapter focuses on a specific car made in Mexico or important to Mexico’s automotive culture, and includes plenty of commentary from Rami and other recurring characters.
• Seven new cars. As expected, Forza Horizon 5 Series will bring 11 new cars to the game. This time, seven additional vehicles will arrive throughout the series, including:
  • 1955 Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR
  • 1955 Porsche 550A Spyder
  • 1985 HDT UK Commodore Group A
  • 1990 Subaru Legacy RS
  • 2010 BMW M3 GTS (E92)
  • 2020 Xpeng P7
  • BMW M4 Competition Coupe 2021
• Refinement of the festival playlist. Playground Games is committed to further enhancing the Festival Playlist experience, including:
  • Add extra voiceover and other details to the festival playlist
  • Move the monthly events to a more prominent location
  • Dedicated Forza Horizon 5: Hold Hot Wheels Challenges Complete With Their Own Section
• New seasonal PR stunts. Forza Horizon 5 has an evolving world, which can change over time. With Series 11, Playground Games is introducing a number of limited-time seasonal PR stunts, including the “Green Hills” and “River Run” speed zones, which are only available during the season they appear.
• Forzathon Store Sales. Every Wednesday throughout Series 11, high-end and rare vehicles enjoy huge discounts in the Forzathon Shop, allowing players to secure valuable cars without shelling out a fortune.
• New EventLab props. The EventLab, which will allow players to create custom content for Forza Horizon 5, will receive new props with Series 11. All props, accessories and collectibles from the Extreme E event will be available to all players through EventLab.
• Bug fixes and improvements. Of course, Forza Horizon 5 Series 11 includes a plethora of bug fixes and improvements. Some of the headliner changes include:
  • A fix for bugged treasure chests on PC, including retroactively completing those Treasure Hunt challenges in previous series
  • Fixed an issue where players would return to Horizon Mexico from the Hot Wheels Park after a reboot
  • Fixed an issue where players were placed in a different vehicle than they were driving after a restart
  • Playground Games is also finalizing its plan to remove illegal Leaderboard times in Forza Horizon 5, including times earned through exploits, cheats, and bugs. More details on this process, and how it will protect legitimate times, will arrive in the coming weeks
• A series of 12 plagues. Finally, Playground Games teased what’s to come in Forza Horizon 5 Series 12, called “Horizon Road Trip”. This includes:
  • The beginning of new body kits in FH5. Series 12 will feature two new body kits for players to use on select cars, with more to follow in future releases
  • New cars, as expected for Series updates
  • New Seasonal Racing Events and Challenges

Few games claim the title of Xbox’s best racing game as much as Forza Horizon 5, which continues to improve over time with the release of new Festival Playlist Series updates, DLC expansions like Forza Horizon 5: Hot Wheels, and more. Series 11 isn’t the most ambitious update yet, but it does include lots of fun car rewards for players, as well as a handful of much-appreciated bug fixes and improvements.