Playground Games details everything coming in celebration of Forza Horizon 5's 10th anniversary

What you need to know

• Forza Horizon 5 is the latest critically acclaimed entry in the long-running open world racing franchise.
• The 10th anniversary of the original Forza Horizon is fast approaching and Playground Games is celebrating in Forza Horizon 5.
• The recent Forza Monthly and Forza Let’s Go! streams have shared a lot of information about what’s to come in the massive update.
• Horizon’s 10th anniversary is the game’s “biggest update ever” with new cars, events, achievements, cosmetics and much more.

Available now for over six months, Forza Horizon 5 has enjoyed twelve Series updates that have added new cars, features and content to the growing open-world racing game. With the 10-year anniversary of the original Forza Horizon game arriving on October 23, 2012, Playground Games is gearing up to make Series 13 the game’s “biggest update ever,” according to the recent Forza Let’s Go! current.

The next content update for Forza Horizon 5 is the Horizon 10-Year Anniversary Update, originally announced during the Xbox Tokyo Game Show, and will add an absurd amount of new content to the ongoing title. For four weeks, Forza Horizon 5 players will celebrate each of the four previous Forza Horizon games and get the chance to earn new cars, music, cosmetics, achievements and more.

The highlights of the huge Horizon 10th Anniversary Update for Forza Horizon 5, which also includes Series 13 of the Forza Horizon 5 Festival playlist, includes:

• New festival playlist. Of course, the Horizon 10th Anniversary update also ushers in Series 13 of the Forza Horizon 5 Festival playlist. Each season week of the Series 13 Festival playlist is dedicated to a previous Forza Horizon game, starting with the original and moving through the years to end on Forza Horizon 4.
  • Players can earn the cover car from any previous Forza Horizon game during Series week
  • Everything during each week pays tribute to the game it celebrates, with lots of Easter eggs, references and more
  • Races included in the Festival playlist will use assets from previous Forza Horizon games
• New cars. Forza Horizon 5’s list of cars gets a little bigger with the Horizon 10th Anniversary Update, featuring four additional vehicles available through the Festival playlist and a special edition of a fan-favorite classic. The new cars include:
  • 2010 Aston Martin One-77
  • 2010 Ferrari 599XX
  • 2011 Koenigsegg Agera
  • 2012 Eagle Speedster
  • 2013 Dodge Viper SRT GTS Anniversary Edition
• New Horizon story. Horizon Origins is the latest Horizon Story addition to Forza Horizon 5 and travels through the years to celebrate the entire history of the Horizon Festival.
  • Each chapter takes a look at a different era of Forza Horizon and includes cover cars and more from each of the previous Forza Horizon titles
  • Horizon Origins is packed with Easter eggs, unique movies and more to pay tribute to the franchise’s history
  • There will be a unique and exciting first experience for Horizon Origins where players will be thrown in at the start of Horizon’s 10th anniversary celebration as a “Series Intro”
  • Completing the Horizon Origins Story will reward players with the exclusive 2013 Dodge Viper SRT GTS Anniversary Edition, which is matched to the top of the S1-Class. It also features an exclusive preset that tunes it to the top of the S2 Class
  • Horizon Origins is a permanent addition to Forza Horizon 5 and will still be available after the Horizon 10-Year Anniversary Festival playlist ends
• Evolving world updates. Forza Horizon 5’s Evolving World continues to expand with the Horizon 10th Anniversary Update, with plenty of additions for players in Series 13.
  • Past PR stunts added and removed during the previous series return for the Horizon 10th Anniversary Update
  • Each season adds a new exclusive festival site dedicated to the game it celebrates, complete with a unique mural taken straight from the original for photos
• New radio station. Fan favorite music from past Forza Horizon games returns with the new Forza Horizon 5 Mixtape Station, featuring over a dozen artists.
  • Players can also unlock new songs by completing awards, Festival Playlist events and challenges, and more
• New achievements, awards and badges. Players committed to completion will be delighted with a collection of new earnable achievements, awards and badges added with the Horizon 10th Anniversary Update.
  • There are eight new achievements, totaling 150 Gamerscore
• The Return of Midnight Battles. Among the new features added in Forza Horizon 3 were Midnight Battles, a series of one-on-one Head-to-Head Street Races. With the Horizon 10th Anniversary Update, Midnight Battles return.
  • Players need to win different street races to unlock Midnight Battles
  • There are four Midnight Battles, each dedicated to a new PI class (C, B, A and S1)
  • When players win the Midnight Battle, they earn the car they beat, available through Accolades
  • The Midnight Battles are all new routes and a new Race Event class with unique icons appearing on the map
  • Midnight Battle routes can be used for EventLab, Rivals and more
  • Midnight Battles feature the original Intro movie from Forza Horizon 3
• New EventLab props. Playground Games includes the largest single update to EventLab with the Horizon 10th Anniversary Update, with 97 additional props made available to players.
  • Props come from each of the previous Forza Horizon games, with a new category for each title
  • New props include boats, buildings, festival site pieces and more
  • Many of the new props even support clicking Hot Wheels tracks
• New rims. This update isn’t the most exciting for additional car customization, but Playground Games doesn’t leave this crucial facet of Forza Horizon 5 untouched. With the Horizon 10-year anniversary update, 22 new custom rims will be available across the FH5’s lineup of cars.
• New player cosmetics. Players can decorate their characters with new Vanity Items, Emotes and Car Horns, inspired by previous games.
• A plethora of bug fixes. Every update to Forza Horizon 5 brings new shine and bug fixes, and this release is no different. Playground Games includes numerous improvements with the Horizon 10th Anniversary Update.

Players will be able to download the Horizon 10th Anniversary Update for Forza Horizon 5 on October 11, 2022 for Xbox and PC platforms, and immediately afterwards enjoy the bug fixes, quality of life improvements and more. . The official celebration will begin on October 13, 2022, when Series 12 of the Festival Playlist ends and gives way to Series 13.

Forza Horizon 5 currently ranks as one of the best racing games on Xbox, but pretty much every previous Forza Horizon game has held that spot during its tenure as well. The Horizon 10th Anniversary Update will allow players to honor what made each of these games special, while also spending more time on what is the most ambitious and biggest of the entire series. Players who are hesitant to buy Forza Horizon 5 can also take advantage of discounts of up to 30% during Horizon’s 10th anniversary celebrations.