Festival Playlist events and rewards Apr. 3 - Apr. 10 (Autumn S45)

[T10ManteoMax]

Autumn Season Festival Playlist (FH5 Horizon Wilds Takeover redux - Series 45)

Here are the details on this week’s events and rewards. Share tips along with your tuning setup codes.

AUTUMN | STORM SEASON

The season starts at 7:30am Pacific on April 3 and ends Thursday, April 10, 2025 2:30 PM
This is the second season of the returning Horizon Wilds Takeover series.

PLAYLIST POINTS

Points are accumulated across all four seasons. Each event in the Festival Playlist has a number of points to earn noted in the bottom left corner of the event tile. Accumulate points with any combination of completed events to earn the first reward car, and continue earning points from remaining events to earn the second reward car. Cars noted as Seasonal Exclusive are not available in the Autoshow, so grab them while you can! But don’t worry if you miss them, these cars may come back again for future Festival Playlists, or you can use a Backstage Pass to select from the available options.

Series total: 285 Points

• Series Reward: 1998 SUBARU Impreza 22B-STi Version (Wheelspin/Seasonal exclusive car) (80 points)
• Series Reward: 2021 SIERRA Cars 700R (Seasonal exclusive car) (160 points)

Season Total: 70 Points

• Season Reward: 2015 Honda Ridgeline Baja Trophy Truck (Seasonal exclusive car) (20 points)
• Season Reward: Horizon Backstage Pass (40 points)

HORIZON BACKSTAGE

Added to the Backstage Shop this week:

• 2019 DeBerti Ford Super Duty F-250 Lariat ‘Transformer’
• 2021 SIERRA Cars 700R

Two cars are added with the change of each season and voting for the next week beings. See details on Horizon Backstage voting, car selection, and passes here.

FORZATHON SHOP

900 FP Car	2022 Extreme E #55 ACCIONA / Sainz XE Team
300 FP Car	2017 Volkswagen #34 Volkswagen Andretti Rallycross Beetle
75 FP Clothing	Black Plaid Joggers
75 FP Car Horn	Dial Up Modem
1000 FP Backstage Pass	1 Pass
60 FP / 150 FP	Wheelspin & Super Wheelspin

FORZATHON EVENTS

Completing these events earn seasonal points plus Forzathon Points (FP) which can be used in the Forzathon Shop.

Forzathon Weekly Challenge:
(5 pts) These four challenges must be completed in sequence.

Be a Hoonicorn
Chapter 1: The Legend	Own and drive the 1965 Ford “Hoonicorn” Mustang
Chapter 2: Wild in the Streets	Win a Street Race in the Hoonicorn
Chapter 3: Hoonicart	Smash a Taco Cart in the Hoonicorn
Chapter 4: Drift Wonders	Earn 7 Ultimate Drift or E-Drift Skills

Forzathon Daily Challenges
(1 pt each) Each new challenge starts daily at 7:30am PT and is open for 7 days.

Enter the Arena	Visit the Stadium Stunt Park
Rally of the King	Win a Dirt Racing Event in any Hoonigan
Buggy Hops	Earn 5 Air Skills in the Stadium Stunt Park in any Buggy
Hang Time	Jump a total of 2,000 ft (610m) at Danger Signs
Birdwatcher	Take a photo of the 2018 Jeep Trackhawk
Luck of Paint	Paint your vehicle’s body
Cactus Makes Perfect	Smash 12 Cactus in any AWD vehicle

SEASON EVENT DETAILS

Toggle the menu to show the rewards and restrictions for each event - if you complete the event in a car outside the restrictions or fail to meet the target, you won’t get the reward and points from completion. You must have unlocked the Hall of Fame with Accolade points to enter the Trial. Access to Rally Adventure events require defeating the three team champions. Access to Hot Wheels events requires the Hot Wheels Expansion DLC; users without the DLC will still be able to gold the season and unlock the “Min, Meet Max” Achievement without these event points.

Pts	Event	Name	Requirement	Route
10	The Trial	'Cooper’ation	(D500) Mini '65	Road Racing (Lookout Circuit)
3	EventLab	Cordillera Lapras	(B700) Classic Rally	Cordillera Trail
3	EventLab	Mangrove Rallycross ‘Nightrace’	(A800) Unlimited Offroad	Mangrove Scramble
2	Danger Sign	La Cruz	(S2 998) Anything Goes - 755 feet (230 m)
2	Speed Trap	Caballo Blanco	(S2 998) Anything Goes - 160 mph
2	Drift Zone	Panoramica	(S2 998) Anything Goes - 77,000 pts
5	Championship	In Retro Spec	(B700) Retro Rally	Dirt Racing (Barranca Trail)
5	Championship	Fresh Prince	(B700) Hoonigan Bel Air	Dirt Racing (La Selva Scramble)
5	Championship	Buggy Bounce	(A800) Unlimited Buggies	Cross Country Racing (El Descenso CC)
2	Photo Challenge	#Guanahana	Photograph any Hoonigan at Spaik’s Mural in Guanajuato
3	Collectibles	Pinatasaurus	Smash 20 Dino Pinatas in and around the Stadium
2	RA Speed Zone	Cráteres Secos	(C600) Toyota Celica - 58 mph
5	RA Championship	Royalty of Rally	(C600) Toyota Celica	Palm Forest
2	HW Danger Sign	Canyon Jump	(S2 998) Anything Goes - 1,313 feet (400 m)
5	HW Championship	All American	(S2 998) USA	Nexus Speed Sprint

MONTHLY RIVALS

The total point value of Monthly events is divided by four when applied to individual seasons; completing these events will apply up to 2 points applied to each season in this series. Post a clean lap to complete Rivals events. Cars are stock and provided as free rentals for the event.

Pts	Event	Route	Car
4	Monthly Rivals	La Selva Scramble	Hoonigan Focus RS RX
4	Monthly Rivals	River Scramble	SIERRA 700R

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[geistwriter]

I have a top-300 awd stock tire tune for the Mini Trial, shared: 151 129 280

#246 LOOKOUT CIRCUIT // '65 MINI COOPER D500 TUNE

my real achievement this week was getting a drivable street tune out of the Forzathon Hoonicorn, did a clean 7:35 S2 Marathon, shared: 227 869 984

7:35 MARATHON S2 // HOONICORN V1 STREET TUNE

and for the Fresh Prince seasonal I still have the best Hoonigan Belair B700 out there, shared: 109 696 415

#227 CASCADA TRAIL // HOONIGAN BEL AIR // B700 TUNE

[Stevio2175]

Forza Horizon 5 PHOTO CHALLENGE GUANAHANA Spaik's Mural in Guanajuato FH5 LOCATION (Autumn)

[LowlyCartPusher]

I will be sitting out the Trial this week for the sake of my blood pressure. Good luck to you all.

[x_ShadowsBane_x]

I went with a vintage white wall tire build. I tested slick, rally, white wall and stock tire builds on an unbeatable difficulty blueprint and only the stock tire version was able to beat all of the drivatars.

No way am I believing the Trial difficulty is above highly skilled.
Granted only 2 of the drivatars were at D500 but they would have put up a fight on unbeatable difficulty.

Design by @Voulgezzz

[SpirantCrayon22]

in case it helps anyone, the Extreme E in the shop is neither Autoshow nor Wheelspin

[SpirantCrayon22]

It’s a proper Mini, though - not a heavy tank!

I don’t remember having such a struggle as I’m finding it now, mind you, has something changed? The “281” robots clearly have different rules; I normally get past the lower-PI robots but this time they’re on rails with a rubber band on the accelerator.

Managed the Trial but ************** was trolling in the second race, pretty sure one on the team got rammed early on, then I was rammed right at the end, very obviously to try and make us lose the race as the points were close and I had to stay ahead to keep the win. Reported the idiot, of course. As for you, **************, if you read this and recognise my gamertag, **** ***.

[Abell_370]

Tried the trial on slicks and it worked out well … ish. 2 other players were on stock tires, so on Lookout, they got in front early and took the drivatars out of the equation. I tried to slow down the drivatars for the team in the next 2 races, but not for too long because I didnt want to lose too much momentum. We had the lead in the 2nd race until right at the end.

Btw, the mural for the photo challenge is right by the icon for Panoramica Sprint. Go there and take a 360 degree look and it should be in sight.

[AAORTA]

@Abell_370

Btw, the mural for the photo challenge is right by the icon for Panoramica Sprint. Go there and take a 360 degree look and it should be in sight.

Thanks for that bit. Way simpler method to get the message out rather than suffering a long self-promoting video for no reason.

[robotiChart]

Trial was ok. Myself and another player out front.

Bit of argy first event, last lap, they went wide so obvs slammed into me next corner, I took the low road and returned the favour next corner. Childish ik but was no need for it.

Had a minor prob with the pr dangersign. Kept getting a bump right on the jump that was pushing the nose of the car down so kept failing. Odd behaviour, can’t recall it previously. Just took longer than expected to clear. Shrug

[WhiteBurrito42]

Ran the Trial using Geist’s tune. Out in front before the first right hander and never had to look back. Stock tires definitely the way to go. Pretty happy I didn’t have to tune for this trial.

[tarnk1801]

Eventlabs for this season were absolutely horrendous, the unlimited offroad scramble was particularly bad and not fun.

[Lostphoenixuk]

@Abell_370 @AAORTA easy fast travel to location on the map

[geistwriter]

@WhiteBurrito42

Out in front before the first right hander and never had to look back

cool, I literally told TGM a few days ago, this was the entire point of the stock tire build. if people fall behind on lookout, the whole trial is in jeopardy.

[geistwriter]

@geistwriter

for the Fresh Prince seasonal I still have the best Hoonigan Belair B700 out there, shared: 109 696 415

I want to reiterate this point, because I saw the top ranked daily tune is pathetic. don’t be fooled.

[geistwriter]

@x_ShadowsBane_x

only the stock tire version was able to beat all of the drivatars.

and yet…

@x_ShadowsBane_x

I went with a vintage white wall tire build.

[robotiChart]

I ran your BA tune, kudos to you.

I remember how awful it was trying that stock last time. Fool me once…

[SpirantCrayon22]

next on my list - I remember this event, great fun . . . ish

[robotiChart]

required better finesse than I was willing to give!