Festival Playlist events and rewards Aug. 28 - Sep. 4 (Winter S50)

[T10ManteoMax]

WINTER | DRY SEASON

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

The season starts at 7:30am Pacific on August 28 and ends Thursday, September 4, 2025 2:30 PM
This is the third season of the returning Summer Party 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: 285 points

• Series Reward: 2012 Lamborghini Aventador J (Backstage/Seasonal exclusive car) (80 points)
• Series Reward: 1967 Mercedes-Benz 280 SL (Backstage/Seasonal exclusive car) (160 points)

Season: 70 points

• Season Reward: 2022 Toyota GR86 (Backstage/Seasonal exclusive car) (20 points)
• Season Reward: Horizon Backstage Pass (40 points)

HORIZON BACKSTAGE

Added to the Backstage Shop this week:

• 2022 BMW M5 CS
• 1990 Vauxhall Lotus Carlton

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

600 FP Car	1965 Shelby Cobra 427 S/C
300 FP Car	1994 Ford Supervan 3
75 FP Clothing	Bird Patten Sundress
75 FP Car Horn	Confetti Cannon
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)
(5 pts) These four challenges must be completed in sequence.

Phoenix Rising
Pride and Joy	Own and drive the 1987 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am GTA
5 Years In Style	Drive the Pontiac Firebird for 5 miles
Thrusters Engaged	Earn 6 Stars across Speed Zones in the Pontiac Firebird
Wheely Dazzling	Win a Street Race in the Pontiac Firebird

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

Summer Shapshot	Take a photo of your car at the Stadium Summer Party
Beachy Keen	Earn 2 Stars at the Avenida Speed Trap
Creative Minds	Play any EventLab from the Creative Hub
Gear Pressure	Earn 2 Stars at any Speed Zone in any Classic Racer
Having a Ball	Smash 10 Beach Balls at the Stadium Summer Party
Boomerang	Earn a Slingshot Skill in any Modern Muscle
Prelude to Music	Honk your horn in the 1994 Honda Prelude

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	Rarity on the Roads	(B700) Rare Classics	Road Racing (Riviera Sprint)
5	EventLab	Edel-Circuit (Competition)	(S1 900) Track Toys	(Bahía de Plano Circuit)
5	EventLab	Apex Alligator	(S1 900) Anything Goes	(Cruce de Valle)
3	Playground Games	Survivin’ in the 90s	(S1 900) Decade: 1990s	Aeródromo Survival
2	Danger Sign	Launch Control	(S2 998) Anything Goes - 1640 feet (500m)
2	Drift Zone	Los Campos	(S2 998) Anything Goes - 150,000 pts
2	Trail Blazer	Canyon Run	(S2 998) Anything Goes - 28 seconds
5	Championship	Modern Spin	(A800) Modern Sports Cars	Street Racing (Costa Rocosa)
5	Championship	3, 2, 1	(A800) Unlimited Offroad	Cross Country Racing (Las Dunas CC)
3	Treasure Hunt	Feline Light	The breeze feels Superlight as you fly as far as this car’s name
2	Photo Challenge	#DatsunIsOut	Photograph any Datsun at the Stadium Beach Party
2	Horizon Open	Burning Some Rubber	Complete a Street Racing Horizon Open Custom Event
2	RA Danger Sign	Devil’s Pass	(S2 998) Anything Goes - 95 mph (153 kph)
5	RA Championship	Sandy Dunes	(S1 900) Rally Monsters	Forest Trail
2	HW Speed Zone	Frozen Rush	(S2 998) Anything Goes - 160 mph (258 kph)
5	HW Championship	Hot on Your Plate	(B700) Super Hot Hatch	Canyon Racer Speed Sprint

MONTHLY RIVALS

The total point value of Monthly events is divided by four when applied to individual seasons; completing both Rivals events will apply 2 points to each season in this series. Post a clean lap to complete Rivals events. Monthly Rivals cars are stock and provided as free rentals for the event, allowing you to test drive the car before collecting it from seasonal points.

Pts	Event	Route	Car
1	Monthly Rivals	Cathedral Circuit	Toyota GR86
1	Monthly Rivals	Arch of Mulegé Circuit	Ford XB Falcon GT

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[Dannis6217]

WINTER DRY SEASON

Campaign Series 50 Winter

· # Forzathon Stolz und Freude

1987 Pontiac Firebird Trans AM GTA - Tuning Code: 122874740

· Seltener Anblick [Rarity on the road]

Requirement: B700 rare classics

1968 Ferrari 365 GTB/4 - Tuning Code: 411967516

· Bereit zum Abheben [Launch Control]

Requirement: S2 all

Ziel/ Target: 1640.4 ft / 500 m

2020 Koenigsegg Jesko - Tuning Code: 806299667

· Los Campos

Requirement: S2 all

Ziel/ Target: 150000 pts

2020 #91 BMW M2 Formula Drift - Tuning Code: 100508788

· Canyon-Fahrt [Canyon Run]

Requirement: S2 all

Ziel/ Target: 28 s

1986 Hoonigan Ford RS2000 Evolution - Tuning Code: 776111396

· Moderne Spritztour [Modern Spin]

Requirement: A800 Modern Sportscars Street

2012 Mercedes-Benz SLK 55 AMG - Tuning Code: 935555905

· 3, 2, 1 …

Requirement: A800 unlimited Offroad Dirt

2019 Deberti Ford Super Duty F-250 Larient ´Transformer´ - Tuning Code: 149478550

Rally Adventures:

· Teufelspass [Devil´s Pass]

Requirement: S2 all

Ziel/ Target: 95 mph / 153 km/h

2012 Hot Wheels Bad to Blade - Tuning Code: 479477507

· Sandige Dünen [Sandy Dunes]

Requirement: S1 900 Rally Monster

2023 Lamborghini Huracán Sterrato - Tuning Code: 172875090

Hot Wheels:

· Eisrausch [Frozen Rush]

Requirement: S2 all

Ziel/ Target: 160 mph / 257 km/h

2018 Chevrolet Hot Wheels Copo Camaro - Tuning Code: 151775656

· Heiß und Fertig [Hot on your Plate]

Requirement: B700 Super Hot Hatch

2010 Volkswagen Golf R - Tuning Code: 209560328

[TheGillesMuller]

Given Riviera and Bola (2nd Trial course) essentially sit at opposite ends of the scale in terms of power vs handling every kind of build is going to sacrifice pace somewhere here, all my own tunes but I tried balancing most of them, clearly failed on some and my Cobra times are useless to any M or MC user but anyway….

B Rare Classics (Riviera Sprint)

Ferrari 250 California - 3:02.157
Toyota 2000GT - 3:03.167
Alfa GTA - 3:03.217
Merc 280SL - 3:03.634
AM DB5 - 3:03.892
Merc 300SL - 3:03.926
Jag E-Type (Marigold 2:21 A) - 3:04.034
Lambo Miura - 3:04.310

Ferrari Dino - 3:04.376
Ferrari 250 GT - 3:05.018
Ferrari 365 GTB/4 - 3:05.302
Porsche 911 '73 - 3:05.519
Shelby Cobra (RWD only in B class) - 3:05.928
Merc SSK - 3:06.395
Bentley 8 Litre - 3:06.904
Porsche 356 A - 3:07.471

Bola Ocho (1st lap)

E-Type - 52.436
300SL - 52.553
Miura - 52.736
250 GT - 52.986
Dino - 53.253
365 GTB/4 and GTA - 53.453

911 '73 - 53.887
DB5 - 53.937
250 California - 53.954
356 A and 2000GT - 53.987
280SL - 54.021
SSK - 54.421
Cobra - 54.454
8 Litre - 55.389 (awful)

Total

E-Type - 3:56.470
300SL - 3:56.479
Alfa GTA - 3:56.670
Miura - 3:57.046
2000GT - 3:57.154
DB5 - 3:57.829

250 GT - 3:58.004
Dino - 3:58.263
365 GTB/4 - 3:58.755
911 '73 - 3:59.406
Cobra - 4:00.382
SSK - 4:00.816
356 A - 4:01.458
8 Litre - 4:02.293

250 California I ran a few days ago on it’s own with no aero, that’s the only reason it’s time is so far ahead on Riviera, wouldn’t be anything special with a similar build to what I used on most of them, probably around 3:05.

I already have the E-Type shared so won’t be putting anything else out, but Rocklxd’s tune for the 300SL is likely the strongest option and easily findable with how popular it is, don’t know how it can do on Bola but I do know it can do a quicker Riviera time than mine did here.

SSK, 356 A and 8 Litre just awful, use the latter as a weird B Dirt car instead where it can actually end up being pretty decent.

[Lostphoenixuk]

I’ve posted the full screenshots to my blog if anyone is interested but I will put the Trial and Treasure Hunt information here for easy reference

Forza Horizon 5 – Series 50 Winter Playlist – Lost Phoenix Gaming

Trial

Treasure Hunt

[Stevio2175]

Forza Horizon 5 TREASURE HUNT FELINE LIGHT FH5 Treasure Hunt Chest (Winter Festival Playlist)

[robotiChart]

Bleh, trial done and done. Best I can say about that event.

[tommyfon]

Just some information to everyone : 500 feet is 152.4 meters in metric terms
Did put together some tunes for this weeks championships aswell, hope you like them :

Modern Spin	A800 Modern Sports Cars :

2008 BMW Z4 M Coupe : Tune name : A800 Seasonal.
Share code : 786 561 914

2010 Nissan 370Z : A800 Seasonal.
Share code : 162 299 426

2011 Mazda RX8 R3. A800 Seasonal.
Share code : 551 525 643

2003 Honda S2000. A800 Seasonal.
Share Code : 350 758 764

3.2.1… A800 Unlimited Offroad Championship :
2014 Local Motors Rally Fighter. A800 CC
Share Code : 160 249 657

[DungGForza]

Forza Horizon 5 How to Complete Festival Playlist Winter Season Series 50 Full Guide, Tune Code

[MrMogtastic]

One of the easier ones by far even with a bunch of bash bros on the second track.

The cross country championship however? Oh dear, oh how very dear…

[tommyfon]

For me the Cross country championship was ok, but not that easy, with all off these Exteme E.s bearing down on you all the time.
Guess i got a good tune together on the Rally fighter, which is probably the tune i trust the most in this type of cars and class so, at least for now.
The second event lab though, was tough, the Apex Alligator one, the track was ok, but the Ai was not easy to deal with in solo mode.
That Huracan and the Formula Drift Mustang that the 2 lead ai drove, which somehow had lots of speed and tons of grip when the ai drove it, were not easy to deal with at all, and it took quite a few restarts before i won it.
I used the 2023 Porsche 911 GT3 R for that race with a 4 liter F6 n/a engine swap, to make it sound better than stock, and it normally works great in my other races, but here today, i struggled.
Also on the first event lab, The Edel Circuit, i was stuck under the track as the race started on my first time, so i had to exit and restart the race, then it worked.

[WhiteBurrito42]

Don’t forget, drivatars are fake

[SpirantCrayon22]

humans that didn’t quit cost my team the Trial first time, including one prestige 7 player that scored zero and DNFd twice, just don’t get the inability to quit

[PD_Top_Gun]

Would you say they were too legit to quit?

[SpirantCrayon22]

not sure what that means - I might well be missing something!

[Bravo437]

To be fair, I don’t think it’s common knowledge that attempting to finish the race can be detrimental to the team overall in those circumstances. It seems more intuitive to think the opposite imo.

[MrMogtastic]

As a solo drive it would have been easy however my first two attempts in coop went horribly with folk just being horribly terrible at driving cross country with 3-5 of them all repeatedly missing the same check points and refusing to quit.

On the other hand the jimco is a lovely drive in this class.

[PD_Top_Gun]

MC Hammer song, “2 Legit 2 Quit.” Yes, I’m old.

[SpirantCrayon22]

I remember MC Hammer but was never into that kind of thing myself, late 80s was listening to a lot of thrash metal though still mixed it up with various other things.

[AJ_MACAROO_V2]

Trial wasn’t to bad this week. Blueprints had really good flow to them. PR stunts were a breeze. PGG was fun. Street racing online custom was a nightmare as usual as I do generally run online a lot. Hot Wheels B700 Super Hot Hatch event was rubber band city especially going through the loops. Rally expansion S900 Rally Monsters was a blast. All played co-op as usual. All in all not a bad week of events.