Festival Playlist events and rewards Dec. 4 - Dec. 11 (Summer S54)

[T10ManteoMax]

SUMMER | WET SEASON | HORIZON HOLIDAYS (SERIES 54)

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

The season starts at 6:30am Pacific on December 4 and ends Thursday, December 11, 2025 2:30 PM
This is the first season of the returning Horizon Holidays series.

PLAYLIST POINTS & REWARDS

Playlist points overview

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: 273 points

• Series Reward: 2013 Cadillac XTS Limousine (Backstage/Seasonal exclusive car) (80 points)
• Series Reward: 1964 Plymouth Belvedere (Seasonal exclusive car) (160 points)

Season: 67 points

• Season Reward: 1971 AMC Javelin AMX (Seasonal exclusive car) (20 points)
• Season Reward: Horizon Backstage Pass (40 points)

PLAYLIST EVENT REWARDS

In addition to the rewards for seasonal and series progress, this season you can also earn these rewards from completing individual events:

• Car: 1991 BMW M3
• Car: 2015 Jaguar F-TYPE R Coupe (Wheelspin/Seasonal only)
• Car: 2013 Audi RS 4 Avant
• Car: 2018 TVR Griffith
• Car: 1989 Porsche 944 Turbo
• Car: 1985 Ford RS200 Evolution
• Car Horn: Sleigh Bells
• Clothing: Holiday Jumper
• Super Wheelspins
• Forzathon Points

HORIZON BACKSTAGE CARS

Added to the Backstage Shop this week:

• 2010 Nissan Tsuru
• 2024 Nissan Z NISMO

Two cars are added with the change of each season and voting for the next week beings. Backstage Passes can be earned from seasonal playlist points and the Forzathon Shop. See details on Horizon Backstage voting and car selection here.

FORZATHON SHOP

Use Forzathon Points earned from events to collect cars, clothes, car horns, Backstage Passes, and Super Wheelspins before the season ends:

550 FP Car	1997 Lotus Elise GT1
300 FP Car	1995 Porsche 911 GT2
75 FP Clothing	Reindeer Antlers
75 FP Clothing	Red Nose
1000 FP Backstage Pass	1 Pass
60 FP / 150 FP	Wheelspin & Super Wheelspin

FORZATHON CHALLENGES

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

Forzathon Weekly Challenge
(5 pts) All four challenges must be completed in sequence to earn points.

Bubble Trouble
Chapter 1: Bubble Bath	Own and drive the 1957 BMW Isetta 300 Export
Chapter 2: Micro Machine!	Reach 55 mph (88.6 km/h) at any Speed Trap in the Isetta - keep it stock
Chapter 3: Multi-Tasking	Earn 4 Stars at any type of PR stunt with the 1957 BMW Isetta 300 Export
Chapter 4: Small Wonder	Earn 2 Stars at Danger Signs in the 1957 BMW Isetta 300 Export

Forzathon Daily Challenges
(1 pt each) Each new challenge starts daily at 6:30am PT and is open for 7 days.

A Little Something	Send a Gift Drop to another player
High Drive	Earn 6 Stars at Danger Signs in any Aston Martin
Assemble	Earn 800 team score in a single Horizon Tour Race
Short Story	Reach 140mph (225km/h) in any Horizon Story Chapter
Splash of Colour	Paint your vehicle’s hood
Skill Masters	Bank 100,000 Skill Score in any BMW
Spiky!	Earn 10 Smactus Skills

SEASON EVENT DETAILS

Seasonal general overview

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 Expansion DLC 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	Make it Rein	(A800) Super Saloons	Dirt Racing (Tapalpa Trail, Teotihuacán Scramble, Mulegé Town Scramble)
3	EventLab	FATEFU1BLISS Presents Fame and Fortune	(A800) Modern Sports Cars
2	Danger Sign	Basejump	(S1 900) UrbanRebel '22 - 450 m (1476 feet)
2	Speed Trap	Escarpment	(S1 900) UrbanRebel '22 - 160 mph (258 kph)
5	Championship	Toys Under the Tree	(S1 900) Track Toys	Road Racing (Bahía de Plano Circuit, Chihuahua Circuit, Playa Azul Circuit)
5	Championship	Yule the Boss	(B700) Modern Rally	Dirt Racing (Montaña Trail, San Juan Scramble, Cordillera Trail)
5	Championship	Not So Silent Night	(S1 900) Modern Supercars	Street Racing (Coast Run, Carretera Chase, Las Laderas)
3	Treasure Hunt	Driving Season	Drive home for the Holidays in a famously green manufacturer
2	Photo Challenge	#HideAndSeek	Photograph the Snowman at the Casa Bella Player House in Mulegé
2	Horizon Open	Season’s Greetings	Earn 3 Clean Start Skills in Horizon Open Racing
2	RA Speed Zone	Reservoir View	(S1 900) Super GT - 75 mph (121 kph)
5	RA Championship	Apex Evolution	(S1 900) Rally Monsters	La Cantera, Devil’s Pass, The Narrows
2	HW Speed Zone	Frozen Rush	(S2 998) Anything Goes - 190 mph (306 kph)
5	HW Championship	Melting the Ice	(S1 900) Modern Muscle	Ice Loop Hazard Sprint, Snow Fields Hazard Circuit, Ice Canyon Hazard Sprint

MONTHLY RIVALS

The total point value of Monthly events is divided by four when applied to individual seasons; completing the two 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	Estadio Circuit	Caddy Limo
1	Forza EV Rivals	Arch of Mulegé Circuit	CUPRA UrbanRebel Concept

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[TheGillesMuller]

Pretty much just a repeat of last week tune wise, trimmed down with 2 additions…

A Super Saloons (Tapalpa Trail)

Jag XFR-S – 1:57.869
BMW 1M – 1:58.151
Jag XE-S – 1:58.210
Merc C63 AMG – 1:58.268
Lexus RC F – 1:58.294
Audi RS E-Tron (No0bStEr9919) – 1:58.669
Infiniti Q60 – 1:58.887
MG MG6 XPower – 1:58.945

M5 '09 (Rocklxd) – 1:59.445
Toyota Camry – 1:59.461
Caddy Limo – 1:59.670
Bentley Flying Spur – 1:59.937

Volvo V60 – 2:00.280
Lynk & Co 03+ – 2:00.787
Nissan Sentra (Atelieze) – 2:00.946

MG MG7 (superq168) – 2:01.313

Xpeng P7 – 2:02.439

Merc SL63 (stock) – 2:10.064

Use whatever you did last week nothing more to it to be honest, nice to see the 1M finally lose to something but it’s not worth me sharing the Jag for the sake of 0.282, chances are the 1M would make that time back up on Teotihuacan (and will definitely be quicker on Mulegé Town if your Trial goes to a 3rd race) so it’s still likely the best overall choice.

And it will appear yet again next week

[Dannis6217]

SUMMER WET SEASON

Campaign Series 54 Summer:

• # Forzathon Blubberbescherung [Bubble Trouble]
1957 BMW Isetta 300 Export - Tuning Code: 151168700 / Design-Code: 105367434

• The Trial: Teilen und Herrschen [Make it Rein]
Requirement: A800 Super Saloons (DIRT-Version)
2006 Audi RS4 - Tuning Code: 130510466 / Design-Code: 878368307

• Danger Sign: Basejump
Requirement: S1 900 Urban Rebell 2022
Ziel/ Target: 1476 ft / 450 m
2022 Cupra Urbanrebell Concept - Tuning Code: 170838296 / Design-Code: 846681062

• Speed Trap: Böschung [Escarpment]
Requirement: S1 900 Urban Rebell 2022
Ziel/ Target: 160 mph / 257,50 km/h
2022 Cupra Urbanrebell Concept - Tuning Code: 170838296 / Design-Code: 846681062

• Geschenke unterm Baum [Toys under the tree]
Requirement: S1 900 Track Toys
2013 Caterham Superlight R500 - Tuning Code: 890794441/ Design-Code: 136538501

• Yule den Boss [Yule the boss]
Requirement: B700 Modern Rally Cars (DIRT-Version)
2006 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX MR - Tuning Code: 854681623 / Design-Code: 755252744

• Von wegen Stille Nacht [Not so silent night]
Requirement: S1 900 Modern Supercars
2017 Nissan GT-R (R35) – Tuning Code: 189631044 / Design-Code: 177971461

Rally Adventures:

• Speed Zone: Stauseeblick [Reservoir View]
Requirement: S1 900 Super GT
Ziel/ Target: 120,7 km/h / 75 mph
2018 Ferrari Portofino - Tuning Code: 183015051 / Design-Code: 160028133

• Apex Evolution
Requirement: S1 900 Rally Monster (Street Version)
2023 Lamborghini Huracán Sterrato – Tuning Code: 244103282 / Design-Code: 387062247

Hot Wheels:

• Speed Zone: Eisrausch [Frozen Rush]
Requirement: S2 all
Ziel/ Target: 190 mph / 305,7 km/h
2020 Koenigsegg Jesko - Tuning Code: 806299667 / Design-Code: 177379235

• Geschmolzenes Eis [Melting the Ice]
Requirement: S1 900 Modern Muscle
2014 HSV GEN-F GTS - Tuning Code: 179524248 / Design-Code: 127037586

[Stevio2175]

Forza Horizon 5 TREASURE HUNT DRIVING SEASON FH5 Treasure Hunt Chest (Summer Festival Playlist)

[tommyfon]

Would be nice if they would acutally write “ Keep it stock “ in the game aswell, so the second chapter of this weeks Forzathon would complete…
It does not say that on the Swedish translation…

[robotiChart]

Easy team win in trial despite my driving.

Wow, just could not get the 1M to turn. Missed a CP in each race punting me to last both times. Recovered but not good

My inability to drive continued in the sc as well. Could be cold hands, not that warm here atm

[DungGForza]

Forza Horizon 5 How to Complete Festival Playlist Summer Season Series 54 Full Guide, Tune Code

[tommyfon]

Just wanted to share some good tunes for this weeks championships
Toys Under the Tree : 2019 Porsche 911 GT3 RS. Tune name : S1 900 Road

Share code : 134 783 166

Yule the Boss : 2004 Mitsubishi Lancer EVO VIII MR. Tune name B700 Dirt New

Share Code : 151 262 938

Not So Silent Night : 2017 Nissan GT-R ( R35 ) Tune name S1900 Road

Share Code 136 133 965

Apex Evolution : 2014 Forsberg Racing Nissan SafariZ 370Z Safari Rally Tribute.
Tune name : S1 Dirt Rally

Share Code : 160 696 708

[BurmaEK]

@Dannis6217

1957 BMW Isetta 300 Export - Tuning Code: 151168700 / Design-Code: 105367434

That’s a nice paint - thanks.

[TheGillesMuller]

I don’t normally plug my own tunes out of the blue but barring maybe 2-3 cars the Javelin’s what I’ve put more time + effort into than any other car.

I have 3 tunes up for it, one holds fastest auto on B Marathon and was the only conventional build that could get rid of the powerbuild time I hated having up for about 2 years.

The other two are C class, one for Colossus where it’s the only auto time under 19 minutes, and the other for again Marathon where it’s the only auto time under 10 minutes, for all 3 you have to scroll a long way down the respective leaderboards before you find another auto time that isn’t a powerbuild, it essentially makes using those in auto redundant when it’s faster and miles easier to drive.

Regardless though please don’t make it an A Road/Street build like the recommended tune this week, even if it was well built and tuned (it won’t be, nobody who genuinely knows their stuff would make it for that in the first place) it’ll be no good there, truckloads of better A class cars and the GTO Judge is miles better even just within Classic Muscle, heck it may not even be the best of the 3 AMC’s for A Road/Street.

C Road/Street, anything apart from CC in B class or A Dirt/CC, you’ll have a genuinely good or even great car if you get a good tune for any of those instead.

[GlamPotatoStar]

What’s in the boxes?

https://ralhec.sharepoint.com/:f:/s/3rocks/IgD7A3NnG4fcQZhnSl_TYTUaASPmALR-FMmdRsiHrGWjOoE?e=1TAKZu

If this link doesn’t work, go to the stadium and nudge some presents.

[PD_Top_Gun]

“She wrapped up her **** cat!”

[Xbox271987]

Maybe that freaky monkey vinyl caused the boxes to tremble in fear…

[LSD51ZEN]

If we take into account the fact that Forza Horizon 6 will take place in Japan, then these boxes contain Tamagotchi, and apparently they want to eat. They’ve definitely already started having hunger cramps, which is why the boxes are shaking so much.

[PD_Top_Gun]

So this is a new one. I’ve had a Tour race before where the AI all disappear and we cruise to an easy win, but this time the top four AI apparently broke some sort of interdimensional barrier and finished El Descenso in 1:08 or so. My team came in 5th through 7th without a single AI car on the course. That seems fair.

[Xbox271987]

MOOD METER:

GlamPotatoStar’s Little Friend is feeling: QUEASY

[PD_Top_Gun]

Apparently past me did those two PR stunts without buying any car upgrades but I have no idea how, because even with throwing upgrades on there and tinkering with the gearing I just barely managed both of them. What a terrible restriction and target.

[TheGillesMuller]

I gave up at 159.78 with it bone stock, got various 159’s then about 2 minutes after that .78 it started raining so gave up, lowering the downforce and lengthening the gear made it easy.

The stock setups on cars are pretty much always poor though, the ARB and diff settings in particular are usually horrible, way too stiff and understeery.

[PD_Top_Gun]

Yeah, normally after struggling in stock I would have assumed I’d upgraded it last time this playlist came around, but when I went to the test track I hadn’t purchased any upgrades for the car. (Unless the car requirement changed this time for some reason.) Even upgrading it was a pain, because the lowest engine/battery upgrade put it just over the line into S2, and I had to grab one of the tires to dip it back down, and after all of that I still needed to adjust the final drive to get just enough top speed to make it through. This car has all the aerodynamic properties of a brick. I think I could have made the danger sign goal stock with some more runs, since I was coming up just 20 feet short, but at that point I didn’t feel like bothering.

[PD_Top_Gun]

Oh right, this week had the single-worst race in Playlist history: S1 Modern Muscle on the Hot Wheels offroad ice track. I challenge anyone here to take the Anniversary Viper out on that thing. It’s completely undrivable.