Festival Playlist events and rewards Feb. 19 - Feb. 26 (Spring S56)

[T10ManteoMax]

SPRING | HOT SEASON | LUNAR NEW YEAR (SERIES 56)

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 February 19 and ends Thursday, February 26, 2026 2:30 PM
This is the fourth season of the returning Lunar New Year 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: 300 points

• Series Reward: 2022 Hyundai IONIQ 6 (Seasonal exclusive car) (80 points)
• Series Reward: 2015 MG MG3 (Seasonal exclusive car) (160 points)

Season: 75 points

• Season Reward: 2022 MG MG7 (Backstage/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: 2019 DeBerti Toyota Tacoma TRD The Performance Truck
• Car: 2016 Formula Drift #530 HSV Maloo Gen-F
• Car: 2013 Caterham Superlight R500
• Car: 2002 Chevrolet Corvette Z06
• Clothing: Red Car Tee
• Clothing: Epitaph White Logo Relaxed Tee
• ForzaLINK: “License to Skill!”
• Super Wheelspins
• Forzathon Points

HORIZON BACKSTAGE CARS

Added to the Backstage Shop this week:

• 2016 Spania GTA GTA Spano
• 1980 Lotus Esprit Turbo

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:

700 FP Car	2021 Rimac Nevera
200 FP Car	2018 Formula Drift #64 Nissan 370Z
75 FP Car Horn	Pinball Machine
75 FP Clothing	Black Drift Zone Tee
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.

All Round Drifter
Drift Machine	Own and Drive the 2000 Nissan Silvia Spec-R
Art Force Silvia	Win a Street Race in the Silvia Spec-R
Shift Into Action	Earn 5 Ultimate Drift skills in the Silvia Spec-R
Drift Legend	Earn 5 Stars at Drift Zones in the Silvia Spec-R

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

Enter the Dragon	Bank 100,000 Skill Score at the Stadium Lunar Drift Arena
Dark Slide of the Moon	Take a photo of any Drift car at Night
Spring Rolls	Get a Barrel Roll skill in any Buggy or Unlimited Buggy
Bam… Bii!	Beat a ghost in Rivals
Going for Gold	Earn 6 Stars from PR Stunts within 2 minutes
Fin Fang Vroom	Reach 150 mph in any Chinese car
That’s Buff Right Out	Earn a Drift Tap skill

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	Korea Opportunities	(B700) Korea	Road Racing (Lookout Circuit, Plaza Circuit, Tierra Pròspera Circuit)
3	EventLab	SP33DK1NG555 presents District 17: Sewer Racers	(A800) Modern Rally & Rally Monsters	EventLab Island
3	EventLab	SUBIE156 presents The Coast View Circuit	(S1 900) Modern Supercars
2	Speed Trap	Drag Strip	(S2 998) Rimac - 230 mph (371 kph)
2	Speed Trap	Estatio	(S2 998) Rimac - 200 mph (322 kph)
2	Speed Trap	Federal Highway	(S2 998) Rimac - 280 mph (451 kph)
5	Championship	Holden a Minute	(A800) Holden & HSV	Dirt Racing (Bajío Trail, Teotihuacán Scramble, Tapalpa Trail)
5	Championship	Sit Up and Take Lotus	(A800) Lotus	Road Racing (Vista del Mar Sprint, Los Jardines Circuit, Cathedral Circuit)
8	Horizon Tour	Co-Op Championships	Complete a Horizon Tour
3	Treasure Hunt	A Falcon Among Flamingos	Head to Cascadas de Agua Azul, place Falcon in frame in front of the pool, taking a picture is what I’d advise, doing this right will win you the prize
2	Photo Challenge	#DriftLife	Take a photo of any Formula Drift car
2	RA Drift Zone	Devil’s Pass	(S1 900) DeBerti - 110,000 points
5	RA Championship	Honda Road Again	(C600) Honda Civic	Devil’s Pass, El Bosque, Canyon Trail
2	HW Drift Zone	Water’s Edge	(S1 900) DeBerti - 140,000 points
5	HW Championship	Waiting for the Drop	(A800) Unlimited Offroad	Canyon’s Drop Hazard Sprint, Ice Canyon Hazard Sprint, Forest Falls 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 4 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	Car	Route
1	Monthly Rivals	Estadio Circuit	Lynk & Co 02
1	Forza EV Rivals	Los Jardines Circuit	Xpeng P7
1	Forza EV Rivals	Tierra Pròspera Circuit	MG Cyberster
1	Forza EV Rivals	Aeródromo Sprint	Hyundai IONIQ 6

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[Dannis6217]

SPRING HOT SEASON

Campaign Series 56 Spring

· # Forzathon Allround-Drifter [All Round Drifter]

2000 Nissan Silvia Epec-R - Tuning Code: 854915401 / Design-Code: 567555672

· The Trail: Chancen in Korea [Korea Opportunities]

Requirement: B700 Korea

2019 Hyundai Veloster N – Tuning Code: 298894134 / Design-Code: 701014016

· Speed Trap: Beschleunigungsstrecke [Drag Strip]

Requirement: S2 Rimac

Ziel/ Target: 370,1 km/h / 230 mph

2019 Rimac Concept Two - Tuning Code: 145264261 / Design-Code: 242787164

· Speed Trap: Estadio [Estatio]

Requirement: S2 Rimac

Ziel/ Target: 321,9 km/h / 200 mph

2019 Rimac Concept Two - Tuning Code: 145264261 / Design-Code: 242787164

· Speed Trap: Bundesstraße [Federal Highway]

Requirement: S2 Rimac

Ziel/ Target: 450,6 km/h / 280 mph

2019 Rimac Concept Two - Tuning Code: 145264261 / Design-Code: 242787164

· Kurzes Inneholden [Holden a Minute]

Requirement: A800 Holden & HSV (DIRT-Version)

1973 Holden HQ Monaro GTS 350 - Tuning Code: 307194423 / Design: 197071052

· Lotus Pokus [Sit Up and Take Lotus]

Requirement: A800 Lotus

1980 Lotus Esprit Turbo - Tuning Code: 674484637 / Design-Code: 150703872

OR

1971 Lotus Elan Sprint - Tuning Code: 570826685 / Design: 153311205

Rally Adventures:

· Drift Zone: Teufelspass [Devil´s Pass]

Requirement: S1 900 Deberti (2^nd Gear manual shifting from start on)

Ziel/ Target: 110.000 points

2019 Deberti Toyota Tacoma TRD - Tuning Code: 355105496 / Design-Code: 158190297

· Behondarer Moment [Honda Road Again]

Requirement: C600 Honda Civic

2004 Honda Civic Type R - Tuning: 364428341 / Design: 161543773

Hot Wheels:

· Drift Zone: Wasserufer [Water´s Edge]

Requirement: S1 900 Deberti (3^rd Gear manual shifting from start on)

Ziel/ Target: 140.000 points

2019 Deberti Toyota Tacoma TRD - Tuning Code: 355105496 / Design: 158190297

· Auf den Fall warten [Waiting for the Drop]

Requirement: A800 unlimited Offroad

2004 Nissan Pickup #23 Rally Raid - Tuning Code: 997957087 / Design: 954691493

[TheGillesMuller]

Only 1 new option for this Trial vs back in the original the Kia and it’s a waste of time for circuits with the very specific + bad build it needs to be made B700, the Ioniq 5, N Vision and the racing car can’t be downgraded to it, new times in bold….

B Korea (Lookout Circuit)

I30N (TGM, FWD + slicks) – 54.855

i30N (TGM, FWD + rallies) - 55.222
Veloster (LogikJ, FWD + rallies) - 55.389
Veloster (TGM, AWD + stock tires) – 55.672
Kona (VNX Letz, FWD) - 55.881

Ioniq 6 (TGM) - 56.593

Kia EV6 GT (TGM, drags) – 57.508

I set a new PB with that slicks i30 but I wasn’t fully convinced by these given FWD is clearly better for flying lap times on their own (so M/MC will have an inherent advantage here too) so I decided to do this afterwards since Plaza is the 2nd course, hoping an actual race + longer length would make the differences become more apparent.

1st brackets are the race time when I took the lead, and 2nd the time that the fastest AI did….

Plaza Race vs Unbeatable

Veloster (TGM) – 4:39.246 (1^st at 1:23) (2^nd place 4:54.933)
I30N (slicks) – 4:40.748 (1^st at 1:16) (2^nd place 4:56.285)
I30N (rallies) – 4:42.708 (1^st at 1:14) (2^nd place 4:58.145)

Veloster (LogikJ) – 4:44.594 (1^st at 1:30) (2^nd place 5:00.097)
Kona – 4:45.662 (1^st at 1:30) (2^nd place 5:01.932)

Ioniq 6 – 4:47.630 (1^st at 1:34) (2^nd place 5:02.616)
Kia EV6 GT – 4:48.455 (1^st at 1:25) (2^nd place 5:05.660)

Couple of oddities during this test, turns out Korea is not an option in create blueprint despite countries being one of the categories, and through those 7 races I think I ended up in 4 different places when dropped back into the map after finishing one

I do have the rallies i30N already shared from the original (991 437 348) but I’ll probably share the Veloster on Wednesday too, more forgiving and straightforward to drive for most players than the FWD ones.

[MrMogtastic]

Yeah the KIA is a pain in the behind and a bit odd. I really did not expect the forza aero to go where they stuck it.

Its really annoying that you can’t fit stratos look a like rims in B class to complete the look kia went for with the ev6.

Still i kind of feel like running it in an Alitalia livery for a laugh…

[tommyfon]

Just got some good tunes for this weeks Forzathon and championships to share

” Forzathon Weekly Challenge “ 2000 Nissan Silvia Spec R. Tune name : Forzathon

Share code : 567 728 964

“ Sit Up and Take Lotus : 2002 Lotus Esprit V8 ( backstage shop car ) Tune name : A800 Seasonal

Share code : 974 443 403

“ Holden a Minute “ : 1973 Holden HQ Monaro GTS 350. Tune name : A800 Seasonal

Share code : 374 888 949

Also got the 1977 Holden Torana A9X for this championship : Tune name : A800 Seasonal V8

Share code : 385 562 355

“ Honda Road Again “ 1997 Honda Civic Type R. Tune name : C600 Seasonal

Share code : 738 804 985

[MrMogtastic]

It is truely a horror.

[Stevio2175]

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[tommyfon]

The Swedish translation says bank 10 000 skill score on the Lunar Drift Arena on the stadium, not 100 000 so of course it would not complete for me.
Please have a look on your translations, they often contain errors like this sadly.

[DungGForza]

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[robotiChart]

This week, done and done.

I let some…driver… in the ioniq6 on what seemed like drags (given the inability to turn any corner) bug me enough over the two events it took to win as a team that I took the low ground. Woops, missed my breaking point a few times. Just a nuisance

PR stunts, rimac2 stock was grand, tho it didn’t reach the highway ST speed, needed an upgrade. Maybe just me.

[WhiteBurrito42]

@robotiChart

stock was grand, tho it didn’t reach the highway ST speed

Stock it needs the gears lengthened to up its top speed to its max 286mph. No parts req.

[robotiChart]

That’s how little I look at tuning. Sighs.

Next game…

[WhiteBurrito42]

No worries. I should have added: from a purist view changing the gearing would not be stock, and the game does consider it tuned.

I hope everyone has/will find something entertaining outside of the playlist this week

[SpeedDemon0388]

Just wanna put this out there for those attempting to beat Sewer Races eventlab, make sure you reset your position at the very start otherwise it will place you as last even if you pass the AI drivers. Took me several attempts to figure out what was going on

[Beermachine66]

I have seen this reported, but for me there was no problem so don’t know what the problem might be, I just raced normal race and everything seemed as it should be.

[Late2daparty829]

Could also be because of difficulty settings, on Expert or lower you should start the race normally. Very low difficulties like Tourist will consider you as having missed the checkpoint and reset you, but if you attempt this event on Pro or Unbeatable difficulties you will start at lap 0 while your opponents start at lap 1. That means you have to complete a total of four laps including lap 0 while your opponents only have to do three, making it impossible to finish higher than 11th.

My immediate workaround was again to change to tourist difficulty which puts you second on the starting grid, far enough to consider you as missing the starting checkpoint at which point the game will reset you and you will begin lap 1. Having experimented further playing this race on Expert will again not cause any issues, though others have suggested immediately pausing and resetting the car position.

[BeachlessBoar50]

I’d have to check my recording to be sure, but I did it in co-op and it seemed to be fine, except the race order only was correct after the first checkpoint. Well, and also for the leader getting taken out by oncoming cars and I somehow slipped through it all for the win, lol.

Reminded me of a Carmageddon: Rogue Shift route - without the weapons and zombies of course.

[aeqnx]

When we co-op’d it as 3 players it was fine, when we replayed it after the 4th friend joined, I started lap 0.

Definitely was a problem last time as well.

[Patrick_Moon500]

Arrived at the Plaza Circuit and before me the sight 4/5 drivers with speech bubbles above them saying “Look Out” and of course then they all barged into each other at the first corner, lol. I wish I recorded that.

Yeah, I fell afoul at the Creative lab one. Lost a lap out of nowhere. Don’t know what I did wrong.