The 2012 Pagani Huayra and 1967 Mercedes-Benz 280 SL are this week’s new Exclusive car rewards.
WINTER | DRY SEASON
The season starts at 6:30am Pacific on January 18 and ends Thursday, January 25, 2024 2:30 PM
This is the third season of the Community Choice 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.
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.
No Substitute
New Year, New Porsche
Own and drive the 1966 Porsche 906 Carrera 6
Placed by Hand
Take a photo of the Porsche 906
Hill Climber
Drive to La Gran Caldera in the Porsche 906
Tunneling Through
Win a Tunnel Run Street Race event in the Porsche 906
#Forzathon Daily Challenges
(1 pt each) Each new challenge starts daily at 6:30am PT and is open for 7 days.
Civic Duty
Smash 5 Trash Cans in any Honda Civic
Pedal Pusher
Earn 3 Stars at any Drift Zone
Group Therapy
Complete a Horizon Tour
Morning Car-Tunes
Spend 50,000 credits on upgrades
Spyder Bites
Win the Aeródromo Drag Strip in any Porsche Spyder
High Fashion
Equip the Gradient Tee in the Character Customizer
When Pontiacs Fly!
Land a jump lasting at least 500 ft in any Pontiac
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
Heroes of the Hour
(C600) Sports Utility Heroes
Cross Country (Tropico)
3
EventLab
Horizon Club Circuit (Hot-Hatch)
(B700) Hot Hatches
3
EventLab
Estadio GP Circuit (Outside)
(S1 900) Hypercars
3
Playground Games
Working For or Against?
(S2 998) Anything Goes - Survival
Estadio Horizon
2
Danger Sign
Colina
(A800) Super GT - 313m
2
Speed Trap
Horizon Baja Speed Trap
(A800) Super GT - 88 mph
2
Speed Zone
River Run
(A800) Super GT - 82 mph
5
Championship
Horse-Power to the People
(A800) Unlimited Offroad & Buggies
Cross Country (Las Granjas)
8
Horizon Tour
Co-Op Championships
Complete a Horizon Tour
2
Treasure Hunt
Whipping Up a Storm
Start the Huracan as you drive circles around Mexico!
2
Photo Challenge
#BeachSavvy
Take a photo of any Renault at Playa Azul
2
RA Speed Zone
Reservoir View
(A800) Super GT - 76 mph
5
RA Championship
Classic Dunes
(C600) Classic Rally
2
HW Speed Trap
Forest Edge
(A800) Super GT - 243 mph
5
HW Championship
Wheelie Fun!
(B700) Modern Rally
MONTHLY RIVALS
The total points from Monthly events are divided by four when applied to individual seasons. Completing the events will apply 1 point for each Rivals event (1 x 4) = 4 points maximum applied to each season. Post a clean lap to complete Rivals events; cars are stock and provided as free rentals.
BMW 2011 X5 M (Ronin X5):
Cupra 2022 Tavascan Concept (Ronin Tavascan): 148 779 468
Jaguar 2017 F-Pace S (Ronin F-Pace): 980 302 331
Land Rover 2015 Range Rover Sport SVR (Ronin SVR): 149 265 418
BMW 2022 IX XDRIVE50 (Ronin IX): 176 008 749
Land Rover 2020 Defender 110 X (Ronin Defender): 116 168 366
Land Rover 2018 Ranger Rover Velar First Edition (Ronin Velar): 152 974 061
Maserati 2017 Levante S (Ronin Levante): 708 594 749
Mini 2018 John Cooper Works Countryman All4 (Ronin All4): 159 588 275
Porsche 2019 Macan Turbo (Gulf): 317 294 606
Rivian 2022 R1S (Ronin R1S): 149 445 248
The weekly sponsor theme is clearly Ronin. They’re a jiujitsu company based out of New York. Most of their stuff is made in Pakistan (which is the norm), but they’re notable because they had one particular model that was made in Japan. Obscenely expensive, the stuff is like a suit of armor. It only came in blue and white because the factory refused to make a black version. Prices kept going up on it, so I’m pretty sure it’s phased out. I have three of those, and it’s my main competition uniform (for competitions where I don’t have to weigh-in with the uniform… it weighs a ton).
The Rivian doesn’t actually have the Ronin logo on it, I was just in pattern mode. The Rivian actually has a Rivian logo that I whipped up real quick. I don’t know how much application I’ll have for it, but it was simple and geometric so I knocked it out in a few minutes (just eyeballed it, didn’t use the whole glass2k tracing thing).
The Porsche Gulf is an existing release, I didn’t re-share.
@AudioRebelUK let me know if there’s a particular model you’d like to see Citified. I know you can paint it blue, but the line work is all done so it’s easy enough for me to do it blue and white and then throw some of the logos on there.
Y’all reet me mad-ferret ?! (Mancunian term for ‘Are you okay ?’ If you’re English ‘you know what I mean’ in true Oasis style,circa 1998.
Anyway, back to the question in hand… @BravoSteelviper , can you Citify the Velar 2018 (Trial this week), Ford Escort 1973 (Rally Championship) & Subaru Imp. WRX 2005 (Hot Wheels Championship) please.
I will be using these three for the forthcoming week 3.Thanking you muchly
No need to Citify the Aston Martin DB11 which (IMO) is strong enough for the PR Stunts. I have a personal livery for that.
Ford 1973 Escort RS1600 (Man City Escort): 266 545 376
Land Rover 2018 Ranger Rover Velar First Edition (Man City Velar): 210 960 882
Subaru 2005 Impreza WRX STI (Man City Subi): 969 723 757
The Velar and Subaru were easy due to previous line work. The Escort I had never worked on before, so it took longer.
I’ll be using the 2004 Subaru. @TonyKartRcr has a “trial killer” tune that just shreds. The only downside is that you have to use manual because the optimal shift point isn’t what the automatic will do. It’s about the only time I run manual.
Forzathon Weekly Challenge “No Substitute”
1966 Porsche 906 Carrera 6 - SC 859 979 507 (A800)
This Porsche is a classic for a reason.
The Trial “Heroes of the Hour” C600 Sports Utility Heroes
2018 Mini John Cooper Works Countryman All4 - SC 172 543 515 (C600)
That’s right! I’m rolling the Mini this week! It’s a fun drive and put up decent times in my testing. For those that are Mini adverse…I have a tune shared for the Range Rover Velar as well.
PGG “Working For or Against?”
2010 Mosler MT900S - SC 339 462 777 (S2 992)
Mosler on over to the stadium and get your Gloria Gaynor on!
Seasonal Championship “Horse-Power to the People” A800 Unlimited Offroad & Buggies
2015 Honda Ridgeline Baja Trophy Truck - SC 431 893 186 (A800)
This Honda is a blast! A Ridgeline actually made to tackle dirt?!
Rally Adventure Seasonal Championship “Classic Dunes” C600 Classic Rally
1965 Mini Cooper S - SC 110 614 712 (C600)
Is two Minis too many? Nah, Minis are fun!
HW Seasonal Championship “Wheelie Fun” B700 Modern Rally
2006 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX MR - SC 134 438 401 (B700)
B700 Modern Rally?! Finally!!
PR Stunts
A800 Super GT for all stunts
2013 Aston Martin V12 Vantage S - SC 157 988 145 (A800)
I hope these work well for everyone this week and as always thanks for keeping it Cashless!! Happy driving all!!
The PI selection for the Trial can only be a mistake as it simply doesn’t makes sense that only two out of 21 (?) cars of the respective category can be picked. It once again shows that the people at PGG don’t really play their own game and have no clue about the cars in it. It also shows once again that there’s no oversight.
If I’m wrong and it’s indeed ment to be that way then who ever is responsible for this decision should be replaced for the given reasons. Please hire somebody for that position that actually has a clue about the game, what’s in it and who can judge what’s enjoyable and what the community likes. This is definitely not it!
I’ll refrain from posting any designs and tunes out of disdain this time.
Fasloninja’s tune has 601 hp. Close times between Fasloninja and ESV Mars (approx 1 second for combined times of Tropico and Herencia) but Forza seem to put better AI against ESV Mars and it was easier to overtake with the Fasloninja tune. May not be a problem in the actual Trial since it will be 6 humans against 6 AI and not 1 human against 11 AI.
Easy Trial, the AI are poor in the corners on both courses due to many unnecessary braking lines.
Mini’s were never going to be an issue but got lucky with the 2 Defenders, the one who was a good driver had a poorly tuned one and the one with a good tune was driven by an idiot who just accelerated constantly then e-braked into corners, hence they did well on Tropico which is almost entirely about power after the initial Ek Balam part.
Velar did ok, went exactly as planned on both courses with taking the inside on the first corner to pass nearly every human then getting any remaining ones on the 2nd, was getting reeled in quickly at the end of Tropico by the aforementioned Defender but the Velar had created a big lead early on, Herencia was just very simple and I should really have done under 3 minutes to be honest, feels awful strange using my own stuff for 2 weeks in a row.
I cruised to an easy 2 and done with @x_ShadowsBane_x 's Defender 20 tune. That seems to be the rental option (there were a couple stock ones) and there were a couple of Minis. Unfortunate restrictions, but they didn’t consult us (and we don’t get a vote).
It’s a fun drive and put up decent times in my testing. 
For those that are Mini adverse…I have a tune shared for the Range Rover Velar as well. 
Nah, Minis are fun! 
