AUTUMN | STORM SEASON | JAPANESE AUTOMOTIVE (SERIES 57)
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 March 5 and ends Thursday, March 12, 2026 2:30 PM
This is the second season of the returning Japanese Automotive 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: 277 points
- Series Reward: 2022 SUBARU WRX (Seasonal exclusive car) (80 points)
- Series Reward: 2018 Nissan Sentra NISMO (Backstage/Seasonal exclusive car) (160 points)
Season: 68 points
- Season Reward: 1995 Toyota MR2 GT (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: 2016 Honda Civic Coupe - seasonal exclusive car
- Car: 2013 Toyota 86
- Car: 1997 Mazda RX-7
- Car: 1973 Nissan Skyline H/T 2000GT-R
- Clothing: Hot Wheels Tee
- ForzaLINK: “Don’t talk about Street Scene”
- ForzaLINK: “Beautiful!”
- Super Wheelspins
- Forzathon Points
HORIZON BACKSTAGE CARS
Added to the Backstage Shop this week:
- 1968 Pontiac Firebird
- 1973 Volkswagen Thing
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:
| 400 FP Car | 1969 Toyota 2000GT | |
| 200 FP Car | 1997 Formula Drift #777 Nissan 240SX | |
| 75 FP Car Horn | Wah Wah Wah Wahhh | |
| 75 FP Clothing | Silver Leather Boots | |
| 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.
| Runabout Racer | |
|---|---|
| Chapter 1: Mister Two | Own and drive the 1989 Toyota MR2 SC |
| Chapter 2: Positively Charged | Earn 6 Stars at Speed Traps in the 1989 Toyota MR2 SC |
| Chapter 3: Heads Up | Win a Street Race in the 1989 Toyota MR2 SC |
| Chapter 4: Toyotally Awesome | Bank 100.000 skill score in the 1989 Toyota MR2 SC |
Forzathon Daily Challenges
(1 pt each) Each new challenge starts daily at 7:30am PT and is open for 7 days.
| Kiwami | Earn 10 Ultimate Wreckage Skills in any Extreme Track Toy |
| Boss Battle | Win a Midnight Battle in any Japanese vehicle |
| Running in the 90’s | Earn a total of 200,000 points at Drift Zones in any vehicle from the 1990’s |
| Wheely Nice | Paint your vehicle’s rims |
| Kawaii! | Take a picture of any Japanese vehicle |
| Super Speeder | Earn 10 Speed Skills in the 1997 Mazda RX-7 |
| Honkda | Honk your horn in any Honda |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Horizon Arcade | Mini Games | Complete any Horizon Arcade theme | |
| 10 | The Trial | Super Scramble | (C600) Japan | Dirt Racing (Horizon Baja Scramble, Caldera Scramble, San Juan Scramble) |
| 3 | EventLab | JOH CEE Presents Zhèn Inaka ‘Night_Race’ | (B700) Japan | |
| 3 | EventLab | FRENCHWOXXY Presents Project Bayside (Night Edition) | (B700) Japan | |
| 2 | Danger Sign | Launch Control | (S2 998) Anything Goes - 1641 ft (500 m) | |
| 2 | Speed Zone | Watersplash | (S2 998) Anything Goes - 95 mph (153 kph) | |
| 2 | Drift Zone | Trailbreaker | (S2 998) Anything Goes - 130,000 points | |
| 5 | Championship | Spoiler Sport | (B700) Japan Retro Sports Cars | Street Racing (Cañón Run, Coast Run, Bosque del Sur) |
| 5 | Championship | Niss’an Easy | (B700) Nissan | Road Racing (Gran Pantano Sprint, Cathedral Circuit, Riviera Sprint) |
| 3 | Treasure Hunt | 370ception | Speed through the Zones for 370 in a 370 | |
| 2 | Photo Challenge | #InfinitiPool | Nissan or Infiniti + stone lanterns in Cascadas De Agua Azul | |
| 2 | RA Speed Zone | Tierras Verdes | (S2 998) Anything Goes - 72 mph (116 kph) | |
| 5 | RA Championship | All Rallied Up | (C600) Retro Rally | Cascada Fuerte, Three Hills, Meridian |
| 2 | HW Drift Zone | Water’s Edge | (S2 998) Anything Goes - 150,000 points | |
| 5 | HW Championship | Flaming Hot | (S1 900) Anything Goes | Dragon’s Fall Speed Circuit, Nexus Speed Circuit, Twin Loop Speed Circuit |
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 | Car | Route |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Monthly Rivals | Plaza Circuit | Nissan Z |
| 1 | Monthly Rivals | Horizon Mexico Circuit | Nissan GT-R (R35) |
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