FH3 Blizzard Mountain / Hot Wheels DLC Installation on Win10

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I recently installed Forza Horizon 3 again after a few years, running into a snag on Win10 trying to get the Blizzard Mountain and Hot Wheels DLC to download and install. The good news is I got it to work, but the way to do it is not documented (that I could find) so I wanted to share my successful experience so others don’t have to.

I originally purchased FH3 Standard Edition, later purchasing the separate DLC expansions. After installing the game, only the base game was installed and because of the end-of-life (EOL) of FH3 I couldn’t download and install the DLC from the store; or the xbox app. e.g. doing a search would not directly lead to a result to download. At best, a search would lead me to the expansion pass which either prompted me to purchase or not able to download.

I went into the game to see if I could load the DLC expansions from the marker on the map. Upon visiting and clicking purchase / install that led to a store error - unable to download and install. Upon reflection I think this link goes to an expired / non-existent store link. Probably the one that was EOL’d.

Then I thought about it a moment and realized why not try the Blizzard Mountain and Hot Wheels tabs in the menu when driving. Once there I clicked into “Travel to …” button which opened a window to purchase / install. Pressing “Enter” popped open the Microsoft Store app with a direct link to download. Clicking that button to download triggered the Xbox app to manage the download and install.

I did the above for both the DLC’s, restarted the game and the DLC was properly installed and ready to play. See images for reference.

SNAG-0284
SNAG-02843840×2160 3.97 MB

SNAG-0283
SNAG-02833840×2160 4.01 MB

SNAG-0282
SNAG-02823840×2160 4.5 MB

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SNAG-02761800×1398 771 KB

SNAG-0275
SNAG-02751914×1478 1.21 MB

SNAG-0268
SNAG-02683840×2160 6.69 MB

SNAG-0258
SNAG-0258744×950 56.9 KB

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Yeah this would only work if you previously purchased the 2 DLC’s.

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OK. So I HAVE purchased the DLCs, I have the Ultimate Edition of FH3. But I never got around to using them before. I’m trying to now because I’m going back and replaying the game after doing all the content in FH5 and wanting more. However, I am still getting that error message as well. I own the DLC, but am unable to access them.

[Edit] Looks like the issue is trying to download them from in-game. If you run into this message, you can open the store and download them there… if you already purchased them.

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The expansions are not included with the ultimate version of fh3 as well

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I’ve tried your trick and the Store app spat out an error code. After trying several times and resetting the store with “wsreset.exe”, I managed to download and install Blizzard Mountain:

I’ve cancelled the download in the xbox app (it didn’t download further because of the error) and then tried again installing it in the Windows Store app. And somehow it worked this time…

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Thanks mate i didn’t think of this for some reason

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Hey man ive been looking for these dlcs for a while i was wondering if i could gameshare them with you ill give you a five dollar gift card to walmart

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Yes, I confirm that this trick works! I regret not purchasing Hot Wheels expansion back then, which I can’t get now. But Blizzard Mountain is working for me as of Feb 2024.