Note: As of Approximately December 22nd, 2024. Forza Horizon 3 servers are starting to have some issues. This was the first recorded date I could find referencing this issue which appeared through the Official Forza Discord. This Issue is a new issue for the title. There is no announcement of server closure, and nothing I can find is down Microsoft wise when checking status through down detector at the time this report is created.
Special thanks to @fishdudedk6757 for helping me with this list and @skyx_pl for being the first to point out this issue.
I tried the other day to hop on some FH3, and everything except online matchmaking gave me a “FH3 Server Not Available” Error. This needs to be fixed, as nothing for FH3 has been announced for shutdown. AKA: It’s supposed to be working. In the most respectful way: I do not want to see a repeat of FH1/FH2.
Yesterday I entered Forza Horizon 3 and found that the social, clubs, rivals and marketplace tabs were inactive. Today I got Gamepass again, tried to play and the free online tour is working. This is very strange, when will it go back to normal again? If they are deactivating, they should at least let us know, right?!
I plan to do some more testing on the servers with a friend Tomorrow. And no one knows when it will come back but it needs to ASAP. I do not want a FH1/FH2 Repeat, and it has not been announced for shutdown. AKA: It’s supposed to be working.
Yeah it hasn’t been announced that the servers are shutting down, and this same issue happened litterally a month ago so its likely that it will come back.
I have been returning to FH3…to enjoy and last this online service has worked was on 21st Dec…from 22nd it’s all greyed out and exhibits same symptoms as posted above. Thank God I thought it was just me and was almost thinking it as a soft ban?? (Forza account shows no ban so that’s good)
As pointed out by someone above it could be maintenance… let’s hope the same and we can have the game back up and fully running until official discontinuation.
Idk it could also be an attempt to push notorious players out or to a newer game (FH4/5). Just a speculation, not confirmed. Please.
Such a shame ! I Spend the holidays playing the complete story + Dlc’s with my brother !
Happy that i didn’t missed this gem ! But now i was hoping to do some achievements and maybe 100% it but yeah auction house and everything went down few days just before i started
I signed up to this page because of this very post, i installed this game on the 14th of Dec and ive got the exact issue and partially this issue with FM7
The last time i ever played FH3 was on year of launch
The grayed out sections are now open again, including the Auction House, Message Center, Community News and #ForzaThon. But the Forza Horizon 3 server is still not available.
[EDIT] I’ve attached another two images, appareantly Auction House works when you start the game, but it becomes unavailable in like 30 seconds. I can still view my auctioned cars, but I cannot claim them or do anything about them. They are “Stuck”.
Please do not DM me, or anyone else, asking when the FH3 Servers will be back up. I do not work for PGG/T10. I am just a ordinary person from Denmark trying to figure this out.
Checked it today. The server is still down. Hopefully, the delay is just due to people being on vacation for the holidays and this game not being enough of a priority for a hotfix. I wanted to work on 100% the game in 2025, and hope I can at least do that with the drivatars.
