FM Featured Events & Cars Overview | Dec. 11-18, 2024

[T10ManteoMax]

FM Featured Events & Cars Overview | Dec. 11-18, 2024

This is the first week of Update 15 weekly content. Weekly events for the series conclude on January 8 while the Featured Tour will remain open through January 22.
Share car selections, tuning tips, and liveries for these events!

CARS

Note that Reward cars are only available to collect by the event deadline; they are not available from the Buy Cars Showroom. Spotlight cars are briefly discounted but available from the Showroom.

• The 2017 Ford #17 Shell V-Power Racing Team Falcon FG X and 2017 Holden #22 Walkinshaw Performance VF Commodore are this week’s Spotlight cars, available in the Showroom at a 30% discount through Dec. 18.
• The 2014 Ferrari FXX K is discounted 15% for VIPs through Dec. 18. The 2017 Nissan Altima Racecar is discounted 15% for VIPs through Jan. 8.
• The 2011 Holden HSV GTS is available as a Reward either from the Challenge Hub, or from completing the Open Tour in Career, by Jan. 8.
• The 2013 Holden #10 Xbox Racing Team Commodore VF is available as a Reward either from the Challenge Hub or from completing the Mid-Engine Tour in Career by Jan. 22.

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CHALLENGE HUB REWARDS

Navigate to the Challenge Hub from the Main Menu to track your progress in unlocking cars, suits, and credits.

Featured Challenges

Title	Description	Reward	Challenge Dates (4pm PT, midnight UTC)
Aussie Challenge	Complete all series in the Australian Tour; OR Complete 10 races in the Forza AUS Series in Featured Multiplayer	2013 Holden #10 Xbox Racing Team Commodore VF (Available from Jan. 1)	Dec. 11 - Jan. 22
Open Class Challenge	Complete all series in the Open Class Tour; OR Complete 10 races in Featured Multiplayer	2011 Holden HSV GTS	Dec. 11 - Jan. 8
Bathurst Challenge	Complete 10 clean laps at Bathurst in an Australian car	Rebellious Race Suit	Dec. 11 - Jan. 8
Drifting through the Holidays	Beat 10 Rivals in the ‘Holly Jolly Holden’ Drift Rivals Event	2016 Formula Drift #530 HSV Maloo GEN-F	Dec. 11 - Jan. 8
Commodore Conqueror	Get on the Podium in any Holden Commodore in a race with at least 10 opponents	1985 HDT VK Commodore Group A	Dec. 11 - Jan. 8
Stay Frosty	Complete a lap in the 2019 Elemental Rp1 on Nürburgring Nordschleife in the Rain	Frostbite Race Suit	Dec. 11 - Jan. 8
Logitech McLaren G Challenge: Car	Complete 15 laps in the ‘Logitech McLaren G Challenge Qualifier #2’ Rivals event	1988 McLaren #12 Honda McLaren MP4/4	Dec. 11 - Jan. 15
Logitech McLaren G Challenge: Livery	Complete a clean lap in the ‘Logitech McLaren G Challenge Qualifier #2’ Rivals event	Logitech McLaren G Challenge Livery	Dec. 11 - Jan. 15

Weekly Challenges

Week 1: Dec. 11 - Dec. 18 (cutoff at 4pm PT, midnight UTC)

Title	Description	Reward
Spotlight Challenge	Complete 5 races in the 2017 Holden #22 Walkinshaw Performance VF Commodore Complete 5 races in the 2017 Ford #17 Shell V-Power Racing Team Falcon FG X	10,000 Credits
Weekly Skills Challenge	Get a Podium in the Ferrari FXX Spec Series in Featured Multiplayer; OR Get a Podium in the V8 Supercars Series in Career	25,000 Credits
Weekly Safety Challenge	Complete 5 races without receiving a penalty in Featured Multiplayer	25,000 Credits
Weekly Rivals Challenge	Beat 5 Rivals in the ‘Featured Track - Bathurst’ Rivals event	10,000 Credits
Weekly Track Challenge	Get a Segment Score of 8 or higher in ‘The Esses’ on Bathurst	25,000 Credits

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RIVALS

The Spotlight rivals will cycle weekly. The Featured Track, VIP, and Drift events are available through Jan. 8 and the Logitech McLaren G Challenge event is available through Jan. 15. Beat at least 10 Rivals in the Holly Jolly Holden Drift Rivals event to unlock the 2016 Formula Drift #530 HSV Maloo Gen-F!

Menu	Event	Car	Track
Featured	Logitech McLaren G Challenge Qualifier #2	1988 McLaren #12 Honda McLaren MP4/4	Silverstone GP
Featured	Featured Track - Bathurst Circuit	2019 Brabham BT62	Bathurst Circuit
Featured	Spec Division – V8 Supercars	2017 Ford #17 Shell V-Power Racing Team Falcon FG X 2017 Holden #22 Walkinshaw Performance VF Commodore	Grand Oak National
Drift Zone	Holly Jolly Holden	2016 Formula Drift #530 HSV Maloo GEN-F	Grand Oak - Club
Drift Zone	Open Class Drift - C Class	C Class + RWD	Hakone - Club
VIP (DLC)	WRX Walkabout	2019 SUBARU STI S209 Forza Edition	Bathurst

Logitech McLaren G Challenge Qualifier #2
The Logitech McLaren G Challenge Qualifier #2 is here! Race for $100,000+ in cash and prizes and the chance to win a VIP race experience with McLaren. Sign up on Discord to confirm eligibility and qualify for prizes. This month’s event features the 1988 McLaren #12 Honda McLaren MP4/4 on the Silverstone – Grand Prix Circuit. The top 10 drivers per region qualify for grid races on March 1-2.See also the Rivals Rewards in the Challenge Hub.

• Complete 5 clean laps to earn an additional 50,000 Credits (see the Challenge Hub)

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CAREER

JORDAN LUKA 3 MOTORSPORT SERIES

The Jordan Luka 3 Racing Suit is available as a reward for completing the Jordan Luka 3 Motorsport Series by January 30, 2025.

• Jordan Luka 3 Unexpected Speed
  • Hakone – Club Circuit (6 laps)
  • Silverstone – Grand Prix Circuit (2 laps)
  • Catalunya – Grand Prix Circuit (3 laps)
  • Yas Marina – Full Circuit (2 laps)
  • Hakone – Grand Prix Circuit (4 laps)

FEATURED: AMERICAN THUNDER TOUR (Update 14)

The American Thunder Tour remains open through December 25, 2024. Complete all events to collect the 1988 Chevrolet #77 Beretta Trans Am

American Thunder Tour track list

• Modern NASCAR (Starts Nov. 6)
  • Daytona International Speedway – Tri-Oval Circuit (12 minutes)
  • Indianapolis – Brickyard Oval (12 minutes)
  • Watkins Glen – Short Circuit (8 minutes)
  • Eaglerock Speedway – Full Circuit (8 minutes)
  • Homestead-Miami Speedway (12 minutes)
  • Sunset Peninsula – Oval Circuit (12 minutes)
• American Road Racing (Starts Nov. 13)
  • Lime Rock Park – Full Circuit (12 minutes)
  • Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course (12 minutes)
  • Road Atlanta (12 minutes)
• American Le Mans (Starts Nov. 20)
  • Sebring International Raceway (12 minutes)
  • Road America (12 minutes)
  • Laguna Seca (12 minutes)
• Daytona Prototypes (Starts Nov. 27)
  • Watkins Glen – Full Circuit (8 minutes)
  • Virginia International Raceway – Full Circuit (8 minutes)
  • Sunset Peninsula (8 minutes)
  • Daytona International Speedway – Sports Car Circuit (8 minutes)
• Reward Showcase (Complete all American Thunder Tour series)
  • Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course – Full Circuit (8 minutes)

FEATURED: AUSTRALIAN TOUR (Update 15)

The Australian Tour starts off with the Forza AUS Series - Choose between the 2017 Ford #17 Shell V-Power Racing Team Falcon FG X and 2017 Holden #22 Walkinshaw Performance VF Commodore and compete with V8s from around the world. Each week an additional series opens. Complete all series events by January 22, 2025 to collect the 2013 Holden #10 Xbox Racing Team Commodore VF - or collect it via the Challenge Hub (reward available Jan. 1)

• Forza AUS Series (Starts Dec. 11)
• Bathurst – Mount Panorama Circuit (4 laps)
• Watkins Glen – Short Circuit (6 laps)
• Catalunya – National Circuit (6 laps)
• Kyalami – Grand Prix Circuit (4 laps)

OPEN CLASS TOUR

Upgrade your favorite stock racers – or any other cars of your choosing – and use them to complete all six series in the Open Class Tour before January 8, 2025, to collect the 2011 Holden HSV GTS - or collect it via the Challenge Hub.

Open Class Tour track list

• Open Class Tour (Available from Dec. 11 - Jan. 8)
• D Class Series
  • Eaglerock Speedway – Club Circuit
  • Silverstone – National Circuit
  • Suzuka – East Circuit
• C Class Series
  • Grand Oak – Club Circuit
  • Road America – East Circuit
  • Yas Marina – South Circuit
• B Class Series
  • Watkins Glen – Short Circuit
  • Sunset Peninsula – Club Circuit
  • Hockenheim – National Circuit
• A Class Series
  • Mugello – Club Circuit
  • Homestead-Miami Speedway – Road Circuit
  • Virginia International Raceway – Full Circuit
• S Class Series
  • Hakone – Grand Prix Circuit
  • Silverstone – Grand Prix Circuit
  • Bathurst – Mount Panorama Circuit
• R Class Series
  • Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps – Full Circuit
  • Brands Hatch – Grand Prix Circuit
  • Road Atlanta – Full Circuit
• Reward Showcase (Complete all Open Tour series)
  • Bathurst – Mount Panorama Circuit (3 laps)

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FEATURED MULTIPLAYER

Menu	Event	Car Restriction	Length
Featured	Forza AUS Series	Forza AUS (Spec)	Medium (~20 min.)
Featured	Ferrari FXX Spec Series	Spec FXX K or FXX-K Evo	Medium (~20 min.)
Featured	Early LMP Series	Early LMP (Spec)	Medium (~20 min.)
Spec Events	Forza Touring Car Series	Forza Touring Cars	Short (~8 min.)
Spec Events	NASCAR Series	NASCAR	Medium (~20 min.)
Spec Events	Endurance Series	Forza AUS (Spec)	Endurance (~60 min.)
Spec Events	Forza GT2 Series	Forza GT3=2	Long (~30 min.)
Open Events	Multi-Class Series	C/B/A/S Class	Medium (~20 min.)
Open Events	Cycled Class Series	P,D,X,C,E Class cycled daily	Short (~8 min.)
Open Events	A Class Series	A Class	Short (~8 min.)

Forza AUS Series
Several legendary rivalries have formed behind the wheels of these high-performance V8-powered supercars from the land down under.

Ferrari FXX Spec Series
Blending Formula 1 technology with unparalleled exclusivity, these track-only supercars allow drivers some of the most advanced and powerful Ferraris on the planet.

Early LMP Series
Starting in 1992, LMP prototype class racing returned some open cockpit, single seaters to the top tier of endurance racing.

Forza Touring Car Series
These fine-tuned Touring Cars from around the world deliver razor sharp handling for maximum speed on the most technically challenging circuits. Cycled to Medium length this week.

NASCAR Series
Overtake the opposition on a variety of ovals in the NASCAR series, where every lap brings new thrills and unexpected twists.

Endurance Series
A thrilling test of stamina and speed, endurance races push the limits of both machine and driver in grueling long-distance events that demand the highest levels of consistency, strategy, and focus.

Forza GT2 Series
GT2 cars make a definite impression with their aggressive styling, enormous power and race-ready suspension delivering extraordinary performance.

Multi-Class Series
Multiple classes. Multiple winners. 1 race. Pick an eligible car or build your very own within one of the classes to compete against other drivers within the same class.

Cycled Class Series
Classes rotate daily. Class rotation includes P, D, X, C, and E Classes. Pick your favorite car for the class of the day or build your very own and bring it to dominate the competition!

A Class Series
Pick your favorite A Class car or build your very own and bring it to dominate the competition!

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[leetorts]

What is with that drifting rivals? Took me 2 hrs. I beat more than 10 the first time and it makes me beat people 1 by 1 instead. Are you insane? Do you know how hard it is for some of us? Especially when I scored too many points on the first go round. Why would you put such a frustrating time wasting thing. Why? You need to stop doing this.

[Operator1]

Same with the “beat 5 rivals in the ‘Featured Track - Bathurst’ event” challenge.
…This can be exceedingly difficult when rivals automatically pits you against your friends list and your friends are all very fast.

I guess you could exit out of rivals every time you beat a randomly selected beatable ghost so that you can then select another randomly beatable ghost, but… yeah, that fits right in with the way this game’s cumbersome UI/UX dra-a-a-ags everything out.

[Beermachine66]

Just pick someone else with dirty lap and cruise 5 laps without dirtying it, same goes to drift rivals.

I just chose (choose set as training ghost) someone with dirty lap on drift rivals and cruised 10 laps, you don’t even have to score any points as long as you keep your lap clean.

[Operator1]

@Beermachine66

Just pick someone else with dirty lap and cruise 5 laps without dirtying it, same goes to drift rivals.

I just chose (choose set as training ghost) someone with dirty lap on drift rivals and cruised 10 laps, you don’t even have to score any points as long as you keep your lap clean.

You have to beat multiple separate rival players.
The game automatically selects the next-highest friend on your friends list to be your next rival.
If you can’t beat your next-highest friend, you have to exit out of rivals every time you beat one random rival in order to select another random rival (who is not on your friends list).
It’s just a poorly-designed “challenge” with a a poorly-designed way to do things.

[Operator1]

The Featured Forza AUS multiplayer series is just Bathurst Bathurst Bathurst? No track variety?

[Beermachine66]

No you don’t have beat 5 separate rivals, key here is “choose set as training ghost” and you can do it with just one rival.

Just completed 5 laps in Bathurst rival event with this method and completed that challenge hub task.

I have always used this method and it has always worked.

[Operator1]

Oh, really? I’ve never understood how the “training ghost” option differs from just selecting a rival. How does that work?

[Jezza14]

It just keeps you with the same rival you’ve selected even if you beat them.

[Operator1]

Thank you. Today I learned.
It doesn’t seem intuitive/obvious for that to work for “beat multiple rivals” challenges, but I’m glad to know that now.

[enf0o]

Bathurst brought me back to the game, but I’m struggling to keep up with credits for all these cars required for featured events.

Is multiplayer newbie friendly? I’ve heard that’s a good way to earn some credits, but I know I’ll never be competitive. I also play in cockpit so I don’t have great situational awareness for other cars, and I don’t want to ruin other players’ races when I take my corners.
Anyone been in my position?

[Jezza14]

Might be worth trying the multi class races. The standard tends to be lower and the number of participants in your exact category will also be lower. You have to be a bit mindful of fast approaching higher class cars but they will usually give you a wide berth and the radar should help spot them coming.

[Tree7rog]

Beat the same rival 5 times doesn’t have the same ring to it…

[Jezza14]

Just to add, and you’ve probably already thought of this, but you can do the Open class events first using cars you hopefully already own. That should then help up the credits for the more expensive featured car events.

[Rayne_SE]

For new players I would suggest Multi-Class. The races are 20 minutes. Enough time to get familiar with new cars & tracks and build racecraft.
The pace is lower than in Open Class lobbies providing more room for errors and suboptimal cars/builds while still being in the action.
4 classes (C,B,A,S) are racing simultaneously. A good training for situational awareness.

Open Class lobbies are full with meta-build cars used by very good players. Probably not very motivating at the start.
I stopped playing those because they are so boring.

[enf0o]

Thanks for the tips, guys. Think I’ll look into these multi-class events.
I have a decent number of cars thanks to the car pass and a few reward cars, so hopefully I have at least one car ready for each class.

[Jezza14]

If you need any help with suggested cars/tunes for multi class feel free to ask on here. To be honest, I mainly only have S class cars but others will have options for the lower classes.

Key tip is to use sport or street tyres for the longer races. I haven’t done multi class recently but I think sport tyres generally still last the 20 minutes without a pitstop? Rayne should be able to confirm.

[Rayne_SE]

Sport tires will last in most cases. Exceptions are Hakone and FWD cars.
If you want to have some suggestions @enf0o, hit me up. I’ve built every car in the game and have tested over 200 A & B class cars on the Nordschleife. Thus, I’ve a decent experience of the potential of cars.