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Horizon Backstage in FH5

Horizon Backstage Car List

Updated 20 Feb 2025

See the full FH5 Car List on our site page that can be filtered and sorted.

Car Model Car Type Collect Debut Shop
1980 Abarth Fiat 131 Classic Rally Backstage, Seasonal Series 24 20241010
1992 Alfa Romeo 155 Q4 Retro Saloons Backstage, Seasonal Series 24 20241024
2017 Alpine A110 Modern Sports Cars Backstage, Wheelspin, Seasonal Launch 20241212
2022 Aston Martin Valkyrie AMR Pro Extreme Track Toys Backstage, Seasonal Series 31 20241128
2017 Aston Martin Vanquish Zagato Coupe Super GT Backstage, Seasonal Series 36 20241219
2013 Audi R8 Coupe V10 plus 5.2 FSI quattro Modern Supercars Backstage, Wheelspin, Seasonal Launch 20250130
2023 BMW M2 Super Saloons Backstage, Seasonal Series 25 20250220
2021 BMW M3 Competition Sedan Super Saloons Backstage, Seasonal Series 25 20250102
2021 BMW M4 Competition Coupé Super Saloons Backstage, Seasonal Series 11 20241010
2013 Cadillac XTS Limousine Super Saloons Backstage, Seasonal Series 15 20241010
1986 Citroën BX4TC Retro Rally Backstage, Seasonal Series 34 20241031
1970 Dodge Coronet Super Bee Classic Muscle Backstage, Seasonal Series 9 20250213
2010 Ferrari 599 GTO Super GT Backstage, Seasonal Series 2 20241024
2002 Ferrari 575M Maranello Retro Supercars Backstage, Seasonal Series 2 20241017
1992 Ferrari 512 TR Retro Supercars Backstage, Seasonal Series 7 20241031
2024 Ford Mustang Dark Horse Modern Muscle Backstage, Seasonal Series 35 20250206
2005 Ford GT Retro Supercars Backstage, Wheelspin, Seasonal Launch 20241107
1986 Ford F-150 XLT Lariat Pickups & 4x4s Backstage, Seasonal Series 21 20250213
1992 GMC Typhoon Vans & Utility Backstage, Seasonal Series 22 20250220
2022 Gordon Murray Automotive T.50 Hypercars Seasonal Launch 20250109
2022 Hyundai N Vision 74 Track Toys Backstage, Seasonal Series 34 20241226
2015 Jaguar XKR-S GT Track Toys Backstage, Seasonal Series 3 20241121
2023 KIA EV6 GT Sports Utility Heroes Backstage, Seasonal Series 35 20250130
2006 Koenigsegg CCX Hypercars Backstage, Seasonal Series 29 20241107
2021 Lamborghini Aventador LP 780-4 Ultimae Hypercars Backstage, Seasonal Series 36 20250102
2020 Lamborghini Huracán STO Track Toys Backstage, Seasonal Series 20 20241114
2018 Lamborghini Aventador SVJ Hypercars Backstage, Seasonal Series 2 20241121
2012 Lamborghini Gallardo LP 570-4 Spyder Performante Modern Supercars Backstage, Seasonal Series 2 20241114
1962 Lincoln Continental Rods and Customs Backstage, Seasonal Series 27 20250206
2023 Lucid Air Sapphire Super Saloons Backstage, Seasonal Series 27 2025023
2021 McLaren 765LT Track Toys Backstage , Seasonal Series 6 20241219
2011 McLaren 12C Coupé Modern Supercars Backstage, Seasonal Series 29 20241226
1993 McLaren F1 Retro Supercars Wheelspin, Seasonal Launch 20250109
2021 Mercedes-AMG SL 63 Super Saloons Backstage, Seasonal Series 31 20241212
1967 Mercedes-Benz 280 SL Rare Classics Backstage, Seasonal Series 29 20241010
2005 Mitsubishi #1 Sierra Sierra Enterprises Lancer Evolution Time Attack Extreme Track Toys Backstage, Seasonal Series 33 2025016
2020 MG #20 MG6 XPower Track Toys Backstage, Seasonal Series 16 20241128
2023 Nissan Z Modern Sports Cars Backstage, Seasonal Series 17 20241205
1985 Nissan Safari Turbo Pickups & 4x4s Backstage, Seasonal Series 18 20241205
2016 Pagani Huayra BC Hypercars Backstage, Wheelspin, Seasonal Launch 20241010
2011 Pagani Huayra Coupe Hypercars Backstage, Seasonal Series 29 20250123
2022 Rivian R1S Sports Utility Heroes Backstage, Seasonal Series 25 20241010
1985 Toyota Sprinter Trueno GT Apex Retro Sports Cars Backstage, Wheelspin, Seasonal Launch 20241017
2016 W Motors Lykan HyperSport Hypercars Backstage, Seasonal Series 29 2025016

Frequently Asked Questions & Answers

FAQ

Q: Where is the Horizon Backstage located?

A: You can find the Horizon Backstage in the Pause menu under the Cars tab, or visit the spatial marker located near the main Horizon Festival Site

Q: How much will Backstage Passes cost in-game?

A: Backstage Passes will cost 1000 Forzathon Points. Another Pass will be available to unlock as a 40 PTS reward in the Festival Playlist. You will be able to acquire 2 Passes per week. Furthermore, as soon as Back to the 90s rolls out, we will gift every player a Backstage Pass completely free.

Q: Can I purchase Backstage Passes with real-world currency?

A: No, Backstage Passes can only be obtained with in-game currency and through gameplay only.

Q: Can I purchase Backstage Passes with in-game credits?

A: No, they can only be obtained with Forzathon points and as a Seasonal Reward.

Q: Is there another way to obtain Backstage Passes?

A: Yes, a Backstage Pass will be available as each season’s 40 PTS reward on the Festival Playlist from now on.

Q: How many Backstage Passes can be obtained per week?

A: You will be able to earn two Passes per week: one as the Festival Playlist’s 40 PTS seasonal reward, and another one from the Forzathon Shop.

Q: Can I buy the same car multiple times with Backstage Passes?

A: No, only one Backstage Pass can be used for each car. This means you will not be able to acquire the same car via the Backstage Shop even if you sell it or give it as a gift.

Q: How are new cars going to be added to the Horizon Backstage Shop?

A: Players can vote every week for a pair of cars to be added to the Backstage. Two cars will be added to the Backstage each week, meaning eight cars will be added per series.

Q: If a car I wanted doesn’t win the votes, does it mean it will never return?

A: No, cars that do not get picked via votes, might return on a different ballot later.

https://support.forzamotorsport.net/hc/en-us/articles/34015966230931-Horizon-Backstage-FAQ

October 2024 Announcement

The Horizon Backstage has returned!

In case you missed a previous Festival Playlist reward car, the Horizon Backstage will help you complete your collection.

To purchase cars in the Backstage Shop you will need to get Backstage Passes, a new kind of currency to use only with this feature. Backstage Passes can be obtained in one of two ways: As a Festival Playlist Seasonal Reward for 40 PTS and on the Forzathon Shop for 1,000 Forzathon points. Therefore, you will be able to get 2 Backstage Passes per week!

To celebrate the arrival of the Horizon Backstage, you will receive a Backstage Pass via in-game message on October 10, so you can try the Backstage Shop once it goes live!

The cars available for purchase in the Backstage Shop will be voted on by the community. Each week, two pairs of cars will be eligible for players to vote for. The winning pair will become available for purchase on the Backstage Shop the following Season. To vote, enter the Horizon Backstage, select Backstage Voting, and pick your favorite pair of cars.

Get to the Horizon Backstage through the Pause menu or reach the spatial marker near the main Horizon Festival Site, then select whether you are there to vote or purchase a car!

However, you do not need to wait an entire week to make your first Backstage purchase. Here’s the initial list of cars available to buy from the Shop starting October 10:
• 1980 Fiat 131 Abarth
• 2021 BMW M4 Competition Coupe
• 2013 Cadillac XTS Limousine
• 1967 Mercedes-Benz 280 SL
• 2016 Pagani Huayra BC
• 2022 Rivian R1S

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Awesome although for me I’ve got every car in the game but for new players this will be great.

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…and of course it uses the same silly voting method from 4. Lousy monkey’s paw. At least I own every car in the game this time around so I don’t have to deal with it.

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I think I’ll start putting in a prediction for which one’ll be selected in the voting. I’ll be able to guarantee which car is chosen sometimes; if one of the choices is a car I want it’ll 100% be the other one, without fail.

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You get to vote on pairs now, so that’ll make it hurt double. :sweat_smile:

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Bet the AE86 and 575M will win the vote by a landslide just by the AE86 being there lol

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Oh, right, now they’ll have a “”“reason”“” not to put returning cars in the Autoshow…

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Seriously, that one’s a slam dunk. :smile:

Real talk though, I was only playing for a handful of votes in FH4, but every single week it seemed like the car I didn’t already have won. And because I hadn’t been playing for that long, that meant the winning car must have been a very recent playlist reward. It was incredibly frustrating.

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I remember the Formula Drift Ferrari was a playlist reward, the next week it was up for a vote in the backstage and, entirely unsurprisingly, it won :man_facepalming:

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Finally, confirmation of our suspicion that Kudos were worth exactly nothing.

Bet you even PGG forgot that they existed by this point. What a great allocation of valuable development resources!

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Hmmmmm…

Here comes my vote for the Commodore and Esprit just to troll everyone…

:smiling_imp:

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I didn’t expect it from the beginning because it was the same system in FH4, but as expected, you can only get the same model once with the backstage pass. Disappointing.

This may be a shocking fact that you at Playground Games don’t know, but not all players want only one of each model!

Dream car collections are different for each person.
There are philanthropic collectors who own all models, and collectors who want to own multiples of only their favorite models and have a narrower and deeper love for specific models.

If the latter players could get the same car multiple times with the backstage pass, it would have been a good motivation to play the game more actively.
Especially in FH5, the cars given to us in the season championship are full of junks that can be purchased cheaply at the auto show!

This is a half-sarcastic, half-serious question, but why does they not want to more give us such exclusive cars even though it is not a game that circulates cars as NFT tokens?

If they want to protect the market price of AH, they should just impose gift and AH restrictions on cars obtained with the backstage pass.

As mentioned above, in FH5, even including AH, the availability of past exclusive cars has significantly worsened compared to FH4. For players like me who want to collect multiple favorite models, the backstage pass was supposed to be a good alternative, but it wasn’t.

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Curious question here. How do we know with absolute certainty that these elections or votes are verified to be true and not rigged, God handed, or “dev magic” to a specific genre to fill a specific quota ? I’m all for the backstage pass but not so much on the voting mechanic real or otherwise possibly.

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You would have to give a plausible reason for PGG to want one car(s) vs another. It just seems a stretch since it would have to be based on $.

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An example would be more or all jdm additions to cater to that specific crowd.

Or ev’s for that subset … etc

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Yeah, I don’t keep multiple versions of cars myself, but it’s ridiculous that people who want to aren’t able to do so. Like, there’s no good reason for it.

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Maybe THIS will finally be a good enough incentive to start getting some more participation into horizon arcade again. It’s the best reason I can think of, outside of making it a multiplayer matchmaking mode.

At least they’re including 2 cars per week instead of one like horizon 4. It’ll still be years before they all get in to the catalogue though.

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The dev magic here isn’t rigging the actual votes but the pairings. :smile: What do you think the community as a whole would rather vote:

A Playlist exclusive that was available twice in Series 11 & 22
A Playlist exclusive that was available only once in Series 31

vs

A Playlist exclusive that was available thrice already in Series 2, 11 & 31
A Wheelspin car with really good PR

(kinda joking but I remember the Escalade votes which did not go well for that car)

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I didn’t watch anything - is that what is going to happen in the first week?

wheelspin car + htf car versus htf car + htf car

the result is obviously going to be the pair with the wheelspin car

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Which will be unfortunate, but on the other hand other votings are then free of the Trueno burden.

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