How to save progress in Forza Horizon 5

Due to multiple crashes causing progress loss, I do 2 things before exiting the game.

  1. Start - Settings - Difficulty - move Drivatar difficulty a notch one way or the other. Press Start to “save”. Then go back to the game proper and wait for white “saving” wheel to stop spinning.

  2. Start - RB once or twice - Go Home. When I load into my house, I then exit it into Freeroam and wait for any white saving wheel to stop spinning.

Guide Button - Home.
Guide Button - scroll down to FH5 - Start - Quit.

Then I feel confident in no progress loss.