Hey guys,
I’m relatively new to the console gaming scene, but I love racing games so I’ve gotten myself Horizon 3, but I’m not entirely sure what I should be aiming for at the moment?
I’m wanting to explore greater areas of the map, but so far I’ve really only got Byron Bay and stuff.
If I was to get Byron bay to max level, will that allow me to spread out futher than that?
If there’s anything great to read about it, could you please point me in the direction?
Cheers
MadE
Just start doing the championships and showcase events and soon new festivals will open up and you will be able to expand them as well. In the beginning it is sort of confusing because new stuff keeps popping up at you. But just keep progressing doing the championships and opening new festival spots when available.
Ok, that’s good to know.
What about barn finds? They keep popping up, but I haven’t been able to find a single one???
Cheers
All the barns look exactly like this one:
When you get the call from Warren that there’s a barn to be found look for a purple circle on the map and go to that area. Then look for Drone Mode on the Pause menu and use the drone to look around the purple circle for a barn that looks like the one above.
When you get close to the barn a barn icon will appear on your map and on your HUD which you can use to guide you if your drone is a long way from where you parked the car.
Holy crap that I didn’t know at all! Thanks so much for that!
Same for the others that replied! greatly appreciate the help!
Earning more fans lets you expand festivals but at certain numbers of fans you unlock new festivals, regardless of what your individual festival levels are. Maxing out Byron Bay would give you all the races for the Byron area but you wouldn’t get any new races around the other festivals.
There’s a lot, and I mean a lot of stuff you can do in Forza. Like Zeem Frostmaw said, at first it can be overwhelming. New races, PR stunts and challenges pop up all over the place.
Just a quick rundown:
Drivatars
Drivatars are basically AI which represent an actual player. These are the other racers you see when playing Solo. I believe they somewhat follow the actual skill level of that person’s driving and whatnot, but it also adjusts based on what Drivatar Difficulty you set.
Hiring Drivatars
You can hire up to 4 Drivatars for your Festival. The game will scout new drivers for you. All you have to do is challenge them, beat them and voila, they now drive for you. Once you get to the point you already have 4 Drivatars in your Festival, the game will continue to scout new drivers, but once you beat them you get to replace an existing Drivatar.
What are the Festivals?
Festivals are basically the hub of everything car related in Forza. When you enter a Festival, you get access to the auction house, your garage, the autoshow and more.
Leveling Up Festivals
When you level up a Festival, you get access to more races and PR Stunts around that festival. So, for example if you were to level up Byron Bay, you would get new races and PR Stunts around Byron Bay, but not near the other festivals. You are free to level up the festivals in whatever order you wish.
Opening New Festivals
When given the choice as to wish Festival you wish to open next, the choice at the end of the day doesn’t matter. It’s up to preference as to which one you want to have access to at the point in time. Once you reach a certain point in the game, you would have opened all the possible Festivals anyway.
What are Fans?
Fans are pretty straight forward. They’re basically the number of people who are interested in your Horizon Festival and who come out to watch. It’s purely just a number, just like XP and Credits. But the more fans you have, the more you can expand your Festivals and unlock new Showcase Events.
So, that’s a very quick rundown of the basics of the game without spoiling anything for you.
As for things to do, I would recommend playing through the campaign till you have a bit of money and a few cars, and then you can try heading online. Online can be a lot of fun. There’s a few Facebook groups you can find where people organise car-meets, cruises and drift sessions. It’s twice as fun if everyone has a mic.
There’s also a lot to discover around the map including XP Boards, Fast Travel Boards and Barn Finds.
And you can do some pretty funny builds with some of the cars in the game. Like making certain cars wheelie, and others with just a funny downloadable livery.
Feel free to add me on Xbox if you’d like to tag along with me when I’m playing.
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I’ve gotten so many barn finds now. Gotten the 73 GT, the 4WD lambo. Exciting times! 
Also, what’s the go with rivals and exhibition? I’ve pretty much only been doing exhibiton. Should I do rivals?
Exhibitions are single races against 11 drivatars of your current car level. You open more and more of them by expanding your festivals and you get an achievement for completing all.
In rival races you do a time race against a rival close to your level. If you beat his time you get asked to beat the next faster rival at the end of the race etc. Your rewards increase with every faster rival. I don’t know the exact mechanics and haven’t done many rival races yet.
When I started the game I went the methodical way: I first boosted skill points and explored the map while looking for all smashboards.
Focusing on skills first might sound a bit boring but it’s well worth it in the long run as you get more XP and Credits and can literally save millions with the Perk Mechanic from the Skills tab. Focus on the Skills tab first, then go for Festival Boss, Instant Rewards get last.
Important note: don’t go for more than 300k skill chains, you can only get 3 skill points per chain and 300k do the trick.
Easiest way to earn skill points: get a fast AWD with offroad tires and suspension and smash through the wine fields in the north of the map (NW of the construction yard). Jumping, sliding and wrecking, you skill up like a rocket.
Ahh awesome! I might need to try that out. Unfortunately, I think I’ve done my skill points a little backwards then. haha. I’ve gone into a lot of Festival Boss and Instant Rewards And I never get 300k 
But yeah, will get an AWD and do as you suggest with the wine fields 
