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SERIES 8 EVOLVING WORLD: GERMAN AUTOMOTIVE EXCELLENCE

SEASONS

Seasons change each Thursday at 7:30am Pacific (UTC-7)
Season Dates
Summer May 26 - June 2
Autumn June 2 - 9
Winter June 9 - 16
Spring June 16 - 23

PREVIEW LIVESTREAM - May 12

Be sure to catch up with the Forza team this Thursday from 9am PT for the latest Forza Monthly livestream. Our friends at Playground Games will be sharing an in-depth preview of the Series 8 Festival Playlist beginning later this month, featuring German Automotive Excellence cars and clothing. Instead of a separate Let’s Go livestream, our May Forza Monthly will be slightly extended to cover all the game and community info we want to share.

Thursday, May 12, 2022 4:00 PM

YouTube replay timestamps:
0:00 Stream start
6:23 Show start
8:05 FH4 Series 49 - Festival Playlist
11:48 #ForzaPaintBooth - Community Liveries
13:12 FH5 Series 8 - Reward Cars
26:40 FH5 Series 8 - Clothing
29:23 Community Spotlight - TheCanadianPrincee
38:01 #Forzashare - Community Photos
39:34 FH5 Series 8 - Festival Playlist
54:23 Community Events
1:11:18 FH5 Series 8 - Car Pass Cars

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NEW CARS

Series 8 brings 3 new exclusive rewards from seasonal Festival Playlists, along with 4 Car Pass DLC additions:
Festival Playlist
2021 Porsche 911 GT3 Autumn
2015 Mercedes-AMG GT S Winter
2018 Audi RS 4 Avant Spring
Car Pass
2020 BMW M8 Competition Coupe May 26
2020 Audi RS 3 Sedan June 2
2018 Audi RS 5 Coupe June 9
1982 Volkswagen Pickup LX June 16

NEW CONTENT

The “Series 8 Collector” Accolade has been added to the Evolving World / New Cars group, along with German themed clothing items that will be unlockable in Series 8:

  • Germany Cap
  • Germany Tee
  • German Engineering Hoodie
  • German Race Helmet
  • German Race Gloves

CONTENT UPDATE RELEASE NOTES

Since Series 8’s files were combined with Series 7’s, both updates share the same release notes and fixes available since April 26th at Forza Support. If you’ve already updated to Version #.405.709.0 then you won’t have an update to install when Series 8 starts.

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There should have been a V6 Amarok instead of this old pickup thingy.

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Nice. I remember the VW trucklet. They were popular in the mid 80’s. I’m anxious to hoon around in it.

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Nothing against the Amarok but I like the addition of the Rabbit truck. It fits North America pretty well.

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Happy with the pick up, unless the Audi’s are competitive we already have enough. I have so many 911’s already too. It’s hard to keep track of which ones I want to use. I like the M8 and hope it handles silkily as it looks.

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VW + M8 are the only ones I am looking forward to, the rest are all just cookie cutter.

Must be great being a German car designer nowadays, just design 1 car then shrink/enlarge the image, job done for another few years.

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Without going back to check car lists from previous games, how many of these are brand new to the series?

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All except the GT S I think.

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My personal hope is to get once a day also the new Audi RS6, the new VW Golf R MK8 and the new Mercedes SL 63.
Maybe we get also some other cool German cars from FH4 back, like BMW 850CSi, BMW Z8, MB SL 65 BS, MB 280 SL or Porsche 928 GTS.

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The VW Caddy is fantastic and I can say that Audi has finally earned their love.
I am not a fan of Audi, but I know that lovers of this brand have put up with it for years. Your patience has finally paid off.

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VW is the only interesting car in that lot.
Too many bland Audis already.Could have at least gone for a mk1 TT with its dodgy stability issues to liven things up a bit.At least it looks cool

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I want my Z8 back…

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I’m glad to get the new M8, and the 992 GT3 is something the community has been waiting for for months…

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Be interesting to see what upgrades they allow us for the VW, but I suspect the engine swap will be the obligatory inline 4 rally turbo.

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Still no Teslas? Also, the addition of one of those Aquacars would be a fun idea - I understand there are still a few about in the real world.

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Also very excited for the VW Pickup, what a great unexpected surprise! Likely going to own several of those rascals.

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I hope to add the 2020 BMW M4，2020 Audi RS7 SportBack to the FH5

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Golf Caddy. One of the funniest car names, and VW never used it in US. Can’t wait.

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I hope for the WRX Rallye engine that some VW got (all Beetle).
Just such an awesome engine.

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