SERIES 9: HOT WHEELS
SEASONS
Seasons change each Thursday at 7:30am Pacific (UTC-7)
| Season | Dates |
|---|---|
| Summer | June 23 - 30 |
| Autumn | June 30 - July 7 |
| Winter | July 7 - 14 |
| Spring | July 14 - 21 |
VIDEO & BLOG ANNOUNCEMENTS
Our June 16th Forza Monthly livestream previewed the Series 9 seasonal Festival Playlist events and rewards and showed off new car gameplay. Watch the replay on YouTube (also available at www.Forza.net/Videos)
Read our Series 9 Update blog for details on the new cars and content:
NEW CARS
| Model | Availability |
|---|---|
| 2012 Hot Wheels Rip Rod | Wheelspins & Hot Wheels Expansion unlock |
| 2005 Hot Wheels Ford Mustang | Wheelspins & Hot Wheels Expansion unlock |
| 1949 Hot Wheels Ford F-5 Dually Custom Hot Rod | Wheelspins & Hot Wheels Expansion unlock |
| 2018 Hot Wheels 2JetZ | Seasonal - Summer Festival Playlist |
| 1968 Plymouth Barracuda Formula-S | Seasonal - Autumn Festival Playlist |
| 1970 Dodge Coronet Super Bee | Seasonal - Winter Festival Playlist |
| 1957 Hot Wheels Nash Metropolitan Custom | Seasonal - Sprint Festival Playlist |
Series 9 also coincides with the final three cars of the FH5 Car Pass. The Car Pass included 8 Formula Drift models followed by 34 weekly releases.
| Car Pass | |
|---|---|
| 2021 Aston Martin DBX | Week 32 - June 23 |
| 2020 Lexus RC F Track Edition | Week 33 - June 30 |
| 2019 Nissan 370Z NISMO | Week 34 - July 7 |
See also the Hot Wheels Expansion blog detailing DLC cars available July 19th.
NEW CONTENT & FEATURES
Series 9 celebrates the unique blend of fun and creativity that is distinctly Hot Wheels. Note that the Hot Wheels Expansion will arrive on July 19th near the end of Series 9 Spring season.
CLOTHING
These new items will be available to unlock as Festival Playlist rewards.
- Hot Wheels Hoodie
- Hot Wheels Cap
- Hot Wheels Tee
- Hot Wheels Sundress
- Hot Wheels Suit
- Hot Wheels Crew Socks
- White Bird Leather Boots
- Leaf Pattern Leather Boots
- Farid Rueda Lion Cap
- Farid Rueda Bear Cap
- RaĂşl Urias Horizon Cap
- Doodle Pattern Cap
CAR HORNS
These new items will be available to unlock as Festival Playlist rewards.
- Hot Wheels Flame
- Hot Wheels Guitar Stadium
- Hot Wheels Ice
- Hot Wheels Monster Truck
Horizon Stories
Series 9 introduces the option to play Horizon Stories in co-op, supporting up to six players in total. In co-op play, the Convoy Leader is allowed to host any Horizon Story available to them. The highest score earned in the group is applied to all participants, so even if some players don’t achieve the objective, those who succeed will complete the mission for everyone.
Temporal Anti-Aliasing (TAA) for PC Players
As an alternative to multi-sample anti-aliasing (MSAA), TAA reduces shimmering by blending multiple video frames and ensuring frame to frame differences are smoothed. Additional detail is captured, resulting in a softer image that works particularly well at lower resolutions. Our TAA implementation in Forza Horizon 5 minimizes trails and ghosting as is typically seen with this technique. Players can also customize its final appearance using a sharpness control. We think this is a great, new option for PC gamers, improving our tree foliage while ensuring a smoother, more stable gaming experience overall. See the blog for a demo video.
Monthly Rivals
Starting with Series 9, a new Forza EV Monthly Rivals event will be open to drivers to set their best lap times. This new Forza EV Rivals complements the existing Monthly Rivals challenge. Every month, you’ll drive a different EV – simply set a clean lap time to score the available Festival Playlist points. We’ve also added a new dedicated EV class to EventLab.
Garage Filtering
For players with large car collections who wish to easily auction or remove duplicate cars from their garage, we’ve introduced a new filter option to the car select screen that when enabled, shows only the cars you own duplicates of.
Localization
In Series 9, the list of officially supported languages for subtitles in Forza Horizon 5 has been updated to include Danish, Greek, Dutch, Norwegian, Swedish, Finnish and European Portuguese. We’re also expanding VO to include European Spanish, Italian and Korean.
CONTENT UPDATE RELEASE NOTES & BUG FIXES
Look for the Series 9 content update to be available for installation prior to the Summer season. Release Notes will be published at Forza Support. Our Series 9 Update blog covers the highlights:
- fix for the Accolade “It Just Works” to unlock as expected once players have completed the Car Mastery skill tree on the 1963 Volkswagen Beetle. In addition, players will see their Creative Hub rank increase as intended.
- fix for an issue that prevented full 12-player Convoys from launching events
- fix for the darkened hood and bumper views that occurred when changing camera views
- fix for Daily Challenges in the Festival Playlist that were either incompletable or suffered from progress loss after rebooting
- fix to prevent a Speed Zone exploit where boosted speeds were achievable by entering Photo Mode
- fix for an issue which caused the incorrect car class to be used in a race if players idled before entering the event
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