I’m playing on Steam. I have the Premium Edition with all car packs bought.
My GPU is a Radeon RX550/550 Series and my graphic settings are on low.
I rebooted, reinstalled, set everything to default, created a new account AND save to try to fix this issue.
I played Forza Horizon 5 since the release and I have never come across something like this.
It started almost 2 weeks after the new update. 4 days ago I was just casually playing and it started happening out of nowhere. I was driving around and then decided to upgrade the new BMW M4 and when I bought all the upgrades the game gave me the “File failed to save” error but I still manged to get the upgrades but then when I tried to paint the same car, this error happened again, but this time, I couldn’t save the paint. As stated above, I did everything I could think of to fix this but nothing helped. I even created a new account after the fresh install of the game but I still got the error.
Kinda sad how they don’t even try to help you.
If I was having trouble buying a car pack or car vouchers they would have helped me instantly.
I understand that you are sad!
I do not know if that helps you but if you would have trouble buying a car pack or car vouchers they would NOT help you as well.
The game seems as it is - including all good and bad things.
There was another topic for this issue, which was closed.
The issue is still happening (as of june 2025).
To add a bit more context. A temporary workaround is to delete save objects (cars, liveries, tunes, photos,…). This seems to delay the issue until you reach the previous number of objects. I’m saying “seems to” because I think it’s a littel inconsistent.
Also another small addition: the change to the car seems to be persisted in the local savefile, as the livery is loaded if you get out of the car and get back in, but it’s not shown in the preview/thumbnail. eg:
