It’s getting cold in Japan as Winter draws in, and yes, that means we’re now hitting the third week of the Festival Playlist challenges in Forza Horizon 6. As always, there are tons of new events to enjoy, a smattering of championships to take down, and those all-important rewards to take home. Let us help you out with our Forza Horizon 6 Festival Playlist Challenges Guide for Season 1 Winter.
The Series 1 Winter challenges will run from June 4th-11th, so you’ve got plenty of time to load up Forza Horizon 6 and get involved, through Game Pass if you like.
As always, the aim is to stack up Festival Playlist Points by completing events across the map, unlocking the featured seasonal rewards before the next season rotation arrives.
Here’s everything included in the Forza Horizon 6 Series 1 Winter Festival Playlist, along with our recommended cars, tune setups in the form of share codes, and challenge tips. You may well need them.
What Is The Forza Horizon 6 Festival Playlist?
If you’re new around these parts, the Festival Playlist is Forza Horizon 6’s rotating weekly challenge system, offering players the chance to complete seasonal events in exchange for Playlist Points, reward cars, Wheelspins and Credits.
Each Series lasts four weeks and is split into Summer, Autumn, Winter, and Spring editions, with Season 1 running between May 21st and June 18th 2026, after which Season 2 will open up. Should you be looking for all our Challenge Guides, we’ve got you covered.
Completing events across the map increases your seasonal progress, unlocking exclusive rewards before the Playlist resets the following week.
At A Glance
- Series: Series 1 – Welcome To Japan
- Season: Winter
- Dates: June 4th – June 11th 2026
- Main Reward Cars: 2019 Subaru STi, 2016 Toyota Land Cruiser Arctic Trucks AT37
- Series Reward Cars: 2008 Mazda Furai, 2010 Nissan 370Z
- Easiest Playlist Points: Photo Challenge, Snack Attack Collectables, Horizon Drift: Dodge, Duck, Dip, Dive and Drift!
Festival Playlist Reward Cars
This week’s seasonal rewards are tied to Playlist Point totals earned across the various activities available around the map.
- Points – 15 | Reward – 2019 Subaru STi (Common)
- Points – 30 | Reward – 2016 Toyota Land Cruiser Arctic Trucks AT37 (Rare)
Sadly, I can’t get excited about either of the cars this week. Still, be nice to have them in the garage, eh?
We should be in a position to at least have the first of the Series cars in the bank, and if you’ve followed the guides I’ve made you might even have enough for the second one this week. These are:
- Points – 60 | Reward – 2008 MAZDA Furai (Legendary)
- Points – 120 | Reward – 2010 Nissan 370Z (Common)
Event: Monthly Rivals
- Points: 4pts
- Circuit: Soni Circuit
- Car: 2008 Mazda Furai
- Reward: Super Wheelspin
No change from last week, which given this is the Monthly Rivals does make sense! Get a clean lap, no need to go too fast, etc, etc.
Event: Weekly Challenge
- Points:
- Challenge:Ultimate Driving Machine
- Car: 2020 BMW M2 Competition Coupe
- Reward: 25,000Credits
Take an already fast M2, chuck in the engine from an M3, and this is the result. Fancy going for a spin?
We don’t appear to be able to buy this car as per the normal routes, so if you don’t have one, maybe hit the Auction House. Mine cost 250,000 credits!
Step 1 – Own and drive the car. Simple enough! As long as you have the pennies…
Step 2 – Earn 3 stars at Speed Traps. They don’t have to all be in one go, so find an easy one and have at it.
Stage 3 -Take a photo of the car. I combined this with the photo challenge to give us the masterpiece at the top of the article.
Stage 4 – Now simply complete three Time Attack laps at Soni Circuit. Keep it stock is my advice!
Event: Daily Challenges
- Points: 1pt x7
- Challenge: 7 Individual Challenges
- Car: Varies
- Reward: Credits
Daily challenges return, and as the name suggests, a new one is unlocked every day. Keep checking back to find out what you need to do! There is an achievement for earning every point in a season, and these are key to doing that.
Event: Photo Challenge
- Points: 2pts
- Challenge: #PitcherPerfect
- Car: No Restriction
- Reward:Car Horn : Slide Whistle
Nice and easy this week, simply photograph a car Inside the Edogawa Baseball Stadium. I did not know they played baseball in Japan!
The ground simply looks like a triangle in the city of Tokyo, to the left of the middle.
Event: Collectables
- Points: 3pts
- Challenge: Snack Attack
- Car: No Restriction
- Reward: Lotus Emira
A nice reward for smashing five vending machines. These can be found in the region of the golf course, where three wait outside the shop. Smash them, fast travel away and back, and smash ‘em again to win. I’ll include a picture of the location below.
Event: Seasonal Championship – Dirt
- Points: 5pts
- Championship: Monsters on Mud
- Car: Rally Monsters – S1 Class
- Reward: Renault 8 Gordini
Rally Monsters, eh? I chose a Metro 6R4, mainly because it is a mental looking thing, and I tuned it a tad. The resulting share code is 944830679. Nearly 800 bhp in a tiny package!
Win all three races solo, or best two of three if you’re in a convoy, and the prize will be yours.
Event: Seasonal Championship – Road
- Points: 5pts
- Championship: Be a Good Sport
- Car: Retro Sports Cars – B Class
- Reward: Datsun 2000
Street racing in a B Class does seem to be a bit of a waste of time, we want to be screaming through the dark! Still, the restrictions are the restrictions, so I of course chose a Skyline; the 1997 R33 shape to be precise. The share for mine is 100235909.
Event: Seasonal Championship – Circuit
- Points: 5pts
- Championship: When in Rome
- Car: Modern Supercars – S1 Class
- Reward: Ferrari Roma
Speedy Circuit racing this week, and of the available choice I went with an Audi R8 V10 Performance, mainly because it looks cool. The share code for mine is 127097234.
Event: Drag Meet
- Points: Wheelspin
- Location: Irokawa Drag Strip
- Car: Japan – S1 Class
- Reward: Wheelspin
A Japanese car and S1 class, eh? It says Nissan GT-R to me, I don’t know about you!
I used the 2024 GT-R Nismo. The share code for mine is 942602368. We need to complete this in under 11 seconds, which is about a week in the drag world!
Oh, and 10.34 if you’re asking…
Event: Danger Sign
- Points: 2pts
- Location: Alpine Heights
- Car: Japan – S1 Class
- Reward: Wheelspin
Different car required, as the GT-R is useless on snow!
I chose a Toyota Tacoma TRD, and the share code is 861330029. A pick with over 1300 bhp, a snowy ramp and a jump, what could go wrong?
We need to clear over 335 metres to win. For best results, make sure you take as much run up as you can! Hit the ramp at above 156mph to succeed.
Event: Speed Zone
- Points: 2pts
- Location : Temple Run-Up
- Car: Japan – S1 Class
- Reward: Wheelspin
90 mph on average is actually more than the 3 star speed on this trap, so best stick in the same car again.
Event: The Eliminator
- Points: 2pts
- Car: Not required
- Reward: 2018 Lotus Exige
Play the Eliminator, try to place 30th or above.
I’m no better at this than I was in Forza Horizon 5, so just do your best. Any tips out there? The comments are below and I really could do with the help.
Event: Horizon Drift – Dodge, Duck, Dip, Dive and Drift!
- Points:32pts
- Car: Any Dodge
- Reward: LamborghiniCountach
Complete any Horizon Drift Onl;ine championship while driving a Dodge. Any stock Dodge should drift, so I’d save the pennies and and just pick one.
Remember: you don’t have to win, merely take part.
Fastest Ways To Earn Playlist Points This Week
If you’re looking to unlock the seasonal rewards quickly, you may want to prioritise the easier activities first. If that is indeed the case, we recommend ticking off the Photo challenge first (again) as snapping is super simple.
This time around you should probably follow that with the super simple smashing of the Collectables. From there, go and drift in Horizon Drift – you don’t even need to win.
This should allow you to stack up a healthy hit of progress through the Playlist before even touching the longer Seasonal Championships.
Follow our lead from up above and you should find yourself powering through the Festival Playlist challenges in Forza Horizon 6 for Series 1 Winter. To follow? Well, that will be the challenges and cars of Spring (Toyota Starlet ‘96). We’ll be back with a guide for that soon.
Once Season 1 is over, we move into Season 2 and the Horizon Decades.
As always, we’d love to hear if any of our cars and tunes helped you out, so feel free to get involved in the comments.
And remember, you’ll need a copy of Forza Horizon 6 in your digital library. It’s available through Game Pass if you prefer. Just head to the Xbox Store and enjoy a download.
