I’ve always harboured an ambition to travel to Japan in order to witness the cherry blossom, but given that I don’t earn enough to allow for such a trip, I’ll have to make do with virtual ones! Yes, Spring has arrived in Series 4 of Forza Horizon 6 and the Festival Playlist Challenges, and as we prepare for next week and the launch of Series 5 and British Automotive, we’ll try to finish strong. What that means is I have the tunes, the cars, and the tips you’ll need in order to complete this week’s challenges. Let’s crack on…
You’ll find that the Series 4 Spring challenges are in place from now, running right through until September 10th 2026. Fire up Forza Horizon 6 this instant and get involved with the latest challenges. And remember, you can play through Game Pass if you like.
As always, Series 4 gives you the opportunity to rack up Festival Playlist Points by completing events across the map, unlocking the featured seasonal rewards before we start all over again with Series 5. We’re particularly excited for that series, and the promise of what British Automotive brings.
Here’s everything included in the Forza Horizon 6 Series 4 Spring Festival Playlist, along with our recommended cars, tune setups in the form of share codes, and challenge tips. Hopefully they’ll help you out. If they do, let us know down in the comments.
What Is The Forza Horizon 6 Festival Playlist?
If you’re new to the scene, 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 Series 4 taking place from August 13th, for 4 weeks. From there, we move into Series 5. 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 4 – Horizon Mascot Party
- Season: Spring
- Dates: September 3rd – September 10th 2026
- Main Reward Cars: 1989 Mitsubishi Starion ESi-R, 1968 Dodge Dart HEMI Super Stock
- Series Reward Cars: 1970 Honda N600, 1967 Renault 8 Gordini
- Easiest Playlist Points: Photo Challenge, Treasure Hunt, Horizon Stunt Party
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 – 20 | Reward -1989 Mitsubishi Starion ESi-R (Rare)
- Points – 40 | Reward – 1968 Dodge Dart HEMI Super Stock (Legendary)
I’m not sure if the naming of the Starion was a mishearing of Stallion, as urban legend would suggest, but both these look a bit tasty.
- Points – 80 | Reward – 1970 Honda N600 (Common)
- Points – 160 | Reward – 1967 Renault 8 Gordini (Common)
Event: Monthly Rivals
- Points: 4pts
- Circuit: Edamame Circuit
- Car: Honda N600
- Reward: Super Wheelspin
Remember, get round with a clean lap to succeed. It doesn’t need to be fast, just neat! Basically, go as slow as you like… And given the car this month, it’s not like you’d have a choice!
Event: Weekly Challenge
- Points: 5
- Challenge: Cuti-e
- Car: 2022 Honda e
- Reward: 25,000 Credits
Tiny and electric? Not ticking any of my boxes, to be honest. Still, we’ll play the hand we’re dealt, eh?
If you want one for free, complete the “Hot Hatch Chasers” championship, otherwise it is 30,000 credits at the Autoshow if you don’t have one. I tweaked mine a bit, as you’ve come to expect, and the share code is 146780317. 671 BHP seems about right!
Step 1: Own and drive the car. Pretty simple.
Step 2: Now we need to paint the car. Something funky I think.
Step 3: Take a photo at the Edamame Circuit. Do this right and we’ll tick off the photo challenge too.
Step 4: Finally, park at the Daikoku Car meet. No tuning required this week.
Enjoy your credits and points!
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. You’ll want to keep checking back to find out what you need to do each and every time! There is an achievement for earning every point in a season, and these are key to doing that.
Event: Photo Challenge
- Points: 2pts
- Challenge: #PeaInAPod
- Car: Any
- Reward:Emote – So Cute
Take a picture of your car at the Edamame Time Attack circuit, near the big peas on the outside. Should be easy enough.
See the top of this article for my effort.
Event: Treasure Hunt
- Points: 3pts
- Challenge: Tokyo City Region
- Car: Any
- Reward: 100,000 credits
Smash the treasure chest in the Tokyo City Region to win all the credits.
The picture below shows you where you should be looking, the tip of the arrow is touching the chest. It isn’t clear, but there is a blueish road on the map near the job marker. The chest is in a car park there.
Event: Seasonal Championship – Cross Country
- Points: 5pts
- Championship:Unlimited Buddies
- Car: Unlimited Buggies- A Class
- Reward:Mazda RX-3
Unlimited buggies just sounds fun, doesn’t it? I went with a Ariel Nomad, and the share code for mine is 136273750.
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 – Street Racing
- Points: 5pts
- Championship: Hot Hatch Chasers
- Car: Super Hot Hatch – B Class
- Reward: Honda e
Super Hot Hatches is a small class, and from the choice on offer I picked a Toyota GR Corolla, largely because in stock trim it’s AWD and has a rating of 596. Let’s go stock, baby!
Event: Seasonal Championship – The Trial
- Points: 10pts
- Championship: Spring Cleaning
- Car: Total Rally – S1 Class
- Reward: Mini X-Raid
It went okay last week, and we won first time out – Let’s hope it continues.
This time around, for Series 4 Spring, Total Rally and S1 sounds interesting, and so I went with a Lamborghini Huracan Sterrato. Might as well use it, eh? The share code? That is 517379667.
Good luck with your team!
Event: Horizon Play
- Points: Wheelspin
- Location: Dragonborn
- Car: A slidey one
- Reward: Car Horn – Fus-Roh-Dah
Play and complete a Horizon Championship to win a cool horn. No tunes as it could be any class, but have fun out there.
Event: Drift Zone
- Points: 2pts
- Location: Seaside Trail
- Car: Japanese – S1 Class
- Reward: Wheelspin
50,000 points for sliding about a bit. So I used a Nissan GT-R Nismo from 2024, and the share code is 942602368. Keep using that handbrake and things will be golden.
Event: Speed Trap
- Points: 2pts
- Location: Ito Straight
- Car: Japanese Cars – S1
- Reward: Wheelspin
160 mph in an S1 Class car sounds easy – So I used the Nissan GT-R Nismo from above.
Event: Eliminator
- Points: 2pts
- Location:Battle Royale
- Car: Provided
- Reward: Austin Healey 3000 MKIII
Survive into the top thirty to win out. Find a bush is my advice!
Event: Time Attack
- Points: 2pts
- Location: Edamame Time Attack
- Car: Super Hot Hatch – B Class
- Reward: Wheelspin
Can you lap Edamame in under 39 seconds in a Super Hot Hatch? Well, with the stock GR Corolla from above you can!
Event: Horizon Stunt Party
- Points: 3pts
- Location: Online
- Car: Depends on the event
- Reward: Clothing – Blue Baseball Jersey
It’s Stunt Party time once more so you’ll have to hang around until it pops. Jump on it when it appears is my advice and should it do so, you’ll need to complete Round 3 to win out. Fairly easy though.
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, and pretty much as always, we always recommend ticking off the Photo challenge first – it’s the most simple way to rack up the points. Then hit up the Treasure Hunt before making the most of Horizon Stunt Party once again. Grind away and you’ll find points coming your way fairly swiftly.
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 4 Spring. We’ll return next week with some hints, tips and tunes for the challenges found as that British Automotive Series 5 kicks off.
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.
