The last wave of the British takeover has arrived, and Spring has sprung across Japan with the final set of Forza Horizon 6 Festival Playlist Series 5 challenges. Can we go out on a high with a meaningful set of challenges, or is it going to be a case of same old, same old? Well, read on to find out!
Of course, this means that next week the Horizon Meets Series will be launching, promising lots of new content. Tune in at the same time next week to get the lowdown on how Series 6 plays out.
You’ll find that the Series 5 challenges are in place from now, running right through until October 8th 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, and much like all the Series’ that have gone before it, Series 5 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 6, which is entitled “Horizon Meets”. Who knows what that will bring?
Here’s everything included in the Forza Horizon 6 Series 5 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 5 taking place from September 10th, for 4 weeks, now at the final Spring stage. From there, we move into Series 6. 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 5 – British Automotive
- Season: Spring
- Dates: October 1st – October 8th 2026
- Main Reward Cars: 2002 Lotus Esprit V8, 2023 Lotus Emira
- Series Reward Cars: 2025 Bentley Continental GT Speed, 2019 Aston Martin Valhalla Concept Car
- Easiest Playlist Points: Photo Challenge, Treasure Hunt, Horizon Stunt Party, The Eliminator
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 – 2002 Lotus Esprit V8 (Epic)
- Points – 40 | Reward – 2023 Lotus Emora (Rare)
Going Lotus heavy this week, and while the Esprit is a good looking old beast, the Emira should be at the pinnacle of handling – I’m quite looking forward to both!
- Points – 80 | Reward – 2025 Bentley Continental GT Speed (Rare)
- Points – 160 | Reward – 2019 Aston Martin Valhalla Concept Car (Legendary)
Event: Monthly Rivals
- Points: 4pts
- Circuit: Shimanoyama Sprint
- Car: McLaren W1
- 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, that may be a challenge, as it is pretty speedy…
Event: Weekly Challenge
- Points: 5
- Challenge: Classic Vantage
- Car: 1964 Aston Martin DB5 Vantage
- Reward: 25,000 Credits
One of the best looking cars ever (and I’ll hear no objections on this point) the DB5 is not only a Bond car, but sports a 4 litre engine hiding under that shapely bonnet. Grab your tux, we’re going classy to finish!
It’ll cost a hefty 500,000 Credits from the Autoshow if you don’t own one, or you can go and win the “Aston Martin Nights” seasonal championship to get one for free. I know which one I’m choosing!
Share code for mine is 142923126, tuned to A Class. And if anyone knows why “DB5 A” was blocked by Forza’s profanity filter, please tell me!
Step 1: Own and drive the car. Pretty simple.
Step 2: Spend 20,000 upgrading the car. Wait til now to load the tune!
Step 3: Now complete two Street Races in the DB5. Seems a bit below it’s dignity!
Step 4: Now simply earn three stars at Speed Zones. Done and dusted.
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: #TempleVantage
- Car: Aston Martin DB5 Vantage
- Reward: Forzalink phrase – “Are you not entertained?”
Take a picture of your DB5 at the Ruriko-Ji Temple. It’s north of the city, about in the middle of the map. See the top of the article for my artistic effort.
Event: Treasure Hunt
- Points: 3pts
- Challenge: Nangan Region
- Car: Any
- Reward: 100,000 credits
Smash the treasure chest to the south-west of Tokyo for many credits. See the picture below for the location you need to be in. The tip of the arrow is touching the chest.
Event: Seasonal Championship – Dirt Racing
- Points: 5pts
- Championship: Rally on Dirt
- Car: Total Rally – B Class
- Reward: Mini JCW 2012
It’s Evo time! Evo VIII MR, to be precise, and the share code is 108833644. I love this thing!
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: Aston Martin Nights
- Car: Aston Martin – A Class
- Reward: DB4 Vantage
Seems a bit cheeky to suggest you use the DB5 tune from the top of the page, so I went with a 2019 Vantage, as it is practically at the class limit. Stock is the new tuning or something…
Event: Seasonal Championship – The Trial
- Points: 10pts
- Championship: Hyper Sprints
- Car:Hypercars – S1 Class
- Reward:Radical RXO
It went okay last week, and we won again – Let’s hope it continues.
Hypercars have the capacity to be interesting, and so I went with a stock Lamborghini Sian Roadster, at the limit already. Save the pennies and all that…
Good luck with your team!
Event: Horizon Play
- Points: 3
- Location: Double Clean
- Car: Could be any
- Reward: McLaren 650S Spider
Do some Online Racing and score 3 Link Clean Start Skills while you do so. This could be any class, so there is no help from me, but it shouldn’t be too hard. Just stay out of trouble at the start of a race!
Event: Drift Attack
- Points: 2pts
- Location: Shimanoyama Drift Attack
- Car: British – A Class
- Reward: Wheelspin
120,000 points in a lap is very doable, especially if you use a stock Aston Martin Vantage from 2019. No need to spend pennies, just keep sliding!
They do keep upping the ante, don’t they? 50% more points than last week. It did take me a couple of goes, but eventually I cracked it.
Event: Danger Sign
- Points: 2pts
- Location: Clifftop Crest
- Car: UK Cars – B Class
- Reward: Wheelspin
Jump 180 metres in a B Class car.
As the approach is offroad I went with the Mini X-Raid All4 Racing Countryman (try saying that fast 5 times!). I tuned it a touch too and the share code is 126002012.
I hit the ramp at around 110 mph to clear it. Just!
Event: Speed Trap
- Points: 2pts
- Location: Ine Beach
- Car: UK – A Class
- Reward: Wheelspin
Hit 150 mph to win out, and so I went with DB5 from the top of the article. May as well get our money’s worth, eh? Approaching from the south was easier.
Event: The Eliminator
- Points: 2pts
- Location: Who knows?
- Car: Supplied
- Reward: Ultima 1020
Hide in a bush until you’re in the top 30, then come out and be eliminated. That’s what everyone else does, right? Right?
Event: Horizon Stunt Party
- Points: 3pts
- Location: Online
- Car: Depends on the event
- Reward: Car Horn – Jaguar Growl
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. Perhaps give the good ol’ Eliminator a whizz too.
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 5 Spring. Next up? Well, that is Series 6 and some new joys.
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.
Almost unplayable meanwhile for non-pro Keyboard-player – imho.
Seasonal Championship stuff is ridiculus. I’m getting outperformed by Dixi-WCs on 4 wheels.If this madness doesn’t change, this will be last Forza, last turn10.
151h FH6, 693h FH4 and lost.Depending on reward-cars and my mood I will let the game aside, until the developers find some balance again.