Forza Horizon 5 is an open world racing game developed by Playground Games with the assistance of Turn 10 Studios and published by Xbox Game Studios. It is the twelfth main title in the Forza series. As with past Forza Horizon games, it has players driving around in various real-world vehicles within a fictionalized recreation of a real-world environment to compete in and enjoy the fictitious Horizon Festival. Mexico is the setting for this entry, with a map that's 50% larger than Forza Horizon 4's version of Great Britain.
The game was released on November 5, 2021, for Premium Edition players and Xbox Game Pass subscribers who bought the Premium Add-ons Bundle, and November 9, 2021, for Standard and Deluxe Edition players, including Xbox Game Pass subscribers.
General information
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
- All versions require a Microsoft account.
Version differences
Deluxe Edition
- Includes Car Pass.
Premium Edition
- Includes all Deluxe Edition content, VIP Membership, 2 expansions (Expansion One and Expansion Two) and Welcome Pack.
Monetization
DLC and expansion packs
Name |
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Car Pass |
Includes 50 cars for a discounted overall price. |
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Expansion One |
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Expansion Two |
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Formula Drift Pack |
Included in Car Pass |
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Treasure Map |
Reveals the exact location of all Bonus Boards and Barn finds in the main game and its expansions |
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VIP Membership |
Receive 3 Exclusive Forza Edition cars, Crown Flair, Vanity Items, Emote and Car Horn, gift Player House, 2x Credit race rewards, weekly bonus Super Wheelspins, and more. |
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Welcome Pack |
Includes 5 pre-tuned cars, a Player House, a single-use free car voucher redeemable for any car available in the Autoshow, and 3 single-use free clothing item vouchers for any Common or Rare rated clothing items. |
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Xbox Wireless Controller – Forza Horizon 5 Limited Edition Bonus DLC |
DLC exclusively bundled with the Forza Horizon 5 Limited Edition Xbox Wireless Controller. Includes a 1932 Ford De Luxe Five-Window Coupe Forza Edition with an exclusive livery, the Color Pop avatar T-shirt, and the Color Pop avatar emote. |
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Essential Improvement's
Add Ray Tracing during gameplay
Use cheat engine and this [Table] to enable Ray Tracing at all times. Recommended only for nVidia 2000 series or newer GPU's due to 30fps performance penalty. Penalty is even larger on RDNA2 based GPU's.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
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Microsoft Store |
%LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\Microsoft.624F8B84B80_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalCache\Local\User_GamingLocalStorageDirectory\ConnectedStorage\ForzaUserConfigSelections\UserConfigSelections |
Steam |
%LOCALAPPDATA%\ForzaHorizon5\User_SteamLocalStorageDirectory\ConnectedStorage\ForzaUserConfigSelections\UserConfigSelections |
Steam Play (Linux) |
<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1551360/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game data location
Video
Input
Advanced controls settings
Audio
Audio feature |
State |
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Separate volume controls |
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Master, Car, Tires, Speech, Radio, UI, SFX, GPS & LFE |
Surround sound |
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Supports Windows Sonic, Dolby Atmos for Headphones, and DTS:Headphone X |
Subtitles |
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Closed captions |
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Mute on focus lost |
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Localizations
Language |
UI |
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Sub |
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English |
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Simplified Chinese |
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Traditional Chinese |
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Czech |
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French |
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German |
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Hungarian |
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Italian |
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Japanese |
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Korean |
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Polish |
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Brazilian Portuguese |
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Russian |
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Spanish |
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Latin American Spanish |
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Turkish |
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Network
Multiplayer types
Type |
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Players |
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Local play |
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LAN play |
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Online play |
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Versus, Co-op 2-12 players for Versus, 2-6 for Co-op
Supports crossplay between PC and Xbox One. |
Connection types
Issues fixed
- See Known Issues for current issues with the game.
Stuttering
Eliminate sudden framerate fluctuations[2]
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- Navigate to Settings, HUD and Gameplay and disable player-designed cars and drivatars.
- Disable online functionality by switching to Horizon Solo mode.
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Other information
API
Technical specs |
Supported |
Notes |
Direct3D |
12 |
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Executable |
32-bit |
64-bit |
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Windows |
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Middleware
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Middleware |
Notes |
Audio |
FMOD Studio |
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Cutscenes |
Bink Video |
2020.07 |
System requirements
Windows |
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Minimum |
Recommended |
Operating system (OS) |
10 (1703) | |
Processor (CPU) |
Intel Core i5-4460 AMD Ryzen 3 1200 |
Intel Core i5-8400 AMD Ryzen 5 1500X |
System memory (RAM) |
8 GB |
16 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) |
110 GB | |
Video card (GPU) |
Nvidia GeForce GTX 970 AMD Radeon RX 470 DirectX 12 compatible
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Broadband Internet connection | |
- A 64-bit operating system is required.
A LGA775 processor can only reach the menu (as of release version).
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- ↑ last checked at 2021-11-16
References