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Join a Mexico-based racing festival, roam an open world in hundreds of cars, and tackle races, stunts, and custom events.
Released 08 Nov 2021
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Explore the vibrant open world landscapes of Mexico with limitless, fun driving action in the world’s greatest cars.
Developed by Playground Games · Published by Xbox Game Studios
Set at a Horizon racing festival in Mexico, the game puts you behind the wheel as you explore a large open world of deserts, jungles, cities, beaches, and mountains. You can follow the campaign's festival activities or simply drive where you like.
Take part in road, dirt, cross-country, street, and drag races, along with drift zones, speed challenges, stunts, and collectibles. Story missions feature different characters, while seasonal events and changing weather bring new conditions and activities to the map.
Earn cars and other rewards through activities, stories, accolades, leveling, wheelspins, and seasonal challenges. Customize and tune vehicles, play with others in online events, or use EventLab to create races, challenges, stunts, and game modes.
Supplied reviews often praise the freedom to cruise around Mexico, the scenery, and the satisfying, approachable driving. Players also appreciate the broad car selection, vehicle customization, and range of races and other activities; some describe the relaxed driving as a way to unwind. Other reviews find the activities repetitive or the map less engaging than expected, and mention DLC promotion, dialogue, or online and login problems as frustrations.
| Platforms | Windows |
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| Achievements | 164 |
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| Players | 1–12 |
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| Multiplayer | Forza Horizon 5 supports both single-player and online multiplayer. Steam features list Online PvP, Online Co-op, and Cross-Platform Multiplayer. The store text describes social free roam, Horizon Arcade, Horizon Open, Tours, convoys with friends, and player-created EventLab content shared with the community. Reviews indicate online racing lobbies with up to 12 drivers. |
| Multiplayer & mods | No official mod support is described. EventLab allows players to create and share custom races, challenges, stunts, and new game modes. Reviews also mention cheaters, hacked accounts, and unfair leaderboard entries, but that is not official modding support. |
| Controller support | Xbox |
| Controller required | No |
| DLC / extras | 52 listed on Steam |
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| Website | Official website |
