Forza Horizon 5 – Version 1.581.488 – Patch notes, changelog, download

New Features (Available from April 25th)

• Permanent Oval Circuit Road Race
  • Also available with a dedicated Rivals Leaderboard
  • 21 Accolades
  • 3 Badges
• Removed requirements to bind ANNA/Forza Link when creating Custom Controller profiles
• (PC) Intel® XeSS Super Sampling is now available as a temporal up-scaling solution
• Skin tone colours for hearing aids & prosthetics
• EventLab Piñata Helmet prop

“High Performance” Series Features (Available from April 27th until May 25th)

• Freeroam Oval Circuit in the Stadium
• 4 Returning Speed Traps
  • Horizon Baja
  • East Resort
  • Pantano Pass
  • Tulum
• 2 Returning Speed Zones
  • Green Hills
  • River Run
  • Piñata Helmet collectible

Unlockable Cars

• New To Forza
  • 2019 #70 Porsche Motorsport 935
  • 2020 Lamborghini Huracàn STO
  • 2021 Audi RS 6 Avant
  • 2021 Porsche MissionR

Bug fixes

General

• Fixed an issue where sometimes #ForzaThon Weekly Challenges were getting reset after restarting the game
• Fixed an issue where sometimes roads were not marked as discovered on the map
• Fixed an issue with the Auction House where searching by just “Car Type” couldn’t return any results
• Fixed an issue where the HUD could remain stuck at the center of the screen while using an Ultrawide monitor on Xbox
• General performance and stability fixes

Cars

• Fixed an issue where the Anti-lag exhaust animation was not displayed correctly on the 2000 Nissan Silvia SpecR while a RocketBunny wide bodykit is installed
  • Developer’s note: We are aware of the Anti-lag exhaust animation issue with other cars mounting the RocketBunny wide bodykit and we plan to address those in the future
• Fixed an issue where rollcages were not displayed correctly when a StreetFighter LA bodykit was applied
• Fixed an issue with the 2004 Subaru WRX STi where the front bumper sticker shading was inconsistent when combined with some paints and bumper parts
• Fixed an issue with the 1964 Emory 356 C incorrectly displayed as model year 1960

Accolades

• Fixed an issue with “Change of Scenery” accolade starting location listed as Gran Pantano in the accolades menu and Pantano de La Selva when pinned
• Fixed an issue with “Photogenic” accolade which displayed wrong numbers in the description
• Fixed an issue with “Unbeatable” Road/Dirt/Cross Country/Street Racing accolades incorrectly stating players needed to win 10 races in a row to be achieved

EventLab

• Improvements made to EventLab rules not working in Multiplayer and/or causing players desync

Multiplayer

• Fixed an issue where Festival Outpost could display inconsistently during races
• Fixed an issue in the Trial where AI cars PI were not scaling accordingly to players’ car PI
• Fixed an issue where sometimes players couldn’t use the Rewind feature after finishing a match of The Eliminator

Rally Adventure

• Fixed an issue with “Arzate Sprint Challenge” and “Forest Trail Master” challenges not marked as completed for some players
• Fixed an issue with the Apex Predator “Let it B” challenges which couldn’t be completed for a number of players
• Fixed an issue where achievements unlocked through the Xbox App and Steam were not matching
• Fixed an issue where the Ford Focus RS was not available in the Autoshow after unlocking the car
• Fixed an issue with the UI where cars’ default PI was displayed in various menus and race leaderboards despite being upgraded
• Fixed an issue with some restrictions in the pins of challenges with several requirements unintendedly doubled
• Fixed a series of issues with VO

PC

• Improved framerate performance while in the Valle de Foreneos Dunes on Nvidia GPUs
• Improved framerate performance while driving an Audi e-Tron