Forza Horizon 5 (FH5) Update Patch Notes for October 7, 2024

Forza Horizon 5 (FH5) update patch notes are now available on Xbox consoles and Windows PCs. According to the official FH5 patch notes, the latest FH5 update brings new changes and cars. Apart from this, today’s FH5 patch also includes stability and performance enhancements.

Previously, a major Forza Horizon 5 update added a new horizon story (Made in Mexico), 2 new Speed Zones, 12 new Accolades, and much more. Unfortunately, since the last patch, players are experiencing a number of issues. Today’s FH5 Series 23 patch will fix a few of these issues.

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FH5 Patch Notes – October 7, 2024

New Features

10 Hide & Seek Achievements
1 EventLab Prop: Inflatable VHS
Horizon Backstage (Available from October 10) featuring a growing selection of “Hard to find” cars from previous Series
- Will feature 2 additional “Hard to find” cars every week, based on in-game players’ votes (Backstage Voting)
- Horizon Backstage cars can be purchased only with Horizon Backstage Passes (unlockable twice a week, as 40 Points reward in the Festival Playlist and/or by #Forzathon shop for 1000 #Forzathon points) through the Horizon Backstage Shop
- Horizon Backstage Shop initial car list (available from October 10):
  - 1967 Mercedes-Benz 280 SL
  - 1980 Fiat 131 Abarth
  - 2013 Cadillac XTS Limousine
  - 2016 Pagani Huayra BC
  - 2021 BMW M4 Competition Coupe
  - 2022 Rivian R1S

4 Unlockable Cars (Available from October 10 onwards)

1990 Aston Martin Lagonda
1996 Subaru SVX
1997 Toyota Soarer 2.5 GT-T
1998 Mitsubishi FTO GP Version R

“Back To The 90s” Limited Timed Series Features (Available October 10 to November 7)

3 Player Badges
1 90’s Outfit
1 Series Car Collector Accolade
Evolving World: Inflatable VHS Collectible

Bug fixes and changes

General

Fixed a reoccurring issue where no traffic cars were appearing in Street Races events (Bug 3931337)
Fixed an issue with a number of Hide & Seek Accolades and Badges which were not correctly localized in German, Danish, Spanish, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Russian and Swedish (Bug 3953941)
General performance and stability fixes

Hide & Seek

Fixed an issue where players’ license plates could reset after leaving the game mode (Bug 3955662)
Fixed an issue where players could activate the reset car feature while in motion (Bug 3955573)
Fixed an issue where players, with certain vehicles, were able to clip through some walls in Playa Azul (Bug 3955173)
Fixed an issue where players couldn’t enter the Hide & Seek menu in the Online tab while being a Convoy Member (Bug 3951598)
Fixed an issue where sometimes players were unable to enter a ‘Hide & Seek’ match session as a Convoy, through the Festival Playlist (Bug 3954729)
Fixed an issue where the border of the Guanajuato area was not entirely visible in the game world (Bug 3951074)
Fixed an issue where entering the Hide & Seek menu on a DLC map could take players on the main map even without starting the matchmaking (Bug 3952294)

Cars

Fixed an issue with the 1994 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution III GSR where the yellow colour was missing from the paint selection screen (Bug 3955660)

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