Forza Horizon 5 (FH5) Update Patch Notes – May 21, 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 introduces new features including EventLab Props, a new radio station called Horizon Wave, 5 unlockable cars, and a limited-time series named “Horizon Retrowave” among bug fixes and improvements. Apart from this, today’s FH5 patch also includes various tweaks.

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.

FH5 servers are currently down on Xbox and PC. Check FH5 server status here.

FH5 Patch Notes – May 21, 2024

• 20EventLab Props
  • 12Props featuring three variants with different lighting patterns (Animated, Pulsing, Static), snapping functionality and lights synched with the current songs BPM:
    • 4Walls & Fences: Neon Road Barrier Left, Neon Road Barrier Beam, Neon Road Barrier Right, Neon Railing
    • 4Lighting: Neon Overhead Light Pink, Neon Overhead Light Blue, Neon Double Street Light, Neon Street Light
    • 4Decorations: Blue Left, Neon Art Blue Mid 1, Neon Art Blue Mid 2, Neon Art Blue Right
  • 5Decorations featuring three variants with different lighting patterns (Animated, Pulsing, Static), and lights synched with the current songs BPM:
    • Neon Cube, Neon Pyramid, Neon Palm, Neon Art Green 1, Neon Art Green 2
  • 1Decorations: Neon Tank
  • 1Signs & Flags: Horizon Wave Sign
  • 1Gameplay: Retro Sunset

New Radio Station:Horizon Wave featuring 21 new songs and a new DJ, Isabel Moss

5 Unlockable cars (Available from May 21 onwards)

• 5 Festival Playlist Reward Cars
  • 2022 Hyundai N Vision 74
  • 2021 Lamborghini Countach LPI 800-4
  • 1986 BMW M635CSi
  • 1986 Citroen BX 4TC
  • 1980 Lotus Esprit Turbo

“Horizon Retrowave” Limited Timed Series Features (Available from May 23 to June 20)

• Evolving World: Neon Highway featuring lighting synched with any radio station BPM
  • This feature can be disabled anytime by accessing a new option available through Settings > Accessibility > BPM Matched Environment
• Evolving World: Retrowave Drone Show
• Evolving World: Sunset Collectible
• Evolving World: Returning extended night cycle (similar to Series 19 Midnight At Horizon)
• 1Retrowave Outfit
• 3Players Badges
• 6Retrowave Car Horns
• 1Series Car Collector Accolade
• 2Minecraft Heads
  • Will be delivered to all players through in-game message on May 23^rd

Bug fixes and changes

General

• Fixed an issue where AI Traffic cars were not present in Street Races (Bug 3931337)
• Improvements made to occurrences where some players were getting “Forza Horizon Server Not Available” error message while trying to connect to the Auction House, Message Centre, Leaderboards or browse Liveries, Tunes and Vinyls (Bug 3936958)
  • Developer’s Notes: Whilst these issues have been fixed for the majority of users, we’re aware a very small group of players are still experiencing this, despite rebooting the game completely. We’re continuing our investigations about this and will share update as soon as we can, thank you for your patience.
• Fixed an issue where players were not able to follow/unfollow creators via the Creative Hub (Bug 3930200)
• Fixed an issue where, when accessing the game via quick-resume, the world map would not update events after re-connecting to game servers (Bug 3937688)
• Fixed an issue where players couldn’t delete the in-game message from the Asphalt and Off-Road Racers Outfit gift in Horizon Race Off Series (Bug 3938250)
• General performance and stability fixes

Audio

• Fixed an issue where unlocking car mastery tree all at once could cause high volume audio (Bug 3938524)

Cars

• Fixed an issue with the 2020 Audi TT RS where front fenders were disappearing when equipping the customized hood (Bug 3935302)
• Fixed an issue with the 2020 Audi TT RS where the digital gauge in the cockpit view had some texture inconsistencies (Bug 3935309)
• [PC] Fixed an issue with the 2010 Volkswagen Golf R where some Ray Tracing reflections artifacts were visible while in Extreme or Ultra settings (Bug 3926672)

Download free Forza Horizon 5 (FH5) patch on Xbox One, PC, and Windows 10.