Forza Horizon 5 Update Adds New Features and Cars, Patch Notes Revealed

Playground Games has today pushed out a substantial new update for Forza Horizon 5 across Xbox and PC platforms. Despite launching all the way back in 2021, Playground has continued to support FH5 with routine updates over the years that arrive on a frequent basis. Now, that trend has resulted in Playground making some long-awaited changes that Forza fans have been requesting for quite some time. 

Perhaps the most notable new addition to Forza Horizon 5 in today's update is the expansion of Garage, Tune, and Livery slots in-game. This update is one that increases the save size of FH5, but that's a trade-off that most players will likely accept. In addition to this alteration, Playground has also laid the groundwork with this patch for the new Festival Playlist that will go live later this week. And per usual, a variety of bug fixes and other small improvements have also been included as well. 

You can find the full list of patch notes and new additions to Forza Horizon 5 attached down below. 

New Features (Available from August 15th) 

• Increased Garage space (from 1000 to 2000 slots)
• Increased Tune slots (from 600 to 1000 slots)
• Increased Livery slots (from 600 to 1000 slots)

• Italian Automotive Collector Accolade
• 7 EventLab props
  • Boat Piñata
  • Star Decal
  • Shell Decal
  • Snail Decal
  • Banana Boat
  • Green Backdrop
  • Blue Backdrop

"Italian Automotive" Limited Timed Series Features (Available from August 17th until September 14th) 

• Italian Automotive Start Screen
• Evolving World: Abarth/Alfa Romeo/Fiat/Lancia billboards
• Evolving World: Boat Piñata collectible

Unlockable cars 

• 8 Autoshow Cars (Available from August 15th onwards)
  • 1968 Abarth 595 Esseesse
  • 1965 Alfa Romeo Giulia Sprint GTA Stradale
  • 1965 Alfa Romeo TZ2
  • 1968 Alfa Romeo 33 Stradale
  • 2017 Alfa Romeo Giulia Quadrifoglio Verde
  • 1980 Fiat 124 Sport Spider
  • 1992 Lancia Delta HF Integrale Evo
  • 1974 Lancia Stratos HF Stradale
• 8 Festival Playlist Reward Cars (Available from August 17th onwards)
  • 1980 Abarth 131
  • 2016 Abarth 659
  • 2017 Abarth 124
  • 1992 Alfa Romeo 155 Q4
  • 2007 Alfa Romeo 8C Competizione
  • 2014 Alfa Romeo 4C
  • 1982 Lancia 037
  • 1986 Lancia Delta S4

Italian Exotics Car Pack (Available from August 15th – Not included with the Forza Horizon 5 Car Pass, Standard, Deluxe or Premium Editions) 

• 2020 Ferrari Roma
• 2022 Ferrari 296 GTB
• 2019 Italdesign Davinci Concept
• 2018 Lamborghini #63 Squadra Corse Huracàn Super Trofeo
• 2020 Lamborghini SC20
• 2020 Lamborghini Essenza SCV12
• 2022 Lamborghini Huracàn Tecnica

Bug fixes 

General 

• Fixed an issue with the Auction House where sometimes last minute bid extensions were not functioning correctly (Bug ID 3904675)
• Fixed an issue with Icons Of Speed story where sometimes the drivatar was slowing down and getting ghosted at the beginning of chapter 1 (Bug ID 3901376)
• Fixed an issue where BSL video was missing from Icons of Speed chapter 4 outro (Bug ID 3896325)
• Improvements made to some instances where traffic was not synced for players in a convoy (Bug ID 3900324)
• Fixed an issue with Seasonal EventLab were blueprints downloads and usage were not getting counted correctly when participating in Coop/PvP modes (Bug ID 3397287)
• Fixed an issue in Seasonal Playground Games King Mode which had a total time of 10 minutes instead of 8 (Bug ID 3886012)
• General performance and stability fixes

PC 

• Improvements made to some unusual long loading times particularly on Windows Store PC clients before the start of the game window (Bug ID 3840750)
  • Developer's Notes: Some players might experience a long black screen after the Xbox Game Studios introduction video. We're investigating this issue.
• Improvements made to some instances where the game client was crashing while booting the game (Bug ID 3904768)
• Fixed an issue where the unlocked framerate option would be hidden incorrectly  (Bug ID 3899593)

Cars 

• Fixed an issue with the 2004 Subaru Impreza WRX STI where the front bumper sticker could display some textures anomalies with some paints and bumper parts (Bug ID 3886816)
• Fixed an issue with the 1973 Ford XB Falcon GT where the side vents colours didn't match the car's body (Bug ID 3904714)
• Fixed an issue with the 1973 Ford XB Falcon GT where the speedometer was incorrectly displaying km/h instead of mph (Bug ID 3904712)
• 1956 'Barbie Movie' Chevrolet Corvette EV and 2022 'Barbie Movie' Hummer EV Pick-up have been added to the Autoshow (Available from August 15th)