Forza Horizon 5

Playground Games' Hot Wheels expansion for Forza Horizon 5 is now live and it means Series 10 of the game is available as well.

Included in this latest update are a bunch of new features as well as some major game fixes. We've got the full rundown courtesy of Forza support's social channel and the official web page:

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Forza Horizon 5 Series 10 - July 19, 2022

We're constantly working to improve the experience in Forza Horizon 5. Below you will find a summary of items fixed or improved upon in this update.

General

  • Various stability and performance improvements
  • New Save Recovery System has been added. If loss of save data is detected, players will be shown a pop-up offering to restore a previous backup.
  • Players will not be able to recover lost saves from prior to Series 10 with this new system.
  • Fixed an issue that could cause players to lose credits if their Auction House bid failed
  • Fixed an issue where certain cars were more unstable when using simulated steering after a physics change in Series 9
  • Fixed a bug that could cause the Horizon Tour in Festival Playlist to autocomplete
  • Fixed the timer in Test Driver: Horizon Wilds - Off the Beaten Trail
  • ANNA and VO are now affected by the Speech Volume setting
  • Player character prosthetics will now be consistent in the V10 Story cutscenes
  • Fixed a bug that could cause loud echoes in Forza Vista when opening car parts

New Car Customisation features

  • New Hot Wheels Semi-Slick Race Tyre Compound
  • Hot Wheels Spectraflame paint featuring 12 colours variation

Online

  • Fixed an issue that could cause the Win Screen timer to show 0 seconds when completing a Story Mission in Co-op
  • Fixed an issue that could cause players to timeout when joining an EventLab event in Co-op
  • Fixed an issue that could prevent players from getting challenged in Eliminator when displaying the Telemetry UI
  • Fixed an issue that could cause players to be kicked back to Freeroam during Horizon Open

Cars

  • Fixed an issue where the Koeniggsegg Jesko was able to reach unintended top speed
  • Fixed an issue where the Volkswagen Beetle '66 passenger side front window wasn't showing tint from the cockpit camera view
  • Fixed an issue with the McLaren 620R passenger side headlight not working as intended
  • Fixed an issue with the Audi TT RS 2018 where the "Unable to Paint" message was not appearing when trying to paint mirrors

PC

  • Fixed wheels appearing very blurry with TAA enabled
  • Fixed Photo Mode sometimes appearing white or black when TAA is enabled

Have you downloaded this update yet? What do you think of Series 10 and the new expansion so far? Comment below.

[source support.forzamotorsport.net]