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Hi! I'm stepping in for KillerSpectre21 this week. Here, you can find the Festival Playlist breakdown and rewards for this week's winter season.

Miscellaneous

20 PTS seasonal reward: 2006 Dodge Ram SRT-10
40 PTS seasonal reward: 2003 Ford F-150 SVT Lightning

Weekly Challenge

1. 2001 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VI GSR TM Edition
2. Complete 3 laps at the Sekibe Time Attack
3. Earn 3 Stars at the Festival Loop Speed Zone
4. Win a Dirt Race

>Reward: 5 PTS + 25,000 Cr

Daily Challenge

• Park at the Evolving World Car Meet in any car from the 2000s
• Earn 3 Drift Tap Skills in any car from the 2000s
• Complete 1 lap at any Time Attack Circuit in any Peel
• Earn a total of 3 Stars at Trailblazers in any car from the 2000s
• Win a Road Circuit Racing in any Eclectic Domestic car
• Earn a Threading the Needle Skill in any Mini
• Earn 3 Stars at the Inner City Run Drift Zone in any car from the 2000s

>Reward: 1 PT + 5,000 Cr per challenge

Treasure Hunt: Follow the Photo Clue to Discover the Treasure! - Sotoyama Region
Reward: 3 PTS + 100,000 Cr

Photo Challenge: Take a photo of any Rally Monster from the 2000s
Reward: 2 PTS + “You’re a MONSTER!” (Forza Link)

Online

The Trial: B 600 2000s Total FWD - Road Racing
Reward: 10 PTS + 2007 Ferrari 430 Scuderia

Horizon Play: Complete a Horizon Racing event in any Sports Utility Heroes vehicle
Reward: 3 PTS + 2003 Honda S2000

The Eliminator: Finish 30th or better
Reward: 2 PTS + 2008 Renault Mégane R26.R

PR Stunts

Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route Speed Zone: S1 800 2000s - 100 mph (161 km/h)
Reward: 2 PTS + Wheelspin

Mt. Haruna Drift Zone: S1 800 2000s - 115,000 PTS
Reward: 2 PTS + Wheelspin

Hokubu Time Attack: S1 800 2000s - 00:58.000 or faster
Reward: 3 PTS + Wheelspin

Championship

Stray From The Path: B 600 2000s Modern Rally - Cross Country Racing
Reward: 5 PTS + 2006 Audi RS 4

Retro Rewind: A 700 2000s Retro Sports Cars - Street Racing
Reward: 5 PTS + 2001 Acura Integra Type R

Monthly Rivals

Narai-Juku Circuit: Post a clean lap in the 1993 Porsche 911 Turbo S Leichtbau
Reward: 4 PTS + Super Wheelspin

Forza Horizon 6 Series 2 Update (XBOX, Windows PC & Steam)

Version Number:

• XBOX Series X|S: 375.327
• Windows PC (Xbox app): 375.327
• Steam: 375.327

Bug fixes and changes

General

• Performance and stability fixes.
• Fixed an issue where launching the game after running Benchmark Mode would take longer than expected.

AI

• Improvements to difficulty balancing.
• Fixed an issue with Drivatar race start behaviour.

Audio

• Improvements to audio performance on lower specification devices.
• Adjusted the volume of the air vents on the 2010 Lamborghini Murciélago LP 670-4 SV.

Badge

• Fixed an issue with the Screechy Clean Badge where progress would only count during a Touge Event.

Design

• Fixed an issue where the Leaderboards would sometimes display the wrong drivetrain.
• Fixed an issue with Convoy Leaderboards where times may not appear consistently for all players in the Convoy at Drag Meets and Time Attack Circuits.

Festival Playlist

• Fixed an issue where some Daily Challenges and a Seasonal Job could be completed ahead of time.
• Fixed an issue where completed Weekly Challenges in a previous Season would be missing the Completed label.
• Fixed an issue where various Daily Challenges across the Seasons did not unlock for some players.
  • Developer Notes:  All Daily Challenge Points in Series 1 will be retroactively rewarded to players for each Season they participated in. To claim these, players must visit Series 1 in their Playlist History.

Horizon Play

• Fixed an issue where some players did not unlock Level 12 in Horizon Play until they entered another race Event.
• Adjustments have been made to the amount of XP required between Level 26 and Level 100 in Horizon Play. This will significantly reduce the time required to earn the ‘Maxed Out’ Achievement. 
  • Developer Notes:  Players who have already made significant progress in Horizon Play (Level 25 and above) will see their level jump significantly and unlock new Badges, and players who have already reached Level 32 will jump to Level 100, unlock Badges and the ‘Maxed Out’ Achievement.

Road Discovery

• Added a Roads Driven percentage to the Region Overview.
• Fixed an issue where two road nodes would never be marked as Undiscovered.
• Fixed inconsistencies in Road Discovery between the Mini Map and World Map.

Visuals

• Fixed graphical corruption noticeable in some loading screen transitions on XBOX Series X|S, especially in Horizon Stories and after completing the Monthly Rivals Event.
• Fixed a motion blur artefact appearing along the rear of the 2001 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI GSR TM Edition.
• Fixed an issue with inconsistent lighting that occurred when switching between times of day in Photo Mode.
• Fixed an issue where green artefacts could be seen when trying to take a photo through a metal mesh fence.
• Fixed an issue where rain particles were disabled in the ‘High’ Graphics Preset on PC.
• Improvements to the pixelated red smoke appearing in Street Races when using upscaling.

Upgrades & Tuning

• Adjustments have been made to the physics of Drag Tires to align them more with their expected behaviour.
  • Developer Notes:  The team noticed that Drag tires were reducing Performance Index (PI) significantly while still providing enough lateral grip to work effectively as a tire choice for several event types outside of Drag Racing. This is not the expected behaviour or use case for Drag Tires. To alleviate this issue, we have made some adjustments that ensure Drag Tires are no longer the optimal tire choice outside of drag racing events.

  

Additionally, we have retained the PI cost of Drag Tires, meaning any tune that currently exists, for example, a tune that is A 700 will not change PI, but it will have significantly reduced cornering performance.  

The team are aware that this means there are a lot of Leaderboard entries that will need to be removed. This will be an ongoing process as we work to identify and remove any lap times that were set using Drag Tires prior to this patch. 

It is important to note that this change only affects the cornering performance of Drag Tires, so Drag times and Drag Leaderboards will be unaffected by this change.  

Save issues

If you have experienced any save data loss, we recommend visiting our Forza Support article for more information on how to get help, and ways to reduce the risk of save data loss.