Forza Horizon 5 will lead you through breathtaking expeditions across Mexico with its striking contrast and beauty in hundreds of the world's greatest cars. Discover living deserts, lush jungles, historic cities, hidden ruins, pristine beaches, vast canyons, and a towering snow-capped volcano – the highest point ever in a Horizon game.

Get ready for Forza Horizon 5's deep campaign with challenges that reward you for engaging in the activities you love. Meet new characters and choose the outcomes of their Horizon Story missions and take on awe-inspiring weather events such as towering dust storms and intense tropical storms as Mexico’s unique, dynamic seasons change the world every week. Keep coming back for new events, challenges, collectibles, and rewards, and new areas to explore. No two seasons will ever be the same.

Team up with other players and enter the Horizon Arcade for a continuing series of fun, over-the-top challenges that keep you and your friends in the action and having fun with no menus, loading screens or lobbies. Meet new friends in Horizon Open and Tours and share your creations with new community gift sharing. (Console requires Xbox Game Pass Ultimate or Xbox Live Gold, memberships sold separately.)

Forza Horizon 5 showcases powerful, all-new graphical features. Experience sweeping vistas and scan the distance to see the adventure that lies ahead. Encounter the smallest of details throughout the world which is rendered with striking realism, down to the smallest details like the light that glows through each needle on a Cholla cactus. The Mexican HDR sky captures illuminate the world to the point that you will feel as if you are right there. And thanks to the ray tracing is utilized in Forzavista to make the cars look even more true to real life.

Create your own expressions of fun with the powerful new EventLab gameplay toolset including custom races, challenges, stunts, and entirely new game modes. Customize your cars in more ways than ever before with new options such as the ability open and close convertible tops, paint brake calipers, and more. Use the new Gift Drops feature to share your custom creations with the community.

Forza fans, we’ve reached an important milestone on the road to Forza Horizon 5 – we’ve gone gold! That means the game is now off for pressing of retail discs and final setup for digital release. This is a moment that represents the incredible accomplishments of everyone who worked on the game and we’re celebrating by sharing the music you will enjoy while you drive through Forza Horizon 5’s Mexico.

Music has always set the stage of the Horizon Festival and this time, it’s no different. Pulse, Bass Arena, Block Party, XS, Hospital Records and Eterna – the latest evolution of Timeless FM, all come together for your listening pleasure at the festival that never ends, featuring authentic Mexican pop music combined with the latest feel-good tracks from across the world.

To bring our fans the most realistic adaptation of Mexico, we’ve partnered closely with local Spanish language artists from across Latin America and are thrilled to introduce their music to a global audience. Check out tracks from Centavrvs, Clubz and Diamante Eléctrico on Pulse; Bomba Estéreo and the Mexican Institute of Sound on Block Party; Angelica Garcia, El Shirota and Technicolor Fabrics on XS; and Miguel Pacheco, Rodolfo Ritter and the Mexico Festival Orchestra on Eterna.

We’ve also collaborated with artists such as Sotomayor, Urbandawn, Plague Vendor and Metrik to compose original songs for the game’s initial drive and Expeditions. As you will see, the result is the most diverse soundtrack in the history of the Horizon Festival.

We’re getting the party started by announcing the tracks for handful of radio stations – check back in the days ahead for the complete line-up

Here’s the Forza Horizon 5 track selection:

• “El Punto Final” by Centavrvs
• “Weekends” by Classixx, Local Natives
• “Afrika” by Clubz
• "Cool Up” by De Lux
• “Suéltame, Bogotá” by Diamante Eléctrico
• “Levitating” by Dua Lipa
• “Heat Waves – Shakur Ahmad Remix” by Glass Animals, Shakur Ahmad
• “All I Want” by Kid Moxie, LUXXURY
• “The Valley Of The Pagans (ft. Beck)” by Gorillaz
• “Straight To The Morning (ft. Jarvis Cocker)” by Hot Chip
• “All Of The Time” by Jungle
• “Feels So Good” by LUXXURY
• “Full Heart Fancy” by Lucky Chops
• “Everything at Your Feet (ft. The Chamanas)” by ODESZA
• “Midnight Sun” by OTR, Ukiyo
• “Look At The Sky” by Porter Robinson
• “Where We Started” by PRXZM
• “Hello Hello Hello” by Remi Wolf
• “New Heartbreak” by Sad Alex
• “Preach” by Saint Motel
• “Fiebre” by Sotomayor
• “Quema” by Sotomayor
• “Sunshine (with The Knocks)” by Whethan
• “Ohh My Ghosts” by Young & Sick

If you want to listen now, check out the Spotify playlists to get you started!

Key Features:

• Forza Horizon 5, the highly anticipated follow-up to 2018's breakout hit open world driving game Forza Horizon 4, arrives on November 9 on Xbox consoles, PC on Windows and Steam, and Xbox Game Pass including console, PC and Cloud Gaming (Beta).
• The Horizon Festival's unique brand of fun and freedom is headed to beautiful and vibrant Mexico.
• Forza Horizon 5 features the largest, most diverse open world ever in a Forza Horizon game set against a vibrant, ever-evolving landscape with limitless driving action in hundreds of the world's greatest cars.

Forza Horizon 5 is coming to Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S and PC on Nov. 9, 2021. Players who pre-order the Premium edition or buy the Premium Add-Ons bundle can start playing the game on Nov. 5, 2021.