Forza Horizon 5 adds premium cars
Forza Horizon 5’s Series 58 Week 3 playlist introduced high-profile cars like the Audi RS E‑Tron GT and a Bentley Turbo R, plus a Forzathon Shop drop featuring the Porsche 911 GT1 for players to earn or buy. (x.com) That’s useful if you care about in-game car collections or tuning builds, since those models shift meta‑value and event strategies for the week. (x.com)
Forza Horizon 5’s latest Festival Playlist week is pushing rare-car collectors to log in now, with Series 58 rewards centered on Audi and Bentley unlocks. (forums.forza.net) In the official Series 58 playlist, the 2021 Audi RS e-tron GT is the 80-point series reward and the 1991 Bentley Turbo R is the 160-point series reward. Series points carry across all four weeks, so players do not need to clear everything in one season to reach those cars. (forums.forza.net) The current Week 3 season began on April 9 and runs until April 16, with a Street Racing focus in the Winter Dry Season of the returning Horizon Road Trip series. A community guide tracking the live playlist says the 20-point seasonal reward this week is the 2021 Audi RS7 Sportback, while 40 points yields a Horizon Backstage Pass. (soren.com) That matters because Forza Horizon 5 now mixes three layers of car access at once: weekly seasonal rewards, four-week series rewards, and the Horizon Backstage shop for older hard-to-get cars. Playground Games’ support and forum posts say the Festival Playlist is also the gate for online seasonal content, which keeps these weekly rotations central to how players build collections. (support.forzamotorsport.net, forums.forza.net) The timing also matters because cars marked “Seasonal Exclusive” are not sold in the Autoshow during that run. The official April 2 playlist post says missed exclusives can return later or be claimed through Horizon Backstage, but not on demand. (forums.forza.net) For players who tune competitively, each weekly theme shifts which garage cars are most useful. The Week 3 Street Racing setup favors quick acceleration, traffic management, and precise handling on barrier-light city routes, making reward cars and shop drops more than cosmetic trophies. (soren.com) The broader backdrop is that Forza Horizon 5 is still receiving rotating content more than four years after launch. The official Forza site says the Mexico map now includes more than 40 content updates, and the Festival Playlist remains the main way those updates stay visible week to week. (forza.net) So the immediate takeaway is simple: the headline cars are not a one-click store bundle but part of a timed progression ladder. If players want the Audi RS e-tron GT, the Bentley Turbo R, or other limited-time additions tied to Series 58, the clock is the real price. (forums.forza.net, soren.com)
