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Forza Horizon 6’s Festival Playlists to be revamped with “permanently accessible” reward cars

Big changes are coming to Forza Horizon 6’s festival playlists next year to “address the FOMO of cars.”  

Forza Horizon 6’s Festival Playlists to be revamped with “permanently accessible” reward cars

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By Martin Bigg

Forza Horizon’s Festival Playlists are often criticised for their repetitive challenges and limited-time reward cars, and this has continued in the latest entry.

In response to player feedback, Playground Games has announced that Forza Horizon 6‘s Festival Playlists will be revamped next year as part of an “overhaul.” This will coincide with Series 11 launching on 25th February 2027.

“We can confidently say at this point that during 2027 we will have an overhaul of the playlist and treat it as a new feature,” Senior Game Designer Will Hume said in a developer video.

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As part of these changes, Playground Games aims to “address the FOMO of the cars,” preventing players from missing reward cars if they don’t complete the weekly playlist challenges.

After Series 11 launches in February, all previous and future playlist reward cars will be “permanently accessible.” Mercifully, this means that PS5 players can access previous reward cars when the open-world racer arrives on Sony’s console in January.

However, it remains unclear how players will access these cars outside of the playlists, as Playground Games is still “figuring out the details.”

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Outside of playlist reward cars, Hume clarified that “some content may still be time limited,” but Design Director Torben Ellert adds that “should be the exception rather than the norm.”

“This is a new design, and we’re working through it,” Torben explained. “We’re listening to what people say, what really matters. We’re working hard to get it right.”

Ahead of the overhaul, Playground Games has already started making changes to the Festival Playlist format, with this month’s City Life Series update reducing the number of points required to unlock new cars.

The redesigned Festival Playlist was announced during a developer video outlining Forza Horizon 6’s content roadmap, which will include several new-to-Forza cars and new permanent features such as a new Drift Attack location and radio station.

Forza Horizon 6’s first unannounced expansion will also arrive on 21st January alongside the PS5 version.

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