Forza Horizon 5 Update Patch Notes Detailed

The first Forza Horizon 5 post-launch patch is live on all Xbox Platforms including current and next-generation consoles.

The patch notes include fixes for game stability, multiplayer, exploits, and much more.

Forza Horizon 5 Update Patch Notes Detailed

The official Forza Support account tweeted out a link to the latest patch notes for Forza Horizon 5. Below, we've listed every update included in the notes.

Game Stability

• Fixed several crashes
• Fixed a potential crash that could happen if an emote was earned whilst offline
• Fixed a potential crash that can happen starting a Horizon Arcade
• Fixed a potential crash that occurred when spawning traffic cars
• Fixed a crash when loading EventLab events
• Fixed a crash when upgrading cars

Multiplayer

• Improved stability of Horizon Life connections
• Improvements to online traffic
• Fixed issue where player’s car would get stopped when losing connection to Horizon Life
• Disabled Convoy voice chat to help track down the long load times in Online events
• Improvements to Horizon Arcade for other player visibility and joining and leaving Arcade events
• Fixed Eliminator Head to Heads not ending when players reached the finish point

Wheel Compatibility

• Fixed a disconnect pop up that was preventing Wheels from functioning correctly on PC

Exploits

• Updated the Car Masteries for various cars to address an exploit
• Removed an exploit that could be achieved when creating Challenge Cards
• Removed an exploit when creating specific route configurations in EventLab
• Fixed an issue which allowed players to purchase cars from the Car Collection screen which weren’t available in the Autoshow
• Added checks to stop an exploit with driving assists
• Stopped players being able to download tunes before a race starts

DLC

• Fixed VIP Player House not being free for some VIPs
• Fixed VIP House not giving player correct Forzathon Point multiplier
• Fixed issue where some VIP players weren’t receiving Super Wheelspins

Rewards

• Fixed players not receiving the loyalty reward for playing Forza Motorsport 5
• Fixed an issue with Car Collection where it was possible that a player could lose pending rewards if they quit the game
• Rebalanced UGC payouts

PC Settings

• Fixed Resolution Scaling causing GTAO depth issues on PC
• Fixed issue where distant terrain could appear as low res on PC Ultra settings

Other

• Fixed an issue where it was possible for the player to fall out of world after completing the Trial
• Fixed an issue where input stops working on the Press Start screen
• Cross Country Event difficulty has been tuned slightly easier on Drivatar Difficulty levels below Unbeatable to smooth off some difficulty spikes
• Fixed EventLab notifications persisting in Freeroam
• Fixed some Accolades missing icons on Xbox One and Xbox One S
• Fixed profanity filter not applying correctly on Super7