Forza Motorsport is here and adding fresh content each month, but let's not forget about Forza Horizon 5 either. Playground Games continues to build and build on its 2021 open world racer, and this week marks the start of its Lunar New Year update on Xbox and PC.
Jam-packed with new content, FH5 is celebrating the Lunar New Year in style. The Horizon Stadium is being converted into a dragon-filled drifting arena, we have a bunch of new free cars via the Festival Playlist and the Autoshow, a new premium car pack, and there's some special EventLab props being added to the game too.

If you're after all the nitty gritty details it may be worth checking out Forza's blog post on the new update, but we will drop the team's patch notes down below - which include all the major details for this new Forza Horizon 5 update.
Forza Horizon 5 Lunar New Year Update Patch Notes
New Features
- 13 Previous Exclusive Reward cars added to the Autoshow
- 9 Lunar New Year EventLab Props
- 1 Lunar New Year Collector Accolade
- Chinese Lucky Stars Pack becomes available for purchase
- 5 new unlockable Festival Playlist Reward Cars
- Limited Timed Series Features
-- Evolving World: Stadium Drift Arena
-- Evolving World: Dragon Drone Show
-- Evolving World: Fireworks collectible
- 2 Badges: Feeling Lucky, Lunar Dragon
- Returning Extended Nights
Bug Fixes
- Improved the audio for the 2008 Aston Martin DBS
- Fixed issues that occurred while trying to redeem a car through the message center
- Fixed issues with players getting kicked out of the Weekly Trial
- Solved the issue causing “Tropical Storm” and “Dust Storm” not to show up in Photo Mode during Spring Season
- Fixed cosmetic issues on the 1970 Fast X Dodge Charger, 1966 Fast X Chevrolet Impala, and the 2022 Gordon Murray T.50
Are you still enjoying FH5 these days? Tell us if you're celebrating the Lunar New Year down below!
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@Kaloudz I really do like FH5, it's just hard to think of it as much of an improvement over the others. Still had an amazing time with it and dip into it every now and then, but yeah if you've played 1, you've played them all
And the accolade for the Pride Race? Playground? Where have you gone?!
@Kaloudz
I’ve played all the FH, try number FH4, set in the UK and is probably the best one for me.
At least we get to drive on the correct side of the road for UK drivers 😂
@Kaloudz
Not sure about that, it’s a bit fast for crumpets and Yorkshire tea eating, at the same time 😂
But I’m sure you will enjoy FH4.
It enhanced for series consoles as well now.
Native 4K at 60fps on X. Not sure on S.
@Kaloudz
Enjoy 😊 later.
This is the only racing game I keep coming back to
Play it nearly every day to collect/win all the cars I don't yet have.
Still think Forza Horizon 4 is better but 5 is still excellent.
Looking forward to 6 and set in Japan or China maybe?
@KillerBoy Yeah I play a lot of racing games but FH5 and GT7 are the only ones I keep coming back to.
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