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CROSS-PLATFORM
Accessibility
- Accessibility - Assisted Steering sometimes has a tendency to fishtail or brake unexpectedly. (3092910) (Date Updated: 04.04.23)
Achievements
- Achievements - Ride and Seek - Achievement unlocks at early before all roads are discovered.(Date Added:11.29.21)
- Achievements - Fresh Pressed Orange Routes - Achievement unlocks early before all roads are discovered. (Note: Fresh Pressed Orange Routes in Hot Wheels Academy requires more roads then the achievement.)
- Achievements - Mogul - The achievement unlocks with 6 instead of 7 houses. (Date Updated: 10.10.22)
- Achievements - Dust in the Lens - Take a Photo featuring the Gran Telescopio and a dust storm may not unlock when in EventLab (Date Updated: 01.13.23)
Accolades
- Accolades - Horizon Open - You're the Champion - Accolade may unlock after losing a Seasonal PG Games event (Date Updated:01.10.22)
- Accolades - UI - Locked Accolades that award a car have a greyed-out gift-box icon instead of a greyed-out car icon (Date updated:03.08.22)
- Accolades - Ice Breaker - Does not complete correctly and shows wrong information when pinned. (Date updated:03.08.22)
- Accolades - One Last Ride - Does not unlock if this is done with the Welcome Pack 1998 Toyota Supra RZ. (Date Updated: 03.10.22)
- Accolades - Horizon Open - Survivor - Player is awarded the Accolade before the required amount of time passes (Date Updated:02.04.22)
- Accolades - Running in the 90's - Accolade does not complete (Date Added:12.03.21)
- Accolades - Snakes and Ladders - Ladders seem to be counted in any car once you've driven the 2000 Ford SVT Cobra R once. (Date updated:03.08.22)
- Accolades – Solar Eclipse – Not working as intended, players are able to use another car after smashing the first panel (Date updated:03.08.22)
- Accolades - Series 16 - Happy New Year - Accolade cannot be completed due to required seasonal decorations not appearing in Series 16 (Date updated: 01.13.23)
Accessibility
- Accessibility - Auto-Steer feature does not function without the navigation line. (Date Updated: 03.10.22)
Auction House
- Auction House - Car mastery skill points are not refunded for sold cars.(Date Added:11.30.21)
- Auctions - Car mastery is not reset on a purchased car for the buyer. (Date updated: 03.14.23)
- Auction House - UI - Auction Listing Items have Loading Issues When Navigating Down the List (Date Updated:02.18.22)
- Audio - Audio no longer works after turning on Dolby Atmos or Windows Sonic on PC (Date Updated: 10.14.22)
- Auction House - Retrieving credits from bids adds to the total winnings stat. (Date Updated: 02.21.23)
- Auction House - Bid may fail and remove credits. Player may receive a "Bid Failed" or a "Not enough credits" message (3098684) (Date Updated: 03.30.23)
Audio
- Audio - When the horn is activated and a player switches to drone mode or blueprint builder the horn audio is looped (Date Updated: 08.08.22)
- Audio - Audio in vehicle when facing rear is reversed (Date Updated: 08.08.22)
- Audio - Voice chat has been disabled (Date Updated:02.18.22)
- Audio - Horizon Open - When Player completes Horizon Open series for first time, there are subtitles for Ramiro voice, but no audio plays (Date updated:03.08.22)
- Audio - Rebooting the console with headphones plugged into the controller and then booting the game results in only the radio audio being heard (Date Updated: 10.14.22)
- Audio - When changing output format from stereo to 7.1 (or any other combination) the game sometimes goes silent (Date Updated: 12.14.22)
- Audio - Game sound is distorted when the Player uses Xbox Live Party with Noise Suppression Enabled (Date Updated: 1.17.23) *Work around to fix this issue is to turn off this setting.*
Cars
- Cars - The 1998 Toyota Supra RZ is missing a gear shift animation (Date Added:11.19.21)
- Cars - Can-AM Maverick X RS Turbo R 2018 - License plate is not illuminated at night (Date Added:01.27.22)
- Cars - Convertible feature does not work in free roam for some cars such as the Honda S2000, Mazda mx5 2016, Mazda mx5 2013, and Mercedes-Benz SLK55 AMG (Date Updated:01.10.22)
- Cars - Barn find cars cannot be removed from the player garage (Date Updated:01.28.22)
- Cars - Volkswagen Golf R32 2003 - Front wheels are not lined up properly with the center of the car wheel arch (Date Updated:02.17.22)
- Cars - Brake Disks quickly cool down after heating up (Date Updated: 02.10.22)
- Cars - Audi Avant RS2 1995 - The pattern the heating wire on the rear window is different than the real car. (Date Updated:01.28.22)
- Cars - Audi Avant RS2 1995 - Badge on the Audi RS2 is missing the word Porsche on it. (Date Updated:01.28.22)
- Cars - Apollo Intensa Emozione 'Welcome Pack' 2018 - Only one of two reverse light is lit (Left is a fog light, right is the reverse.) (Date Updated:02.04.22)
- Cars -1998 Toyota Supra RZ is missing a gear shift animation (Date Updated:02.18.22)
- Cars - Inconsistent car backfire on various vehicles after changing cars or tuning. (Date updated:03.08.22)
- Cars - Lighting - Nissan Pulsar GTi-R 1990 - Headlight reflection follows windshield wipers (Date Updated: 03.18.22)
- Cars - Porsche Macan LPR Rally Raid 2018 - Curved rims clip through wheel hub and brake calipers (Date Updated: 03.23.22)
- Cars - 2018 Can-Am Maverick X RS Turbo R - Stock transmission does not shift to second gear (Date Updated: 05.31.22)
- Cars - Chevrolet Corvette Z06 2015 - Text on side skirt always displays regardless of car color (Date Added:04.19.22)
- Cars - 2017 Ford GT - Reverse icon on dashboard sometimes does not light up in first person camera. (Date Updated: 04.22.22)
- Cars - Mercury Cyclone Spoiler 1970 - Reverse lights do not work as expected. (Date Updated: 05.18.22)
- Cars - Black on License Plate letters and symbols while in freeroam on Radeon graphics cards (Date Updated: 08.09.22)
- Cars - 2554 AMG Transport Dynamics M12S Warthog CST - Vehicle has see through wheels in motion. (Date updated:08.30.22)
- Cars - Livery - Liveried Gift Car thumbnails show as stock car paint until the player gets into the car and drives it and applies an upgrade or tune.(Date Updated: 10.31.22)
- Cars - ADV7R Track Spec CS rims do not retain painted color in some areas. (Date Updated: 11.01.22)
- Cars - 1953 Chevrolet Corvette - Tires Clip through body when a low suspension is installed and large tires are added. (Date updated:11.10.22)
- Cars - Toyota Supra RZ 1998 - Paint appears different colours when using the KRC kit. (Date Updated: 12.14.22)
- Cars - Graphics - Headlights and Taillights may disappear when car is submerged in water. (Date Updated: 12.15.22)
- Cars - Audio - Nissan 350z sound is swapped with the BMW M3 2005 (Date Updated: 02.14.23)
- Cars - GMC Jimmy 1970 - Wheels car get stuck in the ground after a jump/long fall (Date Updated: 02.21.23)
- Cars - 1990 Mercedes-Benz 190E 2.5-16 Evolution II - Rear spoiler downforce level has less options then previous games. (3886418) (Date Updated: 02.28.23)
- Cars - 2018 DeBerti Jeep Wrangler Unlimited - Car Year listed as 2013 before series 6 when 2018 was expected. (Date Updated: 02.28.23)
- Cars - Tuning - Brake balance on some cars is reversed when adjusting front and rear. (3086003) (Date Updated: 05.09.23)
Controller
- Controller - The Clutch is activated when pushing the E-Brake while accelerating(Date updated: 03.03.22)
- Controller - Vibration Feedback, haptic and rumble, stops working between events and races also when disconnected/reconnected until restart (Date Updated:05.18.22)
- Controller - After creating a Custom Layout player is unable to use any ANNA/LINK options (Date Updated: 10.28.22)
- Controller - Advanced controller option to Switch Anna / Telemetry / TTS is not available for custom controller profiles. (Date Updated: 02.21.23)
Eliminator
- Eliminator - Winning a head to head race while being in in Menu results in the Player being unable to pick loot or challenge other players to head to head. (Date Updated:04.08.22)
- Eliminator - Choosing to upgrade Player's car while being outside the Arena counts towards the Timeout (Date Updated: 03.16.22)
- Eliminator - Players can reset their car position and spawn on top of the plane at the Festival site (Date Updated:02.18.22)
- Eliminator - Some UI remains onscreen when switching windows on PC. (Date Updated: 08.08.22)
Environment
- Environment - Series 2 - Tree decorations stay in air after hitting the tree over in North Mulege. (Date Updated:02.17.22)
- Environment - Football/soccerball may duplicate when the Player hits the ball, leaves the stadium and returns to the center of the stadium (Date Updated:02.18.22)
- Environment - Sometimes player cannot smash a whole line of Pinatas due to other breakables in the path. (Date Updated:02.18.22)
- Environment - Cars clip through ground near Horizon Street scene (Date Updated:02.08.22)
- Environment - Floating tree near stadium (Date Updated:02.08.22)
- Environment - Graphics - Placeholder "A" block on ground near Uxmal (Date Updated:02.18.22)
- Environment - Using the reset car option near the stadium can put the player in a bad location. (Date Updated: 03.04.22)
- Environment - Races - Red smoke in street scene races appears pixelated (Date Updated:07.08.22)
- Environment - Black texture by fountain in Guanajuato (Date Updated: 07.27.22)
- Environment - Graphics - Invisible wall near house near los jardines (Date Updated:02.18.22)
- Environment - Graphics - Grass texture appearing on the highway (Date Updated:02.18.22)
- Environment - Graphics - Wall near Hotel Castillo lacks collision (Date Updated:08.29.22)
- Environment - Hot Wheels - Leaving race in some areas causes the player to spawn on top of the track (Date Updated: 10.10.22)
- Environment - Cars may get stuck under a ramp near Ek' Balam. (Date Added:12.13.22)
Gameplay
- Gameplay - Sometimes Rewind does not work more than once (Date Updated:07.08.22)
- Gameplay - Anna can queue multiple lines and may talk for minutes (Date Updated: 04.29.22)
- Gameplay - The Rewind feature causes the drivatars to start driving backwards once the progress is resumed on several races. (Date Updated: 10.14.22)
- Gameplay - No reset car position is available when a Player is stuck in Playground games (Date Updated:01.19.23)
- Gameplay - Players passing finish line in first place occasionally get second place after race finishes. (Date Updated: 02.13.23)
- Gameplay - Drivatars may swerve at the start of races (3886814) (Date Updated: 04.04.23)
Horizon Stories
- Horizon Stories - "Off the Beaten Trail" Test Driver Story and certain optional Expedition objectives cannot be completed with maximum assists enabled (Date Updated: 01.19.23)
- Horizon Stories - V10 - Some jumps do not register distance or complete. (Date Updated: 10.10.22)
- Horizon Stories - Leaderboards have some entries that are the wrong PI or a different car then is used in the event. (Date Updated: 01.04.23)
- Horizon Stories - Drift Club Mexico - Chapter 3 - Extended Delay to Switch Drive Train for the Mach-E (3881259) (Date Updated: 04.04.23)
UI
- UI - Localization - German - When changing name back to English the translation for names change(1.18.22)
- UI - Festival Playlist - The 'View Eligible Cars' option does not function on already completed events (Date Updated:02.14.22)
- UI - Festival Playlist - Prompt option to view a challenge is unusable, if the Player does not have access to the Festival Playlist (Date Updated:02.18.22)
- UI - Festival Playlist - Daily challenges descriptions show imperial measurements (such as miles) despite the Player having selected Metric in their settings. Daily challenge unit measurements do not update when the player changes the Units in settings.
- UI - Text uses apostrophe for "UTV's" and "Pickups & 4x4's" when not necessary or possessive.(Date Updated: 03.30.22)
- UI - Liveries - Player liveries may not load in free roam. (Date Updated: 08.10.22)
- UI - Daily Payouts (design and paints) sometimes do not add to the player's total and the player does not receive an error message. (Date Updated:07.07.22)
- UI - Daily Payouts are capped at 50k credits for some players. (Date Updated:01.28.22)
- UI - Photo Challenges - If the Player does not meet any of the requirements ui does not update to inform which requirements should be met. (Date Updated: 08.10.22)
- UI - Some cars from the auction house have incorrect car stats. (Date Updated: 10.10.22)
- UI - Forzathon shop - Some long car names have smaller font and do not match other text in the shop (Date Updated:10.10.22)
- UI - Character Customization - Natural Ankle Socks appear as wrong color on player (Date Updated: 10.19.22)
- UI - Map filter option disappears after some actions. (Such as returning to free roam after completing a Horizon Open round.) (Date Updated: 10.28.22)
- UI - UGC - Creative Hub - My Designs shows wrong stats or stats as 0 for some players. (Date Updated: 10.28.22)
- UI - Words flagged by language filter for inappropriate content erroneously. (Please contact Xbox or Windows support if you believe the word you're using should not be flagged.) (Date Updated: 11.28.22)
- UI - Prestige Stars may not display correctly in leaderboards (Date Updated: 12.14.22)
- UI - Skill Song is no longer active after finding a Barn Find or accepting a gift. (Date Updated: 02.02.23)
- UI - Leaderboard - Seasonal Championships - End of race leaderboard may show a Drivatar twice and with incorrect points. (This may occur when a Drivatar is pushed off the track or misses a checkpoint.) (Date Updated: 02.17.23)
- UI - Settings - FXAA and MSAA can not be enabled at the same time (Date updated:11.10.22)
- UI - Accolades - Some accolades may remain on screen in the HUD after being completed. (Date Updated: 01.04.23)
General
- Convoys - UI - When players join a race with a convoy with Speech To Text enabled, the UI remains permanently on screen (Date Updated:02.18.22)
- Cutscenes - La Casa Solariega - Player car wheels continue to spin on enter house cinematic (Date Updated:02.18.22)
- DLC - Car Pass - Car pass cars say unreleased when they are already out. (Workaround: Restart the game.) (Date Updated:03.24.22)
- Expeditions - Horizon Adventure locations do not unlock properly if the player does them in coop. Players will need to go to the expedition location and do it again alone. (Date Updated:01.28.22)
- Expeditions- Baja - Player may observe that terrain visibly disappear and POPs into Player's view. (Date Added:02.25.22)
- Festival Playlist - Series 3 - Autumn - Weekly Challenge - Blower Bentley - Event says 1931 Bentley when 1930 is expected(Date Added:01.26.22)
- Festival Playlist - Series 3 - Autumn - Challenges - Treasure Hunt - Lucky skills - Challenge may not complete and treasure chest does not appear. (Date Added:01.21.22)
- Gift Drop - Gifted cars' thumbnail becomes blank when its livery is removed or reported. (Date Updated: 02.09.22)
- Loyalty Rewards - Loyalty rewards are not sent to players who play other Forza titles after the launch date of Forza Horizon 5. (Date Updated:12.22.21)
- Settings - Changing video setting Quality to Performance reset other settings (Date Updated:02.18.22)
- Forzathon Shop - UI - Car prices in Horizon Forzathon Shop do not disappear after purchase unlike vanity item prices (Date Updated:02.18.22)
- Performance - FPS drops when near flower fields (Date Updated:02.18.22)
- Event Lab - Searching for car type in blueprint search locks inventory search to only that car type (Workaround: Go back into "EventLab" and view eligible cars on the first blueprint available (filter should already be reset). (Date Updated: 03.14.22)
- Gift Drop - Players are not able to send gifts after experiencing a network disconnect and will need to close and restart the game. (Date Updated: 03.10.22)
- Gift Drop - UI - Some players are not receiving Thank You messages after sending gift (Date Updated:02.18.22)
- Gifts - Players may receive double forzathon points from messages if they have the house perk from La Casa Solariega. (Date updated:1.13.22)
- Graphics - Vegetation shows low detail on higher spec devices.(Date Updated:02.18.22)
- Horizon Arcade - Players may disappear when the event starts (Date Updated:02.15.22)
- Horizon Open - Gameplay - Players are able to win the race by crossing the finish line after his opponent (Date Updated:04.06.22)
- Settings - Non-standard aspect ratios do not have their native resolution set by default (Date Updated:01.10.22)
- Super 7 - Series 1- A Barn Find car (Jaguar Sport XJR-15) is being given as a completion award for finishing the Super 7. This car cannot be removed from the player garage due to being a Barn Find car.
- Super 7 - Players are able to start creating Challenge Cards in offline mode when it is impossible to publish one (Date Updated: 03.03.22)
- Wheelspins - Player may not get both cars when two are shown in wheelspins. (Date Updated: 05.05.22)
- Saves - House set by Player is unselected and Player spawns at Horizon Festival Site (Date Updated:10.11.22)
- Clubs - Players may receive network error messages when trying to create clubs. (Date Updated: 10.28.22)
- Graphics - Hot Wheels - Some cars clip through track and loops at high speeds which makes them slow down when playing online. (Date Updated: 11.07.22)
- PC - User is not messaged to download media pack on Windows N version (windows 10 and 11) (Date updated:12.15.22)
- PC - Players are having to reinstall the full title when acquiring update. (It's recommended to not cancel the download when it's in process as this may restart the current download. On occasion the UI says the wrong number when downloading updates.) (Date updated:12.15.22)
- Horizon Arcade - Doesn't correctly pull groups of players in for full sessions. (Date Updated: 12.16.22)
- Gameplay - Sometimes after a jump and ground impact cars cannot shift gears. (Date Updated: 01.04.23)
- Gameplay - AI - Drivatars may sometimes skip checkpoints during races appearing to teleport. (Date Updated: 01.13.23)
- Horizon Arcade - Event disappears after the Player goes to the Festival or outpost. (Date Updated: 02.21.23)
- Gifts - Player is not asked to confirm before spending their forzathon points on a gift (3158310) (Date updated: 03.24.23)
- Saves - Photo Mode - Players who have a lot of photos may receive a "Too Many Saves" error message (3069354) (Date updated: 03.30.23)
- Gameplay - Hall of Fame - Cutscene does not trigger if players fast travel to the festival site. Player may need to drive from outside to inside the festival site to get this to trigger. (Workaround: Drive to the festival site instead of fast traveling.) (Date updated: 04.05.23)
- Head-to-Head - Losing the race during rewind forces the player out of the rewind and causes the car to be stuck in place with high speed (3086004)(Date updated: 05.01.23)
- Performance - Players may receive a "Low streaming bandwidth" error message. (Date Updated: 05.15.23)
PC Windows 10/11 & Steam
- PC - Settings - At first launch in game resolution does not match the Windows resolution(Date Added:11.24.21)
- PC - Settings - Upon changing hardware the game doesn't ask you if you want to re-run the graphics setup. (Date Updated: 03.16.22)
- PC - Performance - There are flickering water reflections on low spec PC with AMD graphics card (Date Updated:02.18.22)
- PC - User has to terminate and relaunch the title to apply an installed language pack
- PC - (both AMD and NVidia) system memory usage is very high causing performance degradation (Date Updated: 12.15.22)
- PC - AMD - PC - Raytracing causes slow loading/lag in the upgrade menus (Date Updated: 03.06.23)
Wheel
- Wheel - Clutch not recognized when mapping in Settings (Date Updated: 10.17.22)
- Wheel - Players using wheels are unable to navigate the Controls Mapping screen using the D-pad after creating a new Custom Layout (Date Updated: 10.28.22)
- Wheel - There is no "Rev Engine" binding in the Upgrade Shop when using a wheel (Date Updated: 10.28.22)
Xbox Cloud Gaming
- UI - Xbox Cloud - "Names over cars" setting does not work on xCloud (Date Updated: 02.16.23)
- UI - xCloud will not display metric units when changed in settings. (Date Updated: 02.16.23)
- xCloud - Players may experience mouse control issues on the Replay screen (Date Updated: 12.14.22)
- xCloud - The majority of game settings (including controller layouts) are not retained when playing on different platforms