Forza Horizon 5 October 24 Update Patch Notes

The October 24 update has arrived for Forza Horizon 5, and here’s the full list of changes and fixes added with this patch. This title is a 2021 racing game developed by Playground Games and published by Xbox Game Studios. It is the fifth Forza Horizon title and the twelfth main installment in the Forza series. Besides, it receives regular updates and offers players a better gaming experience. So, the latest version is not extensive and not brings major changes; instead, it focuses on minor issues. Here’s everything new with the Forza Horizon 5 October 24 update.

Forza Horizon 5 October 24 Update Patch Notes

We’re constantly working to improve the experience in Forza Horizon 5. Below you will find a summary of items fixed or improved upon in this update.

Version Number

• Xbox One: 2.522.259.0
• Xbox Series: 3.522.259.0
• PC: 3.522.259.0
• Steam: 1.522.259.0

General

• Added a number of stability improvements to reduce some instances of client crashes

Forza Horizon 5 October 24 Update – IDENTIFIED & INVESTIGATING

CROSS-PLATFORM

Accessibility

• Accessibility – Assisted Steering sometimes has a tendency to fishtail or brake unexpectedly.

Accolades

• Accolades – Five a Day, Marathon, Double Time reset if the player fast travels or changes their car.
• Accolades – UI – Open Empire – Does not have a tracker in the accolade menu.
• Accolades – Getting Creative – Have a published vinyl shape that has been used 5 times and does not increment correctly.
• Accolades – If an Event overrides your Drivatar difficulty to Unbeatable and your settings weren’t already on Unbeatable, you don’t make progress towards relevant Accolades
• Accolades – Photogenic – Shows the wrong number in the description.
• Accolades – Catch Me if You Canyon Clean Time – Post a clean time does not unlock accolades for some players.
• Accolades – Buggy and the Beast Clean Time – Posting a clean time does not unlock accolades for some players.
• Accolades – On a Wing and a Prayer Clean Time – Posting a clean time does not unlock accolades for some players.
• Accolades – Flood, sweat, and gears clean time – Does not unlock for some players.
• Accolades – Odin’s Pride – Does not unlock after completing the car mastery tree for the 2019 Aston Martin Valhalla
• Accolades – Devilish Surprise – Not completed after Unlocking the 1999 Lamborghini Diablo GTR from a Car Mastery tree.
• Accolades – Unbeatable Street Racing – Pinned description incorrectly states player needs to win 10 races in a row
• Accolades – On the Naughty List – does not unlock after a photograph of a 1997 Lamborghini Diablo SV
• Accolades – Unbeatable Road Racing – Pinned description incorrectly states player needs to win 10 races in a row instead of winning 10 races.
• Accolades – Love Bug – Pinned text says to use “1966” Beetle instead of “1963” Beetle.

Achievements

• Achievements – Dust in the Lens – Take a Photo featuring the Gran Telescopio, and a dust storm may not unlock when in EventLab

Auction House

• Auction House – UI – Players may become stuck in a loading loop in auction messages.
• Auction House – UI – Sometimes, car thumbnails do not match the car image or paint.
• Auction House – Retrieving credits from bids adds to the total winnings stat.
• Auction House – Searching by just Car Type does not return results.
• Auction House – Bid may fail and remove credits. Player may receive a “Bid Failed” or a “Not enough credits” message

Audio

• Audio – When changing the output format from stereo to 7.1 (or any other combination), the game sometimes goes silent.

Barn Finds

• Barn Finds – Unable to collect the Mk1 Ford Escort. This may show up after a reboot
• Barn Find – Ferrari 250 GTO 1962 – Some players are not able to collect this car, and sometimes the repair process restarts.
• Barn Finds – Some barn find locations are not unlocking for players

Forza Horizon 5 Update October 24 – Cars

• 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.
• Cars – 2002 Enzo Ferrari – Stock rims are chrome in free roam after painting them black.
• Cars – Toyota Supra RZ 1998 – Paint appears in different colors when using the KRC kit.
• Cars – UI – Jeep CJ5 Renegade 1976 – Tires on the thumbnail in Autoshow, Car Collection, and Garage are flipped 180%
• Cars – Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 2017 – Changing front bumper does not update car stats
• Cars – Toyota Supra RZ 1998 – Stretched textures are present on some Rear Wings
• Cars – Ford 1968 Mustang GT 2+2 Fastback – Reported tuning issues inconsistent with previous title expectations.
• Cars – GMC Jimmy 1970 – Wheels car get stuck in the ground after a jump/long fall
• Cars – 1969 Volkswagen Class 5/1600 Baja Bug – Tires are visibly clipping with the ground
• Cars – UI – Car thumbnail image is missing for some cars.
• Cars – Some vehicles use paddle gear shifting animation when the car does not have paddles. (examples: Mercedes-Benz W154 1939)
• Cars – Porsche 911 Turbo 3.3 (1982) – No exhaust animation
• Cars – Porsche 911 Turbo 3.3 1982 – No exhaust animation
• Cars – Ferrari FXX-K Evo 2018 – Rear spoiler is not working during acceleration and breaking.
• Cars – Painting – Lexani LTC-701 – Rims inner barrel can’t be painted
• Cars – Unlocking the 1999 Lamborghini Diablo GTR from the 1997 Lamborghini Diablo SV skill mastery does not add it to player garages.
• Cars – 1991 Hoonigan Rauh-Welt Begriff Porsche 911 Turbo not unlocked from the mastery tree of the 1995 Porsche 911 GT2
• Cars – 1997 Lamborghini Diablo SV can have an audio loop in free roam
• Cars – 2019 RAESR Tachyon Speed – Transmission swap to 4 gear causes out-of-class performance.
• Cars - 1940 Ford De Luxe Coupe - The rear car wheels are clipping after ‘Race Springs And Dampers’ and ‘Rear track width’ upgrades
• Cars - 2019 Aston Martin Valhalla Concept Car - Tires clip through the body when drift suspension and off-road tires are installed.
• Cars – Graphics – Headlights and Taillights may disappear when the car is submerged in water.
• Cars – 2011 Audi RS 5 Coupé Passenger Door is the Driver door mirrored
• Cars – 1956 Ford F-100 – When the Weld Alumastar 2.0 Drag wheel of the Ford F-100 is set to a 245/55R16 sized tire, it clips through the rear wheel well
• Cars – 2554 AMG Transport Dynamics M12S Warthog CST – Vehicle has see-through wheels in motion.
• Cars – Ferrari SF90 Stradale 2020 – Active aero, rear wing Shut-off Gurney does not work
• Cars – MINI Cooper S 1965 –  Car is missing badges on the front
• Cars – Auto Union Type D 1939  – Car floats off the ground with off-road suspension installed
• Cars – Gameplay – Some cars will not rev past 3,000RPM when shifting from 1st to Reverse or Reverse to 1st
• Cars – McLaren P1 2013 – Active aero works in forzavista but not in free roam.
• Cars – Painting – WORK VS-XX rims do not apply some paints correctly.
• Cars – 2012 Hot Wheels Bad to the Blade – Some consumable car mastery perks are not working.
• Cars – 2010 Forsberg Racing Toyota Gumout 2JZ Camry Stock Car – Car roof can’t be painted with a livery.
• Cars – Graphics – Black headlights and car windows on multiple cars in thumbnails.

Clubs

• Clubs – Players may receive network error messages when trying to create clubs.
• Clubs – Club tag is not displaying for some players.

Controller

• Controller – Custom Controller mapping cannot be saved with unassigned actions
• Controller – Advanced controller option to Switch Anna / Telemetry / TTS is not available for custom controller profiles.
• Controller – After creating a Custom Layout player is unable to use any ANNA/LINK options
• Controller – Title switches between Keyboard and controller for input overriding player choice.

Convoy

• Convoy – UI – Player may see a message “You have joined a Convoy, Return to Freeroam to meet them” when they are already in an event with the convoy.
• Convoy – Some players get a disconnect error message after completing a race together.
• Convoy – Some players occasionally can’t use menus after the host disconnects while loading a race.

Forza Horizon 5 Update October 24 – Co-op

• Co-op – Festival Playlist – Seasonal Championships – Player could enter the Co-op Seasonal Championship in their own car and then get disconnected during the loading cutscene
• Co-op – Festival Playlist – Seasonal Championships – Race does not load when players try to queue for a seasonal championship with the co-op option.

Crashes

• Crash – Crashes during free roam, tuning cars, applying upgrades due to memory issues causing loss of tunes, cars, or upgrades
• Crash – Game may crash when purchasing/receiving an auction house car, resulting in losing that car.
• Crash – Game may crash on launch for some players. Please see the support article “My Game is Not Launching or is Crashing on PC”
• Crash – Game may crash with the error message “The memory could not be read”

DLC

• DLC – UI – Game is incorrectly showing some DLC packs as free.
• DLC – Some players are not getting weekly wheelspins for VIP
• DLC – Some players are erroneously gaining access to DLC, such as car pass cars, VIP, or the treasure map.

Eliminator

• Eliminator – Sometimes, the event loads the player into their free-roam car.

Environment

• Environment – Horizon Open – Rarely, Player’s car is seen falling out of the sky at the beginning of the championship
• Environment – Cars may get stuck under a ramp near Ek’ Balam.
• Environment – Sometimes, a collision is lost on world objects or during races.
• Environment – Danger Signs – Routes to some danger signs are beside the ramp instead of in front, causing some routing issues.

Forza Horizon 5 Update October 24 – Event Lab

• Event Lab – Black bars persist on top of the screen when creating a new route.
• Event Lab – Some teams’ conditions for rules of play are not working.
• Event Lab – Checkpoints Activate when too close together. Checkpoints that are very close or overlap may cause a checkpoint missed message even though they go through the checkpoint.
• Event Lab – Prop percentage displays the incorrect amount and may show over 100%

Expeditions

• Expeditions –  Players may not get kicked for inactivity while in the Pause Menu if another player is already in the Waiting For Players screen.

Festival Playlist

• Festival Playlist – Weekly Challenge – Challenges may reset after restarting the game.
• Festival Playlist – Weekly Challenge – Chapter 1- Car may not be recognized, and the chapter will not be complete.
• Festival Playlist – Showcase Event – Buggy and the Beast – if a player is in co-op, they may get cinematic black bars persisting in the stadium phase
• Festival Playlist – Series 5 – Autumn – Treasure Hunt – Incey Wincey Spyder – Chest cannot be broken for some players.
• Festival Playlist – Series 6 – Summer – Daily Challenge – Full Potential – Event may not be complete for some players.
• Festival Playlist- Daily Challenge – Bargain Hunt – Does not complete after buying and redeeming a car on the Auction house for some players.
• Festival Playlist – Treasure Hunt – Challenge may not be complete,d and the treasure chest does not appear.
• Festival Playlist – Series 12 – Weekly Challenge – Chapters may complete out of order and may cause remaining charters to be completed.

Forzathon Shop

• Forzathon shop – Players may purchase a car with points, and it will not appear in their inventory/garage.

Gameplay

• Gameplay – No reset car position is available when a Player is stuck in Playground games
• Gameplay – AI – Drivatars may sometimes skip checkpoints during races appearing to teleport.
• Gameplay – Players passing the finish line in first place occasionally get a second place after the race finishes.
• Gameplay – Cars – If Convertible animation is triggered while moving other car functions will not work until the animation is complete.
• Gameplay – Anna can queue multiple lines and may talk for minutes
• Gameplay – Players may get an “Inactivity detected” error message when using Drone Mode.
• Gameplay – Hot Wheels – Some cars detach from the magnet track at high speeds.
• Gameplay – Hot Wheels – Some cars clip through tracks and loops at high speeds, which makes them slow down when playing online.
• Gameplay – Sometimes, after a jump and ground impact, cars cannot shift gears.

Forza Horizon 5 Update October 24  – Gift Drop

• Gift Drop – In the event of rollback or error, the returned car does not have livery/tune applied
• Gift Drop – The livery or tune on a Gift Drop can be removed if an error is encountered while uploading it

Gifts

• Gifts – Player is not asked to confirm before spending their forzathon points on a gift

Graphics

• Graphics – Ground not loading and game freezing
• Graphics – Camera / Screen shaking wildly after leaving/joining the event or reconnecting
• Graphics – Photo Mode – Square shadows while taking shots in Photo Mode with the high shutter speed

Head-to-Head

• 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
• Head to Head – Opponents may be listed as a D-class car

Horizon Arcade

• Horizon Arcade – Players are not awarded points if they are disconnected.
• Horizon Arcade – Doesn’t correctly pull groups of players in for full sessions.
• Horizon Arcade – Event disappears after the Player goes to the Festival or outpost.

Forza Horizon 5 Update October 24  – Horizon Stories

• Horizon Stories – Leaderboards have some entries that are the wrong PI or a different car than is used in the event.
  
• Horizon Stories – Born Fast – An incorrect distance is displayed on the minimap and finish line.
• Horizon Stories – Hot Wheels A History of Speed – Chapter 4 Treasure Hunting – Speed Boost pads may slow down the car when Braking is set to assist.
• Horizon Stories – Chapters may appear to be locked if previous chapters are completed using coop.

Houses

• Houses – Hotel Castillo – Daily wheelspin from this house has sporadic timing

Localization

• Localization – Chinese – Mistranslation of “Treasure Hunt”
• Localization – Horizon Stories – Born Fast – Czech – “Makes no difference to me” is mistranslated.
• Localization – German – Wrong name for Bahia de Plano in some menus
• Localization – German – Wrong text used in Forzathon “Plot Twist.
• Localization – Brazilian Portuguese – Mistranslation of the team and victorious, Vitórias should be Vitorioso
• Localization – German – Hot Wheels – Double Triple – Event says to use the Waterside Drift Zone instead of the Frozen Rush Speed Zone. (Try the challenge using the Supersonic Spiral and Frozen Rush Speed Zones)
• Localization – Chinese (Simplified) – “Festival Playlist” is not translated correctly.
• Localization – Korean – “Hope you’re enjoying the game!” is not translated correctly.
• Localization – Portuguese – Text uses “frios” when “freios” is expected.
• Localization – Eliminator “Drivers remaining” is not translated correctly in some languages.
• Localization – German – Hot Wheels – Double Triple – Event says to use the Waterside Drift Zone instead of Frozen Rush Speed Zone. (Try the challenge using the Supersonic Spiral and Frozen Rush Speed Zones)
• Localization – German – Hot Wheels Super Loops has incorrect text for pinned tasks
• Localization – German – Hot Wheels S1 Outside, Inside – The translation is incorrect for the pinned task.
• Localization – Polish –  Festival Playlist – Series 13 – Daily Horizon Legacy – Text says to use a custom horizon open event when the challenge is for a regular Horizon Open event.

Performance

• Performance – Gameplay – Rewind – Co-op / PVP – Using rewind mode several times in a row freezes the player’s car
• Performance – Players may receive a “Low streaming bandwidth” error message.
• Performance – Rivals – Game may freeze or stall after completing a rivals lap and the time is not saved.

Photos

• Photos – Wheels do not stay turned left or right in photo mode.

Saves

• Saves – Some players are experiencing save rollbacks when reloading into the game.
• Saves – Players may receive a save error message (E:104f-0, E:106f-0, E:107f-0, E:1043-0, E:136f-0, e:306f-0, E:1047-0, e:1045-0, E:10cf-f, E:107D-0, E:116f-0, E:116f-0, E:47,e:108f-f, e:1007-0, e:100f-0, e:1005-0, e:1007-19, e:102f-0, E:104d-0, E:103f-0, E:112f-0, E:132f-0, e:1005-19, E:100f-18, e:7-19, E:0-0)
• Saves – Photo Mode – Players who have a lot of photos may receive a “Too Many Saves” error message
• Saves – Some players are getting a “Too Many Saves” error message when interacting with liveries and tunes.
• Saves – Player garage is significantly reduced with no noticeable lost progress
• Saves – Player may get a “File Writing Failed. Please try to save it again” error when downloading liveries and tunes

Forza Horizon 5 Update October 24 – Stories

• Stories  – “Off the Beaten Trail” Test Driver Story and certain optional Expedition objectives cannot be completed with maximum assists enabled

Super 7

• Super 7 – Dust Storm and Tropical Storm aren’t selectable options in Challenge Card Weather Settings

Tuning

• Tuning – Break balance on some cars is reversed when adjusting the front and rear.

UGC

• UGC – UI – Unsharing a tune, livery, etc, may not remove it from shared items.

Wheelspins

• Wheelspins – Wheelspin may not be granted on level up in free roam.

Forza Horizon 5 Update October 24 – XCloud

• xCloud – Players may experience mouse control issues on the Replay screen

Forza Horizon 5 is out now for PC and Xbox consoles. For more details on today’s latest Forza Horizon 5 update, jump to the official Forza forums.