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
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