Forza Horizon 5

Forza Horizon 5
A black 'F'-shaped logo appears over black text that reads 'FORZA'. A parallelogram with a left-to-right orange-magenta gradient with 'HORIZON' in italic white text and a magenta '5' to the parallelogram's right appear underneath 'FORZA'. The logo and text are imposed over the sky above a Mexican coastline showing mountains and a coastal village in the background. The middleground and foreground shows three vehicles; a red Mercedes-AMG sportscar speeds through a dirt road in the foreground, while two Ford Bronco SUVs, one grey and one orange, drive off-road in the middleground, with the grey SUV airborne.
Cover art featuring a 2021 Mercedes-AMG One (foreground) and two 2021 Ford Bronco Badlands (background)[1][2]
Developer(s)Playground Games[b]
Publisher(s)Xbox Game Studios
Director(s)Mike Brown
Producer(s)Andy Ward
Designer(s)
  • Ryan Greene
  • Ben Thaker-Fell
Programmer(s)Matt Craven
Artist(s)Don Arceta
SeriesForza
Platform(s)
Release9 November 2021[a]
Genre(s)Racing
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

Forza Horizon 5 is a 2021 racing video game developed by Playground Games and published by Xbox Game Studios. It is the fifth Forza Horizon title and twelfth main instalment in the Forza series. The game is set in a fictionalised representation of Mexico. It was released on 9 November 2021 for Windows, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.

The game received critical acclaim and became a commercial success upon release; it launched to over ten million players in the first week, the biggest-ever launch for an Xbox Game Studios game. The game won IGN's Game of the Year award[4] and three jury-voted awards at The Game Awards 2021, tying with Hazelight's It Takes Two for most wins.[5]


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  1. ^ Boddy, Zachary (24 August 2021). "Forza Horizon 5 cover car finally unveiled at Xbox Gamescom 2021 event". Windows Central. Archived from the original on 8 September 2021. Retrieved 7 September 2021. The 2021 Mercedes-AMG Project ONE supercar looks dashing in red, and absolutely dominates the front of Forza Horizon 5's slick cover art. [...] The Project ONE isn't alone, however, as Forza Horizon 5's cover art features not one, but two 2021 Ford Bronco Badlands racing alongside the aforementioned supercar.
  2. ^ Walsh, Alan (7 September 2021). "Forza Horizon 5 | Confirmed Car List". forzamotorsport.net. Archived from the original on 7 September 2021. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
  3. ^ "Sumo Digital Studios announce support on the development of Forza Horizon 5". Sumo Digital. Archived from the original on 19 November 2021. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  4. ^ IGN Staff (17 December 2021). "The Best Game of the Year 2021". IGN. Archived from the original on 27 December 2021. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
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