Gaming Forza Horizon 5 Season Change: Better Latte Than Never

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The latest Series in Forza Horizon 5 begins today, with the heady combination of hot, caffeinated beverages and fast vehicles the theme for the month.

Known as Horizon Cars & Coffee, Series 36 brings the usual selection of brand new vehicles to the game but also adds a new meet-up location appropriate to the name.

You'll find this at the bottom of the main autopista, at the traffic circle, and it's the largest of many cosmetic changes this month.

Along with the regular new cars — one available if you score 20pt within each season, and one for 80pt across all four — there's a new DLC pack which features some JDM goodies (although not all with JDM names…) of which you'll get to try out a couple in Monthly Rivals this series.

Series 36: Horizon Cars & Coffee

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There's a total of 300pt available this season, with 75pt available per season, if you have all of the DLC packs (56pt in total) and access to online multiplayer through Xbox Game Pass Core (or play on PC where this is not a requirement).

Scoring 80pt across the Series will reward you with the new Aston Martin Vanquish Zagato '18, while the DeBerti Ford Mustang is available again as a prize for 160pt in total.

Series 36 Summer/Wet Season Rewards

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For scoring 20 points across this season's challenges you'll be awarded with the new Lamborghini Aventador 780-4 Ultimae, while nicking 40 points gifts a previous reward car in the shape of the Dino 246GT.

Summer will run until 1430UTC on Thursday July 25, while Series 36 as a whole runs until the same time on Thursday August 15.

Series 36 Summer Playlist: Forzathon Events

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This week's Forzathon Weekly Challenge centers on the Honda S2000 CR, while there's the usual point for each of the seven Daily Challenges — for which a new one unlocks each day at 1430 UTC.

For the most part, the Daily Challenges are straightforward, but you'll need to have completed the Photo Challenge to pick up the Coffee Cup outfit for Friday's task.

Two require combination skills, with the Crash Landing skill needing an Air skill followed by a Wreckage skill, and Daredevil comprising three Near Miss skills in quick succession.

Series 36 Summer Forzathon Weekly Challenge: Real Open Sports

• Car: Honda S2000 CR '09
  • Chapter 1: Own and drive the Honda S2000 CR '09
  • Chapter 2: Win the Volcan Sprint in the Honda S2000 CR '09
  • Chapter 3: Earn 3 Ultimate Drift/E-Drift Skills in the Honda S2000 CR '09
  • Chapter 4: Drive 5 miles (8km) in the Honda S2000 CR '09
• Reward: 5 points, 80FP

Series 36 Summer Daily Challenges

• July 18 – Bean There, Done That: Visit the Horizon Cars & Coffee Shop
• July 19 – Looking Fa'brew'lous: Equip the Coffee Cup Outfit
• July 20 – Hangin With My Bes'tea's: Complete a Horizon Tour
• July 21 – Keeps Me Grounded: Earn a Crash Landing Skill
• July 22 – Chai Your Luck!: Redeem a Wheelspin or Super Wheelspin
• July 23 – Testa Roasta: Win a Road Racing circuit event in the Ferrari 250 '57/Ferrari 512 TR '92
• July 24 – I Dare You, I Double Dare You!: Earn 2 Daredevil Skills

Series 36 Summer Playlist: Season Events

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Season Events make up the bulk of the challenges and time requirements of each season, with 38 points coming in this section this week.

This week's PR Stunts (for two points each) are a trio of Speed Traps in any Nissan GT-R model in A Class (701-800PI), each requiring a target speed between 120-170mph.

There's two five-point Seasonal Championships: three-race events against AI where you'll need to top the points table at the end. This week both are hard-surface events, with a Road Racing and Street Racing challenge.

We have three three-point EventLab challenges this week, each comprising custom routes created by players and selected by Playground Games for unique challenges.

The Trial is a multiplayer-only event, setting you on a best-of-three challenge event against "Unbeatable" AI with a team of fellow human players. Take team victories in two of the races by outpointing the AI to secure ten points.

Horizon Arcade requires you to beat three rounds of themed stunts — Air, Chaos, Drift, Speed, or Wreckage — to each three points.

The Trial: Pista de Resistance*

• Car: B Class, Renault/Alpine
• Reward: 10 points, Ferrari 488 Pista

EventLab: Jumbo Jangle Juggernaut

• Car: A Class, Track Toys
• Reward: 3 points, Donut Media Lightning Horn

EventLab: Jungle Rally Circuit

• Car: S1 Class, Unlimited Offroad
• Reward: 3 points, Ford Fiesta M-Sport RS

EventLab: Mink Creek Circuit

• Car: B Class, Hot Hatch
• Reward: 3 points, Super Wheelspin

Horizon Arcade: Mini-Games

• Car: Any
• Reward: 3 points

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PR Stunt Speed Trap: Coast View

• Car: A Class, Nissan GT-R
• Target: 155mph
• Reward: 2 points, Super Wheelspin

PR Stunt Speed Trap: Oceano View

• Car: A Class, Nissan GT-R
• Target: 170mph
• Reward: 2 points, Super Wheelspin

PR Stunt Speed Zone: Punta Allen

• Car: A Class, Nissan GT-R
• Target: 120mph
• Reward: 2 points, Super Wheelspin

Seasonal Championship: Cosworth a Try

• Car: C Class, Classic Sports Cars
• Reward: 5 points, Ford Escort RS Cosworth

Seasonal Championship: Up to Grade

• Car: A Class, "Upgrade Heroes"
• Reward: 5 points, Nissan Skyline GT-R '97

Series 36 Summer Playlist: Challenges

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You'll pick up the Coffee Cup Outfit for finishing this week's Photo Challenge, shooting any Nissan Skyline by the "El Pipila" statue in Guanajuato — in the middle of the Ladera Speed Zone area.

For the Treasure Hunt you'll need to score three Kangaroo Skills — two or more Air Skills back-to-back; the dunes region is good for this — in any Australian car from the three Muscle car categories to reveal the Treasure Chest. That's located right next to an XP board in Dunas Blancas.

Photo Challenge: #CitySkyline

• Cars: Nissan Skyline (any)
• Location: El Pipila Statue, Guanajuato
• Reward: 2 points, Coffee Cup Outfit

The Eliminator: Battle Royale*

• Cars: Provided
• Reward: 2 points, "Oh? You're Approaching Me?" Forza LINK

Treasure Hunt: #Let's Bounce

• Cars: Classic/Modern/Retro Muscle, Australia
• Reward: 3 points, 100,000cr

Series 36 Summer Playlist: Monthly Events

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You'll have four weeks to complete the four Monthly Events, each requiring that you set a clean time on the course indicated with the cars provided — this month including two from the paid DLC pack. Each awards one point to each season across the Series, whenever you complete them.

Monthly Rivals: Arch of Mulege Circuit

• Cars: Mazda MX-5 RF (provided)
• Reward: 4 points (1 added to each season)

Monthly Rivals: Cathedral Circuit

• Cars: Autozam AZ-1 (provided)
• Reward: 4 points (1 added to each season)

Monthly Rivals: Copper Canyon Sprint

• Cars: Lamborghini Aventador Ultimae (provided)
• Reward: 4 points (1 added to each season)

Monthly Rivals: Mangrove Scramble

• Cars: Mitsubishi Montero Evo (provided)
• Reward: 4 points (1 added to each season)

Series 36 Summer Bonus DLC Events

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A further 14 points is available for players who own the two DLC expansions, comprising seven points in each of the locations. There's a PR Stunt and Seasonal Championship in each location, as usual, and this week's Seasonal races award the car required for the PR Stunt.

Hot Wheels Drift Zone: Water's Edge

• Car: A Class, Mazda RX-7 Spirit R '02
• Reward: 2 points, Super Wheelspin

Hot Wheels Seasonal Championship: That's the Spirit

• Car: S1 Class, Ferrari
• Reward: 5 points, Mazda RX-7 Spirit R '02

Rally Adventure Speed Zone: Tierras Verdes

• Car: B Class, Alpine A110 '73
• Reward: 2 points, Super Wheelspin

Rally Adventure Seasonal Championship: Turning Up the Heat

• Car: C Class, Hot Hatch
• Reward: 5 points, Alpine A110 '73

Series 36 Summer Forzathon Shop

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• Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa '57 – 800FP
• Pagani Zonda Cinque Roadster '09 – 600FP
• Orange Pinata Outfit – 75FP
• Orange Pinata Head – 75FP
• Sleepy Emote – 75FP
• Super Wheelspin – 150FP
• Wheelspin – 60FP

*denotes a multiplayer event, requiring Xbox Game Pass Core