Forza Horizon 5 known issues, bugs, fixes – A full list

Noticing some weird quirks in your Forza Horizon 5 game? Here are all the known issues and bugs from the mouth of the developer

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As developers are being pushed to the limit, especially during times where some employees are having to work from home on a permanent basis, even AAA games can be released with a whole host of issues and bugs. Moreover, even if the game has been playtested a hundred times, there’s no replacement for thousands of players jumping in and doing their best to break as much as they can. This, therefore, means that no matter what, there will always be some glitches that occur.

Now, with Forza Horizon 5, as polished as a game of this ilk can be, there are still issues that plague the game. From unknown crashes to teleporting cars, there are simply some bugs that have slipped through the cracks for players to both enjoy if they’re funny, or rage at if they interrupt their race.

Fortunately, with Playground Games being so on the ball, the company has released a full known issues list that both players and themselves have been experiencing now the full game is in the wild.

Below, we’re going to be detailing this full list so that you can be sure that if you get into a head-on collision with any of these, you know that you’re not alone, and there’s no need to uninstall in a fit of rage because yes, a fix is on its way.

Forza Horizon 5 known issues, bugs, fixes

Here is the full list of Forza Horizon 5 known issues as detailed on the Forza Motorsport website. This list will naturally keep chopping and changing as fixes or new bugs come into effect so we will endeavor to update it as and when these issues get made publicly available.

IDENTIFIED & INVESTIGATING

CROSS-PLATFORM

• The Forzathon Shop is currently not open, please keep an eye on our social channels for when this is available
• Accessibility – Player is not informed that it is not possible to join the Horizon Life session when the Game Speed is lowered
• User is asked to save changes in Wheel Controls Settings regardless if changes were made
• Audio – Audio no longer works after turning on Dolby Atmos or Windows Sonic on PC
• Custom Controller mapping cannot be saved with unassigned actions
• Super 7 –  The Horizon Super 7 progress is automatically reset when entering The Horizon Super 7 Screen after winning last Challenge Card
• Publishing an arena in EventLab navigates to the custom events screen which shows the newly-created event
• When changing output format from stereo to 7.1 (or any other combination) the game sometimes goes silent.
• Online friends are occasionally not shown in the Online Players List
• Cut-scenes lock to 30 FPS while user setting is set to “Unlocked Frame-Rate (Variable)”
• Non-standard aspect ratios do not have their native resolution set by default
• Game input intermittently non-functional on Press A To Start screen
• Challenge Cards can be created in offline mode even though they cannot be published
• Player is unable to set group/convoy run from map screen
• Player may become blocked after switching input devices in some areas.
• Cars visibly despawn in player’s view
• After creating a Custom Layout player is unable to use any ANNA/LINK options
• Player can’t proceed past Forza Link introduction if they are using a custom control layout
• Controller vibration suddenly stopped working after being disconnected from an online session
• User has to terminate and relaunch the title to apply an installed language pack
• Blueprint-  Ramp assets placed during creation may not appear in race
• It is possible to change the state of a challenge card from “revealed” to “covered” while burning them
• 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
• Players are not able to join another Player after they create a significant number of new convoys back-to-back
• Rebooting the console with headphones plugged into the controller and then booting the game results in only the radio audio being heard
• Eliminator – The Player may become unable to pause or open the map during an Eliminator session
• Black bars persist on top of the screen when creating a new route in playground games
• Telemetry overlay may not turn off preventing usage of other menu items
• There is no on-screen message while matchmaking for Horizon Open
• Event Lab – The “Set Player Objective” action in EventLab doesn’t work in certain conditions
• Not completing Co-op “Buggy and the Beast” can cause persistent cinematic black bars
• Idle players are sometimes not properly kicked for inactivity
• Audio – The looped sound occurs when the Player gets kicked out for inactivity from the Seasonal Race Coop
• Navigation lines may be missing when using ANNA to complete more Horizon Stories for Accolades
• Checkpoints cannot be placed if creating a route blueprint at a Street Race location in EventLab
• Barn Finds – Unable to collect the Mk1 Ford Escort until after a reboot
• Props will occasionally fail to load in Challenges
• Players’ dots on the map may appear to be driving a D-class car
• Player liveries may not load in free roam.
• Convoys – Joining a player after sending them an invite causes an absence of convoy leader
• “Off the Beaten Trail” Test Driver Story and certain optional Expedition objectives cannot be completed with maximum assists enabled
• The “No Music” option is not working when creating a Challenge Card in Super7
• Air Event volcano – GPS route did not update for Round 3 Danger Sign
• Buggy and the Beast – Player does not get the accolade “monster destroyer” if they win the event after a restart
• Prestige Stars may not display correctly in leaderboards
• Players may experience infinite “Waiting for Players” screens after finishing first stage of the Co-op Baja Expedition
• xCloud – The majority of game settings (including controller layouts) are not retained when playing on different platforms
• Expeditions – Canyon – Players are not able to finish expedition with the entire convoy
• Terrain may disappear temporarily during Co-op Expeditions
• Friends/Players shows no one online when a friend is actively playing
• The Trial – After “Event Starting” countdown solo players are not prompted if they want to participle in event
• Drag Racing: AI cars seem unusually difficult at higher difficulties.
• Accolades – Danger Signs – Don’t Break It, There Isn’t Many Left – doesn’t tell the player about the specific danger sign you need
• xCloud – Players are unable to join or invite to a Convoy using LINK (‘X’ Action)
• DLC – Player may lose VIP crown and house after restarting the game
• VIP house (La Casa Solariega) may not give 5 wheels spins when purchased.
• Accolades – Some Accolades may display uncomplete even after being completed
• Crash – EventLab – Playing an Event that was created in Performance mode while playing in Quality mode causes a crash
• Accolades – When playing on Xbox some Accolades are missing icons in the Menu
• Some Drift Zone, Speed Zone, and Danger Sign Accolades may become impossible to achieve
• Mouse input may not work in some post-race scenes
• The Festival Pass “Max Points” score may occasionally be incorrect
• Quitting a club via the Club Info panel leads to invalid options in the UI
• Corrupted textures are visible on the road and terrain in certain areas of the map after completing a Horizon Arcade event
• A prompt saying that the convoy leader is already in a convoy sometimes appears when attempting to invite other players
• Long wait times can be experienced during matchmaking
• The livery or tune on a Gift Drop can be removed if an error is encountered while uploading it
• xCloud – Players may experience mouse control issues on the Replay screen
• Crash – When using Sogou Pinyin input software, the game crashes during the initial drive.
• Convoy – Players in a convoy may disappear and reappear repeatedly.
• Lotus Elise GT1 1997 tagged as Barn Find in Auction House
• When applying a livery players may notice the background to be filled in rather than being transparent
• Porsche Spyder 918 main body of the aero wing remains inactive when the car is speeding up or braking
• “William” used instead of “Willian” in Brazilian Portuguese
• 1998 Toyota Supra RZ has window trim issues on each side
• 1998 Toyota Supra RZ is missing a gear shift animation
• 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
• Water droplet effects may remain on screen.
• Players may be removed from club after restarting the game
• Player may not get both cars when two are shown in wheelspins.
• Wheelspin may not be granted on level up in free roam.
• Player fails Skill Chain progress when disconnected from the network
• Network disconnect error message causes player’s car to stop
• Auction House – Bid may fail and remove credits.

XBOX SERIES X & S

• No in game audio after resume

WINDOWS 10/11

• There are flickering water reflections on low spec PC with AMD graphics card
• Car dials have a “white-ish” texture and are blurred when car is moving on AMD card with integrated Radeon graphics
• Horizon Stories – Born Fast – AI drivers are not spawning in the race / loses track in CO-OP mode
• It is possible to fall through the world after the race ends during “The Trial” Seasonal Championship event
• If the player has selected maximum driving assists, they are unable to explore expeditions at full speed (or complete certain optional objectives)
• PC – While using ‘Alt+Enter’ combination the Title still reads ‘Enter’ button as an input
• Upon changing hardware the game doesn’t ask you if you want to re-run the graphics setup.
• Clicking buttons with the mouse can trigger the wrong action
• Capturing the video using Xbox Game Bar with Scaled display in Windows result in partially black recording
• PC – UMA video memory is not supported
• At first launch in game resolution does not match the Windows resolution
• Game window is partially obscured when launching in full screen mode
• Turning off screen effects in the menu does not turn off chromatic aberration
• PC – Chromatic aberration get very extreme with ultra wide resolutions
• PC – User is not messaged to download media pack on Windows N version (windows 10 and 11)
• Tabbing out during launch will cause window to open cut off in bottom right of screen
• Some car elements have missing transparency on PC with AMD GPU
• DRS on PC can cause GTAO depth issues at high resolution
• Texture rendering issues on PC for terrain and vegetation
• Horizontal stripes on road when SSAO is enabled
• Graphics artifacts on screen edge at 3440×1440 resolution (Ultrawide)
• Windows Store – Mouse Cursor is stuck on screen at all times

STEAM

• There are flickering water reflections on low spec PC with AMD graphics card
• Car dials have a “white-ish” texture and are blurred when car is moving on AMD card with integrated Radeon graphics
• PC – While using ‘Alt+Enter’ combination the Title still reads ‘Enter’ button as an input
• Upon changing hardware the game doesn’t ask you if you want to re-run the graphics setup.
• Clicking buttons with the mouse can trigger the wrong action
• Capturing the video using Xbox Game Bar with Scaled display in Windows result in partially black recording
• PC – UMA video memory is not supported
• At first launch in game resolution does not match the Windows resolution
• Game window is partially obscured when launching in full screen mode
• Turning off screen effects in the menu does not turn off chromatic aberration
• PC – Chromatic aberration get very extreme with ultra wide resolutions
• PC – User is not messaged to download media pack on Windows N version (windows 10 and 11)
• Tabbing out during launch will cause window to open cut off in bottom right of screen
• Steam – Mouse Cursor is stuck on screen at all times
• Some car elements have missing transparency on PC with AMD GPU
• DRS on PC can cause GTAO depth issues at high resolution
• Texture rendering issues on PC for terrain and vegetation when using Resolution Scaling On
• Players may not be able to change their radio station
• Players my get an e:1047-0 Invalid Save error message
• Players my get an e:1045-0 Invalid Save error message
• Horizontal stripes on road when SSAO is enabled
• Graphics artifacts on screen edge at 3440×1440 resolution (Ultrawide)

WHEEL

• Fanatec Clubsport Shifter SQ V1.5 – Input from the shifter is not registered
• Logitech G920 – Driving wheel no longer produces force feedback after suspending the title
• Logitech G920 – LINC – Quick Chat Phrases are not being displayed when selecting them on Wheels’s D-pad in events and in Freeroam
• Players using wheels are unable to navigate the Controls Mapping screen using the D-pad after creating a new Custom Layout
• There is no “Rev Engine” binding in the Upgrade Shop when using a wheel
• Steering wheels have car feedback during cinematics in Initial Experience
• When using the Logitech G920 steering wheel on Xbox, button icons for prompts are not visible
• Players may experience recurring disconnects when using the Logitech G923 and Thrustmaster wheels
• Using Fanatec Wheels may cause the game to crash for some players.
• Xbox currently does not have a ” sensitivity/wheel rotation angle” option

FIXED

CROSS-PLATFORM

• Purchasing the ‘Treasure Map’ DLC will start to restore all Barn Finds instead of just revealing their locations