Forza Horizon 5: Rally Adventure

Rally Adventure is the second expansion to Forza Horizon 5 - it's a paid DLC adding a new map and a new career, requiring the base game to function. It was developed by Playground Games and published by Microsoft.

Gameplay

Rally Adventure takes place in the Mexican region of Sierra Nueva, set north from the lands available in the base game. It's a large, separate map consisting of six different biomes. Its most common features are desert and rocky landscapes, as well as twisted narrow roads.

This region is where the Horizon Festival holds a new racing competition. During our new career we can build up reputation with three different teams, participating in different kinds of races (road, gravel, night). Raising our reputation lets us unlock new events and new rewards. Curiously, we're not forced to participate in off-road competitions - the entire expansion can be beaten while sticking only to road races.

A new addition to Rally Adventure are time trials, during which we're accompanied by a pilot reading notes regarding upcoming turns and other obstacles on the track - like in a typical rally game (though the notes here are simplified, and the pilot is sitting in a helicopter rather than our car).

The expansion also includes new cars. There are ten of them, most being high-performance off road vehicles - we've listed them here:

1. 2021 Alumicraft #122 Class 1 Buggy,
2. 2022 Alumicraft #6165 Trick Truck,
3. 2019 Casey Currie Motorsports #4402 Ultra 4 'Trophy Jeep',
4. 2001 Ford #4 Ford Focus RS (the same rally car used by Colin McRae),
5. 2022 Ford F-150 Lightning Platinum,
6. 1973 Hoonigan Volkswagen Baja Beetle Class 5/1600 'Scumbug',
7. 2019 Jimco #240 Fastball Racing Spec Trophy Truck,
8. 2020 Jimco #179 Hammerhead Class 1,
9. 2021 Polaris RZR Pro XP Factory Racing Limited Edition,
10. 2021 RJ Anderson #37 Polaris RZR Pro 4 Truck.

Game modes

All of the content offered by Forza Horizon 5: Rally Adventure is playable in singleplayer and in online co-op.

Technology

The visuals of Rally Adventure are at the same impressive level as the base Forza Horizon 5, although the developers have slightly improved the terrain deformation system for the purposes of off-road racing.

Last updated on 26 February 2023