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Here's a thread to track incoming seasonal changes, events, exclusives, and new features.

THREAD UPDATE: Series 29

See the updated chronology in post #2.
For content update release notes, see the Support page.




FIRST TIME PLAYERS

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For players starting the game for the first time, the first 4 to 5 hours is a prologue before you're synchronized with the current world season:


Seasons will transition for everyone each week on Thursdays at 7:30am Pacific / 10:30am Eastern / 3:30pm British time. After a countdown and cutscene transition, the Horizon map will be updated with the new seasonal weather effects, new seasonal events (including seasonal Barn Finds), new weekly #Forzathon challenges and rewards, and new #Forzathon Shop cars/clothes/horns etc.


2018 LAUNCH SCHEDULE

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Once you're synchronized with the world, you'll be in the current season:
Summer: September 27 - October 4
Autumn: October 4 - 11
Winter: October 11 - 18
Spring October 18 - 25

Livestream replay with Ralph Fulton discussing schedule and content: https://youtu.be/XsFZQU7xY8g



Daily #Forzathon challenges are in addition to the hourly #ForzathonLive online events; dailies can be done offline. The new Exclusive car for each season is offered to all players for free in the Forzathon Shop using the points earned from daily, weekly, and hourly Forzathon challenges. You can bank your Forzathon Points over weeks.

SUMMER (September 27 - October 4)

• Events: 5 Summer season events | 1 new Trial event | 1 new Speed Trap challenge
  
• #Forzathon: 7 new daily challenges | 1 new weekly challenge
  
• Free car: 2018 Ferrari 812 Superfast 2019 Porsche 911 GT3 RS (Forzathon Shop, possibly Wheelspin reward)
  
• Forzathon Shop: new stock and exclusives
  
• DLC cars: 2 new cars for Car Pass owners (2017 Koenigsegg Agera RS | 1962 Triumph TR3B)

AUTUMN (October 4 - 11)

• Events: 5 Summer season events | 1 new Trial event | 1 new Danger Sign challenge
  
• #Forzathon: 7 new daily challenges | 1 new weekly challenge
  
• Free car: 2019 Porsche 911 GT3 RS 2018 Ferrari 812 Superfast (Forzathon Shop, possibly Wheelspin reward)
  
• Forzathon Shop: new stock and exclusives
  
• DLC cars: 2 new cars for Car Pass owners (2002 Mazda RX-7 Spirit-R Type A | 2018 Nissan Sentra NISMO)

WINTER (October 11 - 18)

• Events: 3 Winter season events | 1 new Trial event | 1 new Danger Sign challenge
  
• #Forzathon: 7 new daily challenges | 1 new weekly challenge
  
• Free car: 2019 Chevrolet Colorado ZR2 (Forzathon Shop, possibly Wheelspin reward)
  
• Forzathon Shop: new stock and exclusives
  
• DLC cars: 2 new cars for Car Pass owners (1985 Porsche #185 959 Prodrive Rally Raid | 1959 Porsche 356 A 1600 Super)

SPRING (October 18 - 25)

• Events: 5 Spring season events | 1 new Trial event | 1 new Speed Trap challenge
  
• #Forzathon: 7 new daily challenges | 1 new weekly challenge
  
• Free car: 2018 Honda Civic Type R (Forzathon Shop, possibly Wheelspin reward)
  
• Forzathon Shop: new stock and exclusives
  
• DLC cars: 2 new cars for Car Pass owners (2018 BMW i8 Roadster | 2018 Honda Civic GRC )

Edited by user Sunday, November 15, 2020 5:45:03 PM(UTC)  | Reason: Not specified

Calculated schedule for 2018-2020 seasons and DLC:
[Future dates are speculative; Playground Games has not confirmed an exact schedule beyond the current Series]

Free car additions (Forzathon Shop or event reward) are in italics followed by DLC cars (Car Pass etc).

• Summer September 27: 911 GT3 RS '19 | Agera RS | Triumph TR3B
  
• Autumn October 4: Ferrari 812 Superfast | RX-7 Spirit-R Type A | Nissan Sentra NISMO
  
• Winter October 11: Chevy Colorado ZR2 | Porsche #185 959 Prodrive | Porsche 356 A 1600
  
• Spring October 18: Honda Civic '18 | BMW i8 Roadster | Civic GRC '18
  SERIES 2 cu - October 23: Route Creator
  
• Summer October 25: Hot Wheels Twin Mill | Mustang DeBerti '18 | Gallardo Spyder '12
  
• Autumn November 1: Hot Wheels Boneshaker | Gymkhana 10 Escort | Gymkhana 10 Hoonitruck
  
• Winter November 8: 911 GT3 RS '19 (community voted) | Alfa Romeo Stelvio '18 | Can-Am Maverick
  
• Spring November 15: Gymkhana 10 Hoonicorn | Vauxhall Insignia '10 | Vauxhaull VX220 '04
  SERIES 3 cu - November 20: Service Check, New Rims & Paint detail, Horizon Racing Cup
  
• Summer November 22: Gymkhana 10 Fiesta | Aston Martin Vantage '18 | McLaren 650S Spyder
  
• Autumn November 29: X-Bow GT4 | Ferrari FXX | Jaguar C-Type
  
• Winter December 6: Gymkhana 10 Focus RS RX | Chevy Silverado DeBerti | Peel Trident
  
• Spring December 13: Honda CRX Mugen | Honda S2000 '03 | Honda Civic '74
  
  DLC EXPANSION - December 13: Fortune Island
  
  SERIES 4 cu - December 13: Photo Mode improvements, Holiday character customization
  
• Summer December 20: FE cars | Corvette ZR1 '19 | Camaro ZL1 1LE '18
  
• Autumn December 27: Mosler MT900S | Morgan Aero GT | Triumph TR6
  
• Winter January 3: Hudson Hornet | DS 3 Racing | Ferrari GTC4Lusso | Lamborghini Jarama
  
• Spring January 10: Hoonigan RS200 | VW Double Cab Pickup | MG TA Midget '38
  SERIES 5 cu - January 15: Free-For-All Adventure, Isha's Taxi business, free Mitsubishi car pack
  
• Summer January 17: Hot Wheels Rip Rod | Porsche 992 '19 | Porsche 968
  
• Autumn January 24: Mercedes 280SL | Honda NSX-R GT | Mercedes SSK
  
• Winter January 31: Maserati Levante | Hillman Imp | Opel Kadett A
  
• Spring February 7: Hot Wheels Mustang | Ford Mustang '68 | Ford Transit '65
  File limits cu - February 4: Increased Garage size, saved Photos and Designs
  SERIES 6 cu - February 13/14: Skill Streak, Seasonal Playground Games, new Hoonigan Clothing
  
• Summer February 14: TVR Tuscan | Cadillac Eldorado | TVR Griffith (Car Pass designated period ends)
  
• Autumn February 21: Nissan Fairlady 300Z / Quartz Regalia / Quartz Regalia Type-D
  
• Winter February 28: Cadillac Escalade
  
• Spring March 7: Honda Prelude '94 / Ken Block Race Helmet
  SERIES 7 cu - March 12: Festival Playlist, Showcase Remixes, new Achievements, RTR cars
  
• Summer March 14: Ford Mustang RTR S5 / Porsche 914/6 | RTR Born to Fun Black shirt
  
• Autumn March 21: Ford #24 RTR Mustang / Pontiac GTO '65 | RTR Fun Haver Blue top
  
• Winter March 28: Ford #88 RTR Mustang / Lotus Elise '99
  
• Spring April 4: BMW Z4 '19 / BMW M3-GTR
  SERIES 8 cu - April 9: Drift Adventure, Barrett-Jackson Car Pack, Masking layer paint
  
• Summer April 11: Mercedes-AMG GT 4-Door / Mercedes-Benz X-Class
  
• Autumn April 18: Ferrari 599XX Evo / Plymouth Fury
  
• Winter April 25: Chevy Chevelle '67
  
• Spring May 2: Vauxhall Corsa '09 / Rabbit Outfit, Rabbit Ears
  SERIES 9 cu - May 7: Car Files Story, Custom Adventure, Wallriding slowdown
  
• Summer May 9: Morris Mini-Traveller / Mini JCW Convertible
  
• Autumn May 16: Maserati MC12 Corsa
  
• Winter May 23: MINI JCW Countryman / MINI JCW Buggy
  
• Spring May 30: Apollo IE / Buick GSX
  
  DLC EXPANSION - June 13: LEGO Speed Champions
  
  SERIES 10 cu - June 4: Star Card
  
• Summer June 6: Maserati Ghibli '14
  
• Autumn June 13: FIAT Dino
  
• Winter June 20: AMC Rebel "The Machine"
  
• Spring June 27: Rimac C_Two
  SERIES 11 cu - July 2: Class-based Rivals, Story: Top Gear, My Horizon Life reward list
  
• Summer July 4: Mercedes-Benz 6x6, M-B E 350 All-Terrain, Track-Tor (Story rewards)
  
• Autumn July 11: Chevy Impala '96 / McLaren 12C
  
• Winter July 18: Koenigsegg CCX
  
• Spring July 25: Jeep Wrangler Deberti
  SERIES 12 cu - July 30: Racing Through the Years championships
  
• Summer August 1: LEGO Barn Find released
  
• Autumn August 8: VW Type 3 1600 L Notchback / VW Karmann Ghia
  
• Winter August 15: Aston Martin DBS Superleggera
  
• Spring August 22: Aston Martin Vanquish Zagato
  SERIES 13 cu - August 28: All Porsche, All the Time
  
• Summer August 29: Italdesign Zerouno
  
• Autumn September 5: Porsche #46 356 SL Gmund Coupe
  
• Winter September 12: Porsche 718 Cayman GTS
  
• Spring September 19: Porsche Macan Turbo / Porsche 906 Carrera 6
  SERIES 14 cu - September 24: Anniversary, 11 new Achievements, Route Creator improvements
  
• Summer September 26: McLaren 600LT | Nissan & Mercedes-Benz Preorder Cars gifted
  
• Autumn October 3: VW #94 I.D. R Pikes Peak
  
• Winter October 10: Ford F-150 Deberti Design
  
• Spring October 17: McLaren 720S Spider
  SERIES 15 cu - October 23: Upgrade Heroes Story
  
• Summer October 24: Rossion Q1 / Pumpkin Hat (annual exclusive)
  
• Autumn October 31: Bugatti Divo / Skeleton Morph Suit (annual exclusive)
  
• Winter November 7: BMW M3 GTS
  
• Spring November 14: Koenigsegg CCGT
  SERIES 16 cu - November 20
  
• Summer November 21: Ferrari 488 Pista
  
• Autumn November 28: Ferrari 512 S / Santa Hat, Elf Outfit (Forzathon Shop, annual exclusives)
  
• Winter December 5: ATS GT / Reindeer Jumper, Elf Outfit, Santa's Tash (Forzathon Shop, annual exclusives)
  
• Spring December 12: Lamborghini Diablo GTR / Reindeer Nose, Elf Hat, Santa Outfit (Forzathon Shop, annual exclusives)
  SERIES 17 cu - December 17: The Eliminator
  
• Eliminator Rewards: Toyota Supra (also Autoshow) / Renault Megane R26.R / Mercury Cougar Eliminator
  
• Summer December 19: "Happy Holidays" Quickchat
  
• Autumn December 26 Renault Clio V6 / Alpine A110 / "Happy New Year!"
  
• Winter January 2: Renault Megane R.S. '18 / Renault Clio R.S. 16 Concept
  
• Spring January 9: Renault Clio 197
  SERIES 18 cu - January 14: Eliminator: Heavy Hitters
  
• Summer January 16: Hummer H1 Alpha Open Top
  
• Autumn January 23: Lamborghini Huracan Performante
  
• Winter January 30: Porsche 356C Emory
  
• Spring February 6: Toyota Trueno
  SERIES 19 cu - February 11: Eliminator: Horizon Pursuit; LEGO Bugatti Chiron
  
• Summer February 13: Lexus LFA / Rover SD1 Vitesse
  
• Autumn February 20
  
• Winter February 27: Aston Martin Vulcan AMR Pro / Ford Supervan 3
  
• Spring March 5
  SERIES 20 cu - March 10: Express Delivery Business and outfit, 8 new Achievements
  
• Summer March 12: McLaren Speedtail
  
• Autumn March 19: Napier-Railton
  
• Winter March 26: Toyota 2000GT
  
• Spring April 2
  SERIES 21 cu - April 7: Horizon Promo with reward cars and Quickchats
  
• Horizon Promo: Ferrari Portofino / 1995 Porsche 911 Gunther Werks 400R
  
• Summer April 9: Formula Drift #117 Ferrari 599
  
• Autumn April 16: Toyota Supra MkIII '92
  
• Winter April 23: Mercedes-AMG E 63 S
  
• Spring April 30: Formula Drift #777 Chevy Corvette C6
  SERIES 22 cu - May 5: Horizon Promo Quickshot, Rally cars
  
• Summer May 7: Toyota Celica ST205
  
• Autumn May 14: Ford Racing Puma
  
• Winter May 21: Toyota Celica ST185 / Mitsubishi Starion
  
• Spring May 28: Nissan Pulsar / Peugeot 205 Rallye
  SERIES 23 cu - June 18: New Achievements, Toyotas
  
• Summer June 4: (backup events with CR rewards)
  
• Autumn June 11: (backup events with CR rewards)
  
• Winter June 18: Toyota Corolla '74 / Toyota Celica '74
  
• Spring June 25: Toyota MR2 '89 / Toyota MR2 '95
  SERIES 24 cu - July 1: Photo Challenge
  
• Summer July 2: Zenvo TSR-S '19
  
• Autumn July 9: Ford GT70 '70
  
• Winter July 16: Ford #5 Escort Mk II '77
  
• Spring July 23: Mazda RX-7 '85
  SERIES 25 cu - July 29: Welcome Pack DLC
  
• Summer July 30: HSV GTS '11
  
• Autumn August 6: Holden VL Commodore Grp A SV
  
• Winter August 13:
  
• Spring August 20: HSV GTSR
  SERIES 26 cu - August 26: Garage size 1000, Brit Sports & Any Terrain Car Packs
  
• Summer August 27: 1991 Bentley Turbo R
  
• Autumn September 3: 2018 Jaguar I-PACE
  
• Winter September 10: 2018 Land Rover Range Rover Velar First Edition
  
• Spring September 17:
  SERIES 27 cu - September 23: 2nd Anniversary, Drag Run, High Perf & Icons Car Packs
  
• Summer September 24: 2018 Formula Drift #64 Nissan 370Z
  
• Autumn October 1: Lexus RC F
  
• Winter October 8:
  
• Spring October 15: Lexus IS F / Toyota GT86
  SERIES 28 cu - October 14: Horizon Backstage, Open Top & Japanese Heroes Car Packs
  
• Summer October 22: GMC Syclone
  
• Autumn October 29:
  
• Winter November 5: GMC Typhoon
  
• Spring November 12: Hennessey VelociRaptor 6x6
  SERIES 29 cu - November 5: Optimized for Series X
  
• Summer November 19: Porsche 911 Singer
  
• Autumn November 26: BMW 850CSI
  
• Winter December 3:
  
• Spring December 10: M-B AMG Hammer Coupe
  SERIES 30 cu - December 8?:
  
• Summer December 17:
  
• Autumn December 24:
  
• Winter December 31:
  
• Spring January 7:

Future dates are unofficial and speculative based on the seasonal pattern.

Edited by user Sunday, November 15, 2020 6:17:59 PM(UTC)  | Reason: Not specified

Per Ralph Fulton in today's livestream from Goodwood, the developers will use the timing on each four seasons as an in game "year" at which point additional content will come into the game. On October 25 we'll see:



NEW FEATURE: ROUTE CREATOR
"For the first time in a Forza game create and share your own race routes. Plot a course anywhere around beautiful, historic Britain and race against other players and Drivatars."

NEW STORY: BRITISH RACING GREEN
"Get behind the wheel of some of Britain's greatest cars, to produce 10 episodes of the Horizon Festival's motoring TV Series. From Aston Martin & McLaren to the Talbot Sunbeam & Mini, British Racing Green will take you through a century of British automotive excellence."

NEW CLOTHING/HORNS: HALLOWEEN PARTY
"New Outfits, Clothing and props give you the perfect look for the Horizon Halloween Party! Announce your arrival at the party with 5 New Halloween themed car horns!"

NEW EVENTS/CONTENT SCHEDULE FOR THE NEXT FOUR HORIZON SEASONS
- 20 new seasonal events
- 4 new Trial events
- 4 new PR Stunt challenges
- New #Forzathon challenges
- 3 new #Forzathon Exclusive cars
- new #Forzathon shop items
- 8 new cars for Car Pass owners (4 weeks x 2 per week)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsFZQU7xY8g

Edited by user Thursday, October 4, 2018 12:40:55 PM(UTC)  | Reason: Not specified

Simply awesome O_O

Really happy to see the roadmap for ongoing support, Friday can't come fast enough.

Am I the only one who is kind of disappointed that Christmas is Horizon 4 is going to be an in-game summer? :/

My Inner-Child was wondering and hoping that it would be winter from the 20th December through to the 27th I am bit blah but suppose its not a huge, huge deal, I would Preferred it tho lol.

On a side note to that, I am pleased to see the Ferrari 812 Superfast come very early on in FH4's life and pleased it is too.

Christmas is in summer here in australia
Think they mixed it up with fh3 lol

Thanks for posting, very cool info! I watched a bit of the Goodwood stream on YT last nite, good stuff.

Regarding Trial Events, I don't recall reading anything about those. There was a brief mention of them in the Goodwood interview with Ralph, but I can't find it. Can anybody explain a bit more about what Trials are? Thnx

Edited by user Wednesday, September 26, 2018 8:09:16 AM(UTC)  | Reason: Not specified

The weekly new cars (not DLC) will be available for regular purchase and wheelspins after that week goes by?

I don't know I like it or not. We will see...

I'm going to play the game a lot, but I don't want to be concerned if I take a break from playing that I'm going to miss out on something that's coming along. I have the ultimate edition so I'll be playing a lot on Friday also I will have access to everything. Watching YouTubers play early it seems like the seasons come and go pretty fast. I do like that you can modify the seasons when setting up a race because I'm looking forward to racing in the winter and doing dirt races when it's raining. I'm not to excited about getting clothes, emotes, horns, and dances in wheelspins though. I'd much prefer cash and cars. Any feedback would be great.

Sounds like you could miss out on the first Summer’s Activities if you get on Tuesday with the 4-5 hour Start-Up.

It would be nice if the weekly race updates stayed over into the next time it was that season.

Like say they add 3 new races in winter. At the moment those races will disappear & not return the next time winter hits. It would be nice if they were permanent. So say, they added 3 new one that winter, you'd then have 6 new winter races to do etc.

I don't particularly like the idea of missing out on things, mainly races & events if i don't/can't play a certain week. It'd just be nice to know i can go back & still have all those events to complete.

Just my opinion anyways

Current Season: Summer

Next change: Thursday, October 4 at 7:30am Pacific


BARN FIND RUMOR:

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CAR PASS DLC ADDITIONS

• 2017 Koenigsegg Agera RS
  
• 1962 Triumph TR3B

#FORZATHON SHOP

• 300 FP Car: 2013 Bentley Continental GT Speed Forza Edition (exclusive model)
  
• 150 FP Car: 2019 Porsche 911 GT3 RS (exclusive model)
  
• Car Horn: Sea of Thieves Theme
  
• Clothing: Union Jack Tee

#FORZATHON WEEKLY CHALLENGE: Mercury Rising

• Own and drive any Retro Hot Hatch class vehicle
  
• Earn 25 Ultimate Speed Skills with a Retro Hot Hatch car
  
• Win 3 Street Scene events with a Retro Hot Hatch car
  
• Earn 3 stars in total from Speed Zones with a Retro Hot Hatch car

EVENTS: "British Summer Time"

• Championship: Greendale Super Sprint Road Racing Series, Classic Muscle, B700
  
• Championship: Moorhead Wind Farm Circuit Road Racing Series, Modern Supercars, S1 900
  
• Championship: Windmill Cross Country Series, Offroad Buggies, B700
  
• Championship: Quarry Cross Country Circuit, 2015 James Bond Aston Martin DB10 ("Spectre")
  
• The Trial Co-Op Championship: Derwent Reservoir Sprint Road Racing Series, S1 900

SPEED ZONE

• Royal Botanic Gardens
  
• 3 star: 155 mph
  
• Seasonal Objective: 175 mph

Edited by user Monday, October 1, 2018 9:02:19 PM(UTC)  | Reason: Not specified

Guess they changed their minds on the Ferrari 812 superfast hopefully it will come back eventually, but a Forza Edition car is a more than ample substitute.

Edited by user Thursday, September 27, 2018 10:48:10 AM(UTC)  | Reason: Not specified

Hourly Challenges?

Ain't that a little extreme?

Max, how many points do you get for forzathon live events?

Only 130 forzathon points for one daily and one weekly challenge!?! You need 450 for both cars. That doesn't seem right. Even after a week, you still only have 310 forzathon points if you don't go online.

I can't get Mercury Rising to update.

I own 3 Retro Hot Hatch class cars and have driven then all.

Trying to figure this one out.

Why there is no private session freeroam ? 100$ and delete the best mode ... give my money back ...

An issue my end means I now won't get the game until Monday 4th. Will I have time to complete the Forzathon events before they finish?

Should be fine as they are weekly for the most part and there are also daily challenges as well.

At what point do you have to be in the game to get Forzathon challenges?

Your second Summer.

Edited by user Friday, September 28, 2018 6:17:58 AM(UTC)  | Reason: Not specified

Am I going mad? Currently the forzathon shop is offering me the Porsche, isn’t it supposed to be the Ferrari?