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Learn how to conquer the Horizon Festival in Forza Horizon. This guide covers race events, sponsor challenges, PR stunts, and more to help you become the Horizon Champion.

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Learn how to conquer the Horizon Festival in Forza Horizon. This guide covers race events, sponsor challenges, PR stunts, and more to help you become the Horizon Champion.

This guide covers the core gameplay elements of Forza Horizon, focusing on how to progress through the Horizon Festival and its various events. You'll learn about race types, challenges, and how to increase your popularity to become the Horizon Champion.

Walkthrough
  1. 1
    Horizon Festival: Participate in music and motor racing events to defeat Darius Flynt and earn the title of Horizon Champion. Rank up by winning events to earn points towards your wristband, unlocking higher tiers of competition.
  2. 2
    Race Events: Complete Festival Events and Showcase races to increase your popularity rank. Ranking up earns you a wristband, unlocking more events. After ranking up, a rival will challenge you to a Star Showdown event.
  3. 3
    Sponsor Challenges: Complete stunt challenges offered by sponsors to earn bonus credits. These challenges have ten ranks, with rewards given upon completing each rank.
  4. 4
    PR Stunts: Participate in promotional events at Horizon Outposts, including photo shoots, speed traps, and skill chain stunts. Completing these can grant discounts on fast traveling.
  5. 5
    Location: Explore the open-world setting based in Colorado, USA, featuring a day/night cycle. Challenge AI traffic and other racers, drive through speed traps, and enter Horizon Outposts.
  6. 6
    Collectables: Discover nine barn finds and over one hundred discount signs scattered throughout the game world.
  7. 7
    Music: Enjoy three radio stations curated by Rob da Bank: Horizon Bass Arena (dance), Horizon Pulse (indie), and Horizon Rocks (rock).
  8. 8
    Vehicles: Customize over 200 cars with performance upgrades and new paint jobs. Tuning setups are not available in this installment.
Tips
  • Focus on completing Festival Events and Showcase races to quickly increase your popularity and unlock new content.
  • Don't neglect Sponsor Challenges and PR Stunts, as they offer valuable rewards like bonus credits and fast travel discounts.
  • Explore the map thoroughly to find all barn finds and discount signs for extra benefits.
  • Experiment with different cars and customization options to find what suits your playstyle.

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