Forza Horizon 5: Rally Adventure
Release Date: March 29, 2023
Racing, cars, sandbox, off-road, co-op, rally, multiplayer, singleplayer, internet
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Rally Adventure is the second major expansion to Forza Horizon 5. It adds a new map set in Mexico (Sierra Nueva), offering a new career focusing on road and off-road rallying.
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:
- 2021 Alumicraft #122 Class 1 Buggy,
- 2022 Alumicraft #6165 Trick Truck,
- 2019 Casey Currie Motorsports #4402 Ultra 4 'Trophy Jeep',
- 2001 Ford #4 Ford Focus RS (the same rally car used by Colin McRae),
- 2022 Ford F-150 Lightning Platinum,
- 1973 Hoonigan Volkswagen Baja Beetle Class 5/1600 'Scumbug',
- 2019 Jimco #240 Fastball Racing Spec Trophy Truck,
- 2020 Jimco #179 Hammerhead Class 1,
- 2021 Polaris RZR Pro XP Factory Racing Limited Edition,
- 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.
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Videos and Screens
[1:14] Forza Horizon 5: Rally Adventure trailer #1
IGN: 8 / 10 by Luke Reilly
Rally Adventure is more conventional than last year’s outlandish Hot Wheels expansion, but fusing the open-world foundations of Forza Horizon with the arcade accessibility of Sega Rally is still a winning combination.
COGconnected: 80 / 100 by Alex Everatt
The Rally Adventure expansion is not a bad way to close the chapter on Forza Horizon 5. It’s definitely not as epic as the Hot Wheels expansion was. However, it brings with it a pretty significant new area, new vehicles, and a new variation on racing that the Forza Horizon 5 hasn’t fully explored before. The price of admission isn’t too pricey, so if you’re still engaged in Forza Horizon 5, or looking for a reason to jump back in, the Rally Adventure expansion isn’t a bad investment.
Lords Of Gaming : 8.5 / 10 by Mahmood Ghaffar
Forza Horizon 5 Rally Adventure is a wonderfully realized expansion. From the breathtaking vistas to the immersive rally vibes, the latest DLC adds to the Forza Horizon experience. And that’s precisely what expansions should do. Some might be disappointed that there is no franchise tie-in. However, Sierra Nueva is guaranteed to leave a positive impression.
GAMERS Score
Average score from 175 votes. 3 players anticipated the game.
Forza Horizon 5: Rally Adventure Summary
Early Access:April 25, 2025
Platforms:
PC / Windows March 29, 2023
PlayStation 5 April 29, 2025
Xbox Series X/S March 29, 2023
Xbox One March 29, 2023
Developer: Playground Games / Panic Button (PS5)
Publisher: Xbox Game Studios / Microsoft Studios
Forza Horizon 5: Rally Adventure System Requirements
PC / Windows
Minimum: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2 GHz / AMD Ryzen 3 1200 3.1 GHz, 8 GB RAM, graphic card 4 GB GeForce GTX 970 / Radeon RX 470 or better, Windows 10
Recommended: Intel Core i5-8400 2.8 GHz / AMD Ryzen 5 1500X 3.5 GHz, 16 GB RAM, graphic card 8 GB GeForce GTX 1070 / Radeon RX 590 or better, Windows 10
Ultra: Intel Core i7-10700K 3.8 GHz / AMD Ryzen 7 3800X 3.9 GHz, 16 GB RAM, graphic card 10 GB GeForce RTX 3080 / 16 Radeon RX 6800 XT or better, Windows 10