The Horizon Meets Festival Playlist is the four-week reward spine of Forza Horizon 6 Series 6, with one full-Series car and a different 20-point vehicle attached to each season. Its calendar is unusually useful because several other Series 6 features also change on Thursdays, including the Car Pass, while the temporary 7-Eleven collaboration has its own tasks and deadlines. Putting the confirmed Playlist cars in date order makes it much easier to see what can be earned with points and what belongs to another system.
Series History is another reason to keep the reward types separated. Playground Games highlights the 1973 Lamborghini Espada 400 GT alongside Horizon Meets, but that car unlocks at 1,100 lifetime Festival Playlist points rather than through the four-week Series 6 threshold. The Playlist also confirms two new Car Horns, while the official Series announcement gives exact point requirements and windows for the five headline car rewards that players are most likely to plan around.
Horizon Meets Festival Playlist reward schedule
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The Horizon Meets Festival Playlist starts on Thursday, October 8 at 14:30 UTC and runs through Thursday, November 5. The 2025 BMW M4 CS is the full-Series reward at 80 points. Each weekly season has a separate 20-point car: the 2000 Honda Prelude Type SH in Summer, 2018 DeBerti Ford Mustang GT in Autumn, 2004 Saleen S7 in Winter and 1968 Holden Monaro GTS 327 in Spring.
| Reward | Points | Window |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 BMW M4 CS | 80 Series points | October 8 to November 5 |
| 2000 Honda Prelude Type SH | 20 Summer points | October 8 to October 15 |
| 2018 DeBerti Ford Mustang GT | 20 Autumn points | October 15 to October 22 |
| 2004 Saleen S7 | 20 Winter points | October 22 to October 29 |
| 1968 Holden Monaro GTS 327 | 20 Spring points | October 29 to November 5 |
Those are the exact car thresholds Playground Games has confirmed for the Horizon Meets Festival Playlist. The BMW can be earned across the whole Series, while each 20-point car must be collected inside its own weekly season. If you miss the Honda Prelude week, earning 20 points in Autumn does not retroactively award the Summer car.
Summer: Honda Prelude Type SH
Summer runs from 8 to 15 October, with the 2000 Honda Prelude Type SH available for 20 Playlist points. The Prelude is a legitimate weekly car reward, but it is not the live in-game Please Visit Again! badge requirement. The badge asks players to smash 20 Egg Salad Sandwiches near the 7-Eleven Evolving World during Autumn, 15–22 October.
Updated 9 October 2026: Playground Games’ 5 October preview said parking the Prelude at the 7-Eleven Car Meet would earn Please Visit Again! However, the badge text visible after the Series launched on 8 October instead directs players to smash 20 Egg Salad Sandwiches. Xbox’s 8 October launch article confirms the Autumn collectible activity. For the Summer Clerk Uniform, the separate #LightLunch challenge calls for a photograph of an Eclectic Domestic car outside the 7-Eleven shop.
Autumn: DeBerti Ford Mustang GT
Autumn runs from October 15 to October 22 and replaces the weekly 20-point reward with the 2018 DeBerti Ford Mustang GT. The car returns from a previous Forza title rather than making a franchise debut, but the requirement remains the same: reach 20 points during the Autumn season of the Horizon Meets Festival Playlist before the weekly reset.
Do not confuse that 20-point seasonal target with progress toward the BMW. Points earned in Autumn still contribute to the wider Series total, so working toward the Mustang also helps the 80-point BMW M4 CS target. The car itself, however, is tied to the Autumn window.
Winter: Saleen S7
Winter covers October 22 to October 29. The 2004 Saleen S7 is the 20-point reward for this week of the Horizon Meets Festival Playlist. Like the DeBerti Mustang, it returns from earlier Forza games and has a seven-day earning window rather than the month-long window used by the BMW M4 CS.
If you are pacing the Horizon Meets Festival Playlist rather than clearing every event, 20 points is the critical weekly floor for the named reward car. Any additional points still help the Series total and long-term Series History, but they do not extend the Saleen deadline beyond the Winter reset.
Spring: Holden Monaro GTS 327
Spring is the final week, running from October 29 to November 5. The 1968 Holden Monaro GTS 327 unlocks at 20 Spring points and is another new-to-Horizon car. Because Spring ends the Series, this week is also the final opportunity to finish the 80-point BMW target on the Horizon Meets Festival Playlist.
Players who have delayed Series progress should check their BMW total before the November 5 reset rather than focusing only on the 20-point Monaro. The two goals can be advanced together, but they have different counters: one is a weekly seasonal reward and the other is the full-Series reward.
BMW M4 CS: 80-point Series reward
The 2025 BMW M4 CS requires 80 points earned across the full Horizon Meets Festival Playlist between October 8 and November 5. Unlike the four weekly 20-point cars, it does not disappear at the first Thursday reset. That gives players four seasons to build the required Series total.
An 80-point target across four weeks is also why the BMW should not be described as an extra weekly car. You can distribute the work across Summer, Autumn, Winter and Spring. Completing the 20-point car target in every season would already produce 80 points, although the Playlist normally offers many more activities than the minimum needed for those headline rewards.
Series History reward and Car Pass are separate
The 1973 Lamborghini Espada 400 GT is connected to the same update but not to the Horizon Meets Festival Playlist reward ladder. It is a Series History reward at 1,100 lifetime Festival Playlist points. Existing points from earlier Series contribute to that milestone, so the Espada belongs to the lifetime Series History total rather than a four-week Series 6 checklist.
The four Horizon Meets Car Pass cars are separate again. They arrive on the same Thursday rhythm, but Car Pass owners receive them through entitlement instead of Festival Playlist points. The Datsun 240Z #5 Rallye, Ferrari Purosangue, Eunos Cosmo and Mercedes-AMG GT 63 4Matic+ therefore should never be listed as 20-point Horizon Meets Festival Playlist rewards.
Official source: Playground Games: Forza Horizon 6 Horizon Meets Series 6
