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Forza Horizon 5 Update Enhances Ray Tracing on PC - Patch Notes

The latest Forza Horizon 5 update is available today featuring enhanced ray tracing improvements for PC users specifically. The game now features two new ray tracing presets: Ultra and Extreme, which render realistic reflections on the player car in Free Roam and Races, along with realistic reflections on the player’s Drivatar in Photo Mode.

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The update also includes the Donut Media series update, some unlockable cars, new Rocket Bunny widebody kits for 21 cars and some other fixes and improvements. Check out the patch notes below.

New Features

  • Horizon Story “Donut Media @ Horizon” featuring the “Donut Media Test Track”
  • 8 Accolades
  • Donut Media clothing items, emotes, ForzaLink, and collectible

Unlockable Cars 

  • New To Forza
    • 2020 Lynk&Co #62 Cyan Racing 03
  • Returning To Forza
    • 1965 Morris Mini-Traveller
    • 1946 Ford Super Deluxe Station Wagon
    • 1953 Morris Minor Series II Traveler

Car Customization

  • 21 New Rocket Bunny Widebody Kits:
    • 1997 BMW M3
    • 2005 BMW M3
    • 1992 Honda NSX-R
    • 2003 Honda S2000
    • 2015 Lexus RC F
    • 1994 Mazda MX-5 Miata
    • 1997 Mazda RX-7 (features 2 Rocket Bunny widebody kits)
    • 1993 Nissan 240SX SE
    • 1969 Nissan Fairlady Z 432
    • 2003 Nissan Fairlady Z
    • 1992 Nissan Silvia CLUB K’s
    • 1994 Nissan Silvia K’s
    • 1998 Nissan Silvia K’s Aero
    • 2000 Nissan Silvia Spec-R
    • 1993 Nissan Skyline GT-R V-Spec
    • 2015 Porsche Cayman GTS
    • 2013 Subaru BRZ
    • 2013 Toyota 86
    • 1992 Volkswagen Golf GTI 16v Mk2
    • 2014 Volkswagen Golf R

PC Improvements

  • AMD FidelityFX Super Resolution 2.2
  • Enhanced DirectX Raytracing
  • Includes two new presets “Ultra” and “Extreme” which render reflections for the player’s car in Free Roam, Races, and Drivatar reflections in Photo Mode
  • NVIDIA DLSS Super Resolution
  • NVIDIA DLAA
  • 3DRap Hand Controller HC1 compatibility

Bug fixes

General

  • Fixed an issue where players were systematically getting prompted to set a route in the world map for Horizon Origins story
  • Fixed an issue where “Car Type” sorting was not displaying in alphabetical order
  • General improvements to ASL and BSL for various Story missions
  • General improvements to localized VOs in Horizon Stories
  • General performance and stability fixes
  • Fixed an issue where big hats were not visible in some cabriolets while in free roam
  • Fixed an issue with the Tankito Doritos outfit where the hat was missing the brand logo
  • Fixed an issue where the microphone was missing from the Karaoke emote

Cars

  • Fixed an issue with the 2020 Toyota Supra GR where all engine check lights were active at the same time

EventLab

  •  Improvements to the Props memory budget UI showing incorrect values upon re-editing a custom blueprint

PC

  • Fixed an issue where Steering Wheels input mapping layout was changing to default after restarting the client
  • Fixed an issue with 40xx Series NVIDIA GPUs where default graphic preset was set as “Low” instead of “Extreme”
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