Gaming Forza Horizon 5 Season Change: Decaffeinated

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The second season of the Forza Horizon 5 Cars & Coffee is now underway, with more coffee-themed shenanigans and a fresh set of challenges and rewards for the week.

A new location has been added to the map, acting as a meet-up and photography location as well as a specific place for some of the month's events. The "Cars & Coffee Shop" is located at the bottom of the main autopista where the slightly baffling traffic circle sits.

Another all-new car is available for 20pt in this season, and you'll likely hit the 80pt required to score the new vehicle awarded for Series progress. There's also a new DLC pack centering on JDM vehicles, two of which also feature as tasters in Monthly Rivals.

Series 36: Horizon Cars & Coffee

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There's a total of 300pt available this season, with 75pt available per season, if you have all of the DLC packs (56pt in total) and access to online multiplayer through Xbox Game Pass Core (or play on PC, where this is not a requirement).

Scoring 80pt across the Series will reward you with the new Aston Martin Vanquish Zagato '18, while the DeBerti Ford Mustang is available again as a prize for 160pt in total.

Series 36 Autumn/Storm Season Rewards

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Collecting 20 points across this season's challenges will gift you the new Volkswagen SP-2, while the Porsce 356C Emory restomod is available again as a 40pt reward.

Autumn will run until 1430UTC on Thursday August 1, while Series 36 as a whole runs until the same time on Thursday August 15.

Series 36 Autumn Playlist: Forzathon Events

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This week's Forzathon Weekly Challenge centers on the Koenigsegg CC8S, while there's the usual point for each of the seven Daily Challenges — for which a new one unlocks each day at 1430 UTC.

You'll need to earn a combination skill for the Weekly Challenge, with "Show-Off" requiring a Pass (for overtaking) during a Drift Skill. Also be aware of the requirement for a Dirt Scramble race, on a dirt circuit rather than a point-to-point, for the final Daily. Otherwise the challenges are straightforward.

Series 36 Autumn Forzathon Weekly Challenge: Real Open Sports

• Car: Koenigsegg CC8S
  • Chapter 1: Own and drive the Koenigsegg CC8S
  • Chapter 2: Maintain a speed of 200mph or more for ten seconds
  • Chapter 3: Earn a Show-Off Skill in any Road Race
  • Chapter 4: Take a photo at the Horizon Cars & Coffee Shop
• Reward: 5 points, 80FP

Series 36 Autumn Daily Challenges

• July 25 – Coffee & Doughnuts: Earn an Ultimate Burnout Skill at the Horizon Cars & Coffee Shop
• July 26 – A Tall Order: Earn three stars at the Event Horizon Danger Sign
• July 27 – Champ"Corrado": Win a Street Race in the Volkswagen Corrado VR6
• July 28 – Racking up the Chamomiles: Drive 5mi (8km) on the highway
• July 29 – Catching Some Zs: Take a photo of any Nissan Z
• July 30 – Getting Oolong With Each Other: Earn three Awesome Clean Racing Skills
• July 31 – Ameri"Car"No: Win a Dirt Scramble Race in any car from the USA

Series 36 Autumn Playlist: Season Events

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You can rack up all 40 points in just the Season Events this week, though that will require access to online multiplayer for the ten-point, team-based "The Trial" event. For this you'll need to work with five assigned human players to hit the best team score you can and beat "Unbeatable" AI over a best-of-three championship.

This week's PR Stunts, for two points apiece, all require a Nissan Pulsar GTi-R with B Class (601-700PI) tuning. You'll want some offroad capabilities, with a dirt road Speed Trap and Speed Zone, along with a bit of a cross-country run up for the Danger Sign.

There's three five-point Seasonal Championships this week. Each is a three-race championship against AI where you'll need to top the points table at the end. There's a mix of surfaces too, as you'll run Classic Rally cars in the dirt racing event, and Rare Classics and Hypercars on the road racing routes.

Finally, three more three-point EventLab challenges await this week. These are all community-created custom courses, selected by Playground Games for unique challenges.

The Trial: A Matcha Made in Heaven*

• Car: B Class, Datsun/Nissan
• Reward: 10 points, Nissan GT-R '17

EventLab: Calvo's Karting

• Car: A Class, Track Toys
• Reward: 3 points, Ford Mustang '69

EventLab: Cordilerra Rally

• Car: A Class, Modern Rally/Rally Monsters
• Reward: 3 points, Exomotive Exocet Offroad

EventLab: Sunset Palms Raceway

• Car: S1 Class, Retro Supercars
• Reward: 3 points, Super Wheelspin

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PR Stunt Danger Sign: Valle

• Car: B Class, Nissan Pulsar GTi-R
• Target: 210m
• Reward: 2 points, Super Wheelspin

PR Stunt Speed Trap: Levee

• Car: B Class, Nissan Pulsar GTi-R
• Target: 120mph
• Reward: 2 points, Super Wheelspin

PR Stunt Speed Zone: Cordillera

• Car: B Class, Nissan Pulsar GTi-R
• Target: 90mph
• Reward: 2 points, Super Wheelspin

Seasonal Championship: A Pretty Swede Deal

• Car: B Class, Rare Classics
• Reward: 5 points, Koenigsegg CC8S

Seasonal Championship: Feel the Hype

• Car: S1 Class, Hypercars
• Reward: 5 points, Chevrolet Corvette '67

Seasonal Championship: Finger on the Pulsar

• Car: C Class, Classic Rally
• Reward: 5 points, Nissan Pulsar GTi-R

Series 36 Autumn Playlist: Challenges

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For this week's photo challenge you'll need to photograph the Ford Mustang Boss '69 at the Senko Mural. This is painted on the side of the Lugar Tranquilo player house in Playa Azul.

The Treasure Hunt will require you to hit 200mph in any electric vehicle at the Aerodromo en la Selva strip. When completed this will reveal the Treasure Chest, which is on the east side of the main river inlet just next to the runway. It's actually so far out that you'll likely be rest to the nearest road after you smash the chest…

Photo Challenge: #BossingAround

• Cars: Ford Mustang '69
• Location: Senko Mural, Lugar Tranquilo, Playa Azul
• Reward: 2 points, Senko's Relaxed Fit Tee

Treasure Hunt: Doing Watt It Takes

• Cars: EV
• Location: Aerodromo en la Selva
• Reward: 3 points, 100,000cr

Series 36 Autumn Playlist: Monthly Events

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You'll have four weeks to complete the four Monthly Events, each requiring that you set a clean time on the course indicated with the cars provided — this month including two from the paid DLC pack. Each awards one point to each season across the Series, whenever you complete them.

Monthly Rivals: Arch of Mulege Circuit

• Cars: Mazda MX-5 RF (provided)
• Reward: 4 points (1 added to each season)

Monthly Rivals: Cathedral Circuit

• Cars: Autozam AZ-1 (provided)
• Reward: 4 points (1 added to each season)

Monthly Rivals: Copper Canyon Sprint

• Cars: Lamborghini Aventador Ultimae (provided)
• Reward: 4 points (1 added to each season)

Monthly Rivals: Mangrove Scramble

• Cars: Mitsubishi Montero Evo (provided)
• Reward: 4 points (1 added to each season)

Series 36 Autumn Bonus DLC Events

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A further 14 points is available for players who own the two DLC expansions, comprising seven points in each of the locations. There's a PR Stunt and Seasonal Championship in each location, as usual, and this week's Seasonal races award the car required for the PR Stunt.

Hot Wheels Danger Sign: Canyon Fire

• Car: S1 Class, Lamborghini Aventador '12
• Target: 360m
• Reward: 2 points, Super Wheelspin

Hot Wheels Seasonal Championship: Hot N Cold

• Car: S1 Class, Modern Supercars
• Reward: 5 points, Lamborghini Aventador '12

Rally Adventure Speed Zone: Devil's Pass

• Car: C Class, Volvo 242 Turbo
• Target: 65mph
• Reward: 2 points, Super Wheelspin

Rally Adventure Seasonal Championship: Turning Up the Heat

• Car: B Class, Retro Rally
• Reward: 5 points, Volvo 242 Turbo

Series 36 Autumn Forzathon Shop

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• Koenigsegg Regera '16 – 600FP
• Porsche 918 Spyder – 300FP
• Donut Media Black Hoodie – 75FP
• Donut Media White Relaxed Tee – 75FP
• Donut Media Pop-Up Headlights Horn – 75FP
• Super Wheelspin – 150FP
• Wheelspin – 60FP