Series 4 of the Forza Horizon 6 Festival Playlist Challenges is here already, and the theme this time around is Horizon Mascot Party. What does this mean for us mere mortals? Well, four new cars, a new Time Attack in the Stadium and various other bits and bobs to work towards!
With Series 4 kicking off with summer, and seeing as the sun has got his hat on, let’s dive straight in and get cracking!
You’ll find that the Series 4 Summer challenges are in place from now, running till August 20th 2026. Fire up Forza Horizon 6 this instant and get involved with the latest challenges. And remember, you can play through Game Pass if you like.
As always, Series 4 gives you the opportunity to rack up Festival Playlist Points by completing events across the map, unlocking the featured seasonal rewards before we start all over again with Series 5.
Here’s everything included in the Forza Horizon 6 Series 4 Summer Festival Playlist, along with our recommended cars, tune setups in the form of share codes, and challenge tips. Hopefully they’ll help you out. If they do, let us know down in the comments.
What Is The Forza Horizon 6 Festival Playlist?
If you’re new around these parts, the Festival Playlist is Forza Horizon 6’s rotating weekly challenge system, offering players the chance to complete seasonal events in exchange for Playlist Points, reward cars, Wheelspins and Credits.
Each Series lasts four weeks and is split into Summer, Autumn, Winter, and Spring editions, with Series 4 taking place from now, August 13th, for 4 weeks. From there, we move into Series 5. Should you be looking for all our Challenge Guides, we’ve got you covered.
Completing events across the map increases your seasonal progress, unlocking exclusive rewards before the Playlist resets the following week.
At A Glance
- Series: Series 4 – Horizon Mascot Party
- Season: Summer
- Dates: August 13th – August 20th 2026
- Main Reward Cars: 2018 Exomotive Exocet Sport, 1969 Datsun 2000 Roadster
- Series Reward Cars: 1970 Honda N600, 1967 Renault 8 Gordini
- Easiest Playlist Points: Photo Challenge, Treasure Hunt, Horizon Stunt Party
Festival Playlist Reward Cars
This week’s seasonal rewards are tied to Playlist Point totals earned across the various activities available around the map.
- Points – 20 | Reward – 2018 Exomotive Exocet Sport (Epic)
- Points – 40 | Reward – 1969 Datsun 2000 Roadster (Common)
A mixed bag, I think it’s fair to say – Speedy and slow in one delightful week.
- Points – 80 | Reward – 1970 Honda N600 (Common)
- Points – 160 | Reward – 1967 Renault 8 Gordini (Common)
Event: Monthly Rivals
- Points: 4pts
- Circuit: Edamame Circuit
- Car: Honda N600
- Reward: Super Wheelspin
Remember, get round with a clean lap to succeed. It doesn’t need to be fast, just neat! Basically, go as slow as you like… And given the car this month, it’s not like you’d have a choice!
Event: Weekly Challenge
- Points: 5
- Challenge: Delightful Drop Off
- Car: 2017 Toyota JPN Taxi
- Reward: 25,000 Credits
Taxi!
Yes, we are going to be pottering about in the Japanese version of the black cab – And I’m not sure how I feel about it. I mean, it isn’t a looker, is it? Still, needs must and all that!
You can get this car for free by completing the Delivery Job, or it’s 25,000 credits at the Autoshow if you don’t own one. I was half tempted to leave it stock, but tweaked it a bit. Use my share code of 179092438 if you like.
Step 1: Own and drive the car. Pretty simple.
Step 2 : Earn 2 “feed me” skills by smashing vending machines. The best place I know for this is the Golf Club car park.
Step 3 : Now simply park at any car meet. And observe how many Taxis are doing the same thing!
Step 4: Take a photo at Tokyo Central Railway Station to complete this week’s challenge. At least it’ll go towards the total, eh?
Enjoy your credits and points!
Event: Daily Challenges
- Points: 1pt x7
- Challenge: 7 Individual Challenges
- Car: Varies
- Reward: Credits
Daily challenges return, and as the name suggests, a new one is unlocked every day. You’ll want to keep checking back to find out what you need to do each and every time! There is an achievement for earning every point in a season, and these are key to doing that.
Event: Photo Challenge
- Points: 2pts
- Challenge:#SunnySnap
- Car: Wuling Sunshine S
- Reward: Clothing – Yellow Sports Sunglasses
Take your Wuling Sunshine S (No, I’d never heard of it either) to the Sunflower fields at Hokuryu.They are quite easy to spot, being a big yellow field! And no, it turns out the Forza Edition won’t do.
See the top of this article for my effort.
Event: Treasure Hunt
- Points: 3pts
- Challenge: Smash the Treasure chest
- Car: Any
- Reward: 100,000 credits
The chest is in the Shimanoyama region this time around.
See the map for the location. The nose of my car is touching the chest in the photo.
Event: Seasonal Championship – Road Racing
- Points: 5pts
- Championship: Small but Mighty
- Car: Eclectic Domestics – D Class
- Reward: Honda S800
Slow cars, slow races, and Eclectic Domestics isn’t a category you can search! Still, I used a Nissan Figaro. Share code is 104635064.
Win all three races solo, or best two of three if you’re in a convoy, and the prize will be yours.
Event: Seasonal Championship – Road Racing
- Points: 5pts
- Championship: Dango Dashes
- Car: Total Supercars – S1 Class
- Reward: BMW Isetta
Supercars are a bit more like it.
I used an Audi R8 V10 Performance from 2020. The share code is 127097234.
Event: Seasonal Championship – The Trial
- Points: 5pts
- Championship: Off Road Scramble
- Car: Total Buggies and Off Road – A Class
- Reward: Corvette ‘53
Without wanting to jinx myself again, we actually got a decent team last week and smashed it. Let’s hope it continues through the entirety of Series 4.
Off road means a Jeep to me, and the Trailcat in particular. The share code for mine is 674731767. I still love this thing, nothing that big should accelerate so fast!
Pray to the racing gods that you find a team that has got an idea of what teamwork is.
Event: Time Attack
- Points: Wheelspin
- Location: Edamame Circuit
- Car: Eclectic Domestics – D Class
- Reward: Wheelspin
A lap in under 48 seconds sounds like a big ask, but my Nissan Figaro did it. Share code is – 104635064.
Event: Danger Sign
- Points: 2pts
- Location: Tanbo Launch
- Car: Retro Sports Cars – B Class
- Reward: Wheelspin
Jump over 180 m to clear this event. I used a Skyline Gt-R, obviously, the R33 model from 1997.
Share code is 100235908, and if you can ensure you are hitting the ramp around 140mph, you’ll clear it easy.
Event: Drift Zone
- Points: 2pts
- Location: Kawazu Nanadaru Loop Bridge
- Car: Retro Sports Cars – B Class
- Reward: Wheelspin
Skylines are good at a lot of things, but drifting? Well, with application of the handbrake, yes!
Score over 65,000 drift points to win.
Event: Speed Zone
- Points: 2pts
- Location:Hakone Turns
- Car: Retro Sports Cars – B Class
- Reward: Wheelspin
Average speed of 80 sounds doable, but as the name suggests, there are a lot of turns. I stuck with the Skyline from the first challenge for this. Go downhill is my advice!
Event: Seasonal Job
- Points: 2pts
- Location: Varies
- Car: Supplied
- Reward: Toyota JPN Taxi
Complete a full shift of delivery jobs – a full shift being three deliveries. And get your hands on a Taxi for a bit of mini cabbing afterwards!
Event: Horizon Stunt Party
- Points: 3pts
- Location: Online
- Car: Depends on the event
- Reward: Car Horn – Wah Wah Wah Wahhh
It’s Stunt Party time again so you’ll have to hang around until it pops. Jump on it when it appears is my advice and should it do so, you’ll need to complete Round 3 to win out.
Fastest Ways To Earn Playlist Points This Week
If you’re looking to unlock the seasonal rewards quickly, you may want to prioritise the easier activities first. If that is indeed the case, and pretty much as always, we always recommend ticking off the Photo challenge first – it’s the most simple way to rack up the points. Then hit up the Treasure Hunt before making the most of Horizon Play. Grind away and you’ll find points coming your way fairly swiftly.
This should allow you to stack up a healthy hit of progress through the Playlist before even touching the longer Seasonal Championships.
Follow our lead from up above and you should find yourself powering through the Festival Playlist challenges in Forza Horizon 6 for Series 4 Summer. Next up, we’ll return with some hints, tips and tunes for Autumn, Winter and then Spring.
As always, we’d love to hear if any of our cars and tunes helped you out, so feel free to get involved in the comments.
And remember, you’ll need a copy of Forza Horizon 6 in your digital library. It’s available through Game Pass if you prefer. Just head to the Xbox Store and enjoy a download.
