Forza Horizon 6 Series 1 overview and the Festival Playlist challenges this week

Now that Forza Horizon 6 is available for everyone, Series 1 is officially kicking off. Series are basically Forza’s versions of live service seasons in other games: You’ll need to enter the Festival Playlist to score points and hopefully get the keys to your very own Mazda Furai and many more exclusive rides.

Despite how straightforward Forza Horizon 6 usually is (that’s a good thing), the Festival Playlist and Series are anything but. Don’t worry though, below I’ll go over everything you can unlock in Series 1: Welcome to Japan, and exactly what you need to do to get it.

Forza Horizon 6 Series 1 explained

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Series 1: Welcome to Japan runs from May 21 until June 18, when it’ll be replaced by Series 2: Horizon Decades. During this time, you need to complete tasks and events in the Festival Playlist each week—this has only just become available if you’ve been playing during early access, and you can find it on the right side of the pause menu or your garage.

Festival Playlist this week

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The Festival Playlist is a set of challenges and events—races, PR stunts, and so on—that you need to progress by earning points to unlock weekly, time-gated rewards (mainly two reward cars each week, which are bound to be some of the best cars available). This weekly schedule corresponds to the seasonal weather changes, too.

You need to earn your first Wristband to unlock the Festival Playlist, which should only take you an hour or so.

Here’s what’s going on this week (May 21-28, Summer):

Series 1 reward cars

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These are all the reward cars that you can earn from the Festival Playlist during Series 1, and what you need to do to get them: