Series 1 of Forza Horizon 6 is officially underway. The first season, titled Welcome to Japan, kicked off on May 21 and runs through June 18, giving players four weeks to grind the Festival Playlist for some genuinely impressive cars. The headliner is the 2008 Mazda Furai, a concept car that never made it to production, and it's sitting behind a 60-point wall.
Here's the lowdown on everything you can earn, what you need to do to get it, and how the whole system works.
How the Festival Playlist actually works
The Festival Playlist is Forza's take on a live-service seasonal pass, split across four weekly seasons that each bring their own weather, challenges, and reward cars. You earn points by completing events, PR stunts, Treasure Hunts, photo challenges, and more. Points stack across the full series for the big prizes, but the weekly car rewards are time-gated, so missing a week means missing those specific vehicles.
You need to earn your first Wristband before the Festival Playlist unlocks. That should take around an hour of normal play, so new players are not locked out for long.
Series 1 runs across four seasons: Summer (May 21-28), Autumn (May 28 to June 4), Winter (June 4-11), and Spring (June 11-18). The game is currently in the Summer season, which is where this week's challenges live.
This week's Summer challenges (May 21-28)
There are 12 events on the board this week, covering everything from road championships to Hide & Seek multiplayer events. The key here is that two of the reward cars, the 1999 Toyota Altezza RS200 Z Edition and the 2006 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX MR, require 20 and 40 points respectively earned specifically during the Summer season. Miss this window and they're gone.
The three seasonal championships alone net you 15 points and three solid cars. Pair those with the weekly challenge and the Treasure Hunt and you're already at 26 points before touching the PR stunts.
All Series 1 reward cars and point requirements
The full Series 1 reward pool is stacked with Japanese metal, which fits the Welcome to Japan theme. The 2010 Nissan 370Z sits at the top tier requiring 120 points across the entire series, while the Mazda Furai comes in at 60. Both are series-long targets, meaning points from all four seasons count toward them.
Mazda Furai, the Series 1 prize
Here's the full breakdown by season:
Series-long rewards (all four seasons count)
- 2008 Mazda Furai: 60 points
- 2010 Nissan 370Z: 120 points
Summer (May 21-28)
- 1999 Toyota Altezza RS200 Z Edition: 20 points
- 2006 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX MR: 40 points
Autumn (May 28 to June 4)
- 1997 Nissan Skyline GT-R V-Spec: 20 points
- 1991 Honda CR-X SiR: 40 points
Winter (June 4-11)
- 2019 Subaru STI S209: 20 points
- 2016 Toyota Land Cruiser Arctic Trucks AT37: 40 points
Spring (June 11-18)
- 1996 Toyota Starlet Glanza V: 20 points
- 1974 Toyota Corolla SR5: 40 points
What most players miss is that the weekly car rewards require points earned within that specific season's window, not total series points. Grinding hard in week 4 will not retroactively unlock the Summer cars.
The three seasonal championships each week are the most efficient point sources. Completing all three plus the weekly challenge gives you 20 points per week, enough to snag the lower-tier car each season without touching the PR stunts.
What Series 2 brings next
Series 1 wraps on June 18, when Series 2: Horizon Decades takes over. The playlist structure will reset, bringing a new set of reward cars and challenges. Players who want to secure the Mazda Furai will need to hit 60 points before that date, which is very achievable across four weeks of regular play.
For a full breakdown of every car available in the game beyond the playlist rewards, the Forza Horizon 6 Series 1 Welcome to Japan start date and rewards guide covers point requirements and season dates in detail. If you want to plan which vehicles are worth chasing first across the full Forza Horizon 6 car list of 550-plus vehicles, that's a good place to start before the Summer window closes on May 28.
