Forza Horizon 5: Hot Wheels Review

Reviewed by Luke Reilly on Xbox Series X. Also available on Xbox and PC.

"Returning to a well the Playground team previously tapped with the killer Hot Wheels expansion for Forza Horizon 3 means Forza Horizon 5 Hot Wheels isn’t able to arrive with the same infectiously unique splash, but it’s clear why the decision was made to return to this idea: Forza’s high-speed brand of life-sized, toy-themed stunt racing is still a riotous good time. We’re certainly in a golden era for Hot Wheels-themed racing games right now, with Milestone’s surprisingly brilliant Hot Wheels Unleashed successfully carving up its own patch of orange plastic as well, but Forza Horizon 5 Hot Wheels is an essential expansion for new and returning Forza fans."

[CaliPnL]

Pedal to the Mattel is an incredible line

[yves-]

A Forza Horizon game with a motivating progression-system would be incredibel.

[missedmurphy]

This DLC gives me a lot of hope for the progression in Horizon 6. It was so nice having to actually work to get these cars instead of immediately having them. Not only that but having to start in B class and slowly work your way up to X class made it more enjoyable. All around a great expansion

[matyvalien]

Almost finished it, great dlc tons of fun and ssoo much speed

[ChandlerBing]

This DLC shows that we should get a World Race Remake or something like it.

[adrianbelgrave]

Absolutely gorgeous game... The tracks brings me back to my childhood and definitely gave me reason to hop back into FH5

[Asian_Import]

Playground DLC literally never misses. Every expansion for every Horizon game has been amazing!

[tga_]

This is my favorite expansion out of all Horizon Games.

[GrimReaper]

When a DLC its better, funner, & more creative than a "ENTIRE" HOT wheels game 😅 HOT wheels unleashed

[scoss]

Haven’t stopped playing this. Level of detail awesome. Actually like how your made to progress from B upwards. The sheer scale and draw distance is something else.

[jeremy]

Trust me. play with cockpit view! you will appreciate the sharp drops and loops etc even more

[sychepsk]

The map show off quest was kinda just a straight line but it gave me chills, love the map

[timholmes]

You could say... Orange is the new tarmac

[jaysonbitterbos]

This should be in every Horizon game...

[ThatBoyCross]

It’s the Hot Wheels Acceleracer game we asked for 😭😭

[THE_BEAR_JEW]

Hotwheels on FH3 was excellent. Will definitely be picking this up too.

[EverythingGaming]

Its actually a great DLC, the map is stunning and its a lot better than the FH3 hotwheels! Didn’t take long to complete though lol

[TheOfficialRamVenkatakrishnan]

WAS WAITING FOR A REVIEW FROM YOU GUYS! yall are first!

[rainbowappleslice]

I’ve only played it for maybe 4 hours but it’s amazing

[PlayOrPlay]

I'm curious to get your feedback on this expansion, are you happy or disappointed to have hot wheels back? 🤷‍♂️