Forza Horizon 6 100% guide

Unlocks when the Opening Act ends. You don't need to win anything.

Unlocks when you finish your first Qualifier race. Finishing is enough; you don't need to win.

Unlocks with your first 1st-place win in a Horizon Festival race event. Road, Dirt and Cross Country races are the safe choice; it isn't confirmed whether a Street race or Touge win also counts. On Tourist, this comes as soon as you start winning Festival races. Custom races you set up yourself don't count.

Unlocks when you earn the Yellow Wristband at the end of the Horizon Invitational.

Go to Horizon Play and join a Spec Racing Championship. Joining one already in progress is fine. Unlocks when a race in the championship ends while you're in it. You don't need to drive or finish; the race closes about 30 seconds after the first player crosses the line, and a Did Not Finish still counts.

A LINK Skill happens when you and a real player nearby perform the same skill at the same moment, such as both drifting or both scoring a near miss. Offline Drivatars never count. Unlocks the first time a LINK Skill registers. You don't need to bank the chain afterwards.

The most reliable methods are drifting side by side with a friend in a Convoy, or a busy Horizon Play or Horizon Stunt Party lobby where skills are constantly chaining.

Unlocks at Horizon Play level 10. The early levels are quick, and Spec Racing races alone will get you there.

Unlocks at Horizon Play level 100. Start now and play Horizon Play in regular sessions throughout the route instead of saving it for the end.

• A June 2026 update cut the XP needed between levels 26 and 100, so those levels now come faster than levels 1 to 25. There's still no reliable total for the time it takes.
• Spec Racing is reportedly the most consistent XP source. Finishing even low in the pack pays well, and clean driving earns more. Custom Racing lobbies and Touge Showdown also work.
• The 2026-10-05 Series 6 update added Horizon Play levels beyond 100. Its notes don't mention any change to the achievement, which still reads Earn 100 Levels in Horizon Play.

Unlocks when you earn your first Series History Reward. That needs 500 lifetime Festival Playlist points and gives the 1972 Mazda Cosmo 110S Series II.

• Points carry over between Series and accumulate forever. A full week is roughly 50 to 55 points if you can do every item, including the Gold Wristband-only Trial. Without the Trial it is around 40 to 45.
• Clear as much of each week's Playlist as you can, every week, from now until it unlocks. Missing a week costs you real time, not the achievement.
• Once you pass 500, check the Playlist's History rewards and claim the car if it doesn't unlock by itself.

The requirement is earning every Festival Playlist point available in a single week. Since Series 2, each week includes The Trial, a co-op team race worth 10 points that only Horizon Legends with the Gold Wristband can enter. It may unlock before every point is earned, but don't count on it.

Safest route: work the Playlist every week from now on for Historic Effort, then go for a full week once you hold the Gold Wristband. That week, do every Seasonal Event, every online item (Horizon Play, Stunt Party, Eliminator and the like), The Trial, and all seven Daily Challenges before the Thursday reset. If it unlocks earlier in your run, you're done.

Complete any 33 of the activities in the Tokyo City region. There are about 125 in total, and collectibles, races and points of interest all count. Unlocks at 33. It usually comes naturally during the first few hours.

The Tokyo City Food Delivery job is the big blue icon in Tokyo. Unlocks when you complete your first delivery shift.

Unlocks when the Food Delivery job reaches its maximum Promotion, level 9. Promotions come from total credits earned on deliveries, and 3-star deliveries pay the most. Hover the job's map icon to check your progress.

This is one of the longest single-player grinds. Do a few shifts whenever you're in Tokyo throughout the route instead of all at once. Autodrive handles the time-based deliveries; drive the drift and skill-score ones yourself.

Smash any Regional Mascot. You'll hit one within minutes of free roam.

Landmarks register when you drive near them. Unlocks at 10 discovered Landmarks, which usually happens during normal early exploration.

Buy any car from the Autoshow. Unlocks on purchase, so buy something cheap you'll actually use.

Unlocks the first time you drive any R Class car. Premium Edition owners get one in the Welcome Pack. Otherwise, one of the cheapest R Class options is the #23 Yokohama Alpha (2020 Sierra Cars) at about 65,000 credits. Buy it when you can afford it, or wait for one from Wheelspins or rewards.

Set a lap time at any Time Attack Circuit (blue clock icon) while driving a car from the Track Toy category. An inexpensive option is the 2017 Mazda MX-5 Cup (roughly 60,000 credits). Any time counts. The 2013 Toyota 86 'Stories' is listed as a Track Toy too, but it only arrives after all 18 Yuji's Auto Story stars, so it isn't an early option. Check its class in your garage before relying on it.

Set any lap time at a Time Attack Circuit. Do it in the Track Toy for Track Day and both unlock together.

Buy the 2025 GR GT Prototype from the Autoshow (under GR, about 250,000 credits). Drive it into a Car Meet, park, and use the prompt. Unlocks when the meet registers the car. Save up for it during the Yellow and Green Wristbands.

The three permanent Car Meets are Daikoku Parking Area, the Horizon Festival Site and Okuibuki. They appear on the map as you get close. Park at each one and use the meet prompt. Unlocks at the third different meet.

Temporary Car Meets from Festival Playlist events aren't confirmed to count, so use the three permanent ones. Car Meets are a Shared World feature, so be online when you do this; on console, that means a Game Pass subscription with online multiplayer. It isn't confirmed whether parking works offline, so play it safe and connect. This isn't one of the seven confirmed online achievements.

Use the drag strip at the Horizon Festival Site (red lights icon), which opens first. The other two strips, at the Irokawa Space Center and the Ito Airfield, open with later Wristbands. Drive into a grid slot, choose the prompt to enter the Drag Meet, ready up, and launch on green. Lining up without entering doesn't count. Unlocks when you complete a run.

Aftermarket Cars are green car icons that only show on the map when you're nearby. Buy any one. You'll pass several while driving around Tokyo and the Festival Site.

Treasure Cars are available from the start, with no Stamp or Wristband needed. When you drive near one, Mei radios you a postcard-style photo clue and the car is added to Cars > Treasure Cars; a purple icon also shows on the map when you're close. Don't expect the list to show cars you haven't been near yet.

To claim one, drive up to it and press the prompt. A short cutscene plays, and the car is yours for free.

The easiest first one is the 1991 Nissan Figaro in Tokyo City. It's in a small car park on the south side by the water, near Rainbow Bridge. Unlocks when you claim your first Treasure Car. Claim any others you pass along the route; the full set is in the Cleanup section.

Touge Battles appear on the map once you drive near them. The first one you're likely to find is Hakone Nanamagari in Nangan. Unlocks when you complete one. Touge wins also give Discover Japan points.

Unlocks when you earn the Yellow Stamp in the Collection Journal. Street races, Touge, Story chapters, the Food Delivery job and Mascots all count, and you'll earn it during the Tokyo activities above.

After the Yellow Stamp, Mei introduces the Estate and the Yashiki house.

Buy the Yashiki Player House north of Tokyo for 10,000 credits. Unlocks on purchase.

While online, open the Creative Hub, go to Estates, pick any shared Estate, and choose to visit it. Unlocks as soon as you arrive. If one won't load, pick another.

Day Trips are one of the four Story chains, and none of them is reported to need a Wristband. Unlocks when any Day Trip chapter earns 3 stars.

The Tokyo City Day Trip (Part 1) in north Tokyo City is the easiest: a timed sprint in a supplied Honda with a 1:00 target for 3 stars. Autodrive is worth trying on timed chapters like this one; drive it yourself if it falls short. Use Retry from the results screen if you miss a star.

Win 57 Horizon Festival Race Events. Only 1st place counts, which Tourist difficulty and Autodrive make easy.

• What counts: Road, Dirt and Cross Country races, which are the bulk of the total. Drag Meets and Wristband Events are reported to count as well. Street races and Touge Battles are Discover Japan events and are not among the counting types.
• There are at least 20 Road, 20 Dirt and 18 Cross Country races plus 3 Drag strips, which is 61 countable races. The 7 Wristband Events come on top of that, for at least 68 if they count.
• It isn't confirmed whether winning the same event twice counts again, so plan on 57 different events.
• Races open with your Wristbands, so expect to pass 57 around the Purple or Gold Wristband. The Gold-gated races count too: The Colossus, The Goliath, The Titan, The Gauntlet, Seaside Park Sprint and the Legend Island races.
• Track your Festival race progress under Campaign > Collection Journal > Horizon Festival.
• Safest route: win every Road, Dirt and Cross Country race as soon as each one opens. If it still hasn't unlocked after the Gold races, win any remaining Drag and Wristband events.

Unlocks when you complete Pier Pressure. Any star rating is fine.

Unlocks when completing Pier Pressure earns the Green Wristband, at the same moment as Carkour!.

Unlocks at the Green Stamp. Keep earning Discover Japan points; the next Barn Find rumors open with each Stamp.

With the Green Wristband and enough points for the Blue tier, the Mech My Day Showcase opens in western Ohtani. Unlocks when you complete it.

Unlocks when Mech My Day earns the Blue Wristband, at the same moment as Meching My Way Downtown.

Unlocks at the Blue Stamp.

Unlocks when Off Piste earns the Pink Wristband.

Unlocks at the Pink Stamp. Pink unlocks four Barn Find rumors at once, the most of any tier. Grab them; each is a free car toward Collector.

With the Pink Wristband and enough points for the Orange tier, the Flight Club Showcase opens in western Ito. Unlocks when you complete it.

Unlocks when Flight Club earns the Orange Wristband, at the same moment as Ascending New Heights.

Unlocks at the Orange Stamp.

Complete all five Touge Battles: Hakone Nanamagari (Nangan), Bandai Azuma (Shimanoyama), Arashiyama Takao (Minamino), Mt. Haruna (Takashiro) and Norikura Skyline (Sotoyama). Each appears on the map once you drive near it. Unlocks at the fifth completion.

With the Orange Wristband and enough points for the Purple tier, Launch Control opens at the Irokawa Space Center in Nangan. It is the third and final Horizon Rush course, not a Showcase. Completing it gives you all three (Pier Pressure, Off Piste and Launch Control) and unlocks the achievement.

Unlocks when Launch Control earns the Purple Wristband, at the same moment as Feel the Rush.

Unlocks at the Purple Stamp.

The Irokawa Launch Danger Sign is at the Irokawa Space Center. One star needs a jump of about 244 meters. Use a light car with strong acceleration and hit the ramp at full speed. Unlocks when you earn the first star.

Ohtani has 13 PR Stunts: 3 Speed Traps, 4 Speed Zones, 3 Danger Signs, 1 Drift Zone and 2 Trailblazers. That's 39 stars, and you need 36, so you can drop only 3.

• An S1-class car with good top speed handles the Speed Traps, Speed Zones, Danger Signs and Trailblazers.
• Drive the Drift Zone yourself with Autodrive off. Turn traction and stability assists off for it.
• If you're stuck one star short, make sure every stunt has at least one star; check the two Trailblazers first.

Display three different cars in a house garage at the same time. Unlocks when the third car is on display.

It isn't confirmed which houses can display three cars. Check the cheap houses first:

1. Open the garage display option at Mei's House (free) or the Yashiki (10,000 credits). If it offers three display slots, fill them there.
2. If not, use the Tokyo House. Its customizable garage is a confirmed way to display three cars. It's free with the Premium Edition's VIP Membership; otherwise it costs 3,000,000 credits, which most players can afford around the mid-to-late Wristbands.

Complete the Horizon Legend Wristband Event, a long Goliath-style race that ends on Legend Island. You only need to finish it, not win. Unlocks when the Gold Wristband is awarded.

The Gold Wristband also opens The Trial, which you need for a complete Festival Playlist week.

Unlocks when you've discovered all 10 regions. Legend Island registers during the Horizon Legend race, so if the other nine are done, it unlocks there.

Unlocks when the entire map is revealed, including Legend Island. If the other nine regions are already at 100%, it usually unlocks after the final race once you drive around Legend Island a little. Road discovery is a separate stat and doesn't count; only fog matters. Drone mode reveals fog too.

HISTORICALLY REPORTED BUG (May to June 2026): some players stalled at 99% with every region revealed. The region percentage and road count can both read complete while small patches of fog remain. The achievement needs the fog cleared everywhere, not every road driven. In order, try:

1. Restart the game, then fast travel to each region in turn. This is the most common fix and often works within seconds.
2. Zoom in on the map and look for dark slivers of fog. They usually hide in places roads don't reach: along coastlines and beaches, on mountain peaks and ridges (such as the very top of the Sotoyama ski resort), and at the edges of the map outside the normal region boundaries. Drive or fly the drone over each one.
3. Make sure Legend Island has registered by driving around it after the Horizon Legend race.
4. If everything looks clear, it sometimes unlocks after another session, so check again the next time you play.

Even after it unlocks, the stats page may still show 99%. That's only a display error.

Earn all 81 Story stars: Day Trips 27, Drift Club 18, Yuji's Auto 18 and Moto Auto Zine 18. Unlocks when the 81st star lands.

• Use Retry straight from the results screen. When replaying from the Story select screen, you can skip the drive to the start. Rewind also resets your time during a chapter.
• Autodrive is worth trying on the timed chapters. Drive Speed Zone, skill-score, drift, Danger Sign and photo chapters yourself, because Autodrive usually tops out at 2 stars on those.
• Drift Club and Yuji's Auto's Headline Act are the most skill-dependent chapters.
• Star counts show in the Story Events menu and on each chapter's results screen.

Smash all 200 Regional Mascots by driving into them. Unlocks at 200. Each region has one food type, and none are on Legend Island:

• Nangan: 25 Tempura
• Tokyo City: 25 Dango
• Shimanoyama: 20 Curry
• Ohtani: 25 Ramen
• Minamino: 20 Edamame
• Ito: 25 Onigiri
• Hokubu: 20 Kakigori
• Takashiro: 25 Matcha
• Sotoyama: 15 Omurice

Each Mascot pays 5,000 credits and 25 Discover Japan points, which helps Master Explorer. A few sit up ramps, so drive carefully around them.

The most commonly missed ones:

• The Nangan Tempura under the Kawazu Nanadaru Loop Bridge.
• Tokyo Dango under the elevated highway.
• Edamame on the far top and bottom edges of Minamino.
• A Nangan Tempura in the fields in the southwest of the region.

Check under bridges, under highways and along small side roads first if a region is one short.

First work out whether a Mascot is really missing or the tracking has failed:

• If your in-game count is 199, or the Journal shows a region still short, a Mascot is still out there. Explore that region thoroughly (every road and open area, including side roads and fields), restart, filter the map to uncollected Mascots, and check the spots above.
• If the game counts 200 (every region complete in your stats and the Journal) but the achievement sits at 199/200, that's a tracking failure.

CURRENTLY COMMUNITY-FLAGGED / BUGGY (reports from May to August 2026): the achievement can stall at 199/200 even with all 200 smashed. No official fix has been announced as of October 2026. Restarting the game has sometimes made it unlock. If it doesn't, report it through Forza Support. There's no confirmed fix beyond that.

Smash all 200 Bonus Boards. Unlocks at 200. They also give Festival Points, so smashing the ones on your route earlier helps the Wristbands.

There are three tiers:

• 100 green boards: 1,000 XP each, mostly beside roads.
• 75 blue boards: 3,000 XP each, set away from roads, behind buildings or along forest paths.
• 25 yellow boards: 5,000 XP each, on rooftops, containers and other high spots. Reach them off ramps, hills or banks in a car with strong acceleration, and use Rewind for missed jumps.

Ito has the most boards. About nine or ten of the 200 are on Legend Island, which opens with the Gold Wristband, so clear the mainland first and finish there.

Boards appear on the map the same way as Mascots, as you clear the fog around them. There's a total board count in your stats, but no confirmed per-region counter. That means the game can't directly tell you which region holds a missing board.

If you're short:

1. Explore every region thoroughly, including off-road areas, rooftops and coastlines, since boards only appear once you've been close. Then restart and filter the map to uncollected Bonus Boards.
2. Check the yellow 5,000 XP boards first. They sit on rooftops, poles, rocks and containers, and they're the ones most often left until last.
3. Look for leftover fog patches; an uncleared patch can hide an icon.
4. If no uncollected icon shows anywhere, the missing board is somewhere you haven't been close to. The game has no confirmed free way to point you to it, so keep sweeping the areas you've visited least. The optional Treasure Map reveals everything at once if you'd rather not.

CURRENTLY COMMUNITY-FLAGGED / BUGGY (reports from May to late August 2026): the achievement can stall at 199/200 even when the in-game stats show 200. That's a tracking failure, not a missing board. No official fix has been announced as of October 2026. Restart and recheck, then report it to Forza Support if it stays stuck.

Claim 9 Treasure Cars. Unlocks at the ninth claim. The nine launch cars are one per mainland region, and none are gated. Drive to each landmark until Mei's clue fires and the purple icon appears, then claim it:

• 1991 Nissan Figaro (Tokyo City): small car park on the south side by the water, near Rainbow Bridge.
• 1969 Dodge Charger R/T (Minamino): behind the golf course clubhouse and 365 store, at the east end of the course.
• 1985 Mazda RX-7 GSL-SE (Ohtani): car park among the red radio towers in the west of Ohtani.
• 1987 Porsche 959 (Shimanoyama): in the car park set back behind the 365 store in the village of Narai-Juku.
• 1981 BMW M1 (Hokubu): under the large railway bridge in the fields north of the tunnels.
• 1995 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution III GSR (Takashiro): on the dirt road up to the Nachi Falls waterfall, by the river and temple on the west side.
• 1974 Lancia Stratos HF Stradale (Sotoyama): beside a wooden lodge on the snowy route toward the Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route.
• 2005 Ford GT (Nangan): on the eastern coast of Nangan. Follow the coastal road to the point closest to the shore and look for the small parking area with a yellow sign. Take the dirt track east from there to a lookout facing Tokyo City; the car is parked at the end.
• 1985 Nissan Safari Turbo (Ito): at the base of a wind turbine in the hillside wind farm.

The Series 6 update (2026-10-05) added a tenth Treasure Car, the 1970 Citroen 2CV. It's in the forested hills northeast of Shirakawa-go in Minamino, just east of the Shirakawa Curves Drift Zone. It isn't confirmed whether it counts toward the nine, or whether it will stay in the game, so it isn't needed. Grab it anyway if you're nearby; it's a free car for Collector.

Earn the Gold Stamp. Guides put it at about 20,000 Discover Japan points, though the in-game Collection Journal is the authority. You don't need to finish the whole Journal.

The fastest sources are Street race and Touge wins, 3-star Story chapters (about 100 points per star) and Barn Finds. Mascots add 25 each, so all 200 are worth 5,000. Storyteller and the collectible cleanup above usually carry you most of the way. The Gold Stamp also unlocks the last two Barn Find rumors.

Own 100 different cars. Track unique cars under My Horizon > Badges > Campaign > Growing Collection. The Cars Owned stat counts duplicates and isn't reliable.

• Don't sell cars at any point during the route.
• Free cars come from Wristbands, Collection Journal rewards, Wheelspins, Treasure Cars, the 15 Barn Finds (unlocked by Stamps), Festival Playlist rewards and the Car Pass if you own it.
• Fill whatever is left with the cheapest Autoshow cars.