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Skills — the core list
Forza skills carry forward across titles with minor naming tweaks. Confirmed from FH4/FH5 reference plus FH6 in-game pop-ups. Points shown are base values before perks/car-mastery multipliers.
Standard skills (the building blocks)
| Skill | How to trigger | Base |
|---|---|---|
| Air | Get any wheels off the ground from a jump/crest | 100 |
| Burnout | Spin wheels stationary on tarmac, no drift | 100 |
| Clean Racing | Complete a race section without a heavy collision | 100 |
| Drafting | Sit in another car's slipstream | 100 |
| Drift | Hold a slide angle | 100 |
| E-Drift | Initiate a drift with the handbrake | 100 |
| J Turn | Drive in reverse, snap 180° into forward | 100 |
| Near Miss | Pass non-racing traffic closely at speed | 100 |
| One Eighty | Quick 180° direction change (not from reverse) | 100 |
| Pass | Overtake a racing opponent closely | 100 |
| Skill Chain | Multiple skills back-to-back without the bar emptying | 100 |
| Speed | Hold ~100+ mph (161+ km/h) for a sustained stretch | 100 |
| Trade Paint | Graze the side of another car | 50 |
| Two Wheels | Drive on two wheels | 100 |
| Wreckage | Smash any breakable item | 100 |
Each base skill has "Great / Awesome / Ultimate" tiers that multiply points (e.g. Great Drift, Ultimate Skill Chain). Tier-ups are driven by duration, count, or quality of the action.
Combination & Named Skills
These are the ones challenges actually call out by name. "Perform X" means just trigger it once — no need to keep a chain alive unless the challenge says so.
Combinations (two skills at once or in quick succession)
| Skill | How to trigger | Base |
|---|---|---|
| Airborne Pass | Air + Pass at the same time (overtake mid-jump) | 1,000 |
| Crash Landing | Air → Wreckage within ~1s (land into something breakable) | 1,000 |
| Ebisu Style | Great Air or better → Great Drift or better on landing | 1,000 |
| Lucky Escape | Drift + Near Miss simultaneously | 1,000 |
| Showoff | Pass + Drift simultaneously | 1,000 |
| Sideswipe | Wreckage + Drift simultaneously (clip a fence mid-slide) | 1,000 |
| Slingshot | Drafting → Pass in quick succession | 1,000 |
| Stuntman | Air → Near Miss on landing | 1,000 |
| Drift Tap | Lightly touch a wall/car while drifting (no slowdown) | 1,000 |
Special / named (the ones playlist challenges love to ask for)
| Skill | How to trigger | Base |
|---|---|---|
| Hard Charger | Burnout → Speed within 30s. Sit still, hold throttle+brake to spin the tires, release and hit 100+ mph before timer dies. | 1,000 |
| Kangaroo | Three Air skills back-to-back (jump-jump-jump). Cobblestone/curb chains work; doesn't need big air. | 1,000 |
| Wrecking Ball | Three Wreckage skills back-to-back. Easy in built-up areas — row of fences, road barriers. | 1,000 |
| Triple Pass | Three Pass skills back-to-back in a race | 1,000 |
| Daredevil | Three Near Misses back-to-back in heavy traffic | 1,000 |
| Threading the Needle | Two Near Misses on both sides at once (split a pair of cars) | 1,000 |
| Barrel Roll | Full sideways airborne rotation, land clean | 1,000 |
| Clean Start! | Start of a race with zero contact | 2,000 |
| Speed Champions | Launch from a boost ramp | 1,000 |
| Ultimate Skill Chain | Reach the top chain tier (the bar maxes out, screen flashes). Usually 80k+ chain score depending on multipliers. | tier reward |
Object-smash skills (Wreckage variants)
All count as Wreckage for combo purposes (Sideswipe, Crash Landing, Wrecking Ball). The named ones grant a bonus the first few times per session.
| Skill | Target | Base |
|---|---|---|
| Binman | Garbage bin | 1,000 |
| Creamed | Ice-cream sign | 1,000 |
| Fruit Salad | Fruit stand | 1,000 |
| Going Postal | Mailbox | 1,000 |
| GOOOAAALLL | Goal post | 1,000 |
| Howzat!! | Cricket stumps | 1,000 |
| Landscaping | Fence (great for chains) | 1,000 |
| Lumberjack | Tree stump / log | 1,000 |
| Road Open | Orange roadwork barrier | 1,000 |
| Snowman | Snowman (Alpine region) | 1,000 |
| TRY! | Rugby post | 1,000 |
| Wrong Number | Phone booth at speed | 1,000 |
Guardrails count as Wreckage too — your guardrail-clearing habit at Hakone naturally feeds Wrecking Ball + Sideswipe combos.
Car Mastery perks worth knowing
Universal skill-score perks worth unlocking on any car you grind chains on:
| Perk | Effect |
|---|---|
| Quick Maths | Skill score builds 2× faster — get this first on any chain car. |
| It's Sliding | +% from drift skills |
| Dorykin | Boosts drift skill values further (stacks with It's Sliding) |
| Big Air | +10% from jump skills |
| Hop to It | +10% from Kangaroo |
| Dropping In | +15% from Crash Landing |
| Unbreakable | +15% from Wrecking Ball |
| This Is Fine | +15% from Wreckage skills |
| Stay On / Stay Up | Extends the chain bar timer — buys you time between hits |
Skill-point farm: Maloo or any high-speed RWD around the outside of the stadium in the west of the map. Wide loop, side-to-side wiggle, no obstacles to break the chain. ~10 skill points/min once perks are stacked.
Festival Playlist — what the objectives actually mean
UI quirk: playlist task names often don't match any in-game filter. The event filter list is the canonical truth — task names are marketing copy. When in doubt, check the event icon on the map (color + shape), not the word.
Wristband progression
- 7 wristbands total. Yellow = playlist unlock. Gold = Legend Island + Trial access.
- Wristbands are earned via Milestone events: Horizon Qualifier → Horizon Invitational → Showcases & Horizon Rush events → (later wristbands).
- Trial requires Gold wristband. Doesn't appear in Series 1.
Event types & where to find them
Milestone events (one-time / wristband gated)
| Event | What it is | Where in UI |
|---|---|---|
| Horizon Qualifier | Opening cruise, gates the first wristband | Story / Wristband milestone, not in race filters |
| Horizon Invitational | Scripted intro race series | Story / Wristband milestone |
| Showcase | Classic set-piece race vs plane/train/etc. Only two in FH6. | Showcase filter on map |
| Horizon Rush new | Timed obstacle course, sectored, solo/co-op/PVP. Three total: Dockyard (Tokyo), Alpine Ski Resort, Spaceport coast. | Filed as Milestone / Showcase-adjacent. Not its own filter. Look for the unique trophy/star milestone icon on the map. |
"Complete a Horizon Rush event" in playlist: open map → look for the three Rush icons (Dockyard, Alpine ski lodge, Spaceport SW coast) → they show as Milestone-style icons, not normal race blips. If you don't see them at all, you haven't earned the wristband that unlocks them yet.
Standard race events
| Event | Notes |
|---|---|
| Road Racing | Tarmac circuits/sprints. Filter by surface. |
| Dirt Racing | Mixed unpaved. Different car class lineup than Cross Country. |
| Cross Country | Off-road point-to-point, anywhere goes between checkpoints. |
| Time Attack / Circuit Time Trial | Solo ghost runs against board times. |
| Drag Meet | Straight-line. Watch for "drag-only" tunes when entering. |
| Street Race | Night-only city sprints (carryover from FH5 structure). |
PR Stunts (the 5 PR types)
| Type | Objective | 3-star key |
|---|---|---|
| Speed Trap | Max speed through a single gate | Long run-up + top-speed tune; rewind if traffic ruins it |
| Speed Zone | Maintain average speed across a section | Handling + accel matter more than peak speed; smooth inputs |
| Danger Sign | Jump distance off a ramp | Approach angle ~45° off-line; tune: low ride height, stiff rear, low downforce |
| Drift Zone | Drift score through a section | Manual 2nd/3rd, link every corner, wall touches kill score temporarily. Your guardrail-clearing helps here. |
| Trailblazer | Cross-country A→B against the clock | Straight-line aggression, off-road suspension, lift instead of brake |
Playlist "specialty" categories (the verbose ones)
| Playlist phrasing | What it actually is |
|---|---|
| "Seasonal Championship" | 3-race series, fixed car class & theme. Win overall. |
| "Seasonal PR Stunt" | A specific PR stunt with a higher 3-star target than its normal version |
| "Seasonal Playground Games" if returns | Team modes — King / Flag Rush / Survival. PVP. |
| "The Trial" gold wristband | Co-op vs Unbeatable AI, 6v6. Needs teammates who finish. |
| "#Forzathon Weekly" | 4-step chain. Each step = a skill or event. Completes the chain in order. |
| "#Forzathon Daily" | Single small task, refreshes every 24h. |
| "Photo Challenge" | Take a photo of X car at Y location. Just snap and submit. |
| "Treasure Hunt" | Riddle → do a thing → find a chest. The riddle is the only clue. |
| "EventLab Featured" | Community-made custom events. Filter says EventLab, not "Featured." |
Common playlist verbs — what to actually do
| Phrase | Translation |
|---|---|
| "Win a [class] race in a [country] car" | Any normal race event — series qualifies. Filter cars by origin in garage. |
| "Earn 3 stars at any Drift Zone" | Hit the gold-tier score on any DZ. Bug-prone: sometimes 3-star earned in freeroam doesn't tick — re-enter via the event launcher to register. |
| "Smash X destructibles" | Any Wreckage-skill objects. Fences count multiple times. |
| "Earn a Hard Charger skill" | Burnout → Speed in 30s. Do it from a stop on highway shoulder; spin tires 1–2s, launch. |
| "Get a Kangaroo skill" | Three jumps in quick succession. Cobblestone rows, speed bumps, off-road washboard. |
| "Wreck a [object]" | That specific named object (see Object Smashes table). |
| "Pass [N] cars cleanly" | Pass skills in a race, no contact. Drag races don't always count. |
| "Reach skill score of X in a single chain" | One chain, no break. Use Quick Maths + stadium farm. |
| "Beat a Rival's time in a [country] car" | Rivals mode → pick a Time Attack/PR — must be done from the Rivals menu, not freeroam. tracking bug-prone |
Known playlist tracking bugs & workarounds
Events not rendering on map: some playlist items fail to spawn their event icon even though the task is listed. Workaround order:
- Hard restart the game (full quit, not just menu).
- Drive away ~2km and come back; map streaming sometimes drops icons in dense areas (Tokyo, Hakone).
- Toggle Online/Solo — some events only render in one mode.
- Open the playlist menu and click the task itself; if it offers "Travel to event," use that instead of map-clicking.
Completion not registering: classic example — beat a ghost rival in a Japanese car, banner pops, task stays unchecked. Workarounds:
- Re-launch the same event once more — most ghost/rival tasks tick on the second clean completion.
- Make sure the car is in the required category at the moment you finish, not when you started (livery/tune swaps mid-run can desync the check).
- Force a save: go to a Festival site → menu → exit to main menu → reload. Don't trust the auto-save for playlist progress.
- If still stuck, do an unrelated playlist task; the ledger sometimes re-validates everything on the next tick.
Horizon Rush "not found" in UI: there's no Rush filter. The three events are filed as Milestone/Showcase. They appear on the map only after the gating wristband. If task lists Rush but you can't find one, you're under-wristbanded — knock out the prior Showcase or Invitational first.
Skill-tied tasks (Hard Charger, Kangaroo, etc.): they almost always tick instantly when the skill pops in the corner. If the pop-up shows but task doesn't tick, you triggered a tier variant the task didn't expect (e.g., a "Great Kangaroo" sometimes mis-credits). Trigger a plain version cleanly to be safe.