Forza Horizon 5 is currently among the most popular racing games out there. It's also one of the biggest live service games, with almost a million players playing it on a daily basis across all platforms. It's essentially an open-world free-for-all with hundreds of cars and a ton of things to do. Players already have access to a lot of action-packed car-themed content, but the true potential here is limitless. Particularly because Forza Horizon 5 has one of the best custom track builders in a racing game with the Event Lab. Players can get extremely creative with the tracks they build and come up with all sorts of magic.
For a custom track builder, Event Lab has almost everything an architect would need to create entire new worlds. From simple test tracks to complex, real-world locations, the Forza Horizon community has delivered some absolute gems through the Event Lab. The recently released Hot Wheels expansion has only added more options for track builders by including Hot Wheels resources. These include different types of Hot Wheels tracks, boosts, props, and obstacles.
7 By Land, Air & Sea - JAMESMIATA
Share Code - 122 219 771
This blueprint, by JAMESMIATA is perfect for players to try out their cross-country builds. As the name goes, this track combines all the elements that can be combined in an off-road race to put together the ultimate set of tarmac stretches, dirt, grass, jumps, and water in a single, lapped course. Cross-Country enthusiasts will have a great time racing this course in their favorite off-road cars, and it also makes for a great test track.
The aesthetic of the track is great for racing enthusiasts too. It's a very realistic off-road racecourse with audience stands, wooden ramps, and terrain. It's a great course for challenging a player's off-road racing skills as well as car-building skills. The overall feel is that of an off-road exhibition race or rally event.
6 Custom Hot Wheels City - Twisted Knot
Share Code - 133 408 635
This is a blueprint for Hot Wheels enthusiasts. The creator, Twisted Knot has recreated a childhood dream for many Hot Wheels fans by building a fully explorable Hot Wheels-themed city, with meticulous attention to detail and patience. According to their claim in the track description, this blueprint took 40 hours to build and includes a ton of exciting stuff to explore. The Hot Wheels expansion has added a plethora of resources that can be used to build some gorgeous blueprints on Event Lab and this one makes use of all of them.
The blueprint features fuel stations, skyscrapers, parking lots, theme parks, stunt zones, and loads of exciting areas to explore that will bring out the child in many players that enjoyed building and playing around in Hot Wheels cities with their toy cars.
5 Neon Slopes Circuit - HONZ12
Share Code - 134 070 839
Among the most classic arcade racing experience is racing around a retrofuturist-themed neon-lit racetrack and that is exactly what this blueprint by HONZ12 does. It's a racetrack that feels like a night race from Need for Speed Underground. It's one of the best-designed, aesthetically enjoyable blueprints in the Event Lab.
The course feels like a street circuit of sorts through neon-lit roads, tunnels, and fan stands. The picturesque, cyberpunk feel of the blueprint also makes for some great photo mode shots as well.
4 Monte Carlo Rally Stage - Horizon Apex
Share Code - 934 043 713
Rally Racing games are all the rage right now, with the likes of WRC 2.0 and the DIRT and DIRT Rally series of games being among the most popular racing games out there. Among the most brilliant aspects of Forza Horizon 5 is the fact that it serves as a playground for racing game enthusiasts of all types, rally racers included. The game's open world map in Mexico serves as a great location for Rally Racing
This blueprint makes the most of that, particularly the hill climb road in the La Gran Caldera region. It's one of the vanilla blueprints by the creator, Horizon Apex, and it is set up to feel like a Rally Stage at the Monte Carlo hill climb. A narrow road with hairpins and gorgeous views at higher altitudes set up for a scenic, yet enjoyable drive atop the mountain.
3 Japanese Togue (Rain) - Z1RCUS
Share Code - 311 271 601
This is a blueprint that takes inspiration from Initial D, which is considered the greatest racing anime of all-time. Fans of the Initial D anime will absolutely love this Event Lab blueprint. There's something quite exhilarating about driving a Japanese sports car on a hill climb togue road. These cars are known to handle really well and drive past corners at breakneck speed. The Japanese Togue blueprint by Z1RCUS is an excellent way to experience this.
A narrow, scenic uphill road with hairpin curves and beautifully designed and placed fences along the edge make this the perfect track for players to recreate and enjoy their very own Initial D experience.
2 Aircraft Carrier Drift - THEAVIATOR1024
Share Code - 216 766 099
This one is easily among the most impressive EventsLab blueprints in Forza Horizon 5 and that's not just because the architect has recreated a replica of a Nimitz Class Aircraft Carrier using nothing but Event Lab resources. It's a callback to one of BMW's most entertaining promo videos. They filmed a video of a BMW M4 drifting around on an Aircraft Carrier and the video went viral, simply because of the sheer spectacle of it.
This Event Lab blueprint gives Forza Horizon 5 players a chance to drift their dream car on an in-game recreation of the USS Theodore Roosevelt, a Nimitz Class Aircraft Carrier. Players can even attempt to recreate the BMW video using this blueprint because the 2014 BMW M4 is a drivable car in-game.
1 Forza Meets NFS 2015/Night - VEIXITY
Share Code - 119 028 429
While the 2015 Need For Speed game wasn't the most well-received game in the long-running franchise of cult-favorite racing games, it is one of the prettiest. The street racing setup where players participate in illegal races at night in modified cars delivers a thrilling racing experience. Racing around in built-up locations like shipyards and construction sites feels great and also looks entertaining.
VEIXITY has found a way to combine Forza Horizon 5's beautiful graphics and the look and feel of Need for Speed 2015. Using props like narrow tunnels, ship containers and streetlights, their blueprint replicates a stunning, splitting image of Need for Speed's underground racing scenario. Adding to that, the fact that Forza Horizon 5 has a plethora of cars to choose from, and this becomes a winning formula for players to experience Need For Speed racing in a completely different video game.