Forza Horizon 5 Formula Drift Pack (DLC)

I want to be straight with you before you click purchase: the first question with this DLC isn't whether the cars are good, it's whether you already own them. If you picked up the Deluxe, Premium, or any edition that bundles the Car Pass, these eight machines are sitting in your garage right now at no extra cost. The Formula Drift Pack is also folded into the Car Pass and the Premium Add-Ons Bundle, so there's a real chance this is a duplicate purchase waiting to happen. Check first. For the minority of players on the Standard Edition who genuinely want these specific cars and nothing else, the pack has a clear identity. All eight vehicles are based on real competition cars from the American Formula Drift series - we're talking the 1995 Toyota Supra MkIV wearing race livery, the 2020 BMW M2, a 2009 Mazda RX-8 running what may be the only triple-rotor engine in the entire game, a 2020 Toyota GR Supra, a 2017 Chevrolet Corvette Z06, a 2019 Toyota Corolla Hatchback that absolutely should not be as fast as it is, and two cars from Chris Forsberg's own Forsberg Racing team - his 1975 Nissan Datsun 280Z and a 2010 Toyota Camry that has no business drifting but absolutely does. The cars come tuned out of the box for sliding, which means even casual players can point them at a drift zone and start racking up skill points without opening a single tuning menu. On the driving side, FH5's drift zones and skill chains are a great playground for this roster. The Supra and RX-8 in particular sound genuinely distinctive - the rotary note on that RX-8 is a nice touch from Playground Games that rewards anyone who cares about audio fidelity. These cars also carry modifications that aren't available on their standard Autoshow counterparts, so for collectors and livery painters who care about authenticity to the real FD paddock, that matters. For a drift-focused online session with friends, loading into EventLab drift events with these machines is legitimately entertaining. The honest downside is scope. This is eight cars in a game that already has over 800 vehicles. It adds nothing to the world, no events, no story beats, no new locations. If you're weighing this against the Car Pass (which brings 42 cars) the standalone pack is a harder sell unless you're specifically here for the Formula Drift branding and the competition-spec builds that come with it. The pack carries a solid if unspectacular 76% positive rating on Steam, which feels about right - fans of the real-world series will be happy, everyone else will probably shrug. Bottom line for Standard Edition owners who love drifting and follow Formula Drift as a sport: this is a tight, well-curated pack of purpose-built competition cars that play to FH5's strengths on controller and wheel alike. For everyone else, go check what's already in your library first.

Riley · Scout Team

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