Forza Horizon 5 Location: Mexico map, scenery, news, release date & more

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Forza Horizon 5 has finally been announced by Playground Games and Xbox.

Taking centre stage at E3 2021, the massive open-world racer revealed plenty to fans at long last.

Including the much debated and rumoured location of the next festival.

Latest news - Full map revealed

In the latest Let's Go! stream the Playground team revealed the full map to us all at last.

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Forza Horizon 5 location

After much speculation and many rumours, the location of Forza Horizon 5 has finally been announced.

We're heading south of the border to Mexico!

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Set to be the biggest map yet, Forza Horizon 5 will take us around Mexico and give players a wide variety of locations and points of interest.

The hills are alive with the sound of engines

The reveal trailer showed off plenty of different environments around the Mexican map.

That included an active volcano that is the highest point ever in a Forza Horizon game. There are also open deserts, forests, and coastal towns.

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There was also plenty of open water and stunning scenery on display in the reveal of the game.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYH9n37B7Yw

Forza Horizon 5 release date

Along with an official location reveal, Forza Horizon 5 has an official release date!

Landing on 9 November, 2021 players are in for a fun holiday season. Not only is the game fully built for Xbox Series X|S, it will also be a day 1 title on Xbox Game Pass, so subscribers won't need to buy the title.