The fact thatForza Horizon 5would be getting two major expansion packs over the course of its lifetime was known from the very start. Not only does the game’s season pass (Expansions Bundle) specifically spell this out, but Playground Games' racing franchise has a set precedent for its DLC plan, with each new release getting exactly two post-launch expansions at some point in time.
Curiously, Playground Games has been rather quiet on that front, andForza Horizon 5players had virtually no idea what the game’s first DLC might focus on. Now, however, that seems to be changing, as the game’s official Steam page just leakedFH5’s expansion 1, which seems to be another Hot Wheels DLC.
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Though the leak forForza Horizon 5’s first major DLCwas pulled back almost immediately, the page was backed up via a web archiving service, allowing users to share the link between them, should anybody be interested in checking the page out. That said, there’s not much to this leak at all. The only significant piece of information was its Hot Wheels subject matter, since that was shown off as part of the special banner featured at the top of the page.
This leak is particularly surprising not just because the recentHot Wheels Unleashedis a rather successful release, but also becauseForza Horizon 3already had its own Hot Wheels expansion pack. Its successor, on the other hand, received a LEGO-themed racing DLC, and the expectation was that Playground Games would come up with a different companion IP forForza Horizon 5.
With that in mind, it seems that one of thebest open-world racing games on the marketis getting its wacky DLC early on this time around. WhereasFH3andFH4first received their “serious” expansion packs, only to follow them up with arcade collaboration releases later on, Playground Games seems to be doing things the other way around in this case. The Hot Wheels expansion pack is yet to be announced in an official capacity, too, which means it’s got no release date at this time, either.
Finally, it may be worth pointing out that the splash screen itself doesn’t seem to feature an existing Mexican location from the baseFH5game, but rather like a racing amusement park of some sort, perhaps. Whatever the case may be, players that are hoping to start farming the unique Hot Wheels replicas as soon as the DLC launches may wish to look intogetting unlimited Wheelspins inForza Horizon 5, too.
Forza Horizon 5is available now on PC, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.
