A class Cross Country is the home of the Festival Playlist's Unlimited Offroad championships (Country Living is the current one). Suspension travel, AWD traction and weight that can soak landings beat raw horsepower here. The picks below all sit natively in A class and survive the big jumps without bottoming out.
Cross Country events score on average speed across mixed terrain plus jump sections, not corner apex. Long-travel offroad chassis, AWD and a wide power band are weighted over chassis stiffness or aero. Trucks and SUVs with race or rally-raid parts in their build lists rank highest; sleeper road cars sit in the honorable mentions.
Purpose-built Ultra4 chassis at A 644. Suspension travel is the asset here; landings that fold lesser builds barely register. Among the easiest cars in the game to drive at speed on Cross Country.
Strengths
+Largest suspension envelope in A class
+AWD with strong off-throttle composure
Weaknesses
-Brakes need shoring up; stock package is the weak link FH6's new brake model exposes
Hellcat-swap Wrangler concept. Same suspension philosophy as the Bronco with more torque, slightly more weight, and a chassis that loves rotation out of slow corners.
Strengths
+Best mid-corner rotation of the trucks
+Massive torque carries through deep ruts
Weaknesses
-Heavier nose; needs a soft front spring tune to stay flat over crests
The cheat code A-class sleeper. Stock 707 hp and AWD; with offroad tyres and a suspension lift it punches above its weight on the long, fast Cross Country layouts.
Strengths
+Endless straight-line speed for an A-class CC build
+Stock AWD distribution is friendly under throttle
Weaknesses
-2427 kg of weight; big jumps and tight rhythm sections punish it
Twin-turbo V8 AWD luxury super-SUV. The Urus rewards smoother inputs than the Trailcat or Trackhawk and is the fastest pick on the smoother Cross Country circuits.
Strengths
+Best handling balance among the SUVs
+Carries speed through long sweepers
Weaknesses
-Less suspension travel than the rally-raid trucks; do not pick for the rough jump-heavy routes
Pro 4 short-course truck. AWD, long-travel and 846 hp at 1964 kg. The fastest car on this list in a straight line on rough surface; trickier to drive than the Ultra4 Bronco at full throttle.
Strengths
+Highest power-to-weight of the trucks
+Built specifically for short-course CC layouts
Weaknesses
-Twitchier balance under throttle; not a beginner pick
Trophy Truck spec at A 613 but RWD. Magical in the air, harder to keep tidy through technical sections than the AWD trucks. Pick when the event is jump-heavy.
Road-biased SUV. Suspension travel and tyre clearance are the limits; great for mixed Road/CC freeroam but the Trackhawk is the better A-class race pick.
Real-world specs (engine, drivetrain, power, weight) come from the Forza Wiki and manufacturer data; in-game class and PI are stock values that may shift with game updates. Rankings reflect FH6 early-meta reads and are revisited each Series reset.
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