Forza Horizon 6 glossary
New to Horizon, or just unsure what an acronym means? Here are the terms you will see most in Forza Horizon 6, in plain English.
Cars and performance
- Performance Index (PI)
- A single rating from 100 to 999 and up that sums a car's performance and sets its class.
- Class
- The PI band a car sits in: D, C, B, A, S1, S2 or the new R class. Events are usually capped by class.
- Drivetrain
- How power reaches the wheels: front (FWD), rear (RWD) or all four (AWD).
- Stock
- A car in its factory specification, before any upgrades or tuning.
- Tuning
- Adjusting settings like springs, gearing, alignment and the differential to change how a car drives.
Festival Playlist
- Festival Playlist
- The rotating set of weekly challenges that hands out the rarest cars and a big share of rewards.
- Series
- A roughly four week content cycle made of four weekly Seasons.
- Season
- A one week slice of a Series that changes the weather and surface conditions: Summer, Autumn, Winter or Spring.
- Forzathon
- In-game challenges, including weekly objectives, that award progress and Forzathon Points.
- Forzathon Points (FP)
- A currency earned from Forzathon activities, spent in the Forzathon Shop on cars and items.
- Playlist History
- A Forza Horizon 6 reward track for points earned across many Series, designed to reduce fear of missing out.
Economy and rewards
- Credits (CR)
- The main currency, used to buy and upgrade cars.
- Wheelspin
- A reward spin that pays out a car, credits or cosmetics.
- Super Wheelspin
- A bigger wheelspin that gives three rewards at once.
- Auction House
- A marketplace where players buy and sell cars for credits.
- Accolades
- Milestone objectives across the whole game that reward credits, cars and cosmetics as you play.
- Car Mastery
- A per-car perk tree, unlocked with skill points, that grants bonuses, credits and wheelspins.
Modes and events
- EventLab
- The in-game creator for custom races, games and routes.
- Rivals
- Time-trial events with leaderboards where you chase faster times.
- The Trial
- A co-op championship where a team of players races against tougher AI.
- Horizon Open
- Casual online multiplayer playlists you can drop into with other players.
- PR Stunts
- Skill challenges on the map: Speed Zones, Speed Traps, Drift Zones and Danger Signs.
- Goliath
- The longest circuit race on the map, a marathon lap around much of Japan.
- Barn Find
- A hidden classic car discovered by following a rumour to a location, then restored for free.
Driving and skills
- Skill chain
- A combo of skills like drifts, near misses and jumps strung together for a rising multiplier.
- Banking
- Locking in a skill chain's points before a crash or stop resets the combo.