- Estimated achievement difficulty: 8/10 [Achievement Difficulty Rating]
- Offline: 44 [1000

- Online: 9 [although you could argue the seasonal stuff is online as well - I've also included the UGC stuff in this count]
- Approximate amount of time to 1000

- Minimum number of playthroughs needed: 1
- Missable achievements: None
- Does difficulty affect achievements: Only Unbeatable Triumph (30G)
- Unobtainable/glitched achievements: None
- DLC: Series 10 Title Update
- Difficulty: 4/10
- Time to 130
: 20-30 Hours
- Unobtainable: None
- DLC: Horizon 10-Year Anniversary
- Difficulty: 2/10
- Time to 150
: 2-5 Hours
- Unobtainable: None
- DLC: Rally Adventure
- Difficulty: 5/10
- Time to 500
: 6-8 Hours
- Unobtainable: None
Introduction:
Forza Horizon 5 is the latest masterpiece in open-world racing from Playground Games. While the completion is significantly shorter than other games in the franchise, there are some achievements that are quite difficult, and are largely based on who you get matched up again in online games.
Abbreviated Walkthrough:
There is no right or wrong way to approach the Forza Horizon 5 achievement list, so all I can do is offer advice: complete all the main events first (all the events on the Horizon Adventure map), as this will not only give you cars and Wheelspins along the way to help with some of the other achievements, but it'll also give you a ton of cash and you'll fly through the levels too - again, helping you with the other achievements. By the time you've done all the races in the main adventure you'll pretty much be in the Hall of Fame, and then it's just a matter of mopping up the photo achievements and the PR events. And then of course you can turn your attention to the online achievements and beating the Unbeatable Drivatars. Gulp! Good luck!
Mop-Up:
Most of Forza is just mopping up, to be honest, due to the open-world nature of the game. Definitely focus on the more offline achievements first (although you can play the whole game in co-op, so that kind of makes the whole game online) before heading online. For one, it's good practice, and two, it'll give you a nice garage of cars to compete with on multiple levels.
The Series 10 DLC adds new race events, a badge system, new challenges and of course cars! The new achievements for this DLC mostly focus on the Horizon Open online mode and the new Horizon Story. Most of your time will be spent grinding Horizon Open levels to reach level 10 [for Another One Bites the Dust (30G)]. Luckily, there are additional achievements related to the Horizon Open mode, so at least you'll be unlocking some others along your grind!
The Horizon 10-Year Anniversary DLC adds new race events, two new Horizon stories and even more cars! The new achievements for this DLC mostly focus on the new Horizon stories and the new Midnight Battle race events. This is a straight forward update that may require a bit of replay to full complete the Horizon story, but otherwise it is a quick and painless completion!
Overall Conclusion:
Forza Horizon 5, when it comes to recent Forza games, is probably the hardest (achievement-wise) for quite a few years, but it's so much fun and is bloody brilliant, so play it, enjoy it, soak up Mexico, and get some achievements along the way. Sure, winning an Eliminator and beating the Unbeatable Drivatars is a bit of a pain (without our cool, cool tips!), as can be winning races online, but whatever happens, you'll have so much fun along the way anyway, and that's what matters!
[XBA would like to thank UntilTammaroYT for the DLC Roadmaps]