Forza Horizon 5 was developed by Playground Games in 2021 for Microsoft consoles, including Windows, the Xbox Series X/S, and Xbox One. It had the biggest initial release of any Xbox Game Studios production, with 10 million players racing on the track in its first week. It made a great showing at The Game Awards in 2021 as well.
Not all cars in the game are made equal, however. Continue reading to learn about the 8 most expensive cars in Forza Horizon 5, including the features that make them expensive in the game and the designs that make them valuable in real life too.
8. McLaren F1 GT
Year: 1997
Speed: 8.4
Class: S1
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The McLaren F1 GT may be on the bottom end of the most expensive cars in Forza Horizon 5, but it’s one of the fastest cars in the game, rated for speed at 8.4. They were a production car made in 1997 in the United Kingdom to compete at the 24 Hours at Le Mans, an endurance race in France that is one of the most important in the world to win.
The GT variation of this car has a design that emphasizes aerodynamics with its long tail and sleek profile that cuts the wind at the car’s back like a true supercar. In the 1997 race, it won second and third place for this road-going version of the signature racer. The car is worth 15 million in-game credits.
Did you know?
Since Forza Motorsport 2, the McLaren F1 GT has been in every Forza game except for the fifth Forza Motorsport.
7. Auto Union Type D
Year: 1939
Speed: 8.4
Class: B
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The Audi Union Type D, manufactured in 1939, might be the most valuable car ever sold at a Christie’s car auction. It was valued at $12 million but sold for more, in an amount that was not disclosed. The car was made by Ferdinand Porsche with a rear-engine design, a twin-supercharger V12 engine that was so powerful it presented construction issues.
In Forza Horizon 5, the Auto Union Type D is one of the fastest cars in the game, with a speed rating of 8.4, clocking in at over 228 mph. With mods, this car can get even faster. Owning it in the game costs about as much as it does in real life at 15 million credits.
Did you know?
These Auto Union Type Ds were so fast and powerful that the Soviet Union bought them to dismember and study their secrets. After World War II, the Russian Army claimed any Auto Union Type Ds it could find as spoils of war.
6. Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa
Year: 1957
Speed: 6.3
Class: B
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The Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa is one of the priciest cars in Forza Horizon 5, costing 16.4 million in-game credits. It has a speed rating of 6.3 and 4.5 acceleration. In real life, a Testa Rossa Ferrari can sell for as much as $39 million. Even virtually, this is one of the most expensive Ferraris you can buy.
It was produced from 1957 to 1961, made by Ferrari’s army of skilled designers led by Pinin Farina. They also included Fantuzzi, Scaglietti, Giotto Bizzarrini, and Carlo Chiti.
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The 250 Testa Rossa is one of the racing world’s most decorated cars, with 10 total World Sports Car Championships under its belt. It won the 12 Hours of Sebring race in 1958, 1959, and 1961, the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1958, 1960, and 1961, the 1000 Km Buenos Aires for 1958 and 1960, the Pescara 4 Hours race in 1961, and the Targo Florio in 1958.
5. Ferrari 250 California
Year: 1957
Speed: 5.4
Class: C
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The Ferrari 250 California is one of the most famed Ferrari of all time, as well as one of the most luxurious. This grand tourer comes equipped with a 3.0 liter naturally aspirated V12 engine capable of putting out 262 bhp. This 1957 beauty has a speed rating of 5.4.
The Italian car manufacturer aimed this car directly at the high-class car market in the U.S. West, hence the name “California.” It was created by John von Neumann and Luigi Chinetti, American distributors for Ferrari who wanted to give the taste of the Tour de France to the road cars of the states.
In Forza Horizon 5, the Ferrari 250 California is worth 18.5 million credits.
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Scaglietti is famed for his steel coaches for the Ferrari racecars. With a body less than 2,400 pounds in weight, the Ferrari 250 California is one of the nimblest cars on the race track circa 1957.
4. Mercedes Benz W154
Year: 1939
Speed: 7.9
Class: B
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The Mercedes-Benz W154 is among the fastest cars in the game, with a speed rating of 7.9. The car’s design goes back to 1939 Germany, when super cars were built like straight bullets. It’s available in Forza Horizon 5 for 20 million credits.
The European Championship at the time introduced a new rule excluding cars with more than a 3.0-liter engine if they had a supercharger, which is why this car has exactly that (V12). These supercars constantly qualified for the Grand Prix, often helmed by racing giants like Rudolf Caracciola, also known as “Rainmaster.”
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The Mercedes-Benz W154 was designed by Max Sailer and Rudolf Uhlenhaut. Caracciola, one of the most famous German racing drivers ever, took the W154 to the European Drivers’ Championship, which before 1950 was the racing world’s equivalent of the Formula One World Championship.
3. Jaguar D-Type
Year: 1956
Speed: 5.6
Class: B
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The Jaguar D-Type is a 1956 supercar that is known as one of the rarest and most coveted cars in real life and in Forza. With a speed rating of 5.6, the D-Type is not the fastest car in the game, but it will get you where you need to go with a top speed of around 155 mph, before modifications.
This car screams the 1950s with that classic Jaguar design, manufactured in real life between 1954 and 1957 to win the 24 Hours of Le Mans racing event. It had a straight-6 XK engine that powered it to victory. In Forza, the car costs a cool 22 million CR.
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The race known as the 24 Hours of Le Mans is one of the most competitive races in the world. It’s an endurance test for the sports cars and their drivers across a fixed-distance track of countryside that includes public roads and constructed track.
Le Mans, which has been going since 1911, is one point of the Triple Crown of Motorsport, which everyone wants to win but only one driver, Graham Hill, has ever done. The other races are the Indy 500 and Monaco Grand Prix.
2. Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupe
Year: 1965
Speed: 6.7
Class: B
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The Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupe is a serious investment, almost nabbing the top spot in super-expensive Forza Horizon 5 glory. The iconic white Shelby racing stripes scream the mid-60s as you roar down the track in your simulated V8 engine.
The car has a native top speed of 183 mph, so it begs to be upgraded. Even still, it will never be the fastest car in Forza. But what it does have is incredible handling and stability, being able to take a sharp corner even in wet conditions and totally in control in ideal ones.
This car is worth 30 million credits in the game.
Did you know?
The famous Shelby Cobra (known everywhere else as the AC Cobra) is a British automotive designer and racer who brought the car to America through Shelby American. You may know him as the Matt Damon part from the recent film, Ford v Ferrari.
1. Ferrari 250 GTO
Year: 1962
Speed: 6.4
Class: B
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The most expensive car in Forza Horizon 5 is the Ferrari 250 GTO. This is fitting since it’s well-known as the most expensive Ferrari in reality, as well as one of the most coveted luxury supercars of any brand, anywhere. Even in the game, it costs 50 million credits, easily beating every other model.
Despite its price, it starts with comparatively low specs, with decent acceleration but handling that can’t handle (literally) a turn on a wet road. Stick to dry circuit races with broader turns if you want to get the most from your lavish purchase of the hot-rod red Ferrari 250 GTO.
Did you know?
Only 36 of the real Ferrari 250 GTOs were ever made, manufactured between 1962 and 1964. It cost $18,000 when it was new, but the car now rated the “hottest of all time” by Popular Mechanics is now worth $70 million at least.
