The fifth installment of the Forza Horizon title was an instant hit, attracting over ten million players within a week of its release. Forza Horizon 5 is based in Mexico. The colossal map features an active volcano, urban areas, beaches, jungles, and temples. Players can explore the world freely, participating in the many challenges, events, and races, or engage in multiplayer events.
The game has hundreds of cars for you to drive. Forza Horizon’s developers, Playground Games, have done an excellent job styling the cars to look as close as possible to their real-world equivalents. Thanks to Forza Horizon 5, you can get an inkling of how driving your dream car along the Mexican coast might feel.
Winning in Forza Horizon 5 has much to do with speed: driving the fastest car in a race increases your chances of victory. We’ve helped you out by compiling a list of the 10 fastest cars in Forza Horizon 5.
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10 Bugatti Divo: 236 MPH
Underneath the aerodynamic exterior of a Bugatti Divo lies the powertrain of a Bugatti Chiron. The quad-turbo W-16 engine inside the Divo churns out 1,500 horsepower, accelerating the hypercar from zero to 62 MPH in only 2.4 seconds. The Divo differs from the Chiron in that Bugatti made it to conquer tracks, not drag races. Bugatti sourced the name Divo from racing driver Albert Divo, a Frenchman who raced for Bugatti in the early 20th century.
The Divo’s features - fixed 1.8-meter rear wing, dorsal fin channeling air to the rear, refined side skirts, stiff suspension, and the prominent chin spoiler - are designed to make the Chiron a track-day maestro. Adding downforce, which facilitates cornering, makes a car draggier and, therefore, slow on the straights. Regardless, the Divo is no slouch, hitting a top speed of 236 MPH.
9 Ultima Evolution Coupe 1020: 240 MPH
The Ultima Evolution Coupe is a unique car in the speed contest. It has no clever electrical system, fancy gearbox, or an all-wheel-drive layout. Yet, using a manual transmission and sending all its 1020 horsepower to the rear wheels, the Ultima can accelerate from a dead stop to 60 MPH in 2.3 seconds. The Ultima tops out at 240 MPH.
The vehicle’s lightweight construction - a fiberglass and carbon fiber body - allows it to reach such heights. It's front splitter and large rear wing add downforce, preventing the lightweight Ultima from lifting off. Ultima placed the monstrous supercharged V-8 powering the Evolution Coupe in the middle, lowering the center of gravity, which facilitates handling. The vehicle’s triple headlight system makes the Evolution Coupe the perfect car for nighttime races in Forza Horizon 5.
8 Hoonicorn Ford Mustang: 250 MPH
The late Ken Block took a 1965 Mustang and turned it into a flame-spitting, 1,400 horsepower beast he named the Hoonicorn. Block’s original Hoonicorn, the V1, had a V-8 engine that produced 845 horsepower. The vehicle took the world by storm. However, it couldn’t compare to the V2, which featured a monster twin-turbo 6.7-liter V8. Block described the Hoonicorn V2 as the ‘most frightening’ car he’d ever driven.
The Hoonicorn V2 in Forza Horizon 5 tops out at 250 MPH. However, in real-life, Ken Block’s most memorable creation could hit speeds of 255 MPH.
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7 McLaren Speedtail: 250 MPH
The McLaren Speedtail is the fastest McLaren ever built. Its hybrid powertrain, consisting of an electric motor and 4.0-liter V-8, produces a mammoth 1035 horsepower. The vehicle’s active dynamics can lower the car, improving acceleration - the Speedtail accelerates from 0-186 mph in a mightily impressive 13 seconds. Its futuristic body and streamlined design allow it to cut through the air, achieving a top speed of 250 MPH.
The static carbon fiber covers on the front wheels may look weird, but they serve a crucial function: reducing drag. Given the Speedtails speed and ultra-modern design, McLaren’s fastest car should be a popular choice in the game.
6 Bugatti Veyron Super Sport: 267 MPH
The Bugatti Veyron Super Sport was unveiled in 2010, sporting an 8.0-liter engine that produced 1,183 horsepower and 1106 pound-feet. Compared to the Standard Veyron, the Super Sport was lighter, featured larger turbos and intercoolers, and had stiffer suspension. Other improvements to the car included a revised aero package and a double diffuser.
Bugatti was on a mission to reclaim the production vehicle land speed record - 256.23 MPH, at the time - set in 2007 by the SSC Ultimate Aero. The French manufacturer achieved its objective, smashing the record by 12 MPH. The Super Sport’s average speed over two runs at Volkswagen’s Ehra-Lessien test track was 267.8 MPH. Bugatti electronically capped the top speeds of the cars it sold at 258 MPH.
5 Bugatti Chiron: 269 MPH
The Chiron and Veyron share a similar engine, but the one in the Chiron produces 1,500 horsepower and 1,600 pound-feet. It accelerates from zero to 186 MPH in 13.6 seconds. During a test conducted in 2017, the Chiron accelerated from a dead stop to 249 MPH in 32.6 seconds before decelerating to zero in 9.4 seconds. The Chiron’s driver during the test, former Formula 1 driver Juan Pablo Montoya, said he was impressed by the vehicle’s stability, consistency, acceleration, and braking.
In real life, the Chiron’s top speed is 261 MPH; in the game, it does 269 MPH.
In truth, the Chiron’s ultimate top speed is something of a mystery. Bugatti electronically limited the cars top speed to 261 MPH as a safety measure: tire manufacturers hadn’t developed a street tire capable of handling the forces generated at speeds nearing 300 MPH. Nevertheless, the Bugatti’s speedometer reads up to 310 MPH, suggesting that with the right tire, the Chiron could eclipse its 261 MPH peak by a considerable margin.
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4 Hennessey Venom GT: 270 MPH
The Hennessey Venom GT looks like the Lotus Exige’s bigger brother: the vehicle’s manufacturer, Hennessey Performance Engineering, based the lightning-quick Hennessey on the nimble Lotus Exige. A 7.0-liter twin-turbocharged V-8 producing 1,244 horsepower propels the super-lightweight Venom GT from zero to 60 MPH in a little under 2.8 seconds. The Venom GT’s acceleration staggered the world in January 2013 when it accelerated from zero to 186 MPH in 13.63 seconds, setting a world record.
In February 2014, test driver Brian Smith hit 270.49 MPH in a Venom GT during a test at the Kennedy Space Center. The Venom GT achieves such speeds because it has a 1:1 power-to-weight ratio.
3 Koenigsegg One:1 :273 MPH
Koenigsegg named this vehicle One: 1 in reference to its 1:1 power-to-weight ratio. It features a tuned version of the engine in the Agera R, producing 1,341 horsepower. Koenigsegg also refers to the One: 1 as the ‘world’s first megacar’, as the engine’s power output equals one megawatt. Koenigsegg alleged that it designed the One:1 engine to produce 1,500 horsepower. However, they had to de-tune it to improve drivability.
The One:1 is a track-focused variant of the Agera. Therefore, it handles well on track and in the game. The One:1 is also a bullet on the straights, maxing out at 273 MPH.
2 Koenigsegg Agera RS: 277 MPH
The Agera RS is an amalgamation of the Agera R, Agera S, and the One:1. The 5.0-liter V-8 in the RS produces 1,176 horsepower, which can be boosted to One:1 figures (1341 horsepower) via the 1MW upgrade. Like the One:1, the lightweight Agera S was optimized for track performance. With the 1MW upgrade, the Agera RS accelerates from 0-60 MPH in under 2.9 seconds; it takes the vehicle under seven seconds to reach 124 MPH from a dead stop.
Koenigsegg tested the Agera RS’s top speed on a closed road in Nevada in November 2017. The average speed from two runs was 277.9 mph, which beat the Bugatti Super Sport’s record of 267 MPH. Given its supreme handling and mind-numbing straight-line speed, the RS is a driver’s dream in Forza Horizon 5.
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1 Koenigsegg Jesko: 300 MPH
Christian von Koenigsegg named the manufacturer’s fastest vehicle after his father, Jesko, who helped a 22-year-old Christian achieve his dream of owning and building a supercar company. Koenigsegg’s founder went to great lengths to hide the vehicle’s true name before its launch, even having the PR team create a fake press release for his father.
The Jesko comes in two versions: the Absolut, designed for top speed, and the Attack, built for the track. The track-focused version features in Forza Horizon 5, but the Absolut doesn’t. It’s powered by a 5.0-liter V-8 engine producing 1281 horsepower on gasoline and 1,603 horsepower on E85 biofuel.
Despite its track-focused nature, the Attack is a beast in a straight line, achieving speeds of 300 MPH+. In the game, you can drive the Jesko beyond 300MPH. However, in real life, no one has driven the Jesko past 300 MPH. Koenigsegg insists that it can go beyond 300 MPH, but, for now, that figure is theoretical.
