Forza Horizon 5's Hot Wheels expansion pack has been officially revealed and is launching July 19.
Forza Motorsport wasn't the only Forza game to be showcased during the Xbox and Bethesda presentation, as Playground Games officially revealed the Hot Wheels expansion coming to the game next month.
The trailer for the Hot Wheels expansion showed that there was a greater focus on speed than in the base game, which was then confirmed through a blog post on Xbox Wire, "The new Horizon Hot Wheels Park has some of the fastest, most extreme tracks ever in a Horizon game, including more than 200 kilometres (that’s around 125 miles for our non-metric friends) of twisting, looping iconic orange track."
The blog post also confirmed that the Hot Wheels expansion will feature open-world elements as well as new gameplay additions like magnet, ice, water flume, and rumble tracks. It'll also feature four new biomes, including Giant's Canyon, Ice Cauldron, Forest Falls, and Horizon Nexus.
Another feature that'll be introduced in the Hot Wheels expansions is buildable maps. The blog post reveals that players can, "design, build, and share your own Hot Wheels adventure with over 80 distinct, snappable track pieces".
The Hot Wheels expansion pack is one of the few things from the Xbox and Bethesda showcase to have leaked before it could be officially revealed. Earlier in the week, the Steam page for Forza Horizon 5 revealed details on the expansion, including key art that confirmed that it's another Hot Wheels crossover. This was speculated to be the case before the game's launch, thanks to some Hot Wheels toys that were made in collaboration with Forza Horizon.
Forza Horizon is well known for its expansion pack crossovers. Forza Horizon 4 featured a crossover with Lego that gave everything a blocky makeover and even added in the "Everything is Awesome" song from The Lego Movie. This isn't the first time that Forza Horizon has teamed up with Hot Wheels either, as one of the expansion packs for Forza Horizon 3 was also themed around the iconic toy car line.