As confirmed at this year's Xbox and Bethesda showcase at E3 2021, the new Forza Horizon 5 will be released on the Xbox Series X and S on November 9, 2021. As expected, the game will be an Xbox exclusive and will be available on Xbox Game Pass on the day of release.

According to Mike Brown, principal game designer at Playground Game, "Forza Horizon 5" will be the largest and "most beautiful Forza open-world game to date." In order to faithfully recreate Mexico, the "Forza" developers even shot real Mexican landscapes in HDR for 24 hours to use as the foundation for the in-game environments.

The stunning in-game footage shows players cruising through a variety of Mexican landscapes, including cities, beaches, deserts, canyons, and rainforests, either alone or with friends.

According to Brown, "Forza Horizon 5" will introduce "Forza Link," a cooperative assistant that will help players form cooperative teams by sharing objectives and GPS directions during expeditions.

Xbox's E3 presentation also offered a glimpse of some of the vehicles that will appear in the new game, including the Off-Road Dune Buggy, the Mercedes-AMG Project ONE Forza edition, and the iconic Mitsubishi Lancer.

"Forza Horizon 5" features several game modes, including a story campaign and a battle royale mode called "The Eliminator." Additionally, drivers can compete in a team-based game mode called "Pinata Pop," in which they must stomp as many pinatas as possible within a certain amount of time.

Playground Games also confirmed that "Forza Horizon 5" will feature "Stadium," a game mode that allows players to design their own mini-games by modifying the rules and creating their own custom maps using in-game assets. The company also confirmed that "Stadium" will be a game mode that will allow players to design their own mini-games. This appears to be a remix of similar ideas found in GTA Online.

Since we last voted "Forza Horizon 4" as one of the top three best games of the Xbox Series X in our general election of the best Xbox games, we have high hopes for "Forza Horizon 5." In our review of "Forza Horizon 4," we called it "the best Xbox arcade racer. He also presented it with an Editor's Choice badge.

And if you're looking forward to other games to be announced in the coming days, check out our E3 2021 schedule.