Forza Horizon 6 Series 2 Car Pass: Every Car and Whether It's Worth It

If you bought the Premium Edition or the standalone Car Pass, Series 2 Horizon Decades is when four new cars start landing in your garage. The confusing part for a lot of players is sorting out what the Car Pass actually gives you versus the free reward cars everyone keeps talking about. They are not the same thing, and mixing them up is how you end up grinding the Playlist for a car you already own.

Let me lay out exactly what drops, when, and whether the pass earns its money this series.

The four Series 2 Car Pass cars

Car Pass cars release one per week across the four-week series, starting June 18. You do not earn them. You do not spend points on them. On release day they just show up in your garage, fully owned, as long as you have the pass.

Here is the schedule for Series 2, confirmed on the official Forza site:

• June 18 (Summer): 2023 Audi R8 Coupé V10 GT RWD
• June 25 (Autumn): 1974 Mazda #123 Mad Mike 808 Wagon “FURSTY”
• July 2 (Winter): 1998 Nissan Skyline GT-R 40th Anniversary
• July 9 (Spring): 2023 Toyota GR Corolla

That is the full Series 2 list. Four cars, one per Thursday rollover, with the last one arriving July 9 and the series itself closing July 16.

Car Pass versus free reward cars

This is the bit that trips people up, so I want to be blunt about it.

The Car Pass is paid. Its cars are tied to dates, not effort. You could leave the game closed all month and they would still be sitting in your garage waiting when you come back, provided the date has passed.

The Festival Playlist reward cars are free for everyone, Car Pass or not. There are 10 of them in Horizon Decades, and you unlock them by banking Festival Playlist points each season. Those points never touch the Car Pass list. If you want the full breakdown of how the points work and which car costs what, my Series 2 reward cars guide walks through it.

So the question is never “which one do I grind for.” The Car Pass cars are bought. The reward cars are earned. Two separate buckets.

Are the Series 2 cars any good?

The lineup leans toward variety over raw meta picks this time, which is on theme for a multi-era series.

The 2023 Audi R8 Coupé V10 GT RWD is the most usable everyday car of the four. A rear-drive R8 with that V10 is a genuinely fun S1 cruiser and corner car, and it slots straight into road and circuit builds without much fuss.

The 2023 Toyota GR Corolla is the practical one. It is a hot hatch with all-wheel drive, so it eats dirt and broken surfaces happily. If you spend time in cross country or rally events, this is the car of the bunch you will actually keep reaching for.

The 1998 Nissan Skyline GT-R 40th Anniversary is the collector pull. R34 Skylines always carry weight with the JDM crowd, and the 40th Anniversary trim is a clean, desirable version to have in the garage. It builds well too, so it is not just a display piece.

The 1974 Mazda Mad Mike 808 Wagon “FURSTY” is the wild card. It is a rotary drift wagon with a livery and a name, the kind of car you pull out specifically to mess around with rather than to win a tour. Love it or shrug at it depending on how much you drift.

Is the Car Pass worth buying for Series 2?

Here is my honest read. If you only care about Series 2, four cars is a thin reason to buy a pass on its own. Two of them, the R8 and the GR Corolla, are cars you will use. The Skyline is a nice-to-have, and the Mad Mike wagon is a novelty.

But the Car Pass is not a per-series purchase. It runs across multiple series, so you are paying once and collecting cars week after week for the life of the pass. Judged that way, Series 2 is a perfectly solid set of four, with no dead weight that requires a specific tune to be drivable. If you were already on the fence, this batch does not push you off it in either direction.

If you do not own the pass and you are budget-conscious, skip it and focus on the free reward cars. Ten free cars a series is the better deal for most players, and the grind to earn them got noticeably faster after the June 15 update reworked progression. My Festival Playlist guide covers how to clear those efficiently.

How to actually claim them

There is genuinely nothing to do beyond owning the pass and logging in. When the release date hits, open the game, and the car is in your garage already. No menu to dig through, no challenge to complete, no points to spend.

If a car has not appeared and the date has clearly passed, the usual fix is to fully close and relaunch the game so it re-syncs entitlements. That is the same thing that resolves most “missing car” reports, alongside the broader save and progression issues some players have hit this launch.

That is the whole Series 2 Car Pass. Four cars, four Thursdays, no grind required. Pair them with the free Horizon Decades reward cars and your garage fills out fast this month.