Reddit discussion thread for suggestions and ideas - https://www.reddit.com/r/forza/comments/r7v0v2/fh5_competitive_car_list_for_online_play/

All tunes are tested on UNBEATABLE AI difficulty

Welcome everyone. New Forza - New Spreadsheet

Please keep in mind that the game is still VERY fresh and new cars will be added as I find them.

I play with Keyboard, Automatic transmission and ABS so these cars are a kickstart for people getting into the game, and not a WR list.

For now, everything will be listed in the Summer tab as I barely know anything about the game.

Please don't post it yet on Reddit. I don't want to get roasted and don't have the time answering on every comment as there will be a lot of "have you tried this <car>"

The Lamborghini Sesto Elemento Forza Edition is the best car in the game at the moment. Not much to say about that. Good car to run Goliath.

You might have heard of the new S1-Road Meta, which is the Honda NSX-R GT. Unfortunately, this is a RWD Car with 1,200 HP. It is one hell of a beast if you can taime it, but it's not very friendly to frive. If you can, good for you.

I don't have too much currency to test all new great cars at the moment, but Don Joewon Song has a good video on that.

Sorry for the lack of updates. I have a lot going on in my private life at the moment and barely have time to play. Family and health comes first :)

I have found 2 other S1-Road alternatives which might trump the Honda NSX-R GT. The 1997 Lotus Elise GT1 handles very well for a RWD car, but it's still an "RWD car". I also found the Jaguar XJR-15 as a speed monster for S1-Road. This thing might actually be OP.

I have finally found a good S1-Dirt car. The Lola T70 is an AWD car and handles like a dream on Dirt tracks. For road it is also fairly decent.

I also picked up the Ford GT which was already broken in Forza Horizon 4. Turns out it's pretty good in FH5 as well. I'm sure other cars will be found as well, but for now - Welcome Back

The 1998 Mercedes AMG CLK GTR is a really good S1 Handling car. I still need to test if the car is as good in rain as in Forza Horizon 4 :)

Like with the FH4 spreadsheet, I have been getting many requests what tuners I use. I've put an end to this question. Tunes will follow.

If you can handle RWD cars, the Lamborghini 1999 Diablo GTR is your new Monaco Madness from FH4, but it's also a good car with AWD.

Remember what I said about handling RWD cars? For B-Class, it doesn't matter at this class doesn't have enough power to make much of a difference.

Okay maybe one. The 2003 Honda S2000 is a great RWD car to handle, but it doesn't perform well on wet. The 1967 Lamborghini Miura P400 is great on rain, but does not even come close to the godly acceleration that Honda S2000 has.

The 2019 Subaru WRX STI S209 works well on Road and Dirt for A-Class. This is a huge benefit for dirt tracks that have a lot of road. The gauntlet has a really large road part and I struggled on it with the Lola T70, due to it not being that great on the road.

Grandma Driving made a video about it which made me try it. The tune is also made by Grandma.

I'm just doing the Festival Playlist when one of the Cross Country Events want me to drive a 4x4 truck. The 2017 RAM 2500 Power Wagon is not just excellent for the event but amazing overall. I tried it with other CC tracks and it rocks. Happy to finally find a good CC car.

This is not even funny. I thought people use the Bone Shaker on Dirt because it is a great road car. Turns out that the players were just bad, which is why I could still beat them. The Bone Shaker is also an excellent dirt racer.

I have done a lot of testing over the weekend, especially meta cars from Forza Horizon 4 as some of those seemed to be good in FH5 as well. Please note, that everything was sort of tested, but is not final yet.

I'm currently a bit low on time to play so I thought, I'll just dump my preliminary info into the sheet and add tunes later.

I have removed 2 cars from the list as new stuff emerged.

Please note, that no RWD cars will be listed here. I might make a dedicated list for players that can handle RWD cars as they are quite good in FH5. This focused mainly of getting into the game and not making a WR car list.

There are rumors going around that the Boneshaker will be banned for A-Class (again). To make up for this, I out in the 2002 Nissan Skyline R34 for A-Class Road as an alternative to the 2019 Subaru WRX STI S209

At least, if the Boneshaker does end up being banned, I didn't had to pay 5-10 million credits for each as you couldn't buy it from the Autoshow in Fh4.

As the current week is all about winter, you might hav noticed, that there is no snow. Even if there is a rain storm on the track, it's not like the cars are completly trash and you have the need for "rain god". For this reason, the Wet and Winter tabs stay hidden, for now.

I might make a second list which will include RWD cars, but I'll do that if I have more time and after the meta has established itself a bit more.

For now, the list is done and I'm quite happy with it. Tunes will follow in the next couple of days.

I have been testing the tunes of "Sepi SP4" lately and they are some of the best. He is a top tier driver and actually has a tune for 80% of the cars that are listed here. I might turn into a fanboy xD

A friend of mine pointed out that he was not able to find a tune. Just because a tune is popular, it doesn't mean it always will be and might just drown in the abyss of other people's tunes.

For that reason, I have replaced the name with the share code of the tuners. I probably should have done so in the first place. :)

I came across a couple of 2002 Koenigsegg CC8S online and tested it myself. It has a slightly bit better acceleration than the Ford GT. It's hard to say which one is better. If you're tired of driving the same car or don't like the Ford GT, take the CC8S

Christmas time is slowly rolling around and besides family stuff, I have lots of things to do.

Online, I have seen the 2005 Ferrari FXX for S1 Class Road and the 1989 Ferrari F40 Competizione for S2 Class Road. They seem to be really promising to make it onto the list, but I haven't been able to test them properly.

I have extensively been testing and comparing the Ford GT and the Ferrari FXX. Both cars are pretty much the same, but there are two key differences which put the Ferrari FXX on top for me.

The Ferrari FXX is less slidy on rain and has no oversteer when in 1st and 2nd gear. For whatever reason, I can go a bit more aggressive into corners with the FXX than with the Ford GT.

Happy 2022, folks. I updated the tune for the Ferrari FXX. Other than that, there has not been much noteworthy going on. New cars are coming in, but nothing that can touch the meta at the moment.

I have come across an interesting A-Class Dirt car. The 1939 Maserati 8CTF. This is not a car I would have expected to perform well.

Does it perform better than the Bone Shaker? No.

Is it currently the best car for A-Class Dirt, if the Bone Shaker would get banned from Online Play? Yes.

Hi everyone, it's been quite some time and has been very busy on my part. I will keep updating this sheet, but I will not always find the time to comment below here.

Also, I'll have a new job starting from the 01JUN2022 so I might not have that much time to play anymore.

Hi guys, no kidding the new job is quite the challenge, but a fulfilling one. Sorry it took for me some time to update the sheet. The whole family has Covid and I feel the fittest so I'm busy with that.

Even if the Brabham BT62 is a better S1 Road car; and it is, it is too floaty for me. My internal testing came to the conclusion that the Brabham is better, but I make more mistakes with it because it feels a bit like a inflatable boat. So I'm sticking with the 2006 Mosler MT900 GT3.

Hey guys, just putting it out there that the 2013 Viper AE is the new best S1-Class car because of its downforce. However, I won't have a tune for it because I have stopped playing the game.

The lack of competitve ranked mode and me playing forza for pretty much 4 years straight has put and end to this.

Thank you for all the lovely comments and support I have received over the years. You made this truely special for me.

A good list for you to merge to is Sepi's spreadsheet