‘Forza Horizon 5’ Game Pass and standard edition release times

Here’s when you can play Forza Horizon 5 – or even play it early – for all Game Pass and standard edition owners.

Forza Horizon 5 is finally launching for everyone that hasn’t bought a premium edition to get early access. Yes, if you’ve seen your friends sharing their Forza Horizon 5 gameplay clips before now, it’s because they’ve had access to the premium version of the game, which granted access starting last Friday. The grass is always greener on the other side though, and you just might end up happy to save the money and wait for the general Game Pass launch like the working-class warrior you are.

If you’re waiting for Forza Horizon 5 to come to Game Pass, then you will want to take a look at our timezone breakdown below for when it’ll become available to you. If you’re really feeling impatient, you can even look at our tips to play it early.

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Forza Horizon 5 Xbox and PC Game Pass release times

Here are the release times for Forza Horizon 5 standard editions and Game Pass availability, on both Xbox consoles and PC. All times are for November 9.

  • PST: 12am
  • EST: 12am
  • GMT: 12am
  • CET: 12am
  • MSK: 12am
  • IST: 12am
  • CST: 12am
  • JST: 12am
  • AEDT: 12am
  • NZDT: 12am

Yes, that’s right, it’s all 12am local time on November 9. However, that doesn’t mean you can’t start playing a bit early…

How to play Forza Horizon 5 early in your region

If you want to start playing Forza Horizon 5 right now, there is a method for that. The game launches at 12am in NZDT, New Zealand’s timezone, but that’s 11am in the UK, or 3am in PST. Hours ago!

You can set the timezone on your Xbox to NZDT in the settings and then after a reset, you should be able to play Forza Horizon 5 right now. Here’s what you need to do:

  • Enter the ‘Settings’ menu.
  • Select ‘System’.
  • Select ‘Language and Location’.
  • Change ‘Location’ to ‘New Zealand’.

Once this is done, reset and you should be ready to play right now.

Written by Dave Aubrey on behalf of GLHF.

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