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Forza Horizon 6 Car Mastery reward cars and how to unlock them

Forza Horizon 6 Car Mastery reward cars and how to unlock them

Forza Horizon 6 hides five bonus vehicles behind the Car Mastery system. None of them appear in the Autoshow, Wheelspins, or Festival Playlist rewards. The only way to add them to your garage is to drive a specific base car, open its Skill Tree, and spend Skill Points until you reach the hidden reward node.

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Quick answer: Own the base car, drive it, open Car Mastery from the pause menu, and spend Skill Points down the tree until the reward car node unlocks. The bonus car is added to your collection for free.
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The five Car Mastery reward cars

Each reward is tied to a single base vehicle. You must own the base car first, then progress through its Skill Tree to reach the hidden unlock.

Reward carBase car requiredManufacturer
1967 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray 4272020 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray CoupeChevrolet
1974 Honda Civic RS2023 Honda Civic Type RHonda
1996 Ferrari F50 GT1995 Ferrari F50Ferrari
2022 Ford Supervan 41994 Ford Supervan 3Ford
2003 Porsche Carrera GT2014 Porsche 918 SpyderPorsche

Base car costs in the Autoshow

If you do not already own the required vehicle, you can buy most of them from the Autoshow. The Ferrari F50 is the most expensive prerequisite by a wide margin.

Base carAutoshow price (Credits)
2020 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray Coupe65,000
1994 Ford Supervan 3250,000
2014 Porsche 918 Spyder2,300,000
1995 Ferrari F504,500,000
2023 Honda Civic Type RAvailable in Autoshow
Image credit: Xbox Game Studios (via YouTube/@Forza Clips)

How to unlock a reward car

Step 1: Buy the required base car from the Autoshow if it is not already in your garage, then set it as your active car so you are driving it.

Step 2: Open the pause menu and select the Car Mastery tab. This opens the Skill Tree tied specifically to the car you are driving.

Open the pause menu and select the Car Mastery tab | Image credit: Xbox Game Studios (via YouTube/@Forza Clips)

Step 3: Spend Skill Points to unlock perks along the tree. Skill Points are earned through drifting, jumps, near-misses, smashed objects, and chained skill combos during free roam and events.

Step 4: Continue investing points until you reach the final reward node, which contains the hidden car. Confirm the unlock prompt to add the vehicle to your collection.

Continue investing points until you reach the final reward node | Image credit: Xbox Game Studios (via YouTube/@Forza Clips)
You will know it worked when the on-screen message reads "A new [car] is added to your collection!" and the car appears in your garage.

Why these cars matter

The five rewards span very different driving styles, which is part of why the Car Mastery route is worth prioritizing. The Ferrari F50 GT is a race-spec evolution of the road-going F50. The Porsche Carrera GT remains one of the most respected analog-era supercars. The 1967 Corvette Stingray 427 and 1974 Civic RS appeal to classic-muscle and vintage-JDM collectors. The Supervan 4 is the oddball of the group, an electric high-performance van with strong acceleration that fits well in stunt and EventLab builds.

None of these vehicles is sold elsewhere in the game, which makes Car Mastery the only path into the garage for each one.


Farming Skill Points efficiently

Skill Points carry across your garage, so you can stockpile them on any car and then spend them inside a specific Mastery tree. Drift-friendly vehicles, Formula Drift cars, and Hoonigan builds tend to generate the largest combos. Dense areas with destructible props, drift zones, and danger signs let you chain skills longer before banking the score. Perks inside other Mastery trees that boost Skill Score gain or extend combo timers compound this further.

Once you have enough points saved, switch to the base car for the reward you want, open Car Mastery, and spend down the tree in one sitting.

Image credit: Xbox Game Studios (via YouTube/@Forza Clips)

Common reasons the reward does not appear

  • You are not driving the correct base car when opening Car Mastery. The tree is car-specific.
  • You have not fully progressed to the final reward node. Earlier perks unlock credits, Wheelspins, and XP boosts, while the hidden car sits at the end of the path.
  • You purchased a different model year. The base requirements are exact, such as the 2020 Corvette Stingray Coupe rather than another Corvette variant.

Stick to the five base cars listed above, complete each Skill Tree, and all five reward vehicles will land in your collection without spending a credit beyond the initial Autoshow purchase.