We bet that you are here because some NPC’s Range Rover got in the way during your Skill Song and you lost all your points. Did we get that right? For such occasions, it’s always better to turn off traffic and have the roads Forza Horizon 5 offers all to yourself.
There is no setting to turn off traffic in Forza Horizon 5 but you can take advantage of a few bugs to get rid of traffic. Mind you, you have to be online for any of these to work as the bugs are related to online activities that can’t be accessed without the internet.
The Horizon Super7 Bug
The first and the best method to turn off traffic in Forza Horizon 5 is by starting a Super7 Challenge Card. There is always one at the Mainstage of the Festival so head there. Do not try and launch the Super7 from the pause menu as that will not get rid of traffic.
Once you got to the Challenge Card:
- Start the Super7 Challenge Card event
- When the race has loaded leave the event
Now traffic cars will not spawn in your session despite having other players around. You can change cars, fast travel, do literally anything and the traffic will not come back. The traffic will only come back after completing any racing events, so keep that in mind.
Horizon Open Bug
The other bug that you can take advantage of is in the Horizon Open. The process is quite similar and will allow you to get rid of NPC drivers on the roads.
To turn off traffic in Forza Horizon 5 through Horizon Open:
- Open the pause menu and head to “Online”
- Press the “Horizon Open” button and search for any session
- On the event, signup screen quit the event and return to free roam
After that, traffic cars will no longer spawn in your session. The upside of this method is that you can do it from anywhere in the world. But if you change cars or fast travel, the traffic will reappear. Don’t ask us why, we don’t know how that works.
Generally, there is way less traffic if you are playing in a public session of Forza Horizon 5. If you play solo, the game will try and add more traffic to compensate for the lack of real players. So as a rule of thumb, stick to public sessions.
