With a few tricks you can earn skill points and EP (experience points) in forza horizon 5 with comparatively little time expenditure. Since both play together and there are overlaps, this guide should unite both with each other.
What are skill points in forza horizon 5?
In forza horizon 5 you can do many skills by performing certain actions. destroy objects, race clean, jumps, drifts … there are dozens of different abilities. Some are a combination of several skills, like crash landing. For this, jump and destruction have to be combined. Some only work in certain situations, such as the clean start, which is only possible in races. But there is one thing that unites all these abilities: they can be chained together. Each skill has a value in the form of points. If the skill has levels, the value increases with each level. So a drift gives less than an excellent drift. The maximum is one ultimate skill. Whether you do a single skill or a skill chain, everything you earn in points goes towards the next skill point. All 50.000 points you will receive one such skill point. There is a limit of 10 possible skill points per skill chain. Means for you: skill chains bring only up to 500.000 points skill points. Everything beyond that is only of interest for best list and some awards.
Provided you "secure" these points. A collision will cost you the points. you can save them by not doing any skills for a few moments. The chain then expires and the points go to your points account. You can see this only conditionally, at the end of the combo, when the ring feels.
What can skill points be used for in forza horizon 5?
Forza horizon 5 skill points can be invested under car mastery. Each car has a car mastery tree. By any car I actually mean any car. For example, if you have the BMW isetta twice, you can also invest skill points in this tree twice. Each model has its own tree. So with two isetta these car mastery trees would be identical. If you have a BMW M3, the tree looks different there.
Although each model has an individual auto-mastery tree, there are some rules according to which they are created. Every auto service tree has extra life. The rest is made up of direct rewards, permanent and temporary bonuses. The direct rewards are mostly EP, wheelpins or credits. Rarely there are super-wheelspins and even more rarely there are cars.
Permanent bonuses increase for example your skill chains faster, give a bonus on certain skills or don’t let a skill chain break so fast. Temporary bonuses grant you additional rewards at events.
How to earn skill points as fast as possible in forza horizon 5?
Not every forza horizon 5 skill is equally easy. A barrel roll is much more challenging than destruction. Ebisu is unlikely to be obtained by chance, while lumberjack is more likely to be obtained by accident. In order to earn skill points quickly, you should try to weave as many skills as possible into a combo as quickly as possible. A high combo is more worthwhile than many small ones. Why? Mathematics. The combo counter increases only with time and that increases the value of your points before the counter. Since you have to increase the counter and multiplier with every new chain, you will score points faster with high combos. Now a BUT: if you are not yet so skilled at the skill chains, high combos are of no use to you if you fail to secure them too often. Then of course the low combo in the end is still worth more than the lost points. Always keep the limit of 500 here.000 points in mind.
First find out which way you like to collect skill points quickly, then work on your skills and increase the amount of your combos over time.
But what options are there to earn skill points quickly in forza horizon 5?? In the following section a few examples. Remember: tastes are different and the game is new. Maybe with time you will find other locations or possibilities that are more useful. Not every of the described variants will fit your playing style. This is always an individual thing. Try it out, even beyond what I recommend, and find your way! if you have a tip that is not listed here, feel free to share it in the comments column.
Cross country racing
Admittedly, this method is not everyone’s cup of tea, but if you’re into cross-country racing, there are comparatively many points to be earned here. Why? At the beginning of the race you can collect overtaking skills, sometimes also special variants like overtaking in the air. Also clean start, clean race, jumps, destruction abilities or crash landing are often in here. This only makes sense if you manage to save these combos. Not everyone likes it, just because the dense field of drivers at the beginning of the race causes problems for some people. If you like this option, combos with several hundred thousand points are realistic. In terms of time, this is not the fastest option for skill points, but you also get credits and XP for the race – so kill several birds with one stone. This is ideal if you don’t want to do special and comparatively boring farm tracks. If demand is important to you, this is a good alternative.
Dunes
The dunes are a way to build up skill chains in a relatively relaxed way. You have here almost exclusively free ride. In part, they are quite far apart, so you should bring a little power under the hood here. In the dunes jumps are most relevant and with the low classes here can be too much time between two jumps.
Besides jumps, drifts are also very feasible here. You can even combine both to ebisu. Occasionally you will find more ways to add skills to your combo. For example shadows, ant food and destruction, if you destroy objects like the sunbeds or drive around the buildings. You stay away from the non-destructible objects! The road can also be used by including traffic for near misses and other abilities. But also here you increase the risk. to sum up: the dunes are easy if you go without risk, but not the best option. They are good especially for beginners. Focus on the sections with low dunes that are not far apart to make the most of them. The dunes are not as productive as in the predecessors.
Desert
The desert lets you quickly boost your skill combos. Jumps, destruction skills, side-swipes and drifts can be intertwined here. Cacti, by the way, give their own ability when you destroy them. The desert is even more effective than the dunes, but it is also more demanding. There are some nasty rocks in the desert, including some well hidden ones. They can quickly cost you the combos. Especially with the high classes. With S2 through the desert gives good points – but also means a lot of risk. Better some lower class. Here you need a sure instinct and also some practice. I can recommend you especially the southern and western part of the desert, because here the amount of rocks is relatively manageable. The section of the desert directly bordering the dunes is comparatively rocky and nasty.
Cara este drift-zone
no matter if you are drift-king (queen ;)) or not, you can score good points here. There are many wide curves, which are comparatively good to drift. With a little practice drift zones are a good source of points and they bring variety. Since cars become ghosts in the zone, the risk here is also comparatively low if you can drift reasonably solidly. You should not fall into the abyss and the rock walls you also leave alone. Start at the top. Basically you can also start from the bottom here. Even I still have easily the 500.I managed to get 000 points for 3 stars and collected good points and I’m really not outstanding in drifts. If you don’t have the possibility to use the fast travel flexibly or you have to pay for it, you can drift in both directions and play with the zone.
Highway
The highway is also more risky than the dunes, but possibly more productive. With enough horsepower under the hood you can easily make ultimate speed skills here. In addition there are near hits or with a little more luck abilities like daredevil – three near hits within a short time – or through the eye of a needle. For this you have to pass through two cars, which leads to the mentioned risk at high speed. The highway is relatively straight and you can max out the power of your car here. Again, combos are good here with EP and credits. Especially if you make use of the numerous farm routes that make this particularly effective and easy. tim has created a suitable farm route for you as a 10-minute variant:
Forza editions, skill songs and extra lives and more car mastery tree bonuses
you now know almost everything there is to know about skill points and how to farm them. No matter which variant you choose. Now it is a matter of getting the maximum out of it. There are three key factors here: forza editions, skill songs and perks along with extra lives.
What are forza editions? These special cars each have a bonus. Depending on the farm method, there are particularly lucrative opportunities here. If you also invest in the car mastery tree here, you’ll increase the effectiveness to the max. An overview of all forza editions can be found here.
Skill songs are unlocked as soon as you have your first house. This happens automatically during the campaign and early in the game. by the way, you don’t have to actively inhabit the house for the radio to play skill songs. Possession is enough, if you own more than one property. Skill songs increase the combo of your skill chains up to 10. You will score points especially fast. Such a song will be announced accordingly and you will also recognize it by the display. Go to a farmlocation that suits you and get the most out of the song. If you have the 500.000 points full, you can let the combo expire before the end of the song and start a new one. The bonus from the song remains until the end of the combo and does not end with the song.
Automeastery tree bonuses and extra lives are ideal for effective farming. With or without a combination of forza editions. The important thing is to find a car that suits you. If this is not a forza edition, you will find enough alternatives. If you have found something, you should invest in extra lives. With extra life you can allow a collision within a combo. This can be a hard impact, but also a direct collision with buildings, cars and co. Extra life has saved me many a combo. Per chain the perk grabs only once. So if in doubt, let a combo expire after using it up, if it is very high and don’t risk it again.
For skill points you get useful bonuses. They can boost your skill chains faster, increase your combo counter, give you a bonus on certain things, or keep your chains going longer. You get the maximum out of it when car, bonuses and farm variant harmonize. With time you can upgrade several farm cars with skill points here.
Earn EP quickly in forza horizon 5
EP or experience points are not very important in forza horizon 5. They are relevant for your level and therefore not completely uninteresting. If a high level is important, the opinions are certainly different and you have to know for yourself if you value it. But every level up also means a wheelspin. A single spin may not seem so lucrative, but calculated on the dimensions, the spins are definitely worthwhile. With a little luck you can get some very valuable cars and get some big credits. Some cars from wheelspins are also not to be found at the car show.
Even if the level is not important to you, XP can be earned in combination with other things. ability chains for example give – depending on the level – quite good EP. If you collect skill points diligently, this also goes along with the receipt of XP.
The EP bonus boards offer a unique opportunity to collect EP quickly. You will find 200 of them spread all over mexico. Depending on the board you get 1.000, 3.000 or 5.000 EP. If you need help with the search, you can buy the treasure map for money in the game (which unfortunately doesn’t work for some people) or use this article for help. Tip: if you have, open the map on a second screen, ideally at least a tablet. So you can use the game and the map in parallel. Without a map you can also find the bonus boards. They will be permanently marked on your map once you are near them. Close is here unfortunately with some boards really very close. Driving down roads alone does not uncover all the boards, because some are too remote. Some the game will only show you when you are right in front of it.
Besides skills, events are a great way to earn XP. Especially races are interesting here. Decisive here is your placement. Also clean driving and skills bring a small bonus. Forza editions can also be weighted here. At this point we would like to refer you to the farm routes in the game, if you want to farm especially effectively. Of course there are alternatives if you reject them. For example the classic goliath.
Let’s go back to the skill points at the end of this article. With skill points you can also earn EP quickly – and even more. Namely, by going through your fleet and investing one skill point in the first perk of each car that gives you EP. This is the case with many cars. The farming of XP and skill points therefore goes hand in hand in the game.