The 2025 BMW M4 CS has landed in Forza Horizon 6, arriving as part of the game’s Horizon Meets update and joining what is now a 28-car deep BMW roster in the racing franchise’s Japan-set installment. Players have until November 5 to earn it by racking up 80 points in the Festival Playlist, or they’ll be stuck buying it later with in-game credits.
The G82-based coupe is hardly a surprise addition. BMW has been feeding cars into Forza Horizon 6 at a steady clip since launch, when 24 M cars were already waiting in the virtual garage. The M4 CS makes 25 M-badged entries if you count them correctly, spanning from a 1981 M1 all the way to this latest track-focused coupe.
What makes the M4 CS a natural fit for the game’s Japanese open world is obvious. The real car, with its 543 horsepower twin-turbo inline-six and carbon fiber diet, was engineered for exactly the kind of tight, elevation-changing roads the game recreates. Touge runs without consequences. No tire budget. No insurance claims.
The Horizon Meets update doesn’t stop at BMW. A 2000 Honda Prelude Type SH and a 1968 Holden Monaro GTS 327 are the other headline additions. The Festival Playlist also brings back the 2018 DeBerti Ford Mustang GT and 2004 Saleen S7, while a 1973 Lamborghini Espada 400 GT surfaces as a Series History reward. A 1970 Citroën 2CV appears as a treasure car, which feels like the developers having a sense of humor.
Spec Racing gets a big injection too: a 2020 Lamborghini Essenza SCV12, 1990 Alfa Romeo SE 048SP, 1987 Ferrari F40, 1992 Mazda RX-7 Type R, 2023 Audi R8 Coupe V10 GT RWD, and a 2019 Ginetta G40 Junior all join the competitive rotation. The Car Pass lineup through October includes a 1972 Datsun 240Z rally car, the 2024 Ferrari Purosangue, a 1990 Eunos Cosmo, and the 2024 Mercedes-AMG GT 63 4Matic+.
Then there’s the 7-Eleven collaboration, which places a themed car meet in the game’s Nangan region. Players can photograph their cars at a virtual convenience store, use branded props, and build custom events around the location. It’s the kind of cross-promotion that has become routine in live-service gaming, though parking a half-million-dollar M4 CS outside a 7-Eleven carries its own absurd charm.
BMW’s strategy with Forza Horizon 6 has been methodical. Launch with a deep catalog of heritage and modern M cars, then drip new metal into the game to keep players engaged. The M4 CS slot was predictable the moment the game shipped without it. The M3 CS Touring, which BMW fans have been requesting, still hasn’t appeared.
The real M4 CS starts at around $120,000 and requires a dealer allocation. The virtual one costs time and a game pass. For a lot of enthusiasts, the Forza version may be the closest they get to exploring what the car can do on a mountain road without financial consequences.
Whether Playground Games adds the M3 CS Touring next, or stretches BMW fans’ patience further, remains an open question. The pipeline clearly has room.
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