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Forza Horizon 5 Santamental Feelings guide - what to use for the event

Here's all the info you need about the Forza Horizon 5 Santamental Feelings Trial, including our car and setup recommendation.

Forza Horizon 5 Santamental Feelings: The Toyota Sprinter Trueno GT Apex 1985 can be seen with a Christmas tree behind it.
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Forza Horizon 5 

 The Santamental Feelings Trial is not currently active in Forza Horizon 5. However, if it returns, we’ll be sure to update this guide.

Playground Games loves joining in on the festive fun with its Forza Horizon 5 events, and the Santamental Feeling challenge from Series 2 is the proof.

It required you to use a B Class Retro Sports Car, and earn the most points over three races at three different circuits. Because of the type of car you were asked to use, blistering lap times were never on the cards. However, upgrades and tuning can give you the best chance in any Forza Horizon 5 event.

Forza Horizon 5 Santamental Feelings

To win the Forza Horizon 5 Santamental Feelings trial, this was the car and tuning setup we used:

  • Toyota Sprinter Trueno GT Apex 1985 – Tuning Share Code: 781 116 502

This Toyota, when given some extra juice with the tuning code, was the perfect car for the job. Be warned: it is a bit slidey in the bends, if you choose to use this again for future events.

Santamental Feelings did return in Forza Horizon 5 in Series 15, so you never know, the next holiday season we could see the event make a comeback. If so, your Toyota will come in very handy again.

For more on Series 2’s challenges, check out our Forza Horizon 5 white present locations and Guanajuato bikes guides.

Echo has years of experience writing about PS5, Xbox, and the best games and franchises that console players love. They joined The Loadout in 2021 as a staff writer and worked their way up to be the site's guides editor, before departing in 2023. They've written hundreds of guides on games such as Call of Duty, XDefiant, Spider-Man 2, Starfield, and many more. They were also the custodian of The Loadout's various PS Plus games and Xbox Game Pass games lists, informing subscribers about any new, departing, or interesting games that they could play. In their time writing, they have attended industry events like Gamescom and WASD. Additionally, they have conducted interviews with the teams behind Lords of the Fallen, Blue Protocol, Dying Light 2, and more since beginning their writing journey at university.