My hands tightened on the controller at the first cliffside corner in Hakone as the rival car squeezed me against the barrier. You can feel a weekly challenge snapping closed like a trap if you stall. I thought: if I can thread this run, the Mazda Furai moves from wish-list to garage reality.
Forza Horizon 6 Gazoo Racer walkthrough
I watched three players try different strategies before I found the clean line that worked.
The Gazoo Racer weekly test in the Welcome to Japan festival splits into four tidy tasks. Complete them and you’ll be one step closer to the Mazda Furai, an eye-catching festival prize. Below I break each objective down into what to do, where to go, and the easy mistakes that cost time.
Own and Drive the 2022 Toyota GR86
At the festival hub I saw someone trade credits for flashier parts, then regret it five minutes later.
This is the easiest tick-off: buy the 2022 Toyota GR86 and drive it out of your garage. You can pick it up from the Autoshow or snag one from the Auction. The in-game price is 28,000 Credits; treat it as a small investment toward the festival haul. Remember: your garage is a treasure chest—what you sit on today pays dividends in future challenges.
Earn three stars at Speed Zones
On my first run I picked a high-threshold zone and watched the meter taunt me at 2.5 stars.
Pick any Speed Zone, but be deliberate: choose one with a lower three-star threshold so the run is forgiving. I recommend a zone where the three-star requirement is around 193.1 km/h; those are easier to hit with the GR86 without heavy tuning. Use the Horizon map to preview zone limits and practice the line in Free Roam before committing to the timed run.
Get 6 Speed Skills
On the highway near the festival I lined up behind a slow truck and started chaining skills until the board lit up.
Find a stretch of highway with dense traffic and a long straight. The GR86 is precise—treat it as a scalpel in the right hands—and you can chain Speed skills by slaloming past cars and triggering Near Miss bonuses. Keep the camera steady, brake only to set lines, and stack skills quickly; six Speed skills will fall into place after a few well-timed passes.
How do I complete the Gazoo Racer challenge?
Complete these four tasks in any order: own and drive the 2022 Toyota GR86, earn three stars at a Speed Zone, score six Speed skills, and win the one-on-one Hakone Nanamagari Touge race. Each step is discrete, so if one slips, reset to Free Roam and practice the specific element before retrying in Festival mode. Use Horizon’s Autoshow and Auction to manage cars and the map pins to jump straight to objectives.
What car do I need for Gazoo Racer?
The challenge specifically asks for the 2022 Toyota GR86. Buy it from the Autoshow or search the Auction. If you prefer Auction haggling, set a conservative max bid and monitor listings—the festival crowd sometimes underprices clean builds overnight.
Win Hakone Nanamagari Touge
At the start line I watched my opponent take a wide line and then clip the inside; that was my opening.
Hakone Nanamagari Touge is tight and technical. Study the track on the map, practice the hairpins in Free Roam, and use braking zones to set exits. Aim to take the inside on second-gear corners and accelerate out cleanly to prevent opponents from slipstreaming past. If your rival is aggressive, bait them into mistakes by holding the apex—small victories add up in one-on-one races.
Where is Hakone Nanamagari Touge?
On the Festival map the race sits on the eastern mountain passes near the white circling pointer in the image above. Fast travel to the nearest Festival PR stunts or set a waypoint from the map; use Free Roam to warm up a lap before the one-on-one starts.
Tools that make life easier: the Autoshow, Auction, and Horizon map pins are your best friends; Xbox Game Pass players can access Forza Horizon 6 immediately and save time on farmed credits. Moyens I/O’s screenshots (above) helped me pinpoint the race marker and shave practice laps off my timer.
Finish these four tasks cleanly and the festival will reward you; if not, which move will you change on your next run?