Enzo's Last Signature

The F40 occupies a unique slot: a road car built like a race car, shipped without carpet or door handles, with a Kevlar-and-carbon body bolted to a steel tube frame. Our database entry lists it as a 1992 RWD Class S1 Classic Sports car with the mid-engine, V8, and supercar tags. Status is expected — the F40 has appeared in every Horizon game from FH3 onward, often as a free Autoshow purchase but occasionally as a Backstage / Wheelspin reward. There is no realistic scenario in which the F40 is missing from FH6.

How to Unlock the F40 in FH6

Autoshow Purchase

FH5 listed the F40 in the Autoshow at 1,300,000 CR. Expect FH6 to keep this within 1.2–1.5M CR. Likely available from Player Level 8–10 with no other gates. The "1992" model year (post-Catalyst spec) is the variant in our dataset.

Festival Playlist — Forza Edition

Watch for an F40 Forza Edition with skill-boost or credit-boost perks during a "Cavallino Rampante" or "Italian Icons" season. FE F40s have appeared in roughly every other Horizon game and are typical 80-point Festival Playlist rewards.

Wheelspin / Backstage

The standard F40 occasionally drops from Super Wheelspins, but at 1.3M CR it's a rare-tier outcome (~0.5% per spin). Don't farm wheelspins for it — the Autoshow path is far faster.

Auction House

F40 listings tend to sell at or just below Autoshow price (1.1–1.3M CR) for clean stock copies. If you want a pre-tuned build with someone else's setup, AH is a viable shortcut.

Real-World Background

Ferrari announced the F40 in 1987 to celebrate the company's 40th anniversary. Pininfarina styled it; Nicola Materazzi engineered it. The 2.9-liter twin-turbocharged V8 (F120A) produces 478 hp at 7,000 rpm — modest by 2026 standards, but in a 1,254 kg car with no power steering, no ABS, and no electronic aids, it's brutal. Top speed: 324 km/h (201 mph), the first production car to clear 200 mph. Ferrari built 1,315 F40s between 1987 and 1992, far more than the planned 400 — Enzo died in August 1988, and demand exploded. Today auction prices hover around USD 2.5–3 million for clean examples, with provenance cars (factory-test, Le Mans development) trading for substantially more.

In-Game Performance

Stock the F40 sits at S1 (~830 PI) in FH5, with 478 hp and a 0–100 km/h around 4.1 seconds. The car's defining trait in Forza is turbo lag — the IHI turbos take a beat to spool, then the rear axle steps out. Tuning headroom is excellent: a single-turbo conversion + race transmission pushes the F40 into S2 (950+ PI), and full X-class builds with race tires make it competitive with Veyron-era hypercars on twisty tracks. Community favorite is a 900 PI S2 setup that retains the stock turbocharged V8 audio. Watch the rear at full throttle — the F40 has very little inherent rotational stability under power.

Best Events to Run It In

  • S1 Road Racing leagues — the F40 is the reference S1 RWD supercar, balanced against E36 M3, NSX, and 993 Turbo.
  • Showcase / Cinematic events — FH6 often slots Ferraris into film-style intro showcase races, and the F40 is a default headliner.
  • Goliath — at S2 trim with 800+ hp, the F40 holds its own against modern hypercars.
  • S1 Touge — see the touge guide; F40's mid-engine balance is well-suited to flowing mountain passes (less so to tight five-hairpin geometry).

Alternatives if You Can't Get It

Three substitutes from the FH6 catalog: the Ferrari F50 (NA V12, F40's direct successor), the Porsche 911 GT1 Strassenversion (same era, more extreme), and the McLaren F1 (1993, defining 90s NA hypercar). All three sit at S1+ in FH6 and overlap heavily on event compatibility.