A 1965 Mustang That Lived Two Lives

The Hoonigan Hoonicorn V2 in our database is logged as a 1965 AWD Class X Track Toy — but only the silhouette is 1965. Underneath is a tube-frame chassis, a 6.7-liter twin-turbo Roush-Yates V8 making roughly 1,400 hp on race fuel, and a custom AWD layout. Block built the V1 for the original Climbkhana at Pikes Peak; V2 is the flat-shifting twin-turbo upgrade he used in Climbkhana Two on Mount Bald in 2018. After Block's death in January 2023, the Hoonicorn became something more than a YouTube car — it's a memorial. FH6 marking it confirmed ensures the legend continues.

How to Unlock the Hoonicorn V2 in FH6

Festival Playlist Reward (Most Likely)

In FH5, the V2 was first introduced as a 40-point Festival Playlist reward during the Series 6 "Hoonigan Inferno" season. Expect FH6 to follow suit: a Hoonigan-themed season within the first 6 months of launch, with the V2 as the centerpiece reward. Likely 40 or 80 Series points required across 4 weekly milestones.

Backstage Pass

If you miss the Festival Playlist window, the Hoonicorn V2 will rotate into the Backstage Pass roughly 12–18 months after launch. Backstage Passes are spent at the Festival hub on a curated rotation of "missed event" cars — the V2 is exactly the kind of car that anchors a Backstage rotation.

Auction House

Reward cars are flagged Forza Edition in FH5, which means they cannot be auctioned. Expect the same restriction in FH6 — do not waste credits hunting it on the AH.

Pre-order or DLC?

No pre-order edition currently includes the V2. Playground Games has historically reserved the Hoonicorn lineup for free Playlist drops, in part because of Hoonigan's licensing arrangement with the Block estate.

Real-World Background

Ken Block and Hoonigan Industries partnered with ASD Motorsports to build the original Hoonicorn in 2014 for Gymkhana SEVEN in Los Angeles. The car uses a 1965 Mustang notchback body draped over a custom tube chassis with full AWD — at the time, no one had built a Mustang that could put 845 hp through all four wheels. V2, completed in 2017, swapped the naturally aspirated 845 hp engine for a twin-turbo configuration making roughly 1,400 hp on E85, and added flat-shift sequential transmission upgrades. It debuted in Climbkhana at Pikes Peak (2017) and Climbkhana Two at Mount Bald, China (2018). After Block's death, the car remains in Hoonigan's collection and has appeared at memorial events.

In-Game Performance

Stock the Hoonicorn V2 sits in Class X — Forza's top class — with 1,400 hp and full AWD. In FH5 it lands at roughly 998 PI stock, with a 0–100 km/h around 1.9 seconds and effectively unlimited grip off the line. The car's Anti-Lag System is modeled in audio (the bangs are real on lift-off). Tuning options are intentionally limited because the car is already maxed — but you can adjust differential and gearing to bias toward drift events versus drag. The community sweet spot in FH5 is shorter final drive + softer rear diff for gymkhana videos. Expect FH6 to retain this profile.

Best Events to Run It In

The V2 is purpose-built for spectacle, not lap times. Run it in:

  • Drift Zones — instant 8-figure scores once you get gearing right.
  • Gymkhana / EventLab routes — community lots are full of Hoonicorn-themed circuits modeled on Block's videos.
  • Cross Country Series — AWD plus 1,400 hp punches through every surface FH6's Japan map can throw at you.
  • Trail Boss off-road events — the V2 is improbably good at cross-country despite the 1965 Mustang silhouette.

Avoid road racing leagues — the V2 outclasses S2 cars while being technically X-class, so matchmaking gets weird.

Alternatives if You Can't Get It

Three substitutes from the FH6 catalog deliver similar chaos: the Hoonicorn V1 (845 hp naturally aspirated, more tail-out feel), the standard Ford Mustang RTR Spec 5 (drift-focused RWD, much cheaper), and any tuned RTR build if you just want gymkhana fun without farming Festival points.