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Hello, how are you? My name is Mateus. I'm an Independent Advisor and I'll be glad to help you today.

First, welcome to the Xbox community. I'm sorry you're having this problem.

Before we try any different solutions, make sure your system is fully up to date, the latest windows version is 21H1. To check this, follow the instructions below:

Go to settings by icon gear>system>about. You will find the system version here.

*If your windows are not up to date, use the method below to update.

Select the Start button and then go to Settings > Update and Security > Windows Update.

*Download the latest updates and as soon as you ask, restart your computer.

"The URL you've hyperlinked is the same for both links. I can't find anywhere where it says Forza 5 does not run on Windows 11." Thats what Forza support says, its also posted on their forums.

"I'm not sure how you have lost access to your progress and in-app purchases," Apparently Xbox and Microsoft isn't sure either and can't verify anything. Spoke to them at length trying to get it resolved.

"Windows 11 is not in beta, it's a full commercial release. It's been on general release since October 2021. Forza Horizon 5 is designed to run on both Windows 10 and Windows 11." As an early developer I know this, and it's the exact opposite of what support said when I contacted them about the performance issues. They said "Windows 11 is not a full OS and is still Beta so it is not supported"

Basic issue is it starts great, runs at over 150 FPS, for about 12 races, sometimes a little less, then drops below 100 and starts to lag before it crashes. Seems to get worse when there's a new driver for GPU.

Event log error:

Faulting application name: ForzaHorizon5.exe, version: 0.0.0.0, time stamp: 0x6261026d

Faulting module name: ForzaHorizon5.exe, version: 0.0.0.0, time stamp: 0x6261026d

Exception code: 0xc0000005

Fault offset: 0x00000000008bd66c

Faulting process id: 0xb18

Faulting application start time: 0x01d86a7a661b492c

Faulting application path: C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.624F8B84B80_3.455.709.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\ForzaHorizon5.exe

Faulting module path: C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.624F8B84B80_3.455.709.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\ForzaHorizon5.exe

Report Id: 07be4e53-4244-4d2d-b6aa-ca9494b9a613

Faulting package full name: Microsoft.624F8B84B80_3.455.709.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe

Faulting package-relative application ID: Forzahorizon5

Hi Naraic,

Try following this to the letter, there's a section that mentions applications without visible .exe's

How to Assign an Application to a GPU
To assign an application to a GPU, head to Settings > System > Display. Scroll down and click the “Graphics Settings” link.





Select the application you want to configure. To select a game or traditional desktop application with an .exe file, select “Classic app” in the box, click the “Browse” button, and then locate the .exe file
on your system. Most applications’ .exe files will probably be somewhere in one of your Program Files folders.

If you want to select a new-style Universal app, select “Universal
App” in the box, select the application from the list, and then click the “Add” button. These apps are generally installed from the Microsoft Store and don’t have .exe files. They’re often called Universal Windows Platform or UWP apps.





Any applications you add appear in a list on the Graphics Settings page. Select the application you’ve added, and then click the “Options” button.





Select whichever GPU you want. “System default” is the default GPU that’s used for all applications, “Power saving” refers to the low-power GPU (typically on board video like Intel Graphics), and “High performance”
refers to the high-power GPU (usually a discrete graphics card from someone like AMD or NVIDIA).

The precise GPUs used for each setting are displayed in the window here. If you just have a single GPU in your system, you’ll see the same GPU’s name under both the “Power saving GPU” and “High performance
GPU” options.

Click “Save” when you’re done. If the game or application is currently running, you may need to restart it for your changes to take effect.

the new error code is:

Faulting application name: ForzaHorizon4.exe, version: 0.0.0.0, time stamp: 0x60f69a13

Faulting module name: KERNELBASE.dll, version: 10.0.19041.1151, time stamp: 0x891df6d3

Exception code: 0xe06d7363

Fault offset: 0x0000000000034ed9

Faulting process ID: 0x4d4c

Faulting application start time: 0x01d79ad83505d177

Faulting application path: C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.SunriseBaseGame_1.473.947.2_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\ForzaHorizon4.exe

Faulting module path: C:\WINDOWS\System32\KERNELBASE.dll

Report ID: 13ff0f29-ed82-437a-aaea-1ca1f8a03f9a

Faulting package full name: Microsoft.SunriseBaseGame_1.473.947.2_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe

Faulting package-relative application ID: SunriseReleaseFinal

I have same problem

Faulting application name: ForzaHorizon5.exe, version: 1.538.198.0, time stamp: 0x00000000

Faulting module name: ntdll.dll, version: 10.0.22621.900, time stamp: 0xa97a9ed6

Exception code: 0xc0000374

Fault offset: 0x000000000010c249

Faulting process id: 0x0x6c74

Faulting application start time: 0x0x1d91f9429473228

Faulting application path: D:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\ForzaHorizon5\ForzaHorizon5.exe

Faulting module path: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\ntdll.dll

Report Id: c73028cb-1c13-44e8-b675-f8318c677e72

Faulting package full name:

Faulting package-relative application ID: