Stuck in "saved data on cloud different from Xbox" loop

Playing on two different consoles will lead to different save data causing it be out of sync. I'd highly suggest playing from the cloud save versus your local data.

Cloud storage updates when you turn off your console,there could be some corrupt data there that`s stuck in a loop and won`t let it shut down.

Try disabling cloud before shutdown to see if that`s where the issue is.

[quote user="AlmasRetroChild"]

I don't understand why they don't just allow you to store your own multiplayer data on the harddrive? I've only found the cloud save feature useful for when I go to a friend's house to recover my gamertag and saves. And before there was such a thing as
the cloud, I used those little memory units.

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Those little "Memory Units" (If in USB form) are the exact reason they're doing Cloud saves. In Red Dead Redemption a lot of people just downloaded a character save from youtube, stuck it on a USB - Stuck said USB into Xbox, copied the data and voila, go
from level 1 to level 10 Legendary in 5 minutes.

There's one thing i can think of to try get your data back,

You'll need to install the Xbox App and then install Forza Horizon 5 from Gamepass Xbox App on to your PC/Laptop as all your save data is now stored somewhere on your PC/Laptop local storage,

Once done,

Launch Forza Horizon 5 from the Xbox App, not from Cloud Gaming and don't let the data sync as you'll have two different data saves, one is now local on your PC ( your main save data ), the other from the Cloud ( your new fresh start data ), you don't want to overwrite the save data that you accidentally saved to your PC's local storage,



The game needs to load the save data from your local storage on PC to get your save data back,

Once you've loaded FH5 from the Xbox App and you are in game,

You should be able to see everything back after you've done this, then let the game save and you can exit, and then try launch FH5 from Cloud Gaming, let the data sync/ sync to the cloud and you should have everything back, hopefully.

it should sync automatically.

if there is a difference between the cloud save and the local save, read the information very carefully to work out which is the one you want to keep.

for example, your Xbox should have newer save data than the PC save on the Cloud (if that wasn't over written by the Xbox save data when you started the game up)

try starting on the PC and choose local data to keep as that should be your save with all your progress.

play for a while and let that save and synchronise the data with the cloud, then shut down the game and start it on Xbox and it should detect the cloud save and sync automatically.