Skill Points play a crucial role in enhancing your car’s performance and driving capabilities. With that in mind, here is everything you need to know about earning an Ultimate Skill Chain and how to perform every skill in Forza Horizon 5.
It’s vital to earn Skill Points in Forza Horizon 5 because they are used to unlock Mastery Perks, as well as permanent and temporary skills, and new cars. To earn Skill Points, players must perform different abilities and chain them together while competing in a race or driving around in free roam.
Since there are approximately 835 cars, each with different perks, it’s beneficial to know which abilities are available and which ones work best.
Ultimate Skill Chain Explained
To get an Ultimate Skill Chain, players must earn 20,000 Skill Points before the multiplier starts.
Earning an Ultimate Skill Chain is challenging because you have to earn a massive sum of points all within consecutive, quick bursts. If you wait too long before performing another skill, the multiplier will start, resetting the progress towards 20,000.
The best way to get an Ultimate Skill Chain is to go to an area that is surrounded by objects and destroy them all.
All Skills in Forza Horizon 5
Basic Skills
| Skill Name | How to Complete |
|---|---|
| Air | Four wheels off the ground and land safely |
| Burnout | Wheelspin without moving very much |
| Clean Racing | No bumps while racing |
| Drafting | Drive behind while racing |
| Drift | Car is sideways when moving forward |
| E-Drift | Use handbrake to do a drift |
| J Turn | Turn while reversing to carry on |
| Near Miss | Pass another car while close to it |
| One Eighty | Turn and head back whence you came |
| Pass | Overtake another car while close to it |
| Speed | Drive quickly for some distance |
| Trading Paint | Slight contact while passing another car (only has basic level) |
| Two Wheels | Drive a distance with one side of the car off the ground |
| Wreckage | drive through something that can be smashed |
Combo Stunts
| Skill Name | How to Complete |
|---|---|
| Airborne Pass | Air and Pass |
| Awesome Skill Chain | 10k skill points before multiplier |
| Barrel Roll | Rotate at least 270 degrees while in the air |
| Clean Start | No bumps in the first bit of a race |
| Crash Landing | Air and Wreckage at the same time |
| Daredevil | Three Near Miss in quick succession |
| Drift Tap | Rear wing taps a wall in a drift |
| Hard Charger | From stationary, Burnout then Speed without braking |
| Kangaroo | Three Air in quick succession |
| Lucky Escape | Drift and Near Miss at the same time |
| Showoff | Drift and Pass at the same time |
| Sideswipe | Drift and Wreck at the same time |
| Slingshot | Draft then Pass in quick succession |
| Stuntman | Air and Near Miss at the same time |
| Threading the Needle | Near Miss on each side of the car in quick succession |
| Triple Pass | Three Pass in quick succession |
| Ultimate Skill Chain | 20k skill points before multiplier |
| Wrecking Ball | Wreck different objects in quick succession |
For more on Forza Horizon 5, check out how to unlock the Lamborghini Revuelto, the complete trophy list, and the game’s cross-play status.
