Where to find Forza Horizon 5 solar panels and smash them

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You might need to find and destroy solar panels for Forzathon Seasonal Challenges or Accolades

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If you need to break Forza Horizon 5 solar panels for various challenges, such as Lights Out, Shocking, or the Total Eclipse Accolade, there’s a perfect spot not too far from the main Horizon Festival site. It’s near the main highway that runs across the map, so it’s also very easy to get to in Forza Horizon 5. If there aren’t any car restrictions for the solar panel challenge you’re trying to complete, you can get it done in no time by picking a bulky vehicle that drives well on dirt surfaces for easy rewards. Here’s where you can find Forza Horizon 5 solar panels and how to smash them.

Forza Horizon 5 solar panels location

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There is a solar panel field in Forza Horizon 5 just south of the main highway that runs almost the length of the map. The solar panels are southeast of the main Horizon Festival Site and northeast of the town of Mulege. They are visible on the map as a little cluster of white dots arranged in a rectangle.

To smash them easily, I recommend choosing a large, off-road car that will let you plough through the solar panels. Something like the Ford Bronco or Warthog – which we reckon is one of the best Forza Horizon 5 cars, especially for free roam activities. This works well for any seasonal challenges that require you to smash a certain number of solar panels as they’re so big, that they’re barely slowed when crashing through the panels.

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However, if you’re trying to complete the Total Eclipse Accolade, you need to make sure you’re driving the 1995 Mitsubishi Eclipse GS (you can find this Accolade under the ‘Discovery’ tab within the ‘Discovery & Collections’ page of Accolades). You need to smash 100 solar panels for this Accolade, so head to the same spot and start destroying. There are no time restrictions for this Accolade, so you can destroy the required solar panels whenever.

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Will Sawyer
Will Sawyer
Guides Editor, GamesRadar+

Will Sawyer is a Guides Editor at GamesRadar+ with over five years of experience in writing online guides, news, and features, and has a BA (Hons) in Journalism. Starting as a freelancer, Will contributed to startmenu and Game Rant before joining the GamesRadar+ team in August 2021. Since then, he has written hundreds of guides about a huge range of games, with shooters and action games being his areas of expertise. Outside of writing about games, Will hops between multiplayer shooters with friends, such as Darktide and Helldivers 2, and delves into whatever has been on his backlog for far too long. He also tries to get through his never-ending Warhammer pile of shame of grey Tyranids, Aeldari, and Chaos Space Marines.

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