As part of a festival playlist element forza Horizon 6, You may need to defeat rival ghosts as they continually offer new challenges and rewards you can unlock upon completing them. To do this, you basically need to beat your best time in a particular race or circuit. It may sound simple enough, but it is if you are better than your competitors. But the process of actually setting up a race against a rival ghost and marking the challenge as complete is Forza Horizon 6 It's causing some problems for players. In this guide, we'll explain everything you need to know about how to defeat the Rival Ghost and why it isn't unlocked.

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How to Defeat Rival Ghosts in Forza Horizon 6
To start a race against rival ghosts, open the menu and go to the ‘Online’ tab. From here, select ‘Rivals’ and then ‘Horizon Rivals’. You will then need to select the event type, the specific race you wish to participate in, and your vehicle class.
Once this is done, the game will search and provide you with a rival to race with, confirm your selection, select the car you want to use and you will be entered into a rivalry race.
Now all you have to do is beat your rivals' time. When I played it, the game gave me whopping My slower competitor took 27 minutes to complete the race, but it took me 3 minutes to win. This made completing the 'Ghostbusters' daily challenge, which required you to beat rival Ghost Time in a 1980s car, relatively easy. However, you may not be so lucky and you'll be up against a much faster ghost, so it may take a few tries to win.
Once you've defeated your rival's Ghost Time and returned to the open world, a notification will pop up at the bottom of the screen notifying you that the daily challenge has been completed. You can also check if it's completed by opening the menu, going to the Festival Playlists section and going to the Daily Challenges column to see if it's now marked as Completed or 'Expired'.
Complete the 'Ghostbusters' daily challenge to earn 5,000 credits and 1 season point. These Season Points are used to unlock reward vehicles for each season. Reward vehicles can be very rare or very useful for completing challenges, so they're well worth checking out.
Why isn't the Rival Ghost Challenge marked as complete?
Some players on Reddit have pointed out that despite defeating rival ghosts and meeting all of the specific car requirements and criteria for the daily challenge, it doesn't mark as complete.
There are a few things to check first:
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Check back for daily challenge requirements. Some say you have to become your rival's ghost, while others require you to beat your own ghost time.
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Make sure Rival Ghosts is enabled in your online settings.
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Make sure your vehicle and race type meet the challenge requirements.
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Make sure it is a ‘clean wrap’. This means you won't crash into anything or go off track.
If all else fails, you may end up with an unfortunately buggy daily challenge. Some users are finding Daily Challenges quite buggy. One week they might all be fine, but next week only one of them might not be unlocked. Hopefully this issue can be resolved in the coming months as developer Playground Games continues to work on releasing new content and improving the game.
- released
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May 19, 2026
- ESRB
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All / Light Lyrics, User Interaction, In-Game Purchases
- publisher
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Xbox Game Studios